News
05/04/2020
On May 14, a total of 117 medical students from the University of Arizona in Tucson officially will become physicians and earn their Doctor of Medicine degrees.
04/29/2020
After his blood draw, Dr. Robert C. Robbins will announce plans for the university’s fall semester. Appointments for this first round of testing for 4,500 people in Pima County are filled. No walkups.
04/24/2020
During the COVID-19 era, Dr. Elizabeth Juneman writes about the compassionate charge heart failure specialists need to advance as they care for some of the most frail patients. Read her "On My Mind" column in Circulation: Heart Failure.
04/02/2020
Led by Regents Professor Dr. Marvin J. Slepian, a team from the University of Arizona Center for Accelerated Biomedical Innovation has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Department of Defense for three ventilator prototypes – including one using a basketball – that offer simple, low-cost designs featuring easily acquired materials that could be fabricated rapidly and used for full or partial ventilator support.
04/01/2020
More than 70 University of Arizona medical students are helping health care professionals during the COVID-19 crisis by volunteering to provide child care, pet care, grocery shopping and more.
04/01/2020
Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, Drs. Sairam Parthasarathy and Marvin Slepian, have invented a new respiratory-assist device that may provide fast, safe relief to those who experience difficulty breathing.
03/30/2020
In coordination with the University of Arizona and College of Medicine – Phoenix, the College of Medicine — Tucson is offering early graduation to the Class of 2020. This option is for qualified students who wish to serve as new physicians to meet the unprecedented health needs that have emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic.
03/27/2020
Engineering and health sciences researchers are teaming up to address the shortage of personal protective equipment in Tucson health care facilities.
03/20/2020
As the scope and risks of the COVID-19 pandemic become apparent, providers are evaluating clinic schedules to see if patients must be seen in person; whether they safely can be rescheduled for visits at a less risky future time or receive needed care over the phone or via video conference link.
03/19/2020
Please join us in a social distancing event and take a moment to celebrate the 92nd birthday of one of our heroes, Dr. Frank Marcus, professor emeritus and founding chief of cardiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson.