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![[Illustration of how the Multi-Institutional Transformation and Graduate Student Support Initiative (MITSI) works to build bridges and transform institutions to support graduate STEM education for indigenous and Latinx students.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/mitsi-concept-model-800x600px.jpg?itok=jnRL_bT6×tamp=1715194713 "Illustration of how the Multi-Institutional Transformation and Graduate Student Support Initiative (MITSI) works to build bridges and transform institutions to support graduate STEM education for indigenous and Latinx students.")
May 8, 2024
UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson faculty are encouraged to apply to participate in NAU Flagstaff program to build bridges and transform institutions in support of graduate STEM education among indigenous and Latinx students.
![[Collage of photos from Docs in the Kitchen cooking demonstration for healthy diet, May 4, 2024, around an image of the Hacienda at the River senior living community in Tucson]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/docs_in_the_kitchen_5.4.24_img_4694_card.jpg?itok=yduMGtki×tamp=1718494557 "Collage of photos from Docs in the Kitchen cooking demonstration for healthy diet, May 4, 2024, around an image of the Hacienda at the River senior living community in Tucson")
May 7, 2024
A fiber-rich diet’s many benefits include reducing risk of cancer, according to hematology & oncology fellowship director Dr. Krisstina Gowin and Dr. Juanita Merchant, UArizona Cancer Center interim director and GI division chief. See a photo gallery of them helping prepare four-course meal.
![[Welcome to the University of Arizona, Dr. Scott Silvestry, Division Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/dr._silvestry_faculty_welcome_1200x900px.jpg?itok=71kDVSGd×tamp=1715208937 "Welcome to the University of Arizona, Dr. Scott Silvestry, Division Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery")
May 7, 2024
Prior to joining UArizona, Dr. Silvestry was at Advent Health Orlando where he served as co-executive medical director of the Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute and surgical director of Thoracic Transplant Programs.
![[Elizabeth B. Juneman, MD, FACC]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/juneman_elizabeth_b.-md_card-sarver_card.jpg?itok=O_K37m3z×tamp=1715287881 "Elizabeth B. Juneman, MD, FACC")
May 6, 2024
Women We Admire, a membership organization comprised of accomplished women executives and leaders across the U.S. and Canada, included University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson cardiologist Elizabeth B. Juneman, MD, among the 2024 Rising Star Women of Medicine.
![[From left, Dr. Kent Kwoh, Arthritis Center director and Rheumatology division chief; infectious diseases specialist and Valley Fever Center for Excellence researcher Dr. Fariba Donovan; DOM Ambulatory Medicine Clerkship co-director, allergist and integrative medicine specialist Dr. Randy Horwitz; geriatrician and director of the UArizona Climate & Health Group Dr. Julia Jernberg; and emergency medicine professor emeritus and Sarver Heart Center member Dr. Art Sanders]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/lhwa_climate_change_5.4.24_img_4586_card.jpg?itok=IV9wtgKw×tamp=1718728811 "From left, Dr. Kent Kwoh, Arthritis Center director and Rheumatology division chief; infectious diseases specialist and Valley Fever Center for Excellence researcher Dr. Fariba Donovan; DOM Ambulatory Medicine Clerkship co-director, allergist and integrative medicine specialist Dr. Randy Horwitz; geriatrician and director of the UArizona Climate & Health Group Dr. Julia Jernberg; and emergency medicine professor emeritus and Sarver Heart Center member Dr. Art Sanders")
May 6, 2024
Arthritis Center director and Rheumatology division chief Dr. C. Kent Kwoh moderated the panel which included the DOM’s Drs. Fariba Donovan, Randy Horwitz and Julia Jernberg and Emergency Medicine’s Dr. Art Sanders. A related KJZZ story with Dr. Jernberg was picked up by over 1,000 media outlets. See mini-photo gallery.
![[Closeup photo of a needle being injected into a syringe with blue background.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/curiel-needle-2024_card.jpg?itok=ccbyxU9l×tamp=1716315402 "Closeup photo of a needle being injected into a syringe with blue background.")
May 3, 2024
Dermatology division chief and UArizona Skin Cancer Institute co-director, Dr. Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski presented the work in San Diego on the effect of melanoma drug TVEC on patients with cutaneous invasive squamous cell carcinoma, or cSCC.
![[UArizona Internal Medicine Student Association members with IMSA faculty advisor Amy Sussman, MD (center), at a Post-Match Day celebration at Zinburger in Tucson: Bailey Antonowicz (MS4), Katie Pulling (MS4), Sanjay Menghani (MS4), Lauren Murphy (MS4), Dr. Sussman, Lupita Molina(MS4), Julia Couto (MS4), and Molly Courtright (MS2).]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/post-match_night_zinburger_4.18.24_card.jpg?itok=glz_1ClE×tamp=1714673138 "UArizona Internal Medicine Student Association members with IMSA faculty advisor Amy Sussman, MD (center), at a Post-Match Day celebration at Zinburger in Tucson: Bailey Antonowicz (MS4), Katie Pulling (MS4), Sanjay Menghani (MS4), Lauren Murphy (MS4), Dr. Sussman, Lupita Molina(MS4), Julia Couto (MS4), and Molly Courtright (MS2).")
May 1, 2024
Dr. Amy Sussman, Internal Medicine Student Association’s UArizona Chapter advisor, launched the dinner as a debrief for graduating medical students to share advice with first- and second-year students. She was picked this year by all COM-T students for Outstanding Teacher in Clinical Sciences and Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award honors.
![[Group photo of DOM Annual Awards Ceremony winners with faculty and collage (at bottom) of shots of Arizona Inn; Drs. Jim Liao, Sarah Upson and Laura Meinke; and Drs. Jim Knepler, Liz Connick and Alex Perry]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/2024_dom_awards_img_4530_card.jpg?itok=27XYh7ss×tamp=1714756415 "Group photo of DOM Annual Awards Ceremony winners with faculty and collage (at bottom) of shots of Arizona Inn; Drs. Jim Liao, Sarah Upson and Laura Meinke; and Drs. Jim Knepler, Liz Connick and Alex Perry")
April 30, 2024
In a return to the Arizona Inn for the event, two Class of 2024 students won dual honors: Lupita Molina for top student in nephrology and endocrinology; and Michael Haekwang Kim for infectious diseases and rheumatology. Other key honors included Dr. Daniel Brown – Residency Director's Award; Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine chief fellow Dr. Sarah Upson – Outstanding Medicine Fellow, and Lauren Murphy – the J.W. Smith Outstanding Medical Student of the Year.
![[Collage of images for the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Eller College of Management and Eller Executive Education program overseeing the new Advanced Healthcare Leadership Academy]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/com-t_eller_advanced_heatlhcare_leadership_card.jpg?itok=xBnOtU63×tamp=1714495782 "Collage of images for the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Eller College of Management and Eller Executive Education program overseeing the new Advanced Healthcare Leadership Academy")
April 30, 2024
The program developed collaboratively by the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and Eller College of Management’s Eller Executive Education program re-envisions and replaces COM-T’s Learning to Lead program. Applications are due Friday, May 17. Learn more and get yours in today.
![[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.