Fall Calendar for DOM Faculty & Staff

A compendium of events of note to Department of Medicine faculty and staff:

Thu., Oct. 29, noon-1 pm
Financial Literacy Program
Speaker: Jason DiLorenzo, Executive Director, Doctors Without Quarters, LLC
Key topics for medical school graduates and students include loan repayment strategies, IBR examples, PAYE calculations and PSLF.

Fri., Oct. 30, noon-1 pm
Cardiology Grand Rounds, Guest Speaker Series
"Lessons Learned from Running a Multi-Center Randomized Trial: The Pediatric Heart Network Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial"
Speaker: Richard Ohye, MD, head, Section of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Michigan, & co-director, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital Congenital Heart Center
SHC Room 4137

Tue., Nov. 3, 10-11 am
Clinical Research Informatics Tools - Information Session
UA Center for Biomedical Informatics & Biostatistics, Keating/BIO5 Rm. 103
Learn about the Clinical Data Warehouse, TissueMetrix biobank management software, REDCap open-source electronic data capture software and i2b2 cohort exploration web-based tool.
Register today!

Wed., Nov. 4, 7:30-9 am
Arizona Health Sciences Library Open House
AHS Library, UACOM

Wed., Nov. 4, 6-7:15 pm
Living Healthy with Arthritis: “Back Talk – Treating and Preventing Complex and Common Forms of Back Pain”
UA Arthritis Center
Speaker: Patrick Bouley, DPT, manager, Outpatient Physical Therapy Services, Banner – UMC Tucson
DuVal Auditorium

Sat., Nov. 7, 2-6 pm
Sixth Annual Melanoma Walk
UA Cancer Center North Campus

Mon., Nov. 9 through Wed., Nov. 18
Valley Fever Awareness Week 2015
UA Valley Fever Center for Excellence

• Tune in to AM 1030 KVOI The Voice of Tucson on Mon., Nov. 9, at 12:30 p.m., for “What You Should Know about Valley Fever,” an interview with John Galgiani, MD, on the “Bill Buckmaster Show,” with livestreaming online at www.BuckmasterShow.com
• Public lecture, “Valley Fever,” John Galgiani, MD, Thu., Nov. 12, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Great Room, Arizona Senior Academy at Academy Village, 13715 E. Langtry Lane, Tucson. For reservations: info@arizonasenioracademy.org or (520) 647-0980
• A silent auction at the Coyote Classic Dog Shows, hosted by the Tucson Kennel Club and Greater Sierra Vista Kennel Club, Pima County Fairgrounds, 11300 S. Houghton Road, Tucson, will be held Nov. 13-16, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Proceeds benefit canine vaccine research at the UA Valley Fever Center for Excellence. Admission to the event is free.
• For medical professionals, “Some of Your Patients Have Valley Fever — Do You Know which Ones?” by John Galgiani, MD, will be held Fri., Nov. 13, 1 to 4 p.m., during the American College of Physicians - Scientific Meeting at the Doubletree Hilton Tucson, 445 S. Alvernon Way. Register here.
• For the scientific community, the UA’s 20th Annual Farness Lecture – “There’s Fungus Among Us: CDC’s Fight Against Fungal Diseases,” CDC medical epidemiologist Tom M. Chiller, MD, MPHTM, Wed., Nov. 18, noon - 1 p.m., UACOM-T Room 5403. The  event will be livestreamed online, where it also will be archived for later viewing: click here.

For all Valley Fever Awareness Week events, including Phoenix & Cottonwood, Ariz., click here.
 

Tue., Nov. 17, 10-11 am
BIO5 Distinguished Scholar Lectures - Bioinformatics Series
"Knowledge of Systems Biology for Analysis of Clinical & Experimental Data"
Faculty Speaker: Yves Lussier, MD
BIO5 Institute, Thomas W. Keating Bldg., Room 103
RSVP Online | Refreshments Provided

Thu., Nov. 19, noon-1 pm
2015 UACOM-T Faculty Teaching Awards Ceremony
Individual faculty, housestaff and rural health preceptors are recognized, as are departments for outstanding teaching by a clerkship or elective, and administrative and clinical support staff who make an impact on college life through their interactions with students, faculty and others. RSVP by Nov. 12 to specialevents@medicine.arizona.edu.

 

Thu., Nov. 20, 8-9 am
Dementia: A Global Challenge Lecture Series — "Subcortical Vascular Cognitive Impairment”
UA Department of Neurology, UA Center on Aging
Speaker: Duk L. Na, MD, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
UACOM Rm. 5403
[NOTE: This event coincides with Neurosciences Grand Rounds. It will be livestreamed & archived for later viewing.]

 

Thu., Nov. 20, noon-1 pm
Advances in Aging Lecture Series: “Parkinson's Update”
UA Center on Aging
Speaker: Becky Farley, PT, MS, PhD – CEO, Parkinson Wellness Recovery (PWR!)
1st Flr. Conf. Rm., Behavioral Health Pavilion, Banner – UMC South, 2800 E. Ajo Way

 

Register now:

UA Cancer Center Skin Cancer Institute: MELANOMA WALK '15
Sat., Nov. 7, UACC – North Campus, 3838 N. Campbell, 2-6 p.m. (Walk starts @ 4 p.m.)

Chicanos Por La Causa - 19th Annual S. Ariz. Scholarship Golf Tournament to benefit UA Health Sciences
Fri., Nov. 13, Randolph Golf Complex, Raffle & Breakfast 7 am, Shotgun Tee Off, 9 a.m.

Lupus Foundation of Southern Arizona First Annual Gala
Sun., Nov. 15, 5-8 pm, Silent Auction & Dinner with Guest Speaker: Bridget Walsh, DO, Rheumatology, The Lodge at Ventana Canyon, 6200 N. Club House Lane

Susan G. Komen Southern AZ ‘Riders for the Cure’ / 33rd El Tour de Tucson by Casino del Sol
Sat., Nov. 21, Site & times depend on ride length of participant.

To submit items for inclusion on this periodically updated list of events relevant to faculty and staff of the UA Department of Medicine, its divisions and related institutes and centers of excellence, please contact David Mogollón, Communications Coordinator, Department of Medicine, (520) 626-1137.
 

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Wed., Oct. 28, noon-1 pm
DOM Grand Rounds: "Choosing Wisely for Older Adults - The ABIM Guide for Evidence-based Care"
Speaker: Sharon Hung, MD, assistant professor, UA Division of Geriatrics, General Internal Medicine & Palliative Medicine
UACOM 5403