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![[The Human Immune Monitoring Facility is a shared resource within the University of Arizona Cancer Center that provides comprehensive immune profiling, sample preparation and clinical trial support.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/fluidics_geomx-khp_9181-card.jpg?itok=mUDKQh98×tamp=1741117361 "The Human Immune Monitoring Facility is a shared resource within the University of Arizona Cancer Center that provides comprehensive immune profiling, sample preparation and clinical trial support.")
March 14, 2023
On Friday, March 17, 110 College of Medicine – Tucson medical students will simultaneously open envelopes revealing where they will complete their residency training.
March 9, 2023
Sixteen Department of Medicine faculty members were among those recognized March 2 at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson 2023 Faculty Awards.
![[Rachna Shroff, MD, associate professor of medicine in the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, has dedicated her career to caring for cancer patients and researching pancreatic and hepatobiliary cancer treatments.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/shroff-rachna-md-ms_hem-onc-nhg-4456-021623_card.jpg?itok=ehZc9YU4×tamp=1741015306 "Rachna Shroff, MD, associate professor of medicine in the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, has dedicated her career to caring for cancer patients and researching pancreatic and hepatobiliary cancer treatments.")
March 9, 2023
Whether it is Bollywood dancing or hobnobbing with stars, Dr. Rachna Shroff – chief of the Division of Hematology & Oncology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Medicine and associate director of Clinical Investigations at the U of A Cancer Center – fits it all in around her research on gastrointestinal cancer treatments.
![[Infographic for National Institutes of Health funding for the five UArizona Health Sciences colleges]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/2023.02.21_nih-infographic-022123_card.jpg?itok=ANHwcJz_×tamp=1708129374 "Infographic for National Institutes of Health funding for the five UArizona Health Sciences colleges")
February 21, 2023
Increases in National Institutes of Health awards to several UArizona Health Sciences colleges led to a strong showing in the annual rankings.
February 13, 2023
The University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center’s annual Green Valley Lecture Series will return Feb. 16 and March 16 with two lectures focused on heart beats.
![[2023 Resident of Distinction Awardees at Maui Derm (back row, from left): Dev Sahni, MD, MHA, Patrick Jedlowski, MD; (front row): Zizi Yu, MD, Alexandra Rzepecki, MD, Yang (Sunny) Li, MD (Photo courtesy of Beiersdorf Inc.)]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/2023_dermmentors_residents_of_distinction_awardees_card.jpg?itok=i0BabKv8×tamp=1720540904 "2023 Resident of Distinction Awardees at Maui Derm (back row, from left): Dev Sahni, MD, MHA, Patrick Jedlowski, MD; (front row): Zizi Yu, MD, Alexandra Rzepecki, MD, Yang (Sunny) Li, MD (Photo courtesy of Beiersdorf Inc.)")
February 7, 2023
Patrick Jedlowski, MD, a resident in the Advanced Dermatology Residency Program in the UArizona Division of Dermatology, was among several top dermatology residents invited to attend the 2023 Maui Derm for Dermatologists Conference in Hawaii.
February 1, 2023
The findings of researchers from Banner Urgent Care Services and the University of Arizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence are being used to improve patient care by identifying the illness sooner, preventing infection spread and reducing treatment costs.
January 22, 2023
Faculty close to the Primary Care Physician Scholarship Program find the effort inspiring as it helps fill clinical gaps in underserved areas of Arizona.
December 22, 2022
With great sadness, we announce that Frank Marcus, MD, professor emeritus who dedicated more than 50 years to the Division of Cardiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and the Sarver Heart Center, passed away at the age of 94. Dr. Marcus was born on March 23, 1928, in Haverstraw, New York, to Samuel and Edith Marcus....
December 14, 2022
Interprofessional education modules at the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center teach students the importance of teamwork in health care.
December 5, 2022
Five new seed projects will use the All of Us Research Program dataset to start a wide variety of new studies.
![[Portrait of Asian-American man wearing a gray suit, red tie and blue dress shirt]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/portrait_liao_james-2-card.jpg?itok=Qz5dvQxq×tamp=1669851080 "A fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American College of Physicians, James Liao, MD, joins the University of Arizona Health Sciences from the University of Chicago.")
November 29, 2022
A fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American College of Physicians, James Liao, MD, joins the University of Arizona Health Sciences from the University of Chicago.
November 17, 2022
Parent-child faculty combos have a deeply invested view on how the College of Medicine – Tucson has evolved over the past 55 years, including Drs. Leslie Boyer and her father, Dr. John T. "Jack" Boyer, who founded three divisions in the Department of Medicine.
November 17, 2022
Honored as the 2023 Founders Day keynote speaker, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson pulmonary division chief Dr. Parthasarathy is a nationally recognized expert in sleep medicine, conducting important research on sleep, breathing and inflammation.
![[X-ray image of knees with red marking pain spots - courtesy of Getty Images]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/gettyimages-991965242-card.jpg?itok=2vD22oY5×tamp=1694639414 "X-ray image of knees with red marking pain spots - courtesy of Getty Images")
October 18, 2022
Rheumatology Division Chief Dr. C. Kent Kwoh will lead a study that seeks to develop methods to predict who will experience rapid knee deterioration or need knee replacements in the future.
![[Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski, MD, FAAD, with confocal microscope designed to better analyze and track potentially malignant lesions on the skin]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/curiel_clinic-confocal_microscope-143-card.jpg?itok=98hrD-dv×tamp=1683089436 "Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski, MD, FAAD, with confocal microscope designed to better analyze and track potentially malignant lesions on the skin")
October 17, 2022
Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski, MD, professor of medicine and Division of Dermatology chief in the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson has been accepted into the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program. ELAM involves an intensive 1-year fellowship at Philadelphia's Drexel University.
![[For 2022 Women in Medicine Month, we highlight five educators who are preparing the next generation of Health Sciences professionals. ]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/women-in-health-sciences-2400x1350.png?itok=aF6lrVON×tamp=1716934734 "For 2022 Women in Medicine Month, we highlight five educators who are preparing the next generation of Health Sciences professionals.")
October 3, 2022
For 2022 Women in Medicine Month, we highlight five educators who are preparing the next generation of Health Sciences professionals. Among them is Dr. Tara Carr, program director for the Allergy & Immunology Fellowship in the DOM’s Pulmonary division.
September 15, 2022
Twenty-seven medical students have been awarded scholarships through the Primary Care Physician Scholarship Program.
September 1, 2022
The Department of Medicine's Rachna Shroff, MD, was among nine UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson faculty to receive 2022 Faculty Mentoring Awards at the May 19 General Faculty Meeting. A professor of medicine, Dr. Shroff is the college's associate dean, Clinical and Translational Research, and interim chief, Division of Hematology & Oncology.