New Phoenix Biomedical Campus Will Fill Arizona’s Need for More Health Care Professionals, Provide Major Economic Boon for State.
New study says Phoenix Biomedical Campus may become a key economic engine for Arizona.
Health-care providers soon will have access to a new tool designed to assess a patient's health literacy skills quickly and simply.
Forty-two associate fellows from The University of Arizona Program in Integrative Medicine will gather on Friday, Nov. 18.
The Arizona Cancer Center is ranked 16th among 40 comprehensive cancer centers across the nation for receiving the largest amount of grant awards from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in 2004-05.
College of Public Health conference features returned Peace Corps volunteers.
DMetrix, Inc.selected for Wall Street Journal award.
Families taught to improve gun safety.
UA Physician-Researcher Dr. Lane P. Johnson Recognized for Work in Herbal Remedies
UA Researchers Study Use of Peptide Hormones in Treating Disease
Latina Students Recognized for Academic Achievement, Service to Latino Community
Beth Schermer Appointed Vice Dean For Administration
Arizona Cancer Center Awarded $21.6 Million Grant
AZHIN recieves award
Dr. Grana Named President of American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
Repositioning at the UMC
Undergraduates Participate in Summer Medical Education Program
Medical Education Program Participants
Menopausal Symptom Study
AHCOE launches new web site
Participants sought for study
Two physicians at The University of Arizona College of Medicine were among women physicians selected nationally as 2005 Local Legends.
Mona A. Zawaideh, MD, has joined University Physicians Healthcare and the faculty of The University of Arizona Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Zawaideh is the only physician in the country who is board-eligible in both pediatric nephrology and endocrinology, according to the American Board of Pediatrics.
All proceeds will benefit CUP, which is one of the of the oldest community service programs at a U.S. medical school
The book delivers leading-edge information for primary physicians and health care providers in an effort to continuously stress the importance of cancer prevention and the latest early detection strategies.
The Med-Start program is an intensive experience in which the students acquire basic medical knowledge while learning about health care careers
The web-based TouchWorks EHR will connect UPH physicians with each other as well as with outside laboratories and pharmacies, allowing physicians to electronically order and view lab tests and send prescriptions.
Each of the Fabulous 50 was nominated by nursing colleagues, physicians or patients for their professionalism, education, research and personal vitality.
The condition is not progressive and doesn't lead to blindness. Currently, no treatments exist for achromatosia; genetic research one day may provide a therapy.
People and Programs On The Move - Dr. Robert Gore & Dr. Peter Chase
Physicians, nurses and researchers working together to help patients with ovarian and other gynecological cancers will present the latest findings and discuss future directions in their areas of expertise.
The most widespread and devastating gastrointestinal disease affecting premature babies could be prevented simply by adding a common breast-milk protein to infant formula.
"The Medwagon will make it so much easier for patients and their parents. They won't have to worry about the IV pole getting in their way, so they'll have more freedom."
Awards were presented at a luncheon as part of a tax reform workshop. President George W. Bush attended the event's dinner later that day.
The 10-month UA paramedic curriculum offers 64 college credits in an accelerated learning environment, culminating in an on-site National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) examination.
The 10-month UA paramedic curriculum offers 64 college credits in an accelerated learning environment, culminating in an on-site National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) examination.
Participation in the study will require two evenings of testing, three overnights in the sleep laboratory and three brief interviews up to a year after the program.
Reality television recently visited Tucson to chronicle the professional and private life of healthcare professionals at Tucson Medical Center (TMC) and University Medical Center (UMC).
Laura Sundt Eberly, elected to the UPH Board of Directors. She joins other medical, academic and community leaders in managing the state's largest physicians group and UPH Hospital at Kino Campus.
AHLS not only enables health care professionals to better protect our community, but also protect our first responders and emergency staff,
The Class of 2005 includes 92 graduates - 47 women and 45 men. Most are expected to remain in Arizona for their residencies.
Four physicians staff the program at the UA, with three doctors providing care at Kino. The program is offering outpatient services at four clinics, three afternoons a week.
Dr. Adam and her colleagues used preprogram survey data from 7,270 Hispanic or white teens in seventh to 12th grade involved in the Arizona Abstinence-Only Education Program to predict the probability of onset of sexual intercourse based on age, gender, family structure, program location, religiosity, free school lunch, grades, rural residence, acculturation and ethnicity
The Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs. Stenting Trial (CREST) is supported by the NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
People and Programs On The Move At the University of Arizona Health Sciences
The Medical Ignorance (Q3) Collaboratory is cosponsored by the National Institutes of Health Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) from the National Center for Research Resources, the American Medical Association, Foundation Health Literacy Project and the Ignorance Foundation.
"Olympics Party" for kids. The party will be held in the ChildLife Center on the third floor of UMC.
In most cases of babies born with this condition (80-90 percent), the hole is small and does not cause symptoms. As the muscular wall continues to grow after birth, the hole usually closes.
The lecture is presented by the Tucson chapter for the Society for Neuroscience and the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center with education outreach grants from the Society for Neuroscience and the American Association of Anatomy.
Carrie Cecil added: "This is an amazing opportunity for us to give a little back to our community and a foundation in dire need of awareness and funds."
Recent research shows that Reach Out and Read programs positively affect literacy development by improving children's ability to express themselves verbally, increasing children's listening vocabularies and reducing the number of children with language delays that can prevent them from succeeding in school.
A documentary that follows six Tucson patients through weeks of cancer treatments at University Medical Center and culminates with their triumphant walk down a fashion-show runway.
Public Invited to Feb. 16 Nursing Research Presentations Featuring Nationally Noted Antonia M. Villarruel
In addition to the Ronald McDonald House, plans for the UMC North cancer campus call for an outpatient clinic, medical offices for clinical trials, an outpatient imaging center, healing gardens, a residential facility for approximately 30 adult patients, administrative offices and a conference/education center for staff and the community.
"Tinnitus Retraining Therapy offers many patients afflicted with severe tinnitus the opportunity for a better quality of life," Dr. Maré says.
The Donald Ware Waddell Award is presented annually by the Arizona Cancer Center to a scientist recognized for making a significant contribution to research on cancer.
The show featuring Kassandra and UMC is tentatively scheduled to air in mid-March. "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" airs Sunday evenings on KGUN-TV 9.
The University of Arizona Program in Integrative Medicine is leading the transformation of health care by creating, educating and supporting a community of professionals who embody the philosophy and practice of integrative medicine
Dr. Weinstein will present information on two innovative projects being developed in Arizona: eHealthU and UltraClinicsTM.
Free glaucoma screenings by medical students from the University of Arizona College of Medicine's Student Sight Savers Program (SSSP) and volunteer ophthalmologists from the community.
Physicians from UMC and the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center will coordinate care with participants' cardiologists back home.
The workshops provide information, education, inspiration and social support to help participants improve their current health and fitness levels by making small changes in eating, exercise and mental attitude.
UMC cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon Francisco Arabia, MD, led the procedure on Eugene Martinez, 55, of Green Valley. Dr. Arabia was assisted by Griffin Coates, MD, University of Arizona Thoracic Surgery Residency Program first year fellow.
The gift from the entire Olson family will benefit the Bobbi Olson Endowment for Ovarian Cancer Research. The endowment established in the name of Olson's first wife, Bobbi, who succumbed to ovarian cancer on Jan. 1, 2001
"In five years, the EM/Peds Residency Program offers a broad-based training, allowing the graduate to work in all emergency settings and children's hospitals
"We are grateful and honored with the naming of the total artificial heart as an advance for Cardiovascular Medicine by the AHA.
The treatments are provided free to participants, as part of a research grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health/ National Institute of Nursing Research to the University of Toronto.
The Scottsdale resident was implanted with the CardioWest(tm) in September 1999. In February 2000, he received a heart transplant.
"Hazmat exposures pose a common threat to communities and individuals in the U.S. and internationally," Dr. Walter says.
CHIP represents a unique collaboration among the UA College of Medicine and 14 major corporations. Developed originally by Dr. Pelletier at the University of California School of Medicine in San Francisco in 1984
Like private eyes, six medical students will examine more than 40 patients for evidence of glaucoma, a silent, blinding eye disease that some do not even know they have.
People and Programs On The Move - Zuckerman College of Public Health
The free seminars focus on local, state, national, or global topics, including those from other disciplines that may impact public health.
Available without a prescription as a natural nutritional supplement, Pycnogenol® is used throughout the world as a remedy for diseases.
"This important endowment acknowledges Susan and Saul for their extraordinary contributions that have made the Center what it is today," Dr. Yocum says.
John Sweetenham, MD, professor of medicine at the Arizona Cancer Center, will lead the program, focusing on newly approved radioimmunotherapy treatments for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
This year's Sundown at the Pass is focusing on fighting childhood obesity and diabetes.
The recipient in the Advocate Category is Lura M. Lovell and the Clinician Category, the recipient is Carole Sheehan, MA, RNC
He also will serve as chairman of the hospital's Medical Executive Committee while continuing to care for patients as medical director of the hospital's Cardiac Catheterization Lab.
If you have knee pain, are between the ages of 35-65 and want to learn more about this free program, please call Emmy Fishman
UA College of Medicine
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PO Box 245017
Tucson, Arizona 85724
Tel: (520) 626-4555
UA College of Medicine – Phoenix in partnership with ASU
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Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Tel: (602) 827-2001
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