WellDOM Chess Club Meeting

As part of the WellDOM Initiative between the Department of Medicine and Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, work is under way with all College of Medicine – Tucson departments to create forums in which faculty, staff, trainees and/or medical students can connect and interact around common interests.

To start, the DOM and AWCIM have launched a chess club, which is being spearheaded by three DOM faculty: Anil Potharaju, MD, Division of Inpatient Medicine, Venkatesh Ariyamuthu, MD, Division of Nephrology, and Talal Moukabary, MD, Division of Cardiology.

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“We share the passion a lot of our fellow colleagues have for this immortal game. We thought we should create an opportunity to mingle, enjoy a few games and learn from each other. We believe it will provide a venue for those who are interested to participate in chess-related activities like playing games, solving tactics, etc. We hope we can even have an annual U.S. Chess Federation (USCF-rated) tournament in the future depending on the interest,” Dr. Ariyamuthu said.

The first meet-up was July 7 (click here for news item and mini-photo gallery on that event) at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine. The second will be Monday, August 18, 5:30-8:30 p.m., same place. Subsequent dates — all the same time and place — will be Monday, Sept. 22, Monday, Oct. 27, and Monday, Nov. 17. 

See this form to RSVP and check for any changes to the current dates planned.

You can also refer to the attached flyer with QR code to RSVP. 

Please share this information in your business units and look for flyers of other events being planned in the near future.

Serena Scott, MD, MBA
DOM Vice Chair of Faculty Development and Wellness
Associate Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine