Tucson Conference
The Tucson Conference will be held on Saturday, February 29, 2020 from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (The date has been updated.) Hosted at The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson at 1670 E. Drachman St. Tucson, AZ…
PCMS Swag Store
The Pima County Medical Society Swag Store is now open for business. You can buy T-shirts, hoodies and mugs with the PCMS logo in a variety of colors. Show off your PCMS pride with some swag. You can go directly…
Pandemic Flu Exercise at UA Health Sciences
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…
Experts Warn Flu Season Could Be Severe
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…
Dr. Julie Bauman Named Fellow of National Academic Medicine Leadership Program
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. Michael M.I. Abecassis Appointed Dean Of UA College of Medicine – Tucson
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…
Future Doctors to Receive First White Coats at UA
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…
In Case You Missed It: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for Prescribing Opioids
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 to Build Memory Center in Tucson
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…
UA College of Medicine – Tucson CME Office Receives ‘Reaccreditation with Commendation’
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…