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UMC's Kevin Burns Wins Arizona CFO of the Year Award

Kevin BurnsKevin Burns, chief financial officer at University Medical Center in Tucson since 2002, received the Healthcare Industry Special Achievement Award from the Arizona chapter of the Financial Executives International at its CFO of the Year awards ceremony in Scottsdale on Nov 4.

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Focus on Faculty

Amy L. Waer, MDThe Office of Faculty Affairs at the UA College of Medicine recognizes the diverse contributions of faculty members who achieve excellence through superb teaching, high-quality and compassionate patient care or the creation of new knowledge with "Focus on Faculty."

This month's honoree graduated from the UA, earned her medical degree at the UA College of Medicine and completed her general surgery residency at the UA. Meet Amy Waer, MD. Read More »

News @ AHSC

T-Health Institute Pushes Arizona’s Effort to Revamp Health-Care Education

November 19, 2009

T-Health Institute is addressing the need for updated health-care education and new curricula to train “inter-professional” teams of health-care providers

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Longtime UMC President Greg Pivirotto To Retire

November 19, 2009

Under Mr. Pivirotto’s 21 years of leadership, UMC has become a nationally recognized center of excellence

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UA College of Medicine Research Reveals Ritalin to be Beneficial in Treating ADHD in Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

November 17, 2009

The study’s results were published in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, and were selected as the feature paper by the journal’s editors.

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Southern Arizona VA Heathcare System and UA Examining Sleep and Depression Therapy for Male Veterans and Returning Military Personnel with PTSD

November 16, 2009

The study is recruiting male veterans and military personnel between the ages of 18-65...

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Continuous Chest Compression-CPR Improved Cardiac Arrest Survival in Arizona

November 16, 2009

The results of the analysis, which included 4,850 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Arizona that occurred from 2005 and 2009, were presented by Gordon A. Ewy, MD, director of the UA Sarver Heart Center

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UMC's Kevin Burns Wins Arizona CFO of the Year Award

November 12, 2009

In the past seven years, Burns has shepherded UMC through three bond issues totaling $254 million to support UMC's rapid growth and expansion.

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Baby Receives a Three-Organ Transplant at University Medical Center

November 12, 2009

“By transplanting all three organs at once, we can give children with these serious intestinal diseases hope for a healthy future,” said Rainer Gruessner, MD, professor and chairman of the UA Department of Surgery and chief of transplantation at UMC

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