Alumni News
On May 12, nearly 120 University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson students will receive their medical degrees in Centennial Hall, where they will take the Hippocratic Oath and be draped with an academic hood to represent their initiation into the field of medicine. “These students have spent the bulk of their medical school education and...
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson will honor exceptional alumni who have completed the Pre-Medical Admissions Pathway (P-MAP), an intensive medical school preparation program that every year accepts 10 promising students who have faced considerable obstacles on their paths to medical school. Students who successfully complete...
Fourth-year medical students pick up bags containing envelopes revealing where they have been matched for residency programs. Photography by University of Arizona Health Sciences Communications, Kris Hanning. After an excited countdown, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Class of 2022 simultaneously opened their individual...
In a photo taken at the last in-person Match Day ceremony, College of Medicine – Tucson Class of 2019 member Leanne Zabala, MD, matched in internal medicine at UCLA Medical Center. (Photo: Rick Kopstein, UAHS BioCommunications) More than 110 medical students in the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson will learn where they will...
Today, the world lost a towering figure of global health equity, a champion of human rights and one of the greatest humanitarians of our lifetime. Dr. Paul Farmer devoted his career to working for and in defense of the poor, underserved, stigmatized and disenfranchised. His tireless commitment to a “preferential option for the poor” in health...
After their White Coat ceremonies were postponed in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Class of 2024 students will receive their white coats on Feb. 25 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom at the UArizona Student Union. The White Coat Ceremony recognizes medical students’ entry into medicine...
The issue of health equity has had a profound impact on how the University of Arizona Health Sciences prepares its students to better meet the care needs of all patients. At the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson, improving health care disparities includes training the next generation of physicians to understand the cultures and speak the...
It is with a sad and heavy heart that we share the news of the passing of Ronald Weinstein, MD, professor of pathology, public health, medical imaging and pharmacy practice-science, and co-founder and long-time director of the renowned Arizona Telemedicine Program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. Dr. Weinstein was beloved...
For Theresa Cullen, MD, MS, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s 2021 Alumni of the Year, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a trial by fire. A 1983 graduate of the college, she was among those recognized Thursday, Nov. 4, 2-5 p.m., during the UArizona’s 2021 Alumni of the Year Awards Ceremony at the Student Union Memorial Center’...
Three University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson medical school graduates were selected to receive the 2021 Zenas B. Noon Award for Excellence in Cardiology. The award was established by the family of Dr. Noon, a surgeon born in Nogales, AZ who served that community for more than three decades. Joseph Heiler, MD, will begin an eight-year...
Division of Cardiology faculty and fellows selected two University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson internal medicine resident physicians to receive the Charles W. Hall Jr. and Virginia C. Hall Memorial Endowment Award for Outstanding House Officer in the Cardiac Care Unit. Colin Anderson, MD, grew up in Tucson and attended St. George’s...
David Bruzzese, MBA, and LaToya Singletary will be joining the College of Medicine – Tucson (COM-T) as the new Executive Director, Brand Communications and Senior Director of Development, effective Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Mr. Bruzzese will serve on COM-T's senior leadership team and will foster effective communication between the COM-T and its...
Multiple awards were presented to graduating seniors and a few faculty members at the Class of 2021 convocation for the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, held May 12 at the Cole and Jeannie Davis Sports Center. Normally, the college’s Honors and Awards Committee would have recognized the winners at the Senior Awards Luncheon...
