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Hall, Noon Awards Recognize Outstanding Trainees, the Next Generation of Physicians, Scientists

07/12/2018

The University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center director, Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD, congratulated the Zenas B. Noon Award of Excellence in Cardiology 2018, which recognizes outstanding medical students, and the Charles W. Hall, Jr., and Virginia C. Hall Memorial Awards, which recognizes amazing residents on the coronary care unit rotation at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson.


Sarver Heart Center, Cardiology Faculty Promotions

07/10/2018

The University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center announces several promotions in the UA College of Medicine - Tucson, Division of Cardiology, including Drs. Raj Janardhanan, Kwan Lee and Kapil Lotun. 


Dr. Steve Goldman Named C. Leonard Pfeiffer Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine

07/05/2018

Steve Goldman, MD, a highly productive heart research scientist and cardiology professor, was named to fill the C. Leonard Pfeiffer Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center.


Fellow, Medical Students win Research Awards at ACC, Arizona Chapter, and Sarnoff Foundation

06/29/2018

Sarver Heart Center young investigators swept research awards at Arizona Chapter of American College of Cardiology, winning first, second and third places; plus a fellowship from the Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation.


Helping Your Doctor Overcome Medical Bias of Minority Patients

04/30/2018

Very few physicians or patients enter an exam or hospital room with the intent of racially alienating the other person in the room, but research demonstrates that minority populations, particularly African American and Hispanic patients, receive unequal care compared to white patients.


Churko Joins UA to Direct Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC) Core

04/18/2018

The University of Arizona iPSC Core is a collaborative effort of BIO5 Institute, UA Center for Innovation in Brain Science, UA Sarver Heart Center.


UA Sarver Heart Center and Banner – University Medical Center Welcome Cardiologist Dr. Joel B. Holland

03/28/2018

Nationally recognized cardiologist, Dr. Joel Holland, joins the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson faculty after a long career at Cleveland Clinic Foundation.


Avery Therapeutics Selected for Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program

02/23/2018

The Tucson startup company conducted its basic science research in a University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center Lab.


Mechanical Devices as Small as Cell Phones Buy Quality Time for Patients with Advanced Heart Disease

02/12/2018

When it comes to mechanical heart devices, downsizing has been a good thing. Advances in ventricular assist devices (VADs – heart pumps that support part of the heart muscle) are giving a growing number of patients new options for living well with advanced heart failure. Implantable monitoring devices also improve quality-of-life for advanced heart disease patient care.


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