Internal Medicine Residency – Tucson Campus

Congratulations to our 2025-26 IM Chief Residents
When on ICU Service Residents and Med Students always find reasons to Smile
Associate Program Director, Dr. Anthony Witten with our IM Residents thriving on Inpatient Service!
IM Core Faculty Member, Dr. Ian Coe presenting All About Echo's at Academic Half Day
Banner – University Medical Center Tucson - 2024-25 U.S. News & World Report Best Regional Hospital, ranking No. 1 in Tucson, No. 3 in Arizona and the best hospital in Southeastern Arizona.
2024 American College of Cardiology Conference Presenters
Internal Medicine Residency – Tucson Campus 2024 Meet-and-Greet Event - Department of Medicine Faculty members and IM Residents chat with UA medical students.
2024 Internal Medicine Chiefs bonding with our new IM Interns on a Chiefs' Hike in Mount Lemmon.
Internal medicine residents, fellows and students share thoughts on their projects and posters during Research Academic Half Day competition in Kiewit Auditorium
Tucson Campus former Internal Medicine resident Dr. Alexander Peck presents his report, “The Case of MC,” at Medicine Grand Rounds for ACP Clinical Vignettes competition.

Over nearly five decades, we have developed a highly collegial, mid-sized academic training program that offers diverse experiences at multiple state-of-the-art training sites. With Tucson nestled in the northern region of the Sonoran Desert and in the heart of the Old West, our residents gain exposure to a broad range of patients and faculty. We also offer centers of excellence on arthritis, cancer, diabetes, geriatrics, heart, liver, lung disease and more, in which University of Arizona faculty welcome our residents into their labs and allow them to participate in both clinical and bench research.

If you are looking for a friendly program with high academic standards and rigorous clinical models, we welcome you to visit and meet our leadership, faculty and residents as part of our interview process. Tomorrow is here today. Come grow with us!

Laura E. Meinke, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinical Scholar
Associate Vice Chair, Office of Education, Department of Medicine
Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program – Tucson Campus, Department of Medicine

Internal Medicine Residency – Tucson Campus

Housestaff training in internal medicine at the University of Arizona originated in 1972. Since then, we’ve graduated more than 700 physicians trained in all aspects of primary care. We consider this training experience to be highly competitive and successful. Residents learn the fundamentals of inpatient medicine while caring for patients on the general medical wards and in state-of-the-art intensive care and cardiac care units. The experience is broadened by ample exposure to ambulatory medicine. We also enjoy one of Arizona’s highest board passage rates.

Our primary clinical partner is Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, which is part of the academic division of Phoenix-based Banner Health along with multiple clinical facilities in Tucson that include the Banner – UMC South community hospital, UA Cancer Center Peter & Paula Fasseas Cancer Clinic and, adjacent to that, the new adult multispecialty outpatient center known as Banner – University Medicine North. Along with other community partners such as the Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System (SAVAHCS), residents are now able to care for patients in a range of settings: a University hospital, community hospital and VA medical center, in addition to various outpatient clinical operations.

Residents are expected to focus on three major goals — education, clinical skills and research excellence. Research opportunities are plentiful and encouraged. Our intent is to provide the necessary background for the successful practice of medicine and to allow growth and interest in clinical and basic sciences research at an early stage in training. To accomplish this, three major teaching facilities are utilized: Banner – UMC Tucson, the SAVAHCS, and Tucson Medical Center. In addition, outpatient continuity clinic experiences are available at Banner – UMC Tucson, SAVAHCS as well as with specialty and general practice groups and community physicians.

[Our Current Residents]

Sarver Heart Center gets $2M in gifts to found cardiovascular research institute

Donations from longtime U of A supporters Ginny L. Clements and Tom Rogers pave the way for a new institute, the first of its kind in the Southwest, at the Sarver Heart Center.

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Meet our Residents

Hoang Nhat Pham, MD

PGY-2

MD: Università degli Studi di Milano Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, 2022

Where I am from: Vietnam Interesting things about me: I have lived in 4 different countries (Vietnam, Italy, Germany, and USA). Since high school, I have been volunteering, from Vietnam Red Cross to American Red Cross currently. Why I chose UACOM-Tucson: I was first introduced to UACOM-Tucson during my last year of medical school when I had a conversation with the esteemed late Dr. Frank Marcus to discuss the research opportunity on Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy. Since then, I learned that the internal medicine program at UACOM-Tucson is a robust academic program with a strong emphasis on providing broad and in-depth training, and great research opportunities. In addition, I was incredibly impressed with the program on interview day, especially with a strong sense of community and camaraderie here.

Resident News - Internal Medicine Residency - Tucson Campus

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Can the heart heal itself? New study says it can.

An international research team co-led by Dr. Hesham Sadek, Cadiology division chief and Sarver Heart Center director at the College of Medicine – Tucson, found evidence that heart muscle can regenerate after heart failure in some people with artificial hearts.

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U of A projects research expenditures surpassed $1B in FY24, joining select group of U.S. institutions

Buoyed by research including retrieval of the largest asteroid sample ever brought to Earth, advancing a vaccine for Valley fever to human clinical trial – the world’s first against fungal infection to reach this stage – and mitigating effects of extreme heat, University of Arizona officials project research activity exceeded $1 billion in fiscal year 2024, which ended June 30, and are submitting this data to the National Science Foundation for review.

[A collage image of Billie Bixby, MD, Monica Hinestroza Jordan, MD, and Julia Jernberg, MD]

Three from DOM elected to Pima County Medical Society Board

Interventional Pulmonology program director Billie Bixby, MD, Infectious Diseases Fellowship associate program director Monica Hinestroza Jordan, MD, and geriatrician Julia Jernberg, MD, who heads the Ambulatory Clerkship Program, are among five new members picked for local society’s board. See who else from U of A is represented.