News Archive: 2024
![[Hesham Sadek, MD, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/sadek-hesham-78098-1000x750px.jpg?itok=4LwJKjsW×tamp=1714434628 "Hesham Sadek, MD, PhD")
April 29, 2024
Dr. Hesham Sadek brings experience and an impressive research portfolio from Dallas’ UT Southwestern, where he was associate director of the Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine and a professor of internal medicine/cardiology with joint appointments in biophysics and molecular biology.
![[Illustration and logo for UArizona Arthritis Center's 2024 Living Healthy With Arthritis Symposium]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/2024_lhwa_symposium_1000x500px.jpg?itok=FtN5G0U7×tamp=1714439183 "Illustration and logo for UArizona Arthritis Center's 2024 Living Healthy With Arthritis Symposium")
April 25, 2024
UArizona public health professor Kacey Ernst’s keynote address focuses on health challenges facing people in many parts of the world, including Arizona, due to climate change. Department of Medicine faculty in a related panel discussion include Drs. Fariba Donovan, Randy Horwitz and Julia Jernberg.
![[Photo collage of Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine’s new building complex (Credit: Angela Martinez, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson)]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/awcim_bldg_complex_card.jpg?itok=hYlU3060×tamp=1714069425 "Photo collage of Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine’s new building complex (Credit: Angela Martinez, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson)")
April 23, 2024
A public open house on Saturday, May 4, highlights opening week celebrations at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine's new building complex.
![[Woman lying in hospital bed holding cloth over her mouth and nose]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/lady_trouble_breathing_card.jpg?itok=C3UTIGR2×tamp=1713821905 "In 2019, Arizona reported 20,003 cases of Valley fever, which were most of the cases reported in the U.S. Although most people recover, Valley fever's mortality rate is about one death per 1,000 infections.")
April 22, 2024
New EHR dashboard for urgent care, developed with Dr. John Galgiani, will help remind physicians to consider testing for Valley fever to speed up detection of the respiratory illness in its early stages before it becomes worse.
![[Hem-Onc physician Aaron Scott, MD, under the spotlight in new UArizona Cancer Center 'Cancer Bytes' video]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/cancer_bytes_w_dr.aaron_scott_1280x760px.jpg?itok=4Ug8Gzts×tamp=1713491026 "Hem-Onc physician Aaron Scott, MD, under the spotlight in new UArizona Cancer Center 'Cancer Bytes' video")
April 18, 2024
The latest UA Cancer Center newsletter highlights Dr. Aaron Scott in a “Cancer Bytes” video, Dr. Juanita Merchant as NCI equity leadership team member, Dr. Janet Funk as presenter at breast cancer research symposium, Lisa Quale as Skin Cancer Institute sun safety ambassador advocate, and T32 postdoc training opportunities.
![[Mosaic of images of the Banner Wellness Center in basement of Banner – University Medical Center Tucson]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/banner_gym_collage_card.jpg?itok=SBUUtpQ0×tamp=1713377007 "Mosaic of images of the Banner Wellness Center in basement of Banner – University Medical Center Tucson")
April 17, 2024
Banner Health makes access to gym available to all via $180 annual membership as way to improve health, fitness and wellness for both Banner and University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson faculty, including resident and fellow physicians.
![[Dr. Amy Klein, director of the Hospice & Palliative Care Fellowship in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, talks about the special care needs of her specialty with Kyle Cook (gray shirt) and Ethan Ross (blue shirt) as geriatrician Dr. Julia Cremer looks on. ]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/imsa_speed_dating_4.10.24_dsc_6430_card.jpg?itok=n_FLHbP7×tamp=1713414610 "Dr. Amy Klein, director of the Hospice & Palliative Care Fellowship in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, talks about the special care needs of her specialty with Kyle Cook (gray shirt) and Ethan Ross (blue shirt) as geriatrician Dr. Julia Cremer looks on.")
April 16, 2024
With nearly a dozen Department of Medicine faculty members and twice that many medical students participating, April 10 event offered opportunity to share different pathways physicians took to their internal medicine specialties.
![[Mathew Hutchinson, MD, and Talal Mouckabary, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/drs.mhutchinson_and_tmoukabary_card.png?itok=PtXzLoj4×tamp=1713227191 "Mathew Hutchinson, MD, and Talal Mouckabary, MD")
April 15, 2024
Dr. Mathew Hutchinson will serve as president-elect and Dr. Talal Mouckabary will be secretary-treasurer for the Arizona Chapter of the American College of Cardiology in 2024-25.
![[UArizona gastroenterologist Dr. Josh Melson presents on colorectal cancer screening at the TMC Internal Medicine Grand Rounds in the hospital’s Marshall Auditorium on April 5.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/tmc-im-gr_drjmelson_4.5.24_dsc_6364_card.jpg?itok=LDtQsPwe×tamp=1713591788 "UArizona gastroenterologist Dr. Josh Melson presents on colorectal cancer screening at the TMC Internal Medicine Grand Rounds in the hospital’s Marshall Auditorium on April 5.")
April 12, 2024
UArizona gastroenterologist and director of the Cancer Center’s High-Risk Clinic for Gastrointestinal Cancers, Dr. Josh Melson draws a lively audience for April 5 presentation. See mini-photo gallery.
![[Docs in the Kitchen logo surrounded by birdseye view of ingredients for a Mediterranean diet]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/docs_in_the_kitchen_salmon_card-2.jpg?itok=YabT4sec×tamp=1712355247 "Docs in the Kitchen logo surrounded by birdseye view of ingredients for a Mediterranean diet")
April 5, 2024
The gastro-dietary educational event hosted by the UArizona GI Division at Hacienda at the River to look at high-fiber, anti-inflammatory Mediterranean diet as complementary to cancer prevention. See the menu and sign up to savor the meal.
![[Cover of Tucson Lifestyle magazine's April 2024 issue and first page of its annual Top Doctors list]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/2024-04-01_top_doctors_tucson_lifestyle_card.jpg?itok=DMfIQ9Mt×tamp=1712275859 "Cover of Tucson Lifestyle magazine's April 2024 issue and first page of its annual Top Doctors list")
April 4, 2024
Twenty-four UArizona Department of Medicine faculty or affiliated physicians were counted among best physicians in the Old Pueblo, according to Castle Connolly’s annual list for 2024. See who they are.
![[Advanced directives ease confusion about how a person wants to be treated before they arrive at the hospital. (Photo by Kampus Productions)]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/pexels-kampus-production-7551677_card.jpg?itok=4xD6SSp0×tamp=1712251079 "Advanced directives ease confusion about how a person wants to be treated before they arrive at the hospital. (Photo by Kampus Productions)")
April 4, 2024
Free event at Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, 2626 E. River Road, 10:30 a.m. to noon, to help attendees better communicate their wishes for medical treatment and more.
![[Flyer for Internal Medicine Specialty Speed Dating Event hosted by UArizona chapter of Internal Medicine Students Association on April 10, 2024, with photos of participating Department of Medicine faculty.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/im_speed_dating_card_copy.jpg?itok=Ae9kuOZb×tamp=1712190272 "Flyer for Internal Medicine Specialty Speed Dating Event hosted by UArizona chapter of Internal Medicine Students Association on April 10, 2024, with photos of participating Department of Medicine faculty.")
April 3, 2024
A dozen faculty members will help give medical students from the UArizona Internal Medicine Student Association insights into residency and fellowship training and further career options.
![[Slice of image for flyer on 4.5.24 TMC Internal Medicine Grand Rounds lecture with UArizona Cancer Center's Joshua Melson, MD, on colorectal cancer screening]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/tmc_im_gr_2024.04.05_colorectal_cancer_card.jpg?itok=02reEEDv×tamp=1712016689 "Slice of image for flyer on 4.5.24 TMC Internal Medicine Grand Rounds lecture with UArizona Cancer Center's Joshua Melson, MD, on colorectal cancer screening")
April 1, 2024
With its first lecture on Valley fever complete and a second, Friday, April 5, on colorectal cancer, Tucson Medical Center attendings, residents and medical students are eager to hear high-level CME content from DOM faculty. It’s a win-win for all parties.
![[Members of the 2020-21 cohort of PRIDE research trainees participate in winter 2020 meeting with mentors and principal investigators in Tucson.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/aire_2020-01_img_9329_card-2.jpg?itok=XkjKwTPt×tamp=1711751676 "Members of the 2020-21 cohort of PRIDE research trainees participate in winter 2020 meeting with mentors and principal investigators in Tucson.")
March 29, 2024
A five-year federal grant renewal to diversify the biomedical research workforce focused on lung health and sleep disorders will expand to address pandemics and disparities in respiratory infections.
![[Rocio Gastelum-Castillo is the inaugural recipient of the Mosharrafa Family Scholarship, which is funded by Beauty for Good, a charity created by plastic surgeons Ali and Tamir Mosharrafa, owners of Mosharrafa Plastic Surgery.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/rocio_still2_cropped.png?itok=aatOofak×tamp=1711561877 "Rocio Gastelum-Castillo is the inaugural recipient of the Mosharrafa Family Scholarship, which is funded by Beauty for Good, a charity created by plastic surgeons Ali and Tamir Mosharrafa, owners of Mosharrafa Plastic Surgery.")
March 25, 2024
Inspired by her mother’s battle with breast cancer, Rocio Gastelum-Castillo, a first-year medical student who grew up in Nogales, Mexico, aspires to give hope to future patients and help them stay healthy.
![[Jennifer Carew, PhD, welcomes Translational Medicine Symposium attendees and introduces opening keynote speaker Northwestern University’s Devalingam Mahalingam, MD, PhD, who spoke on oncolytic virotherapy.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/card-transltnl_med_symp_3.22.24_dsc_6292.jpg?itok=t2xV0viZ×tamp=1711152039 "Jennifer Carew, PhD, welcomes Translational Medicine Symposium attendees and introduces opening keynote speaker Northwestern University’s Devalingam Mahalingam, MD, PhD, who spoke on oncolytic virotherapy.")
March 22, 2024
Led by host Dr. Jennifer Carew, the inaugural conference, March 22 in the HSIB Forum, occurs at time of renewed interest in translating basic science from laboratory investigations to practical diagnostics, therapies, procedures and policies to improve health care in clinical settings for all.
![[Logo for Happy National Doctor's Day with illustration of white coat, stethoscope and heart]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/natl-doctors-day_900x540px.jpg?itok=9Bg_VHQ6×tamp=1711060877 "Logo for Happy National Doctor's Day with illustration of white coat, stethoscope and heart")
March 21, 2024
As the annual observance falls on a Saturday in 2024, Banner – University Medicine Tucson and the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson will host a special luncheon at three locations here at 11:30 a.m., March 28.
![[Kathryn Pulling, one of three graduating COM-T students who'll join the 2024-25 intern class for the Internal Medicine Residency Program - Tucson Campus, extends a fist skyward in celebration]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/card_10-24_0213_comt_match_day_2024-1064.jpg?itok=WRAF1VIC×tamp=1710895438 "Kathryn Pulling, one of three graduating COM-T students who'll join the 2024-25 intern class for the Internal Medicine Residency Program - Tucson Campus, extends a fist skyward in celebration.")
March 19, 2024
The Department found out who its 42 incoming interns for the Internal Medicine Residency Program will be and 108 College of Medicine – Tucson graduating medical students discovered where they’ll train as resident physicians, including Drs. Sai Parthasarathy and Indu Partha’s daughter. See the list and a mini-photo gallery.
![[Portrait of a man standing in a suit in front of the Arizona Arthritis Center sign.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/kwoh_kent-md_01092024_klh3063-card.jpg?itok=0gCSIAQH×tamp=1710528916 "C. Kent Kwoh named American College of Rheumatology Master")
March 14, 2024
Presented with the Association of Rheumatology Professionals, the ACR/ARP Master Award is one of the highest honors the college bestows. It serves as a career achievement milestone for accomplished rheumatologists like Dr. Kwoh, who's been UArizona Arthritis Center director and Division of Rheumatology chief since 2013.