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April 14, 2023
In the news: American Thoracic Society publishes report on race, ethnicity and pulmonary function tests; grants for Drs. Christian Bimé and David Miller; research publications with significant findings; and honors and awards, including winners of college’s 2023 Faculty Awards.
April 14, 2023
Dr. Kelly Palmer is now assistant director of Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility for the University of Arizona Cancer Center and will work collaboratively with IDEA associate director, Dr. Jennifer Hatcher, for enduring structural change at the center.
April 13, 2023
Chair Dr. James Liao expanded the ranks of vice chairs serving the Department of Medicine with several new posts announced at faculty gathering on April 12.
April 11, 2023
With new Chair Dr. James Liao, 22 physicians from the University of Arizona Department of Medicine made the 2023 Top Doctors list featured in the April issue of Tucson Lifestyle magazine.
April 11, 2023
UArizona Health Sciences Clinical and Translational Science Research Center doubled its size and increased research capacity with new space. Drs. Elizabeth Connick, chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, and Franz Rischard, director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program, are quoted.
April 5, 2023
Devices allow Health Sciences and other college collaborators greater scale and cost-effective methods to improve care.
March 14, 2023
On Friday, March 17, 110 College of Medicine – Tucson medical students will simultaneously open envelopes revealing where they will complete their residency training.
March 9, 2023
Sixteen Department of Medicine faculty members were among those recognized March 2 at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson 2023 Faculty Awards.
![[Infographic for National Institutes of Health funding for the five UArizona Health Sciences colleges]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/2023.02.21_nih-infographic-022123_card.jpg?itok=ANHwcJz_×tamp=1708129374 "Infographic for National Institutes of Health funding for the five UArizona Health Sciences colleges")
February 21, 2023
Increases in National Institutes of Health awards to several UArizona Health Sciences colleges led to a strong showing in the annual rankings.
February 13, 2023
The University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center’s annual Green Valley Lecture Series will return Feb. 16 and March 16 with two lectures focused on heart beats.
![[2023 Resident of Distinction Awardees at Maui Derm (back row, from left): Dev Sahni, MD, MHA, Patrick Jedlowski, MD; (front row): Zizi Yu, MD, Alexandra Rzepecki, MD, Yang (Sunny) Li, MD (Photo courtesy of Beiersdorf Inc.)]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/2023_dermmentors_residents_of_distinction_awardees_card.jpg?itok=i0BabKv8×tamp=1720540904 "2023 Resident of Distinction Awardees at Maui Derm (back row, from left): Dev Sahni, MD, MHA, Patrick Jedlowski, MD; (front row): Zizi Yu, MD, Alexandra Rzepecki, MD, Yang (Sunny) Li, MD (Photo courtesy of Beiersdorf Inc.)")
February 7, 2023
Patrick Jedlowski, MD, a resident in the Advanced Dermatology Residency Program in the UArizona Division of Dermatology, was among several top dermatology residents invited to attend the 2023 Maui Derm for Dermatologists Conference in Hawaii.
February 1, 2023
The findings of researchers from Banner Urgent Care Services and the University of Arizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence are being used to improve patient care by identifying the illness sooner, preventing infection spread and reducing treatment costs.
January 22, 2023
Faculty close to the Primary Care Physician Scholarship Program find the effort inspiring as it helps fill clinical gaps in underserved areas of Arizona.
December 22, 2022
With great sadness, we announce that Frank Marcus, MD, professor emeritus who dedicated more than 50 years to the Division of Cardiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and the Sarver Heart Center, passed away at the age of 94. Dr. Marcus was born on March 23, 1928, in Haverstraw, New York, to Samuel and Edith Marcus....
December 14, 2022
Interprofessional education modules at the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center teach students the importance of teamwork in health care.
December 5, 2022
Five new seed projects will use the All of Us Research Program dataset to start a wide variety of new studies.
![[Portrait of Asian-American man wearing a gray suit, red tie and blue dress shirt]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/portrait_liao_james-2-card.jpg?itok=Qz5dvQxq×tamp=1669851080 "A fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American College of Physicians, James Liao, MD, joins the University of Arizona Health Sciences from the University of Chicago.")
November 29, 2022
A fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American College of Physicians, James Liao, MD, joins the University of Arizona Health Sciences from the University of Chicago.
November 17, 2022
Parent-child faculty combos have a deeply invested view on how the College of Medicine – Tucson has evolved over the past 55 years, including Drs. Leslie Boyer and her father, Dr. John T. "Jack" Boyer, who founded three divisions in the Department of Medicine.
November 17, 2022
Honored as the 2023 Founders Day keynote speaker, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson pulmonary division chief Dr. Parthasarathy is a nationally recognized expert in sleep medicine, conducting important research on sleep, breathing and inflammation.
![[X-ray image of knees with red marking pain spots - courtesy of Getty Images]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/1x_widescreen/public/gettyimages-991965242-card.jpg?itok=2vD22oY5×tamp=1694639414 "X-ray image of knees with red marking pain spots - courtesy of Getty Images")
October 18, 2022
Rheumatology Division Chief Dr. C. Kent Kwoh will lead a study that seeks to develop methods to predict who will experience rapid knee deterioration or need knee replacements in the future.