To Prospective Faculty
Thank you for your interest in the University of Arizona College of Medicine! The University of Arizona College of Medicine is the only MD degree-granting college in the state of Arizona. Beginning in 1967 with a class of 32 students on its Tucson campus, the College today encompasses full, four-year medical-education programs in Tucson and in Phoenix. The Tucson program graduates 110 new physicians per year. The Phoenix program enrolled its first class of 24 students in 2007 and is anticipated to grow to 150 graduates per year within the next five years. To date, The University of Arizona College of Medicine has graduated more than 3,000 physicians.
Through hands-on programs and telemedicine technologies, the College strives to provide health education and patient care to all Arizonans, in metropolitan and rural areas alike, from the borderlands Arizona shares with Mexico to Native American communities in the northern regions of the state.
A thriving research program brings physicians and scientists from wide-ranging disciplines together to advance preventive measures, therapies and cures for disease that have an impact worldwide, as well as for the people of Arizona.
In addition to enhancing health care with state-of-the-art treatment for patients, research breakthroughs lead the way in establishing the UA College of Medicine at the forefront of Arizona’s emerging biotechnology industry.
The UA College of Medicine is, in every sense, a resource for all of Arizona, fulfilling a mission to continually improve health care through education, research and clinical care.
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Affiliates and Associates are College of Medicine faculty who are not employed by the University of Arizona, but who contribute significantly to our educational programs. Affiliates are employees of a UA-affiliated institution.
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