The University of Arizona Primary Care Physician Scholarship Reception will recognize the first 21 recipients from the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. Recipients receive free tuition in exchange for practicing in a rural or urban underserved community…
By Shannon Zullo Fourth year medical student Under the guidance of Dr. Robert Segal, President of Pima County Medical Society (PCMS), I was tasked with an independent study to investigate and learn more about health care leadership and advocacy in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. 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…
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…
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…