Guy Reed, MD, MS, Dean of the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, talks about plans to expand the residency positions in their partnership with Banner Health. We discuss why more slots are needed and the value added to patient care and local economies. We also discuss which residency programs, if funding is approved by CMS, could be added to the valley. Dean Reed is an internationally recognized and renowned cardiologist, physician-scientist, educator and health administrator. He received his bachelor’s degree in English literature and pre-medical studies from Columbia University, and he earned a master’s degree in mathematical statistics, as well as a medical degree from Stanford University. He completed residency and chief residency in medicine at Yale University. He did clinical and research fellowships in cardiovascular disease at Massachusetts General Hospital and biochemistry and molecular biology at Harvard Medical School. His NIH-funded research discoveries led to the development of novel therapeutics. Dr. Reed was a cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and a faculty member at Harvard Medical School and School of Public Health. He also served as Lemuel Diggs professor and chair of Medicine at the University of Tennessee, as well as the interim executive vice president for Methodist LeBonheur HealthCare system. Arizona Physician Podcast is brought to you by the Maricopa County Medical Society.