Dr. Richard Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the United States and distinguished professor, UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, will moderate the event and will be the keynote speaker during the hot wash from 3:35 to 4:30 p.m.…

Banner Health flu experts are “preparing for the worst’’ for the upcoming flu seasons as early flu cases in Australia and even in the U.S. indicate that this season may be worse than others. “We look at Australia, where it…

Julie Bauman, MD, MPH, has been awarded a competitive fellowship with the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) Program for Women. Professor of Medicine Julie Bauman, MD, MPH, has been named a 2019-2020 fellow of the prestigious…

Dr. Abecassis is the J. Roscoe Miller Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Microbiology-Immunology at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. He also is chief of the Division of Organ Transplantation and founding director of the Comprehensive Transplant Center.…

Nearly 120 new medical students will receive and don their very first white coats at the White Coat Ceremony for the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson later this month. The annual event, held to honor the college’s…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is raising awareness of the risk to patient health and safety because of misapplication of the Opioid Guideline for chronic pain. Please read the recent commentary in the New England Journal of…

Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, an international leader in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, will soon begin construction on a new, multidisciplinary memory and research center in Tucson in collaboration with the University of Arizona clinicians and researchers. The…

The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) has granted the Office of Continuing Medical Education (CME) reaccreditation with commendation—the highest status awarded by ACCME. The Office of Continuing Medical Education (OCME) at the University of Arizona College of Medicine…

On May 9, 102 students officially will become physicians and earn their Doctor of Medicine degrees. More than 100 students in the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson officially will become doctors on Thursday, May 9. The convocation…

Nine-story hospital tower opens to patients April 22; community preview April 7 Banner – University Medical Center Tucson will welcome its first patients to its new, nine-story patient tower beginning Monday, April 22. Nearly four years under construction, the $446…