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Carondelet Emergency Center on track to open soon (Source: pixabay) By Shelby Trahan | February 15, 2021 at 2:58 PM MST - Updated February 15 at 2:58 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - A spring opening is anticipated for Carondelet St. Raphael’s Emergency Center, located near I -10 and Wilmot Rd.
The facility, now fully set up with supplies and medical equipment are currently taking applications for full-time staff. The emergency center will provide around the clock emergency care for residents of the nearby residential and commercial areas.
“St. Raphael Emergency Center will be open 24/7, offering convenient access for the nearby growing residential area and major employment centers. The facility’s 13-bed emergency department will be open around the clock and staffed by board-certified emergency physicians,” the administrator for the facility, Chris Tweedy said.
Job recruiting underway for new Carondelet emergency center Carondelet St. Raphael Emergency Center (Source: Carondelet) By KOLD News 13 Staff | January 20, 2021 at 12:02 PM MST - Updated January 20 at 12:02 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Carondelet Health Network is planning to open a new freestanding emergency center serving the southeast Tucson area this spring.
Carondelet St. Raphael Emergency Center will provide around the clock emergency care for residents of the nearby residential and commercial areas. The center is recruiting registered nurses with acute care setting experience in emergency, telemetry or critical care. Other open positions include CT technologists, respiratory care practitioners and environmental services (housekeeping). Openings are for day and night shifts.
Dr. Elizabeth Connick
Dr. Elizabeth Connick, professor and fellowship program director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, was presented with the 2020 Constance B. Wofsy Womenâs Health Award at the AIDS Clinical Trials Group virtual awards ceremony in November.Â
She is a renowned immunologist best known for her work studying HIV replication in lymphoid tissues and HIV in women and girls. In addition, Connick served on numerous HIV/AIDS-related committees and boards for the NIH, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other organizations.Â
âIt is the greatest honor of my life,â Connick said. âConstance Wofsy was an amazing person. She was one of those people who jumped in to treat people with AIDS very early in the epidemic in San Francisco and one of the first to recognize that HIV affected women.âÂ