Despite declines in cancer deaths starting in the 1990s, cancer remains the second leading cause of death in Arizona and nationwide. The Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson works within the University of Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Center to provide specialty multidisciplinary care, cutting-edge research, and expert education and training for the next generation of hematologists and oncologists.  

Rachna T. Shroff, MD, MS, FASCO
Chief, Division of Hematology and Oncology 

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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. 
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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.
[Pictured (from left): Jarrod Mosier, MD, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship associate director; Steven Knoper, MD, Lung Transplant medical director; Beth Draves, RN, senior director & associate CNO for Banner hospitals in Tucson; Brenda Lambert; Josh Malo, MD; David Miller, MD, associate director, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine and Critical Care Medicine fellowships; Sai Parthasarathy, MD, chief, Pulmonary division; Amy Napier; Jacque Carrillo; Brittany Anundson; Monique Murillo; and Hossai Shah.]
Pulmonary’s Dr. Josh Malo proves proverb true with Banner ‘Good Catch’ award

Proving a stitch in time saves nine, the associate medical director for the Lung Transplant Program at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson spotted an incorrect measurement on a patient’s donor wait list information. A quick update got them a donor offer soon after.

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