University of Arizona Department of Medicine - Tucson

University of Arizona Department of Medicine - Tucson Our physicians offer training & new therapies to improve lives of those with GI, heart, kidney, lung The future looks bright. Come grow with us! Learn. Train.

One of six original and the largest department at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, the UA Department of Medicine is made up of 14 divisions in all subspecialties of internal medicine from Cardiology to Rheumatology as well as Genetics, Genomics & Precision Medicine and Translational & Regenerative Medicine. Our faculty includes 200+ physicians, physician-scientists and research investigators, 130+ IM residents and 70+ fellows in advanced subspecialty training. We take part in the education of more than 450 medical students, offering clerkship and sub-internship choices for third- and fourth-years interested in internal medicine and rotation electives in all our subspecialties. In addition to educating the next generation of physicians in Arizona and beyond, we also develop cutting-edge therapies for the world’s most devastating illnesses. In the past year, our researchers accounted for more than $100 million in research awards for federally funded and other medical studies and clinical trials. Our lead clinical partner, Banner Health is investing $500 million toward a new nine-story hospital tower on our main campus and a 200,000-square-foot outpatient health center, and the UA Health Sciences is investing another $250 million toward two new buildings for research, simulation and health education. Teach. Study. Be a part of tomorrow’s health-care solutions today! We are primary care. We are internal medicine. Our departmental leadership includes:

Chair: Monica Kraft, MD
Vice Chair – Research: Rachna Shroff, MD
Vice Chair – Education: Amy Sussman, MD
Vice Chair – Clinical Affairs: Tejo Vemulapalli, MD

Division Chiefs
Cardiology: Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD
Dermatology: Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism: Lawrence Mandarino, MD, PhD
Gastroenterology & Hepatology, MD: Juanita Merchant, MD
Genetics, Genomics & Precision Medicine: Eugene R. Bleecker, MD, and Deborah A. Meyers, PhD
Geriatrics, General Internal and Palliative Medicine: Mindy J. Fain, MD
Hematology & Oncology: Julie E. Bauman, MD, MPH
Inpatient Medicine: Tejo K. Vemulapalli, MD
Integrative Medicine: Victoria H. Maizes, MD
Nephrology: Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD
Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine: Sairam Parthasarathy, MD
Rheumatology: C. Kent Kwoh, MD
Translational & Regenerative Medicine: Jason X.-J. Yuan, MD, PhD

Tucson Campus Internal Medicine Residency Program Director: Laura E. Meinke, MD
South Campus Internal Medicine Residency Program Director: Bujji Ainapurapu, MD
Dermatology Residency Program Director: James Sligh, MD, PhD

09/28/2026

Come hear Fariba Donovan, MD, PhD, speak at the “30th Annual DATOS: The State of Arizona's Hispanic Market,” hosted Monday, Sept. 28, 8-11 a.m., at Phoenix’s Symphony Hall, 75 N. 2nd St.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson associate professor in the University of Arizona Department of Medicine - Tucson’s Division of Infectious Diseases will give one of three keynote addresses. Hers is onon “The Expanding Burden of Coccidioidomycosis,” or Valley fever. She’s also a research scientist at the Valley Fever Center for Excellence at the college.

Learn more & register to attend this Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce sponsored event here: https://bit.ly/47jwiy1

09/28/2026

Kudos to University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson/Banner Health physicians Pulmonary’s Jim Knepler, MD, Neurology’s Holli Horak, MD, and Pathology’s Deb Fuchs, MD, who’ll be hiking Grand Canyon National Park on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026, to fundraise for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation as part of its Xtreme Hikes to End CF program. Due to August's flash flood, their rim-to-rim hike has been changed to a transverse hike across the South Rim from the South Kaibab Trail across the Tonto Plateau and back up the Bright Angel Trail.

Read about Drs. Knepler and Horak’s path to this hike here: https://bit.ly/3VA4pz3

Read about why Dr. Fuchs chose to be one of five guides on this hike for 25 hikers in all here: https://bit.ly/4xQo5Mt

To contribute, find their names here — https://bit.ly/4yrYmLB — to help their efforts to fund further research to end cystic fibrosis. About 40,000 people in the U.S. and more than 100,000 globally live with this disease, which is triggered by a genetic mutation that causes thick, sticky mucus to build up in the lungs, digestive system and other organs of those who suffer from it. Due to research advances, their lifespans have increased by decades. Help end it altogether.












09/28/2026
Please join us for the next hybrid PACCS Scientific Research Seminar on Friday, November 6th, 2026, from Noon - 1 p.m. a...
09/10/2026

Please join us for the next hybrid PACCS Scientific Research Seminar on Friday, November 6th, 2026, from Noon - 1 p.m. at the Arizona Health Sciences Center in Room 2343. Featured is Tara F. Carr, MD, Professor of Medicine and Otolaryngology, whose talk will focus on, "The Binational Early Asthma and Microbiome Study" – or BEAMS.

This lecture is hosted by the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, in the University of Arizona Department of Medicine - Tucson, at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson.

09/09/2026

For those who missed today’s Medicine Grand Rounds with Kim A. Eagle, MD, MACC, the University of Michigan Medical School’s Albion Walter Hewlett Professor of Internal Medicine and director of the University of Michigan Health Frankel Cardiovascular Center in Ann Arbor — you can still see the archived recording at this link: https://bit.ly/4xkgA0a.

His very engaging lecture was on “Cardiac risk of noncardiac surgery: A piece of my mind.”

The weekly live, in-person presentations Wednesdays @ Noon MST/AZT are good for 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ courtesy of the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson and University of Arizona Department of Medicine - Tucson.

Join us next week for the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center associate director and Division of Cardiology’s Hossein Ardehali, MD, PhD, on the “Role of iron in cardiovascular disease.” Learn more about Dr. Ardehali’s upcoming talk (9.16.26) here: https://bit.ly/3SRag2c



09/09/2026

Congratulations to Popi Siziopikou, MD, PhD, on accepting the position of Director of Ginny L. Clements Breast Cancer Research Institute. She also serves as Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Pathology at the U of A College of Medicine – Tucson.
In her role as Director, Dr. Siziopikou will lead the strategic growth of the research institute and foster team science initiatives that connect investigators across the U of A with its clinical partner, Banner Health. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ga9gvnd4
University of Arizona Office of Research & Partnerships
University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson

09/09/2026

Banner University Medicine is warning Tucsonans about the risk of valley fever as monsoon storms kick up more dust across the state.

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