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We are proud to announce our new University Campus 2019-2020 interns!
The Department of Emergency Medicine is honored to count on the experience and expertise of the father of emergency medicine, Peter Rosen, MD. He routinely shares his knowledge with residents and faculty as a visiting professor at the UA and as a professor of emergency medicine working at Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School in Massachusetts.
Dr. Frank Walter has received the 2014 Public Health Service Award, Arizona's highest award for public health service to the people of Arizona...
Michael Ori, MD is our newest Medical Toxicology Fellow for the Class of 2017.
New nationwide report quantifies value of poison centers
PHOENIX - A recent nationwide report finds that the 57 poison centers in the United States save citizens more than $1.8 billion annually in medical costs. Examination of additional data collected in Arizona shows that the state’s two centers save residents of the Grand Canyon State nearly $45.5 million every year.
Peter Rosen, MD is the distinguished recipient of the first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine (AACEM). The AACEM, comprised of full, acting, interim, and emeritus chairs and directors of departments of emergency medicine at various levels of membership and involvement, works to improve and support academic departments of EM in the advancement of health care through high-quality education and research.
Dr. Charles Cairns, professor of emergency medicine and interim dean of the UA College of Medicine - Tucson, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications “Strategic Perspectives on the Bioterrorism Threat.” The chair of the Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications Subcommittee on the Committee on Homeland Security is Martha McSally, R-Ariz.