Internal Medicine Residency – Tucson Campus

2024 American College of Cardiology Conference Presenters
Congratulations to our 2025-26 IM Chief Residents
Banner – University Medical Center Tucson - 2024-25 U.S. News & World Report Best Regional Hospital, ranking No. 1 in Tucson, No. 3 in Arizona and the best hospital in Southeastern Arizona.
When on ICU Service Residents and Med Students always find reasons to Smile
Internal Medicine Residency – Tucson Campus 2024 Meet-and-Greet Event - Department of Medicine Faculty members and IM Residents chat with UA medical students.
Associate Program Director, Dr. Anthony Witten with our IM Residents thriving on Inpatient Service!
IM Core Faculty Member, Dr. Ian Coe presenting All About Echo's at Academic Half Day
2024 Internal Medicine Chiefs bonding with our new IM Interns on a Chiefs' Hike in Mount Lemmon.
Internal medicine residents, fellows and students share thoughts on their projects and posters during Research Academic Half Day competition in Kiewit Auditorium
Tucson Campus former Internal Medicine resident Dr. Alexander Peck presents his report, “The Case of MC,” at Medicine Grand Rounds for ACP Clinical Vignettes competition.

Over nearly five decades, we have developed a highly collegial, mid-sized academic training program that offers diverse experiences at multiple state-of-the-art training sites. With Tucson nestled in the northern region of the Sonoran Desert and in the heart of the Old West, our residents gain exposure to a broad range of patients and faculty. We also offer centers of excellence on arthritis, cancer, diabetes, geriatrics, heart, liver, lung disease and more, in which University of Arizona faculty welcome our residents into their labs and allow them to participate in both clinical and bench research.

If you are looking for a friendly program with high academic standards and rigorous clinical models, we welcome you to visit and meet our leadership, faculty and residents as part of our interview process. Tomorrow is here today. Come grow with us!

Laura E. Meinke, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinical Scholar
Associate Vice Chair, Office of Education, Department of Medicine
Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program – Tucson Campus, Department of Medicine

Internal Medicine Residency – Tucson Campus

Housestaff training in internal medicine at the University of Arizona originated in 1972. Since then, we’ve graduated more than 700 physicians trained in all aspects of primary care. We consider this training experience to be highly competitive and successful. Residents learn the fundamentals of inpatient medicine while caring for patients on the general medical wards and in state-of-the-art intensive care and cardiac care units. The experience is broadened by ample exposure to ambulatory medicine. We also enjoy one of Arizona’s highest board passage rates.

Our primary clinical partner is Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, which is part of the academic division of Phoenix-based Banner Health along with multiple clinical facilities in Tucson that include the Banner – UMC South community hospital, UA Cancer Center Peter & Paula Fasseas Cancer Clinic and, adjacent to that, the new adult multispecialty outpatient center known as Banner – University Medicine North. Along with other community partners such as the Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System (SAVAHCS), residents are now able to care for patients in a range of settings: a University hospital, community hospital and VA medical center, in addition to various outpatient clinical operations.

Residents are expected to focus on three major goals — education, clinical skills and research excellence. Research opportunities are plentiful and encouraged. Our intent is to provide the necessary background for the successful practice of medicine and to allow growth and interest in clinical and basic sciences research at an early stage in training. To accomplish this, three major teaching facilities are utilized: Banner – UMC Tucson, the SAVAHCS, and Tucson Medical Center. In addition, outpatient continuity clinic experiences are available at Banner – UMC Tucson, SAVAHCS as well as with specialty and general practice groups and community physicians.

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Meet our Residents

Guangzhe Sun, MD

PGY-1 Preliminary Interns

MD: University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson 2024

I was born and raised in Shenyang, China until I was 16. My family and I moved to Tucson in 2011 and have been here since. I went to Flowing Wells High School and the University of Arizona for my undergrad and medical school. In my free time, I love to go fishing with my fiancée, walk my dogs (I have two huskies), build model train layout, and sing karaoke. I chose UACOM-T for my Internal Medicine Preliminary Residency training because I enjoy the rich diversity in the patient population that we serve in Tucson, I also wanted to stay close to my family during residency.

Resident News - Internal Medicine Residency - Tucson Campus

[Justin Le and Laura Tran celebrate their MATCH Day selections as incoming internal medicine resident physicians at the U of A College of Medicine – Tucson.]

Forty-five soon-to-be medical school graduates MATCH into DOM residency programs

Among six from the College of Medicine – Tucson, they include a dermatology resident who’ll start as an Internal Medicine intern this year, in addition to a graduating nephrology fellow, going back to complete his IM residency training. See results from MATCH Day 2025 on March 21.

[Several fourth-year medical students at the U of A College of Medicine – Tucson celebrate during the college’s Match Day celebration, where the students found out where they will be conducting their residency training.]

Future physicians celebrate Match Day, anticipate next chapter in medical careers

At the March 21 Match Day ceremony, members of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Class of 2025 — 123 in all — discovered where they’ll spend the next three to seven years of their careers as physicians in specialized residency training programs. Thirty-two will complete their residencies in Tucson, including Justin Le and Laura Tran in internal medicine.

[Dr. Ashad earned his medical degree from King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan, and completed his residency training at St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, Connecticut, and his fellowship training at the University of Miami in Florida.]

Junaid Arshad, MD, MS: Committed to Gastrointestinal cancer care

Dr. Arshad has something in common with Andrew Weil, MD, the founder of the U of A’s Center for Integrative Medicine, in that his path to Arizona was unexpected. Like Dr. Weil, he was driving through the state on his way to California when he was charmed by Tucson’s scenery.