Contact Information:
Department of Pediatrics
The University of Arizona
Arizona Health Sciences Center, 3301
1501 North Campbell Ave
PO Box 245073
Tucson, AZ 85724-5073
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Phone: (520) 626-2182
Email: smathews@peds.arizona.edu
Web:
 Department Homepage
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General Information:
PED Course Descriptions
For descriptions of medical student electives, see the
College
of Medicine Electives Manual.
Faculty Members
The Department of Pediatrics is in the College
of Medicine.
The unique concerns of pediatrics as a medical discipline are: 1) the
period of life between conception and the first month of life, loosely termed
perinatology; 2) the fact that children are growing and developing constantly,
which results in unique physiological, biochemical, molecular, pathological
and psychosocial considerations; and 3) the period of life known as
adolescence with its characteristic physiologic and psychologic changes. The
objectives of the department are to provide all students of medicine, from
freshmen in medical school to the accomplished physician, an opportunity to
learn our best understanding of health and disorders in relation to the above
concerns. We also have as a goal the contribution of new knowledge by
appropriate research activities and the application of all available knowledge
by models of health care. These objectives are achieved by the course offerings,
by active participation in regular postgraduate programs, and by the research
and clinical activities in the department.
For more information contact the department
listed above.
