The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson is launching a medical Spanish training program for residents and fellows to better serve the needs of the city’s Spanish-speaking population. “A large portion of our population is predominately Spanish-speaking,” says Victoria Murrain, DO,…
A new $1.9 million grant at the University of Arizona Steele Children’s Research Center will help researchers discover ways to prevent a deadly disease that affects thousands of premature infants annually. Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC), an inflammatory gastrointestinal disease, is one of the…
Ken Sandock MD, a member of the Pima Medical Society Board of Directors, received the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum’s Silver Spike Award as Benefactor of the Year. The award is named after the Silver Spike mined and finished by the…
It was a dead-end job. Everything was the same, every day. Marquette, Mich.-based family physician Jennifer Dehlin, MD, saw her life stretched out before her and wasn’t excited about her role as a physician. She was only in her 30s.…
Physician burnout is not an isolated phenomenon. According to a 2015 Mayo Clinic study, nearly 55 percent of physicians reported at least one symptom of burnout including emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, or a sense of decreased personal accomplishment. By 2017, a…
Arizona has launched one of the nation’s first 24/7 hotlines providing free, real-time consultations for clinicians with complex patients with pain and opioid use disorders. The first-of-its-kind hotline is staffed by medical experts at the Poison and Drug Information Centers…
Local Media is currently having open “Call for Nominations” for its Influential Health and Medical Leaders 2018 Awards. Nominations can be made in one of 18 categories. The nominations will be reviewed by a panel of independent judges who select…
Loren Winston Martin MD, allergist and long-time PCMS member, died February 15, 2018. He was 79. Born April 20, 1938, in Albertsville, Alabama, Martin attended Duke University and graduated from the University of Tennessee Medical School in 1962. He interned…
John Wright Cortner MD, Pima County Medical Society member since 1954, passed away March 13, 2018. He was 94. An orthopedic surgeon who practiced until 2001, he graduated from Western Reserve University Medical School in 1947, interned at St. Vincent…
Anesthesiologist Charles Berman MD, died January 19, 2018. He was 90 years old. Born September 19, 1927 in Detroit, Berman spent the early part of his medical career in Michigan. After graduating from the University of Michigan Medical School in…