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Two UA College of Medicine Departments Team with Banner Health for Kidney Stone CME Event
November 20, 2018

The Division of Nephrology in the University of Arizona Department of Medicine and Division of Urology in the Department of Surgery have teamed up to host a 2.0 CME Dinner Lecture on “A Multidisciplinary Approach to Managing Kidney Stones” on Friday, Dec. 14, 5:30-8 p.m., at the Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort & Spa in Tucson. NYU Langone Health’s Dr. David Goldfarb is the keynote speaker…


UAHS Extends Deadline for CHiiLi/Aging and Resilience Career Development Awards, Pilot Funding Applications to Dec. 10
November 19, 2018

Applicants for a University of Arizona Health Sciences and UA College of Medicine – Tucson internal pilot competitive submission of projects in aging research with two levels of funding ($75,000 and $35,000) now have til 5 p.m., Dec. 10, to enter applications. This research activity is the core of the CHiiLi (Consortium to Hasten recovery from Injury and Infection in older adults Leading to Independence) Program with CHiiLi Scholars also participating in the Aging and Resilience Seminar Series…


Valley Fever Awareness Week, More Like a Month in 2018, Promoted by UA Center
November 16, 2018

The University of Arizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence, usually busy for Valley Fever Awareness Week (Nov. 10-18), is busier than ever with the upcoming Farness Lecture on Nov. 28 with Dr. David Archer, principal investigator on several DARPA, IARPA and DHS research programs, as well as a deadline extension for an ADHS statewide youth poster art contest to Dec. 14. The center caps the week with unveiling of a “Banner Valley Fever Clinical Practice Toolbox” on its website and multiple TV and newspaper interviews...


Dr. Monica Vandivort Presented with AAHCM’s House Call Physician of the Year Award
November 16, 2018

Geriatrician Dr. Monica R. Vandivort, an associate professor in the UA Division of Geriatrics, General Internal Medicine and Palliative Medicine and medical director for Home Care at Banner – University Medical Group Tucson, was presented with the 2018 House Call Physician of the Year Award by the American Academy of Home Care Medicine (AAHCM) on Friday, Oct. 26, at the AAHCM Annual Meeting in Rosemount, Ill., near Chicago...


UA Cancer Center Seeks Nominees for Third Annual Hero Awards
November 15, 2018

The University of Arizona Cancer Center has issued a call for nominations for the its 2018 Hero Awards to help it recognize exemplary faculty and staff. Four people will receive awards this year, highlighting both faculty and staff in Tucson and Phoenix. Each will receive a $100 gift card, an appreciation award and their name on a plaque to be displayed at the center. Nominations are due by Nov. 30…


When Melanoma Spreads to the Brain, Patients with BRAF or MEK Mutations Can Find Novel Treatment at UA Cancer Center
November 15, 2018
Its ample sun puts residents at risk for melanoma, but Arizona is also home to experimental treatments through early-phase clinical trials at the University of Arizona Cancer Center.

New UA/Banner Health Valley Fever Clinical Guidelines to Help Avoid Delays in Diagnosis
November 14, 2018

Banner Health has launched new clinical practice protocols developed with input from the University of Arizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence to help physicians more quickly diagnose and treat patients with Valley fever infections.


UAHS Career Development Award Program Seeking Scholars; Apply by Dec. 10
November 13, 2018

The University of Arizona Health Sciences is seeking applicants for its UAHS Career Development Award (CDA) training program. The program, established by the UA Office of the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences in 2014, involves salary support up to $75,000 per year for two years, plus fringe benefits, that begins Jan. 1, 2019. The submission deadline is Monday, Dec. 10. Among prior winners are several DOM faculty, including Drs. Christian Bime, Pavani Chalasani, Jarrod Mosier and Olga Rafikova…


Tucson Internal Med Residents Take 1st, 2nd in 4 of 6 Contests at ACP Arizona Chapter Meeting
November 13, 2018

Physicians in training in the University of Arizona Internal Medicine Residency Program – South Campus took first or second place in four out of a possible six categories for academic contests at the 2018 Scientific Meeting of the American College of Physician’s Arizona Chapter. Congratulations to Drs. Alex Asadi, Nicholas Blackstone, Soraj Kumar, Sidra Raoof, Juan Siordia, Sarah Tariq and Wina Yousman…


All of Us Research Program in Tucson to Host Awareness Event Nov. 15
November 13, 2018

The All of Us Research Program in Tucson is hosting an awareness event open to the public on Thursday, Nov. 15, to promote the national effort to gather data from one million or more people living in the United States to accelerate health-related research.


Dozen College of Medicine – Tucson Teaching Awards Go to Internal Medicine
November 9, 2018

More than 20 outstanding medical educators shared 37 awards presented Thursday, Nov. 8, during the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s 39th Annual Faculty Teaching Awards and the Vernon and Virginia Furrow Awards. Twelve were for internal medicine, including Educator of the Year and a Lifetime Award for Dr. Amy Sussman. See photos of all the winners as well as video from the ceremony…


Packed House, Agenda Make for Eventful Fall 2018 DOM General Faculty Meeting
November 9, 2018

With a full agenda at the Fall 2018 General Faculty Meeting for the UA Department of Medicine, seats filled quickly. About 65 people attended with several more watching online to hear addresses by Drs. Michael Dake (Sr. VP, UA Health Sciences), Irv Kron (Dean, UA College of Medicine – Tucson) and Rick Schnellman (Dean, UA College of Pharmacy). Other reports came from Tech Launch Arizona, and Drs. Tammy Ojo (Clinical Affairs) and Amy Sussman (Education). See the photo gallery, view the video…


Inaugural Clinical Excellence Award Winners Feted at COM – Tucson General Faculty Meeting
November 8, 2018

Congratulations to Drs. Bujji Ainapurapu, Erika Bracamonte, Monica Vandivort and Tirdad Zangeneh, four Department of Medicine faculty who were among 10 physicians recognized Nov. 7 at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson General Faculty Meeting with inaugural Clinical Excellence Awards by Dean Irving Kron. See the photos, watch the video!…


Dr. Curiel Co-Authors New Care Guidelines for Melanoma by American Academy of Dermatology
November 8, 2018

A Melanoma Work Group for the American Academy of Dermatology released in early November new “Guidelines of Care for the Management of Primary Cutaneous Melanoma,” which includes among its co-authors work group member Dr. Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski, from the University of Arizona Division of Dermatology, UA Skin Cancer Institute and UA Cancer Center…


Banner – University Medicine Hiring Event Set for Nov. 13 at UA Health Sciences Plaza
November 7, 2018

Southern Arizonans seeking employment in the medical professions are invited to attend a Banner – University Medicine hiring event from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, to learn about hundreds of health-care job openings across Tucson. It will be held in the plaza south of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, adjacent to Banner – University Medical Center Tucson at 1501 N. Campbell Ave…


UA’s Dr. Donata Vercelli Elected First Female Secretary General of International Allergy Collegium
November 6, 2018

Donata Vercelli, MD, has been elected secretary general of the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum, a group of distinguished international physicians and scientists who study the emerging field of allergy and clinical immunology. As secretary general, Dr. Vercelli eventually will become the first female president of the organization.


UA Nephrology Celebrates Busy Schedule, Multiple Successes for Third Quarter 2018
November 5, 2018

Among kudos for the division in the past few months are the opening of a multidisciplinary stone clinic, creation of a Nephrology Fellow Survival App, welcome of a new pancreas and kidney transplant medical director, successful conference presentations and honors, a record 10 kidney transplants in one week and a kidney patient panel talk…  


B Cell Follicles Shield HIV, According to UA Research Findings
November 2, 2018

A review article published by the journal Frontiers in Immunology and written by the University of Arizona Division of Infectious Diseases’ Drs. Matthew Bronniman and Elizabeth Connick  highlights recent research findings UA regarding the barriers to a cure for HIV that are posed by the B cell follicle…


UA Petersen Clinics Participate in National Latino AIDS Awareness Day at Abrams Center
November 1, 2018

The University of Arizona Petersen HIV Clinics, a clinical care and outreach program hosted by the UA Division of Infectious Diseases at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and South, sponsored a table at local festivities for the 16th Annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) held Oct. 26 at the Abrams Public Health Center…


UA Professor Receives Grant for Innovative Research in Preventing Heart Failure
November 1, 2018

NIH grant will allow Taben Hale, PhD, to study cardiac fibroblasts.


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