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…
Scott Lick MD is scheduled to become the Pima County Medical Society's next president when new officers and the newly-elected Board of Directors members areinstalled at the January 8, 2019 Board of Directors meeting. He will be joined on the…
Pima County Medical Society member Victoria Murrain, DO, has been appointed deputy dean for diversity and inclusion at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. The appointment went into effect Dec. 3; Dr. Murrain previously held the title of…
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…