Many young physicians I work with are excited to enter into recruitment agreements with hospitals and medical practices in rural and health care shortage areas. The incentives for such arrangements can include a hefty signing bonus, relocation allowance, student loan…
Rachna Shroff, MD, has joined the University of Arizona Cancer Center, where she serves as the new section chief of gastrointestinal medical oncology, chair of the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) and associate professor at the UA College of Medicine…
The new SPARCC office opened at 5199 E. Farness Rd, Ste 100 next to the administrative offices of the Pima County Medical Society. Mo Mortazavi, MD and Jon Minor, MD serve as medical directors for the practice. Features offered to…
Jon Minor MD, has been named Co-Medical Director of the SPARCC Sports Medicine Rehabilitation and Concussion Center. The new facility opened in February at 5199 E. Farness Rd, Ste 100. Minor is a pediatric non-operative sports medicine physician who is…
Pima Dermatology announced a new partnership. After thirty years of dedication to dermatology in Southern Arizona, Gerald N. Goldberg, MD, founder of Pima Dermatology in Tucson, has transferred ownership of his dermatology center of excellence to his existing partner, Matthew…
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…