Citing 11 cases where their partnership advanced health care, training and learning, the University of Arizona and Banner Health are turning innovation into impact to improve lives across Arizona and beyond from precision medicine to immunotherapy to faster Valley fever diagnoses.

Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski, MD, has been named the inaugural chair of the college’s new Department of Dermatology, a unit that was formerly housed under the Department of Medicine as the Division of Dermatology.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson appointed Ken B. Johnson, MD, as the new chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, effective May 1.

Experimental, three-drug chemotherapy regimen didn’t improve survival rates for patients, but treatment might still prove helpful for a small subset of patients.

College of Medicine – Tucson researchers are leading a team that will test noncompression CT technology, which has the potential to detect more breast cancers while increasing comfort and decreasing radiation exposure.

Dr. Dedrick Jordan, formerly of Louisiana State University, will take the helm of the College of Medicine – Tucson Department of Neurology on Nov. 5.

With 10 weeks still to go before his birth, tiny Ramon took a short journey on the frontiers of fetal medicine. The procedure made history, and — more importantly — it worked.

A human Valley fever vaccine candidate will proceed toward Phase 1 clinical trials thanks to a major investment from the National Institutes of Health.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and Banner – University Medicine Tucson have appointed Lisa Rimsza, MD, as the new chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, effective July 1.

Psychiatrists from the College of Medicine – Tucson are launching a consultation service for Arizona health care providers who care for children and adolescents experiencing mental illness.