Dr. Theresa Cullen, MD, MS, a PCMS board member, provided Pima County Medical Society with a Pima County Health Department Director’s Update. AGENDA Updates: COVID-19 update Vaccination update: CDC Guidance for 5-11 boosters CDC guidance on definition of up-to-date for…
Dear Providers, Given the current COVID-19 pandemic, we are utilizing our experience in clinical trials to offer investigational treatment trials for patients with COVID-19. On Monday, June 29, 2020 we started a new clinical trial using a Monoclonal Antibody Therapy…
The period for turning in ballots for the 2018 Pima County Medical Society Board of Directors and Executive Committee elections has been extended from December 2, 2018 to December 9, 2018. Many of the ballots arrived late to vote-eligible members…
Clara Curiel, MD, Pima County Medical Society member, professor of medicine and vice chief of the Division of Dermatology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and director of the UA Cancer Center’s Cutaneous Oncology Program, has…
After more than two years of study and research, the Arizona Medical, Arizona Osteopathic Medical and Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Associations have released their final report on End of Life (EOL) care. Funding for the report was provided by the…
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…
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…
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,…
Nearly 120 medical students in the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson will learn where they will complete the next phase of their medical training at this year’s Match Day ceremony at 10 a.m. On March 16. Surrounded…
Longtime PCMS member and surgeon Peter Nevin Herrington MD passed away January 26, 2018. He was 89 Herrington was born on May 11, 1928 in Montreal. He received his medical school degree from McGill University in Montreal in 1954 and…