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Excitement about the 2026 World Cup this past week invaded Banner – University Medical Center Tucson as soccer fever over semifinal matches with the top four teams remaining in the tournament spilt into the residents and physicians lounges.

Bhaskar Banerjee, MD, who served on the U of A College of Medicine – Tucson’s faculty for 16 years — seven as GI division chief — died June 19. His memorial service, for family only, was held June 27. He retired at the start of 2025. Learn more about this physician-scientist who sought to revolutionize endoscopy procedures.

U of A researchers found that a group of proteins involved in neuronal development was overrepresented in the umbilical cord blood of about one-third of babies born small for gestational age.

Two Department of Medicine staffers, Robin Lang and Terri Buchanan, were among 15 nominated for the Lura Hanekamp Dedicated Staff Award. At the June 17 awards ceremony hosted by the U of A College of Medicine – Tucson, Lang was one of the winners.

Forty-seven Internal Medicine Residency Program residents at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson memorialized their graduation June 12 at the Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch. See who won awards and a mini-photo gallery.

Nearly 40 physicians graduate this summer with advanced specialty training in internal medicine from the U of A Department of Medicine’s 17 fellowship programs. Festivities began in May and finish by summer’s end, with more trainees joining us July 1.

Julia Indik, MD, PhD, a professor and fellowship program director in the Division of Cardiology and Sarver Heart Center, adds to her medal count at the U.S. Powerlifting Association’s Ultra Nationals competition in Anaheim, California.

Sixteen Department of Medicine faculty members shared in honors presented along with an annual departmental assessment by DOM Chair James K. Liao, MD, along with vice chair reports.

A University of Arizona-led team finds that mitochondria — the cell’s power plants — plug directly into the nucleus, fueling the genes that build the heart, brain and body.

“We are deeply committed to advancing patient care through the power of clinical research,” says Corey Casper, MD, MPH, Banner’s chief research officer and a Division of Infectious Diseases professor at the College of Medicine – Tucson.