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Among honorees are the Division of Cardiology’s Tonya Carney and Dawn Henderson, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine’s Jacqueline Carrillo, and the Division of Infectious Diseases’ Melody Ayon. Each had a few words to share.

Research using advanced imaging could improve future cancer risk assessment and prevention strategies, according to findings in a recently published study on which the U of A’s Richard Blew was first author and Jennifer Bea, PhD, was senior author.

From invited lectures to groundbreaking studies, the U of A physician-scientist Franz Rischard, DO, MSc, is advancing care for a complex, often deadly disease, making his case via published papers and invited speakerships from Ireland to Yale to Portugal.

The college will establish the Gulshan Sethi, MD, Endowed Professorship in Cardiothoracic Surgery through $1 million in gifts and commitments from a group of donors.

The U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools report ranked College of Medicine – Tucson tier 2 for primary care and medical research, and also scored us well in graduates practicing in underserved and rural areas.

A new gathering of Department of Medicine researchers kicked off with great enthusiasm about interdepartmental collaboration. The event launched with presentations by cardiovascular investigators Iván Menéndez-Montes, PhD, and Nikola Sladojevic, MD, PhD.

Aetna’s recent move limits remote physiological monitoring to three diseases: heart failure, hypertension and diabetes. Remote therapeutic monitoring isn’t covered at all. See how this affects your programs and if other insurers are following suit.

In honor of National Doctors’ Day 2026, physicians across Banner – University Medicine Tucson were treated March 30 to breakfast, lunch and dinner, honoring their commitment to clinical care and their patients. See a mini-photo gallery of DOM faculty there.

They bring the U of A’s total number of elected American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows to 30. Among them is cardiologist Marvin Slepian, MD, JD, a Regents Professor in the College of Medicine – Tucson and Sarver Heart Center member.

Fresh air and exercise are good for your body and mind. But seasonal allergies can make a jog or walk outside — with sneezing, itchy eyes and irritated breathing — uncomfortable. Department of Medicine allergist Nora Odisho Domit, DO, has good news to survive the pollen.