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The Department of Medicine eNewsletter The PULSE
March 2019

Forty percent of the UA College of Medicine – Tucson Class of 2019 will remain in Arizona to practice medicine and pursue their residency training. More than one-third of the class will pursue primary care — a physician specialty that is critically low in Arizona and the nation.

UPCOMING EVENTS
NEWS YOU SHOULD KNOW
A $1.2 million grant from the JDRF will support Department of Surgery researcher Klearchos Papas, PhD, as he continues perfecting and testing an implantable "tea bag" that senses glucose levels and automatically releases insulin when needed.
Khadijah Breathett, MD, MS, a cardiologist at the Sarver Heart Center, was selected as one of the National Minority Quality Forum’s “40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health” for 2019. She is a passionate advocate for health equity and conducts research on bias in health care.
The UA Center for Integrative Medicine at the College of Medicine – Tucson will be named for Dr. Andrew Weil, who has committed $15 million to the center, bringing his total giving to $20 million. 
Frailty related to HIV infection “is rapidly becoming a specter of the past” and today it “is possible to control HIV infection in all patients,” according to a perspective article authored by a clinical team at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
COM-T IN THE NEWS
Sarah Frost, CEO of Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and Banner – University Medical Center South, discusses how Banner Health has invested in the city of Tucson. 

Joseph Alpert, MD, professor of medicine in the UA Sarver Heart Center, shares tips and tricks with the American Medical Association on public speaking.

Monica Kraft, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Medicine, was nominated as a 2019 Healthcare Champion in Tucson. 

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