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…
Harmon G. Harrison, MD, surgeon and a long-time participant in community service, passed away on February 11, 2018. He was 93. Harrison was born July 24, 1924 in Kent, Washington. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II…
Orthopedic surgeon Ario Kiarash, MD passed away on February 10, 2018. He was 55 years old. Born July 13, 1962 in Tehran, Iran, Kiarash went to London and ended up graduating from medical school at George Washington University in Washington,…
Donald M. Gleason, MD, urologist and 50-year member of the Pima County Medical Society died March 2, 2018. He was 87. Born August 16, 1931 in New York City, Gleason received his undergraduate degree from Harvard and moved on to…
Many doctors tell a similar story. A patient is responding well to a particular drug or treatment, and it’s inexpensive. Then the payer stops coverage for it, forcing the doctor to try new options, which don’t work as well. The…
Pima County Medical Society member Jennifer Schneider MD, PhD, is co-author of an article published in the Spring 2018 edition of The Pain Practitioner. "How Can We Improve Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain? A Survey of Prescribers in the Trenches" is…