Emergency Medicine

Emergency Medicine

Emergency Medicine

Our mission is to be the standard of excellence to which others aspire. Our vision is to provide evidence-based and compassionate care to our patients, conduct innovative research that benefits patients, and train the next generation of emergency medicine specialists and subspecialty leaders. Our department is a diverse family that has a ton of fun at work and outside it. There is no question in our minds that peak wellness is essential for peak performance. Tucson creates a fantastic platform to achieve these things.

Emergency Medicine Department News

Banner – UMC Tucson Emergency Department, U of A Center on Aging collaborate to advance geriatric ER care

Geriatric ED accreditation by the American College of Emergency Physicians recognizes interdisciplinary collaboration focused on optimizing age-friendly emergency care for older adults.

U of A awarded over $30M to study ground EMS blood transfusion for trauma survival

The University of Arizona has been approved for $30.6 million in research funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, or PCORI.

Emergency Medicine Professor and Colleagues Report Medical Breakthrough in the New England Journal of Medicine

We congratulate Kurt R. Denninghoff, MD, professor of emergency medicine, as the lead author on a recent milestone article in the New England Journal of Medicine.

In the Headlines

September 2, 2026 | NPR/Morning Edition

“He died of ‘natural causes.’ But his mother says she knows what killed him: heat”
Clinical Professor Brian S. Drummond, MD, FAAEM