University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson

Pediatric Residents Shoot Hoops for Charity

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Shoot for Smiles charity basketball event pitted faculty members against residents from the University of Arizona department of pediatrics. The game benefited the pediatric residency program's chosen charity, Casa de los Niños.

UA Pediatric Resident with kids

Bringing Neurology Care to Arizona’s Four Corners Region

Four times a year, two University of Arizona neurologists drive 1,200 miles across Arizona's Four Corners area to deliver clinical expertise to an underserved indigenous population that otherwise would have to do without such specialty care or travel several hours for it to Flagstaff, Phoenix or Tucso

Covering an area the size of New England with only 200,000 people spread across it, Arizona’s Four Corners region offers austere, beautiful landscapes but can be daunting because of poor roads for physicians and patients alike to navigate to provide or receive medical care. (Photo courtesy of UA Native American Cardiology & Medical Service Program)

U.S. Distance Learning Association Inducts Ronald S. Weinstein, M.D. into Hall of Fame

Ronald S. Weinstein, MD, founder and director of the Arizona Telemedicine Program, has been inducted into the United States Distance Learning Association Hall of Fame.
Ron Weinstein, MD, with his USDLA Hall of Fame award

Steele Children’s Research Center Scientist Awarded Prestigious Grant

Four-year grant from National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases will allow Claire Larmonier, PhD, to explore role of protein in gastrointestinal diseases.

Dr. Larmonier and mentors

Diamond Children’s Pediatric Asthma Program Awarded ‘Gold Seal of Approval’ by Joint Commission

Certification demonstrates commitment to providing the highest level of care—Diamond Children's is one of only nine gold seal recipients in the United States.

Dr. Deshpande and patient

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