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Expanded Collaborations Accelerate Heart Disease Research and Discovery

01/15/2021

During 2020, a significant new opportunity developed to build stronger relationships with Phoenix-based colleagues when UArizona College of Medicine - Phoenix appointed Christopher Glembotski, PhD, the inaugural director of the Translational Cardiovascular Research Center.


Brian Panique Leads Sarver Heart Center Development

01/15/2021

Brian Panique joined the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson as senior director of development. Sarver Heart Center is one of his primary focus areas.


COVID-19 Dominates Top 10 UArizona Health Sciences News Stories of 2020

12/16/2020

Antibody tests, groundbreaking research and community outreach are a few of the ways the University of Arizona Health Sciences met the test of a pandemic.


Structural Heart/Valve Disease Program New Era

12/10/2020

The Structural Heart Team has always been a multi-disciplinary group of interventional cardiologists, cardiac imaging specialists, cardiothoracic surgeons, nurse practitioners, nurses, and medical assistants providing comprehensive care to patients with conditions such as heart valve disease and congenital conditions. The team now includes both adult and pediatric cardiologists who have unique expertise in treating these conditions through minimally invasive approaches.


Cheryl Alli Honored with Heart Health Advocate Award

12/10/2020

Dr. Nancy Sweitzer presented the 2020 Mary Anne Fay Health Advocate of the Year Award to Cheryl Alli, a long-serving member of the Sarver Heart Center Women's Heart Health Education Committee and volunteer for the Minority Outreach Program.


Year-end Giving 2020

12/10/2020

CARES Act makes 2020 charitable deductions more generous.


Broken Heart Syndrome During Pandemic

12/03/2020

While it isn’t clear that the increase is tied to COVID-19 or the financial and emotional stresses of the pandemic, Dr. Nancy Sweitzer recommends people practice self care to reduce stress that could lead to "broken heart syndrome.".


Your Giving Supports Our Mission #GivingTuesday

12/01/2020

Your gift of any size helps support the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center mission: Innovating. Life-Saving. Patient Care. Please give today: #GivingTuesday


UArizona COVID-19 Testing up 34% in Pre-Holiday Blitz

11/16/2020

At 7,541 administered from Nov. 9-13, the university’s COVID-19 testing, which continues through Nov. 25, is succeeding in goal to test large numbers of students before they head home for holidays.


Pumping Iron: IV Supplement Helps Heart Failure Patients

11/13/2020

AHA discussant Nancy Sweitzer, MD, PhD, of the University of Arizona, Tucson, said, the study is likely to change treatment guidelines.


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