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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 UA Department of Emergency Medicine will be live blogging and posting pictures of the ACEP conference taking place in Seattle from October 14-17. The DEM is also hosting an Alumni Social on Monday, Oct. 14 from 7–10 p.m. in the Musicquarium Lounge at The Triple Door (216 Union Street, Seattle, WA).
The Department of Emergency Medicine newsletter features news, faculty, staff and resident spotlights, research highlights, department updates, new hires, calendar items and other departmental updates. Take a moment to read the latest newsletter and be sure to send us your story ideas!
Arthur B. Sanders, MD, MHA, professor with the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson, has been elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Dr. Sanders also is a member of the Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center and the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center.
Election to the IOM is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
Please join us in congratulating our colleagues on their promotions!
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We'd like to congratulate our BEST DOCTORS in America. Being recognized as "the best" by one's peers speaks volumes. Our doctors are the pioneers. The innovators. The teachers of future doctors. They are ACADEMIC MEDICINE.
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.
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.
It's not too late to participate in the community-wide scavenger hunt for life-saving emergency defibrillators, but time is running out when the challenge ends on September 30th...
