News
05/01/2025
In a recent KOLD 13 News segment, Sakthivel Sadayappan, PhD, Associate Director of the Sarver Heart Center and Department Head of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Arizona, addressed the alarming decline in life expectancy across Arizona. According to the CDC, Arizona has experienced the third-largest drop in life expectancy nationwide, decreasing from 79 to 75 years.
02/25/2025
Fourteen new members of the Sarver Steppers walking club at La Encantada took park, Friday morning, Feb. 21, in the kickoff for the group, sponsored by the Sarver Heart Center and local vendors Haute Coffee and Lululemon. That number is expected to double soon with support of clinicians and researchers from the center and Division of Cardiology.
02/13/2025
Winter in Tucson brought more than just enviable weather in 2025: the Sarver Heart Center’s inaugural Cardiovascular Research Symposium, held on February 3-4, 2025, drew participants from across the globe for two days of impactful scientific sessions.
04/29/2024
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson has appointed Hesham Sadek, MD, PhD, as the new director of the Sarver Heart Center and chief of the Division of Cardiology, effective May 1.
03/04/2024
A former cardiac nurse and clinical coordinator for the Sarver Heart Center's Structural Heart Disease Program pivots toward medicine and is on her way to a residency training program in internal medicine.
02/27/2024
On February 14, the Sarver Heart Center joined forces with the American Red Cross of Southern Arizona and other local organizations to host the Sarver Heart Day of Giving in the spirit of Valentine’s Day.
12/20/2023
The Sarver Heart Center gained nine new members, including notable physicians and researchers, in 2023. Read more about each new member’s contributions to cardiovascular science and medicine below.
12/07/2023
On a sunny Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson held its inaugural Heart Failure Symposium—the first iteration of what is now an annual event.
06/22/2023
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Division of Cardiology faculty and fellows selected two resident physicians to receive the Charles W. Hall Jr. and Virginia C. Hall Memorial Endowment Award for Outstanding House Officer in the Cardiac Care Unit.
06/21/2023
The University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center awarded three University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson medical school graduates the 2023 Zenas B. Noon Award for Excellence in Cardiology, an award established by the family of Dr. Noon, a surgeon born in Nogales, AZ who served that community for more than three decades.