Elizabeth B. Juneman, MD

Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track)
Medical Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation, Banner - University Medical Center Tucson and South

Dr. Juneman joined our faculty in 2007, working at the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS Tucson VA) from 2007-2015. During that time, she served as director of the Heart Failure Program and director of the Echocardiography Laboratory at SAVAHCS. She has been a member of the Sarver Heart Center since 2004 and is a UA Reynolds Scholar in Applied Geriatrics at the UA Center on Aging. She is a key faculty lecturer in the Cardio-Pulmonary-Renal Block for first-year medical students. She has successfully mentored medical students, residents, fellows and graduate students.

Degree(s)

  • MD: University of Texas Houston Health Sciences Center, 2000
  • BS: Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Electrical Engineering, honors
Internship
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, Internal Medicine
Residency
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, Internal Medicine, 2004
Fellowship
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, Cardiovascular Medicine, 2007
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology - Subspecialty
American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease - Subspecialty
Honors and Awards
College of Medicine – Tucson Faculty Teaching Awards, Dean’s List for Excellence in Teaching, 2018, 2019-2020
Tucson Veterans Affairs Clinician of the Year, 2012
Named one of Tucson Lifestyle's Best Doctors, 2009 – Present
Clinical Specialties
Cardiac Physiology in the Failing Heart
Women’s Cardiovascular Disease
Research Interests

mechanical and cellular remodeling in heart failure, alterations in left ventricular dysfunction, cellular therapy for heart failure