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We are Proud to Mentor and Coach the Next Generation of Doctors in Southern Arizona TUCSON, AZ (July 1, 2025) – Today, Northwest Healthcare’s Graduate Medical Education (GME) Program officially welcomed 35 new resident physicians to Northwest Medical Center and Oro Valley Hospital. These new residents – who are joining the 25 upper-level residents already in the program – are div...
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We are proud to mentor and coach the next generation of doctors in Southern Arizona TUCSON, AZ – Northwest Healthcare’s graduate medical education (GME) family medicine program has been accredited by The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the body responsible for accrediting all graduate medical training programs for physicians in the United State...
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Northwest Medical Center Sahuarita’s new tele-pulmonary program means that now, patients admitted to our hospital or receiving care in our emergency department can access specialized pulmonology care close to home. We are partnering with SOC Telemed, the country’...
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Tucson, AZ – Oro Valley Hospital announced the launch of a new outpatient program for patients with mental health and substance abuse conditions affecting their ability to function. The intensive outpatient program (IOP) offers care to patients who may need more than once-a-week o...
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...llest professional potential. Today, we are proud to introduce two major projects designed to support and mentor the next generation of clinicians. The first, our new Graduate Medical Education (GME) program, will expand access to medical education and transform Northwest Medical Center and Oro Valley Hospital into a community teaching hospital system. “Our diverse, experienced faculty will guide residen...
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...anizations such as Youth on their Own; Casa de los Niños; and Interfaith Community Services, we give back to the community throughout the year. We took steps to enhance our interventional pulmonology program, where the pulmonology team performed its 300th robotic surgery in 2024. Through robotic-assisted, minimally-invasive bronchoscopy technology, specially-trained surgeons can biopsy tissue, diagnose l...
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...onary illness need excellent care to help them return to their optimal physical and emotional well-being. That’s why Northwest Healthcare dedicates so many experts – and resources – to its heart care program. Ryan, at age 50 and in good health, didn’t expect to collapse with a sudden heart attack while he was out taking a leisurely walk in his Oro Valley neighborhood. He especially didn’t expect the kind...
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... with quality primary, specialty, and diagnostic care close to home. We partnered with Arizona Urology Specialists and others to create the new Tucson Urologic Surgery Center. Robust robotic surgical programs that raise the standard of care for general surgery, gynecology, orthopedic surgery, thoracic surgery and urology. A distinguished cardiovascular program, including a structural heart team and a car...
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... strong workforce, especially frontline nurses, technicians, therapists and other clinicians and caregivers, along with support personnel. These exciting benefits include a new student loan repayment program that allows employees with outstanding student debt to consolidate their loans, reduce interest rates, and benefit from employer sponsored payments. For most clinical employees, Northwest Healthcare ...
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...loor disorders. Many of these patients have said they are now able to get back to doing the activities they love, after only brief laparoscopic surgery. Northwest Healthcare’s robust structural heart program grew to feature nine cardiologists and a cardiac surgery team. Northwest Medical Center Houghton earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® as an Accredited Advanced Primary Stroke Center. ...
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... week. About Northwest Medical Center Northwest Medical Center is a 300-bed hospital offering a full range of healthcare services including Emergency services, accredited chest pain and heart failure programs, neurology and neurosurgery, outpatient imaging, a nationally accredited surgical weight loss program, total joint program, spine program and stroke center (distinguished by Joint Commission with Go...
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...ll 469-8810. Northwest Medical Center Northwest Medical Center is a 300-bed hospital offering a full range of healthcare services including Emergency services, accredited chest pain and heart failure programs, neurology and neurosurgery, outpatient imaging, a nationally accredited surgical weight loss program, total joint program, spine program and stroke center (distinguished by Joint Commission with Go...
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A medical emergency can happen anywhere – including, as Ben Thienes could tell you – 35,000 feet in the air. Ben, who is chief of staff for the University of Arizona Football program, was flying to San Francisco when he began feeling dizzy. As he walked to the back of the plane to try and get his bearings, he fainted – and cracked his head hard on the way down. “I woke up disorie...
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...l surgery has come a long way in a short time. A skilled specialist – like Ejovi Ughwanogho, M.D., a fellowship-trained orthopedic spine surgeon with Northwest Healthcare’s Northwest Bone & Joint program – can address many problems involving every level of the spine. “Spinal issues can be disabling if not addressed,” said Dr. Ughwanogho, who performs cervical disc replacements; cervical and lumbar fu...
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...er recovery time, and offer better overall patient-reported outcomes such as pain relief. The technology will likely make it safer to perform more complex spine operations.” The robotic spine surgery program will add to Northwest Medical Center’s Joint Commission-accredited spine surgery program which includes minimally invasive surgery techniques, motion preservation lumbar spine surgery, lateral lumbar...
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...nging a new set of ingredients and a new mindset to the table was a commitment, so Northwest Medical Center partnered with The Humane Society of the United States to participate in their Forward Food program (which encourages society to focus more on plant-based foods as a means of creating a better food system). Forward Food provides an intensive, onsite training program with plant-based food experts. A...
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...gym to return to the great shape he was in before his heart attack. “It’s been a long road back,” he says. “Cardiac rehab is so vital because I wanted to get back on my treadmill at home safely. This program gave me the confidence to get back in shape, rather than sit around and worry. You have a great group of people here – they’re just so helpful, and they give good guidance.” Tom golfed 18 holes this ...
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...ail and Marana – are available throughout the holidays if you need them. Please note that Northwest Medical Center holds Primary Stroke Center Certification by the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program. Northwest Medical Center at Houghton holds Gold Seal™ Designation certification by the Joint Commission as an Accredited Advanced Primary Stroke Center. Oro Valley Hospital holds Primary Stroke Cent...
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...y make sure we do annual screening mammograms, because that is the best way to save lives,” Dillon said. Northwest Medical Center, 6060 N. Fountain Plaza Drive, No. 100, offers a comprehensive breast program, so if a patient goes into the women’s imaging center for a mammogram, they won’t have to go anywhere else if they need treatment, unlike if they have their screening done at a standalone radiology c...
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...al, an interventional pulmonologist and critical care specialist, said it’s been widely used already, with 44 bronchoscopies performed in less than four months. Mittal works in the center’s pulmonary program, which Northwest has been bolstering for several years. Brian Sinotte, Northwest’s chief executive officer, said that when he came on a few years ago, there was a relative shortage of pulmonary speci...
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...d in the future, make a committed effort to incorporate regular strength training into your exercise habits,” says Dr. Kowalski, “but please remember to check with your doctor before starting any new program.” To find a primary care physician or to learn more about the importance of strength training, visit MyTucsonDoc.com .
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...performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program based exclusively on hospital prevention of medical errors and harms to patients. The grading system is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Grades are updated twice annually, in ...
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...ded our medical staff – recruiting more than 50 doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. And, because we have our eyes on the future, we laid groundwork for a graduate medical education program to give the next generation of physicians plenty of hands-on experience taking care of patients. In short, we are part of this community, and we are committed to doing everything we can to provide ex...
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...ient care.” The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” or “F” grade to all general hospitals across the country and is updated every six months. It is the only hospital ratings program based exclusively on hospitals’ prevention of medical errors and other harms to patients in their care. “An ‘A’ safety grade is an elite designation that your community should be proud of,” said Leah...
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...ic in Rochester, MN, and Harvard University in Boston. In 2016, he was awarded the Distinguished Fulbright Chair in Medical Sciences, one of the most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar Program. “Joining Northwest Healthcare will allow me to focus on putting patients first,” said Dr. Khalpey. “I’m looking forward to working with their talented team to further advance the level of cardiac ca...
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