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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.
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.
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.
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.
March 13, 2024
The cardiologist and Sarver Heart Center member joins six faculty members on the council and is one of two Department of Medicine members on the UArizona Faculty Senate.
March 12, 2024
Dr. Zoe Diana Draelos, considered one of the most influential women in cosmetic science, was a member of the Class of 1983 and did her internship and residency training in dermatology at the College of Medicine – Tucson as well. She earned her UArizona engineering degree in 1979.
March 11, 2024
A total of 111 medical students from the College of Medicine – Tucson will learn where they will pursue the next phase of their medical training this Friday, March 15, in a ceremony hosted at the Old Main Building.
March 11, 2024
A Class of 2003 alum, gastroenterologist Deepa Shah, MD, is creating a comfortable setting for women to receive colonoscopies — a lifesaving but often stigmatized medical procedure.
March 8, 2024
A UArizona Cancer Center collage of women's faces spotlights the many talented, dedicated and accomplished female faculty contributions advancing research and patient care today to prevent and treat cancer — 14 out of 78 are from the Department of Medicine. See who they are.
March 7, 2024
A Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation grant will fund clinical trials for an implantable device that could eliminate the need for glucose testing and insulin injections in the management of Type 1 diabetes.
March 4, 2024
Innovative technology offers new treatment option for patients with potentially life-threatening arrhythmias, with the first procedure in Tucson completed March 4 by Dr. Mathew Hutchinson, cardiac electrophysiology program director and Sarver Heart Center member.
February 28, 2024
Eight Department of Medicine faculty split 10 awards and received additional recognition for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching by the Internal Medicine Clerkship Program at the 2024 Faculty Awards Ceremony. Scroll down for a mini-photo gallery, too.
February 26, 2024
Dr. Jay Wesley Smith, who served at the college from 1970-1999 as a professor of medicine, General Internal Medicine section chief, Internal Medicine Residency Program director and College of Medicine – Tucson vice dean for academic affairs, died Feb. 2 in Tucson at age 87.
February 26, 2024
The diabetes researcher in the Division of Endocrinology and Center for Disparities in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism talks about the importance of studying insulin resistance to advance patient treatment in “Expert Insights” video featured in UArizona HealthSciences Connect newsletter.
February 26, 2024
Northwestern’s Justin B. Starren was named director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics and Biostatistics at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. He will start March 25.
February 23, 2024
The J. Fred Schoellkopf Jr. Endowed Chair in Cardiology, associate director of the Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, and professor of medicine, biophysics and molecular biology at Dallas’ UT Southwestern Medical Center will bring a big research portfolio and dynamism to UArizona.
February 16, 2024
Five colleges increased their National Institutes of Health research funding in 2022-2023, leading to higher rankings for some by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. See how Department of Medicine researchers placed over 15 years in the rankings.
February 15, 2024
John Galgiani, MD, a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson and director of the college’s Valley Fever Center for Excellence, was recognized for his expertise by the New England Journal of Medicine.
February 15, 2024
Dr. James Liao, chair of the Department of Medicine, and Department of Neurosurgery Chair Dr. Julie Pilitsis, headline biomedical science seminar series at BIO5 Institute. See the video as well as a mini-photo gallery.
February 6, 2024
Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from biomedical disciplines across the UArizona Health Sciences can submit research abstracts to the Research Poster Competition of the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Translational Medicine Symposium to be held March 22 in the HSIB Forum.