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July 14, 2014
Each year, more than 2 million people in this nation are infected with the hepatitis C virus. The group with the greatest number of infected individuals is the baby boomer generation, and now, thanks to a free hepatitis C screening clinic at the University of Arizona Health Network, those who unknowingly carry the silent killer virus, can be screened free of charge.
July 14, 2014
More than 100 Tucson physicians with the University of Arizona Health Network are ranked among the 2014 Best Doctors in America and are featured in Tucson Lifestyle magazine’s July issue on Best Doctors in Tucson.
June 18, 2014
University of Arizona and Barrow Neurological Institute neurosurgeons teamed up to perform the corrective procedure.
June 12, 2014
Also appointed medical director of solid organ transplantation at the University of Arizona Medical Center.
May 28, 2014
The University of Arizona Medical Center – University Campus has reactivated its Heart Transplant Program after receiving approval from the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS).
![[Willard S. Kasoff, MD, MPH]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/kasoffslide_0.jpg?itok=SFZHz4QB×tamp=1702933705 "Willard S. Kasoff, MD, MPH")
May 22, 2014
Dr. Kasoff’s appointment expands and strengthens UAMC’s patient services for Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor and other movement disorders.
May 20, 2014
The sterile, high tech and fully stocked clinical environment at the University of Arizona Medical Centers provide an ideal learning and teaching environment, but this semester students, residents and faculty had the opportunity to demonstrate their medical skills in the wild, rugged terrain of the Arizona wilderness.
![[Jason X.-J. Yuan, MD, PhD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/yuanslide_0.jpg?itok=SPy15rDG×tamp=1702933383 "Jason X.-J. Yuan, MD, PhD")
May 19, 2014
An internationally recognized physician-scientist in pulmonary vascular disease research, Dr. Yuan will provide critical leadership in translational health strategies and training physician-scientists at AHSC.
May 12, 2014
Connecting your family to cutting-edge research through enrollment in clinical trials just got easier, thanks to a new website that makes it easy to find and potentially enroll in current health-related studies at the Arizona Health Sciences Center.
May 5, 2014
Research clinicians at the University of Arizona Medical Center offer relief during the spring allergy season.
![[Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/carmonaslide_0.jpg?itok=mPFsWf9_×tamp=1702934302 "Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS")
April 30, 2014
Wednesday, May 7, 8-9 a.m at DuVal Auditorium. Free and open to the public.
April 28, 2014
Free and open to the public, the exhibit at the Arizona Health Sciences Library provides a glimpse of health care beyond our borders
![[Jeffrey R. Lisse, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/arthritislogoslide_0.jpg?itok=Jb2TLHZ0×tamp=1702934754 "Jeffrey R. Lisse, MD")
April 24, 2014
Free lecture, open to the public, by Dr. Jeffrey R. Lisse, in conjunction with Arthritis Awareness Month
![[Marvin Slepian, MD, with University of Arizona President Ann Weaver Hart and another gentleman]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/slepianhartslide_0.jpg?itok=dUzruElF×tamp=1702935144 "Marvin Slepian, MD, with University of Arizona President Ann Weaver Hart and another gentleman")
April 17, 2014
UArizona’s Dr. Marvin Slepian and Stonybrook University’s Dr. Danny Bluestein, co-authored a review article citing the benefits of hydrophobic light-activated adhesive (HLAA), a fluid, blood-resistant tissue glue that can be applied as a liquid before a procedure is performed and activated on demand to adhere, cure and bond.
![[Dr. Louise Hecker]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/heckerteaser.jpg?itok=OoGEmCGR×tamp=1502229038 "Dr. Louise Hecker © Rhonda June McSween")
April 14, 2014
Dr. Hecker will be a key contributor in UA efforts to fully develop novel programs in respiratory medicine, lung biology and drug discovery.
April 9, 2014
Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD, director of the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center and chief of the Division of Cardiology at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson serves on the TOPCAT executive committee.
![[Kim and Charles Barnes]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/kimandcharlesslide_0.jpg?itok=4ZayeBhm×tamp=1702936130 "Kim and Charles Barnes")
April 7, 2014
The tailored surgical treatment that gave Barnes a chance at recovery included complicated re-operative off-pump (beating heart) coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), which was followed by stenting to help blood flow in an artery that was too diseased for bypass.
![[Dr. Andrew Weil demonstrates how to make his kale salad.]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/weilslide_0_0.jpg?itok=OTwoGFT3×tamp=1702936249 "Dr. Andrew Weil demonstrates how to make his kale salad.")
April 3, 2014
Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 10 to 11 a.m., in the UAMC - University Campus Café.
![[UArizona vice president of athletics Greg Byrne and football coach Rich Rodriguez (inset)]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/greg-byrne-n-richrod_blocka_card.jpg?itok=-rj9CwwF×tamp=1702937956 "UArizona vice president of athletics Greg Byrne and football coach Rich Rodriguez (inset)")
March 31, 2014
Greg Byrne and Rich Rodriguez will be guest speakers at event that benefits research to identify the causes and improve the diagnosis and treatment of the more than 100 forms of arthritis.
![[]C. Kent Kwoh, MD](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/kwohteaser_1.jpg?itok=EVuF78mP×tamp=1502229038 "C. Kent Kwoh, MD")
March 12, 2014
The findings, published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, indicate that glucosamine does not decrease pain or improve knee bone marrow lesions—thought to be a source of pain in those with osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, affecting 27 million Americans over age 25.