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The Department of Emergency Medicine is pleased to share our annual report highlighting some of our exciting clinical care, research and education endeavors from 2014.
You may download a PDF copy of the report or view a “flip book” online.
Please contact Jo Marie Barkley (jgellerm@email.arizona.edu) for additional printed copies.
Geared toward nontraditional students who work full time jobs with irregular hours, the Emergency Medical Services bachelor’s program at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson prepares graduates for careers in a variety of medical fields.
Congratulations to our doctors in the UA Department of Emergency Medicine for being recognized by their peers as 2014 Best Doctors in America®!
We are very excited to announce we are hosting the SAEM Western Regional Meeting in Tucson, Arizona on March 27-28, 2015. The Department of Emergency Medicine will provide all necessary conference details, along with registration and lodging information on a new landing page very soon...
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We are proud to announce our new South Campus 2019-2020 Interns!
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.
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.
After two U.S. health care workers have been diagnosed with Ebola, national nurses' groups are speaking out, saying their hospitals and staff are not properly prepared to handle Ebola patients.
Congratulations newly elected Chief Residents for 2016-2017
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.
The Department of Emergency Medicine is pleased to welcome our new faculty and fellows for the academic year 2013-2014. Our faculty provide adult and pediatric emergent services for over 100,000 visits per year at the University and South campuses of The University of Arizona Medical Center.