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February 23, 2018
Several dozen UA College of Medicine – Tucson and Banner – University Medicine faculty, clinicians and staff gathered on the front lawn of the Banner – University Medical Center Tucson front lawn in recognition of new hospital signage honoring its best U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” rankings in a decade. See mini-photo gallery…
February 22, 2018
Flinn Foundation to provide $30,000 to six Arizona firms through program. The Tucson startup company—led by Drs. Steve Goldman, Jordan Lancaster and Jen Watson Koevary—conducted its basic science research in a University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center lab. It’s also been assisted by Tech Launch Arizona, the commercialization arm of the UA tasked with helping bring innovations developed at the university to market…
February 22, 2018
Larry M. Goldberg, of Trinity Health, becomes president of Banner Health’s academic medicine division effective April 30. Kathy Bollinger, who’s led the division since its creation with the merger of Banner with the University of Arizona Health Network in February 2015, will delay her retirement until his arrival…
February 21, 2018
Bethany Moore, PhD, a professor in the Division of Microbiology and Immunobiology at the University of Michigan, gave a spirited talk on “Innate and Adaptive Immunity and Pulmonary Complications post-Stem Cell Transplant” as a guest speaker Feb. 21 in the University of Arizona Medicine Grand Rounds. See the link to view video…
February 21, 2018
Topics for 2018 lecture series, hosted by Banner – University Medicine and the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, include heart attacks, skin cancer, concussion and precision medicine. Talks take place Tuesdays in March, 5:30-7 p.m., at the Hacienda del Sol Guest Resort...
February 20, 2018
Building upon the findings of the educational support sleep program they designed, two UA researchers have been awarded an NCAA grant to further enhance their program to help student-athletes get a good night’s sleep.
February 16, 2018
Drs. Yves Lussier, director, UAHS Center for Biomedical Informatics & Biostatistics, and Stefano Guerra, population science director, UAHS Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center, head a powerhouse lineup at the next UA Department of Medicine Research Seminar Series lectures, Thursday, March 8, noon-1 p.m., in Room 5403, at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson. Save the date on your calendar now...
February 16, 2018
Faculty, staff, fellows, residents and students gathered in UAHS Plaza at noon, Feb. 16, to honor National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care with a few short speeches, singing by the UA College of Medicine – Tucson chapter of Docappella and a joining of hands. The UA is where it all began following the Jan. 8, 2010, shooting. See the photo gallery…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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...
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…
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...
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…
February 5, 2018
Banner – University Medical Center and the University of Arizona Department of Surgery are pleased to welcome three new surgeons to Tucson.
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.