At a meeting April 3, the Arizona Commission on Medical Education and Research (ACMER) endorsed the formation of a working group to move forward with planning for the Arizona Biomedical Collaborative (ABC) Building 2.  The need for additional research space on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus in addition to ABC 1 has been clearly identified and the commission supported the need to start planning for the additional lab space.   The Commission also discussed the need for an ongoing strategic planning process for the full scope of the Phoenix Biomedical Campus.

Facility renovation (historic buildings)
Renovation of the historic buildings for the new program of the UA College of Medicine - Phoenix (in collaboration with ASU) is nearly 85 percent complete.   

To view a virtual tour of the construction site, please visit: http://www.phoenix.medicine.arizona.edu/video/const0605.avi.

The following physicians recently received faculty appointments to the current UA College of Medicine - Phoenix program:

Carlos Frias, MD, clinical assistant professor of Family and Community Medicine
Jocelyn Nguyen, MD, clinical assistant professor of Family and Community Medicine
Dorothy Piekut-Kmiecik, MD, clinical assistant professor of Psychiatry
Daniel M. Caruso, MD, professor of Clinical Surgery
William Richard Finch, MD, clinical professor of Medicine
Jehangir B. Bastani, MD, clinical assistant professor of Psychiatry
Medo Mirza, MD, clinical professor of Surgery (promotion)
Andrea Waxman, MD, clinical assistant professor of Psychiatry (promotion)
 

The Arizona Medical Education Consortium (AzMEC) will present the 10th Annual Academic Excellence Day on Wednesday, May 3, 2006, at the Scottsdale Healthcare Shea Conference Center. The event is presented in partnership with Banner Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix Baptist Hospital, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Maricopa Integrated Health System, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale Healthcare and St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center.

The invited guest speaker is Malcolm Cox, MD, Chief, Office of Academic Affiliations at the Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C.,  where he oversees all VA graduate medical education programs across the United States.  He is also the Carl W. Walter Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Harvard University.

This oral and poster presentation is an opportunity to focus attention on the magnitude and variety of clinical and bench research being done by residents, fellows, graduate students, clinical allied health staff and physician staff. For more information, contact Karen Archibald at (602) 631-6551.

Alpha Omega Alpha is the only national medical honor society in the world.  Alpha Omega Alpha's aim is to promote scholarship and research in medical schools, to encourage a high standard of character and conduct among medical students and graduates and to recognize high attainment in medical science, practice and related fields.