Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will be holding recruitment information sessions on February 13, 2018 in Flagstaff, AZ and February 15, 2018 in Tucson, AZ. This is your last chance to register to meet our recruitment team and learn about how you can join our pool of…
The complete 2015 Pima County Community Health Needs Assessment is available. Please click the link below for the entire pdf document. Pima County Community Health Needs Assessment 2015
Marion Henry, MD, MPH, joined the faculty as an associate professor in the UA Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics in November. She came to Tucson from Naval Medical Center San Diego, where she was a commander in the Medical Corps. Dr.…
Banner Health is hosting a health care hiring event from 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6 at Banner – University Medical Center South, 2800 N. Ajo Way, to learn about health-related job openings at Banner Health’s two hospitals and dozens of clinics in Tucson.…
The Pima County Health Department has released its January Surveillance Report which covers the influenza season, rubella, parotitis and reporting procedures for carabapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae. Always remember providers are our eyes and ears in the community. Please report immediately unusual…
Three physicians have joined the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and Banner Children’s – Diamond Children’s Medical Center. They are: Asmaa Abu-Maziad, MD, joined the Division of Nephrology as a clinical assistant professor. As a pediatric nephrologist, she…
Tickets for the 2018 Tucson Medical Center Mega Raffle go on sale February 8, 2018. Now in its sixth year, participants will have one in 20 chances of winning more than 2,500 prizes, including an A.F Sterling home package valued…
On January 1, 2018 revisions to the Communicable Diseases and Infestation Reporting rules go into effect. It’s important you understand and the new directives. New rules state that failure to report may be a class III misdemeanor reportable to the…
Valley fever cases in November saw a 50-percent spike over the previous month, leading experts at the University of Arizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence to predict a significant increase in cases in 2018. Fortunately, the recent—and timely—approval of a new rapid…
Raymundo Esquivel, MD, anesthesiologist and 50-year PCMS member died November 18, 2017. He was 88. Esquivel was born on October 19, 1929 in Monterrey, Mexico where he graduated from medical school in 1953. He came to Tucson in 1951 for…