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Prominent Tucson Women, Including TMC’s Judy Rich, Honored by UA Advisory...
Four prominent Tucson women have been honored as Women Who Lead by the University of Arizona Women’s Studies Advisory Council. They are Katharine Kent, president of The Solar Store; Nancy Ledeboer,...
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TMC sponsors Kona Bikes 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo
TMC has signed on as presenting sponsor of one of the largest 24-hour mountain bike events in the world. Tucson-based Epic Rides, organizer of three mountain bike events in Arizona, announced the...
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Mesquite Pediatrics adds twist to holiday gift exchange
Local pediatricians Drs. Mary Cochran, Jeff Couchman and Susan McMahon along with their staff at Mesquite Pediatrics wanted to have a fun holiday party while supporting kids who find themselves...
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Cardiac Medical unit reopens after facelift
Earlier this fall, TMC closed down Unit 500, Cardiac Medical, to give it a makeover. Over the years, the hospital has been closing one unit at a time in order to update them. Patients began occupying...
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Tucsonans ready to go BEYOND! Jan. 7 to commemorate, celebrate, commit
Scores of community partners came out to the Tucson Medical Center Labyrinth for a press conference to kick off BEYOND: Commemorate * Celebrate * Commit, a community-wide celebration of health,...
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Employees’, friends’ generosity fills Andrea’s Closets
The TMC Practice Council put out the call last month that our Andrea’s Closets were sparse. The extended TMC family — staff, doctors, visitors, friends rose to the call and now Child Life hardly knows...
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Nurse of 50 Years Set to Retire
In 1962, Americans survived the Cuban Missile Crisis, said goodbye to Marilyn Monroe and rejoiced when Albert Sabin’s polio vaccine was licensed for use in the U.S. That was also the year Carole...
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The Power of Pets
Bijou might look like a walking cotton puff adorned with a bow, but he’s doing serious work to help patients at Tucson Medical Center get healthier. The 8-year-old Bischon Frise and his owner, Peggi...
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Moots Titanium bike parts giveaway winners announced
In coordination with the Epic Rides 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo race, TMC and Moots, more than 1000 people took a virtual tour of the soon to be open world-class Tucson Medical Center Orthopaedic and...
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VIDEO: TMC’s Orthopaedic and Surgical Tower – Opening Day – May 6, 2013
Patient, physician, and administration reaction to opening day of TMC’s Orthopaedic and Surgical Tower. Filed under: Campus News Tagged: TMC Orthopaedic and Surgical Tower, Tucson Medical Center
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BICAS installs custom bike racks on TMC’s campus
BICAS (Bicycle Inter-Community Art & Salvage) is a community run non-profit bicycle recycling and education center. Far from a traditional bicycle shop, BICAS’ mission is to promote education, art,...
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TMC ranks high among the best-value hospitals in the country
For the second year in a row, Tucson Medical Center has ranked as one of the best 100 hospitals in the nation from Cleverley + Associates, an organization that specializes in core financial strength...
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From devastating diagnosis to full recovery
For Tucson resident Renee Sowards, life took a 180-degree turn in three short months. Last January, she was diagnosed with a tumor in her spine. It was serious enough that it was causing her to lose...
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TMC’s Michael Duran, TMC Foundation vice president, follows in the dance...
May 5 update: During Saturday’s seventh annual Dancing With Our Stars, TMC Vice President Michael Duran won both the judges’ award and the audience award for dancing the bolero. Congratulations go out...
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Empathy and Nursing: Human Connection
By Elizabeth Maish, TMC Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer What is nursing? What is it that we do every day? We follow a lot of orders, give medications, and look for supplies. We respond to...
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Persistence pays off: past scholarship winner earns BSN, continues to chart...
When it comes to education, Judy McCord is not one to give up. McCord, a registered nurse in the post-anesthesia care unit, decided to apply for the annual Chief Nursing Officer Scholarship in 2012. “I...
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Hospital Week spotlight: Meet Richard Lopez
Richard Lopez has worked in the Laundry for eight years and has found Tucson Medical Center to be a place more friendly than any other place he’s worked. “There are a lot of caring people,” said the...
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Hospital Week spotlight: Meet Greg Harris
Greg Harris is TMC’s cabinet maker and special events carpenter. He was hired 28 years ago after running his own carpentry business for 10 years, including doing jobs for the hospital. Originally he...
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Hospital Week spotlight: Meet Lucy Maupin
Lucy Maupin works diligently in the Alamo Building, keeping the organization’s major computer systems running smoothly. Maupin, a senior systems software engineer, first started working for TMC 28...
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Emergency Department reduces wait times; sees increase in patient volumes
Emergency Department director Melissa Ritchey and the staff were feeling discouraged in January 2013. Wait times in the department were too high. Too many patients – as many as 7 percent in some months...
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