TUCSON, Ariz. - (October 5, 2020) Children’s liver, gastroenterology and nutrition expert, Keith Hazleton, MD, PhD, has joined Banner – University Medicine in Tucson. He is the only pediatric hepatologist in Southern Arizona.    

A part of Banner – University Medicine, Dr. Hazleton will be seeing patients at the Diamond Children’s Multispecialty Services Clinic on Wilmot, Banner - University Medicine Pediatric Specialty Clinic on La Cholla and Banner’s Multispecialty Clinic in Sierra Vista.  In addition, Dr. Hazleton will perform endoscopies and provide consultation for inpatient children at Diamond Children’s Medical Center. 

Dr. Hazleton has been appointed assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson joining the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.  

His research includes studying the effects of diet on the gut microbiome. Specifically, how a western-style diet effects C. difficile infection and nutritional status in cystic fibrosis. He has published 11 peer-reviewed articles and is continuing his research in Tucson. 

Dr. Hazleton received his medical degree and graduated Alpha Omega Alpha from The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, where he also obtained his doctorate. Dr. Hazleton trained as a resident, a pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition fellow and as an advanced/transplant hepatology fellow at the Children’s Hospital Colorado/University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.  

“Coming to Tucson offers me a really unique opportunity as the only pediatric liver doctor in Southern Arizona. This will allow me to take care of a wide variety of children with Liver disease and intestinal disease from so many different places,” said Dr. Hazleton. “Additionally, the strong research program at the Steele Children’s Research Center is allowing me to continue my exciting research.”  

To schedule an appointment, please call 520- 694-5437 (KIDS). 

About Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and South

Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and Banner – University Medical Center South, are part of Banner – University Medicine, a premier academic medical network. These institutions are academic medical centers for the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. Included on the two campuses are Diamond Children's Medical Center and many specialty clinics. The two academic medical centers are part of Arizona-based Banner Health, one of the largest nonprofit health-care systems in the country, with 28 hospitals in six states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada and Wyoming. For more information, visit BannerHealth.com/UniversityTucson or bannerhealth.com/UniversitySouth.

About the UArizona Department of Pediatrics

The UArizona Department of Pediatrics is dedicated to teaching the next generation of pediatricians, providing outstanding clinical care to children in Tucson and Southern Arizona and conducting groundbreaking research through the UArizona Steele Children's Research Center. Faculty and pediatric residents provide clinical care to children at Banner Children’s at Diamond Children’s Medical Center and affiliated outpatient clinics throughout Tucson. In addition to providing clinical care, faculty teach medical students through the department’s clerkship program and pediatric residents through the Pediatric Residency Program and the Combined Emergency Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program. The department also offers fellowship programs in pediatric endocrinology and pediatric pulmonology medicine. UArizona Steele Children’s Research Center researchers advance science through basic science and translational research in areas such as pediatric cancer, type 1 diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders, pulmonary diseases, developmental disorders and neonatology, to name a few.