With multiple Department of Medicine faculty acting as judges and evaluators, poster and oral vignette presenters outdid themselves at this annual event to cap off research projects often presented at symposiums and conferences around the nation.

A study led by researchers from the departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine showed that azithromycin did not help preschool children in the hospital emergency department with bouts of severe wheezing.

People living with chronic pain are more likely to have treatment-resistant depression — or not receive any treatment at all. Dr. Jennifer S. De La Rosa hopes to address the unmet needs of this population.

With a high of six for the Division of Inpatient Medicine and five each for the Hematology & Oncology and Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine divisions, this is the most promotions in decades for the department. Congrats, one and all!

Several College of Medicine – Tucson and Department of Medicine faculty participated as panelists and moderators at this event, which celebrated the serendipitous missions in efforts to improve medical therapies and healthcare throughout Southern Arizona.

A five-year, nearly $14 million award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, or PCORI, will support a University of Arizona-led clinical trial headed by Sairam Parthsarathy, MD, comparing three common treatments for obstructive sleep apnea.

Bital Savir-Baruch, MD, FACNM, a professor of radiology and imaging sciences at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, received the Steven M. Pinsky Distinguished Service Award/Gold Medal.

With a fresh venue and smiles for an excellent year of academic merit, faculty, students, residents and a fellow or two as well as education staff gathered for the annual honors celebration at The Eddy Hotel.

Marvin Slepian, MD, JD, Regents Professor, cardiologist and U of A Center for Accelerated Biomedical Innovation director, will deliver the Eva M. Holtby Endowed Keynote Presentation, May 16, exploring a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape where artificial intelligence is enhancing how clinicians diagnose, treat and manage disease.

GGP’s Amy Klein, MD, palliative medicine medical director at Banner – University Medicine Tucson, was named the 2026 Friend of Nursing Honoree, among several awards presented May 5. Among other honors, nurses in the Cardiology and Nephrology divisions were recognized, too.