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.

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.

Dr. James Kerwin returned to the college last month to share his experiences with Doctors Without Borders with the next generation of physicians.

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 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.

Using immersive, artificial scenarios — whether they involve high-tech gadgetry or actual humans pretending to be sick — is a sure-fire way to develop students who feel well-prepared by the time they’re seeing real patients.

“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.

Through classroom discussion and sustainability advocacy in his own community, Dr. Brian Drummond encourages students to consider how climate change affects patient health.

Regents Professor Juanita Merchant, MD, PhD, devotes her career to “hedgehog,” a cell signaling pathway that may hold keys for improving neuroendocrine cancer treatment and help identify new drug targets.