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See Update to Department of Medicine Support Staff Listing
February 15, 2018

Stephanie Delgado is the new UA Division of Nephrology administrative associate, starting Jan. 29, while Shannon Andrews joined Jan. 2 as a UA Division of Cardiology administrative assistant. Meanwhile, as of Feb. 12, Sharon Bolin moved to a senior program coordinator role for the Vice Chair of Education Office and continues as coordinator of the UA Nephrology Fellowship Program. See the PDF for a full listing of departmental support staff…


Cardiologist Dr. Joe Alpert picked for Valentine’s Day ‘Lo Que Pasa’ Interview
February 14, 2018

Joseph Alpert, MD, cardiologist with the University of Arizona Division of Cardiology and a UA Sarver Heart member, surrenders to the glare of kleig lights for his Q&A in the latest edition of the UA-@-Work Lo Que Pasa newsletter, posted Feb. 14—Valentine’s Day—2018. His topic Doctorpedia videos in which he has helped recruit local physicians to participate to help educate patients about their medical conditions…


FDA Approval for New Severe Asthma Therapy Advanced by Dr. Bleecker’s Research
February 9, 2018

Clinical trials led by Dr. Eugene Bleecker, co-chief of the UA Division of Genetics, Genomics and Precision Medicine and co-director of the Division of Pharmacogenomics in the UA Health Sciences Center for Applied Genetics and Genomic Medicine, have lead to U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for a therapy to treat severe asthma involving the medication benralizumab…


Cancer Center Breast Team Receives Prestigious American College of Surgeons’ NAPBC Accreditation
February 9, 2018
The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers recognizes health-care providers that are dedicated to high standards of care and have ambitious goals for quality improvement.

Guest Lecture featuring Pablo Loarte-Campos, MD
February 8, 2018

The Division of Nephrology will be hosting Dr. Pablo Loarte-Campos, MD who will be speaking on the topic of "The Possible Role of SGLT-2 Inhibitors in the Treatment of New Onset Diabetes Mellitus after Transplant (NODAT).” The event will be on Friday, February 9 from 8:00-9:00am in UAHS room 6302. Learn more here…


Medicine Grand Rounds, Visiting Professor in Cardiology Asks, ‘Is It Time to Rethink Heart Failure Classification?’
February 7, 2018

Washington University and Barnes Jewish Hospital Cardiology Chief Dr. Douglas Mann presented the Medicine Grand Rounds, Feb. 7, on the topic, “Recovery of the Failing Heart: Is It Time to Rethink the Classification of Heart Failure?” His address was ahead of his by-invitation-only lecture as the Samuel and Edith Marcus Visiting Professor in Cardiology later that evening at the Doubletree Reid Park Hotel…


DOM Research Seminar Series featuring Dr. Frank C. “Chip” Brosius
February 7, 2018

A video and photo gallery of Dr. Frank C. Brosius’s seminar on “Abnormal JAK-STAT Signaling in Acute and Chronic Kidney Diseases” are now available for viewing as part of the DOM Research Seminar series. The next lectures in the series are Thu., Feb. 8, noon-1 p.m., in UAHS Room 5403, with speakers, Drs. Jarrod Mosier and Steve Black. Learn more here...


Hours, Agenda Updated for 2nd Annual UA Core Facilities Fair, Feb. 20, at BIO5
February 7, 2018

The University of Arizona Office of Research, Discovery and Innovation (RDI) has updated the times and agenda for its second annual UA Core Facilities Fair hosted Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the UA BIO5 Institute, Room 103. Hours for the fair now run from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., which includes a networking reception, or mixer, at 4:30 p.m. in the new BioSciences Research Laboratory lobby…


‘Tour of the Heart: How Advances in Imaging Improve Diagnostics and Guide Treatments’ – Feb. 15 in Green Valley
February 6, 2018

Part of the 2018 free Green Valley Lecture Series, Dr. Raj Janardhanan offers an overview of 3-D echocardiography, coronary CT scans, cardiac MRIs and other imaging advances that give cardiologists powerful images of the heart to help identify heart disorders and enable the patient-care team to plan a best course of treatment...


Solidarity Week 2018 Events Include Mayoral Address, Circle of Hands, Poetry Slam
February 5, 2018

To honor National Solidarity Day celebrated Feb. 16, dozens of medical students, faculty and staff will join hands and create a human chain representing compassionate patient care. It is a culmination of Solidarity Week, a nationwide movement begun in Tucson after the Jan. 8 mass shooting that promotes patient-centered health care. Don’t miss Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild’s address, Feb. 14, noon, DuVal Auditorium…


Banner – UMC, UA Department of Surgery Welcome 3 New Surgeons
February 5, 2018
Banner – University Medical Center and the University of Arizona Department of Surgery are pleased to welcome three new surgeons to Tucson.

UA Cancer Center Team Targets Tumor Suppressor to Treat ‘Triple-Negative’ Breast Cancer
February 2, 2018

A team led by UA Cancer Center researchers Agnieszka Witkiewicz, MD, and Erik Knudsen, PhD, screened for drugs that could target triple-negative breast cancer tumors, producing several new therapeutic candidates for this difficult-to-treat cancer.


DOM Docs Contribute to Relief in ‘Chronic Inflammation,’ according to Tucson Lifestyle
February 1, 2018

Several faculty physicians from the University of Arizona Department of Medicine—Drs. Monica Kraft, Kent Kwoh, Randy Horwitz and Victoria Maizes—are among authorities consulted for an “In Health” article in the January 2018 issue of Tucson Lifestyle magazine that focuses “Chronic Inflammation: The Road to Relief.” See EXTRA INFO on all DOM local magazine coverage in 2017, too…


New Signage for Liver Institute Installed to Recognize Renaming in Dr. Boyer’s Honor
January 31, 2018

New signage was put in place Jan. 31 to recognize the renaming of the University of Arizona Liver Research Institute last year in recognition of its founding director as the Thomas D. Boyer Liver Institute. Dr. Boyer, a former UA Department of Medicine chair who passed away three weeks earlier, was notified of the honor at his retirement party last summer. The gastroenterology division signage also was changed to match the design…


Dr. Victoria Murrain Appointed Interim Deputy Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson
January 31, 2018
Victoria Murrain, DO, has been appointed interim deputy dean for diversity and inclusion at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. Dr. Murrain also is assistant dean and designated institutional officer for graduate medical education at the Tucson UA South Campus and associate professor in the UA Department of Family and Community Medicine.

Noted Type 2 Diabetes Expert Dr. David G. Marrero Appointed to National Diabetes Task Force
January 31, 2018
David G. Marrero, PhD, director of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Border Health and professor of public health at the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, has been appointed to a new national diabetes working group and task force to promote equitable and comprehensive diabetes care.

DOM P.I. Research Poster Night Continues to Shine in Second Year
January 30, 2018

The second pass at the University of Arizona Department of Medicine P.I. Research Poster Session, was held Jan. 24 in Kiewit Auditorium. With over 40 posters listed, see the program for research titles and presenters—and a photo gallery from the evening as well… 


Feb. 8 Lecture: Data Sharing in Clinical Trials featuring Dr. Jeffrey M. Drazen, Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine
January 30, 2018
Dr. Drazen, editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, will discuss data sharing in clinical trials. He is the invited speaker for the 2018 James E. Dalen, MD, MPH, Distinguished Lecture for Health Policy, which is free and open to the public.

TB Expert from UCLA to Offer Medicine Grand Rounds Lecture on ‘World’s Leading Infectious Killer,’ Jan. 31, Noon
January 29, 2018

Marcus A. Horwitz, MD, former chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, will deliver the Medicine Grand Rounds lecture as a special guest speaker Jan. 31, noon-1 p.m., COM-T Room 5403, on the topic: “Fighting the World's Leading Infectious Killer: Advances in Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of TB”…


New Pain Management Online Course Launched by UA Center for Integrative Medicine
January 29, 2018
Amid the national opioid crisis, “Integrative Approaches to Pain Management” teaches health-care professionals non-pharmaceutical options.

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