• From cardiology to rheumatology, we’re committed to creating a leading patient-centered clinical practice in terms of safety, value and satisfaction. We are your specialists in internal medicine.

  • Through groundbreaking research and clinical trials of our world-renowned physician scientists, we’re able to offer innovative therapies, advanced procedures and cutting-edge treatments and technologies in the compassionate care we provide our patients.

  • As a guiding force for health and wellbeing in the diverse communities we serve, our physicians at the Department of Medicine are transforming how health care is delivered across Southern Arizona.

Patient Care

The Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine serves as the academic home to more than 200 faculty physicians in 12 divisions representing more than a dozen internal medicine subspecialties from cardiology to rheumatology.

We provide care for the people of southern Arizona and beyond. Along with our community health care partners, we are committed to providing our patients with outstanding clinical services with their wellbeing at the center of all that we do. We are dedicated to providing care that is respectful of and responsive to patient preferences and needs—ensuring that what the patient and their families value most guides our clinical decisions.

As the state’s premier academic medical center, we are proud to serve our patients.

Department News

FID teaching excellence session schedule released for New Year

The Winter-Spring 2025 schedule for Faculty Instructional Development sessions – seven in all – within the Department of Medicine has been released. Five are offered via Zoom and two in person. Register today!


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.


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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