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…
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…
On May 9, 102 students officially will become physicians and earn their Doctor of Medicine degrees. More than 100 students in the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson officially will become doctors on Thursday, May 9. The convocation…
Nine-story hospital tower opens to patients April 22; community preview April 7 Banner – University Medical Center Tucson will welcome its first patients to its new, nine-story patient tower beginning Monday, April 22. Nearly four years under construction, the $446…
Forty percent of the UA College of Medicine – Tucson Class of 2019 will remain in Arizona to practice medicine and pursue their residency training. More than one-third of the class will pursue primary care — a physician specialty that…
A $1.2 million grant from the JDRF will support University of Arizona researchers as they continue to perfect and test an implantable "tea bag" that senses glucose levels and automatically releases insulin when needed. Children with Type 1 diabetes have…
On Friday, March 15, more than 100 medical students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson simultaneously will open an envelope revealing where they will go for their residency training. Surrounded by friends and family, the emotion-filled…
Banner – UMC first to offer PAE in Southern Arizona University of Arizona interventional radiologists and urologists at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson have been working to improve the quality of life in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)…
University of Arizona researchers will go head-to-head for a $10,000 prize on Wednesday, February 13, in a “Shark Tank”-style competition hosted by the UA College of Medicine – Tucson. Innovative ideas will be pitched to a panel of “sharks,” a…
UA medical students’ research shows tragic impact on young people who abuse opioids An increasing proportion of all cardiac arrests occurring outside of the hospital are related to drug overdoses, according to a new study conducted by two University of Arizona…