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University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix/Banner Del Webb

Internal Medicine residency · Sun City West, AZ · Program website

9
Faculty
39
Trainees
21
Papers
5%
Trainees published
30%
First author

Roster may be incomplete: most faculty couldn't be matched to publication records. 11 people are awaiting a match decision, so numbers may change.

Papers

By this program's faculty and trainees since 2022, 21 in all. Updated 2026-11-06.

How trainees publishauthor positions, faculty co-authorship, ranks

Papers by current residents and fellows, and alumni within two years, published during training. Based on 2 of 39 trainees matched to publication records. Trainees with no match count as not yet published, so these figures are a floor.

Not ranked against other programs yet: most faculty couldn't be matched to publication records. It's queued for another look.

5%
of trainees have published
0.27
papers per trainee-year
30%
of authorships as 1st author
0%
of trainee papers with program faculty
10
papers with a trainee author
Author position, all 10 trainee authorships
Faculty detailsh-index, papers and author positions per person

Program leadership from the program's own pages, matched to publications. Leadership is mostly clinician-educators, so these numbers describe the teaching team, not the department's research. Works since 2022-01-01.

1 / 9
faculty matched
1 (1–1)
faculty h-index, median (IQR)
—
median FWCI (before 2025)
NameResearch topicsh (lifetime)Works1stLastMedian FWCI
Baharak Tabarsi, MD, FAAFPMigration, Health and Trauma; Primary Care and Health Outcomes1220—
Alina Danciu, MD (unresolved)——000—
Heather Merchut, DO (unresolved)——000—
Leigh Holdsworth BHSc, MSc, MD (unresolved)——000—
Maya Stamm, MD, FAAP (unresolved)——000—
Michael Castro, MD, FACP (unresolved)——000—
Nimit A Patel, MD (unresolved)——000—
Pedro Rodriguez Guggiagi, MD, FACP (unresolved)——000—
Theophilus Ugheghe, MD (unresolved)——000—

39 trainees are counted above but never listed by name.

About University of Arizona College of Medicine- Phoenixinstitution-wide internal medicine research

Internal Medicine publications from University of Arizona College of Medicine- Phoenix and affiliated institutions, since 2022. Updated 2026-11-06; refreshed daily.

185
works per year
84th of 129 internal medicine residency programs
84th of 129 internal medicine residency programs
+29.1%
2-year growth
21st of 129 internal medicine residency programs
21st of 129 internal medicine residency programs
20.4%
in top 10% of field (works before 2025)
72nd of 120 internal medicine residency programs
72nd of 120 internal medicine residency programs
38.2%
cited above world average
77th of 120 internal medicine residency programs
77th of 120 internal medicine residency programs
2022: 164 works’222023: 159 works’232024: 211 works’242025: 206 works206’252026 (so far): 211 works211’26*

Works per year · * 2026 so far

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine · 219Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine · 173Oncology · 152Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism · 125Hepatology · 57

Internal Medicine research topics at University of Arizona College of Medicine- Phoenix

Papers in the window; each links to the list on OpenAlex.

Most cited at University of Arizona College of Medicine- Phoenix since 2024

All internal medicine papers there on OpenAlex

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