Healthcare leaders came together for the 2026 University of Arizona Arthritis Center Symposium to explore how AI is transforming healthcare — advancing innovation, education and the future of patient care.
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Dr. Marvin Slepian leads Arthritis Center Symposium
Marvin J. Slepian, MD, JD, delivers the 2026 Eva M. Holtby Endowed keynote presentation 'Beyond the Stethoscope: How AI is Transforming Healthcare'
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Doctoral student Shen Liu receives ISOAI Award
Shen Liu (center) is joined by mentors Xiaoxiao Sun, PhD (left), and C. Kent Kwoh, MD, MACR, as he displays his International Society of Osteoarthritis Imaging 'Best Scientific Abstract Award'.
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Kwoh demonstrates cutting edge advances
Emeritus professor and internationally-recognized expert on knee osteoarthritis biomarker identification, C. Kent Kwoh, MD, MACR, demonstrates cutting edge advances in measuring inflammation using high-resolution MRI.
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Setting the Stage for the Founding of the Arthritis Center
Doctors of the Holbrook-Hill Rheumatology Clinic and the Southwestern Center and Research Institute spearheaded leading-edge research into rheumatologic conditions in the 1960s.
MISSION STATEMENT
To make a difference in the lives of patients and their families by conducting research ranging from molecules to people, by empowering patients to take charge of their lifestyles, and by educating providers/clinicians and scientists to provide compassionate care through delivery of novel, effective and safer therapies.
