Congratulations to 2 of our ID fellows, Dr. Arati Pandya and Dr. Marian Lacy, for presenting fantastic cases at the Arizona ID Society Conference in Sedona on February 25, 2024.

You made us all proud!

We are thrilled to see Dr. John Galgiani (John Galgiani) and Dr. Carol Kauffman's review article in NEJM:

#Coccidioidomycosis and #Histoplasmosis in Immunocompetent Persons

University of Arizona Research UArizona IM Residency, Tucson University of Arizona Health Sciences UA College of Medicine – Tucson

nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

We are so excited to welcome our incoming fellow, Dr. Nicholas Bowman from Creighton University!

We also have 2 additional positions open. If you're interested in one of these positions, please connect with our coordinator, [email protected]

#IDMatch #IDTwitter

Congratulations to Dr. Nematollahi (Saman Nematollahi) et al on publishing their work in Open Forum Infectious Diseases & being selected as an Editor's Choice!

Teaching everyone everywhere all at once: leveraging social media to implement a multisite fungal diagnostics curriculum

academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-a…

We were thrilled to have Dr. Nicole Skinner last week give ID grand rounds at Arizona on an incredibly important topic

Overcoming barriers to #Hepatitis C elimination

If your program is looking for a grand rounds speaker, you need to invite Dr Skinner!

Fantastic work from Bill Lainhart, PhD, D(ABMM) Mohanad Al-Obaidi Tirdad T. Zangeneh #NathanWiederhold

Coccidioides species antifungal susceptibility testing: Experience from a Large Healthcare System in the Endemic Region

academic.oup.com/mmy/advance-ar…

It was so nice to have dinner together in Boston during IDWeek #IDWeek2023 with family and friends!

Alex Perry Tirdad T. Zangeneh University of Arizona Health Sciences UA College of Medicine – Tucson

We escaped!! IDWeekOutBREAK

Here is another photo with James Lim and Tirdad Zangeneh Tirdad T. Zangeneh

It's always a pleasure to see prior fellows and faculty from the UA continue to present fantastic work

Congratulations to James Lim for presenting his work on clinical outcomes of Cocci in ICU patients Tirdad T. Zangeneh Mohanad Al-Obaidi University of Arizona Research University of Arizona Health Sciences UA College of Medicine – Tucson

So exciting to see Mario Jaramillo (chief resident!) present his work on C diff rates in OPAT patients at IDweek IDWeek IDSA

Tirdad T. Zangeneh Saman Nematollahi Alex Perry UA College of Medicine – Tucson UA IM Education University of Arizona Health Sciences

Congratulations!! 🎉🎉🎉

Excited to announce that Dr. John Galgiani (John Galgiani) received the 2023 AZBio Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement from the AZ Bioindustry Association for his role in furthering our understanding and management of Valley fever!
University of Arizona Research University of Arizona Health Sciences

healthsciences.arizona.edu/connect/honors…

We would like to introduce Dr. Monica Hinestroza (Dr. Monica Hinestroza) as a new faculty member in the division of Infectious Diseases at the UA

She completed her ID training at UMass, and has research and clinical interests in HIV

Welcome!!

UA IM Education UA College of Medicine – Tucson University of Arizona Health Sciences

We are so proud of Dr. Galgiani (John Galgiani) for being a part of the Congressional Valley Fever Task Force on September 12, 2023 to discuss ways to advance the UArizona/Anivive vaccine into human trials!! University of Arizona University of Arizona Research University of Arizona Health Sciences

anivive.com/valley-fever

See link for the Coaching Program Advisee signup in the reply post!! UW Infectious Disease Fellowship Program UCSF ID Division Stanford Antimicrobial Stewardship UCLA Multicampus ID Fellowship Harbor-UCLA Infectious Diseases Los Angeles General Division of Infectious Disease UNMC ID MGH Division of Infectious Diseases BIDMC Infectious Diseases Fellowship Duke Infectious Diseases VUMC Infectious Diseases Emory ID BCM ID Fellowship University of Arizona- Infectious Disease Division UVA ID Indiana University Infectious Diseases Fellowship, et al!

Urgent Care data show Valley fever season has begun in Arizona

Fantastic work by John Galgiani and the Valley Fever Center for Excellence at the University of Arizona University of Arizona Health Sciences University of Arizona Research with the creation of a forecasting tool!

healthsciences.arizona.edu/newsroom/news-…

Watch out for tics out there while hiking over holiday - wear a hat and check each other afterward! UA IM Education University of Arizona- Infectious Disease Division

Thank you for highlighting our group's work at University of Arizona- Infectious Disease Division recently published in ASHE Journal. With growing resistance, important to optimize empiric therapy and remain carbapenem sparing when we can.