Celia Elias

Career Story: 

Started working at the U of A campus health center in 1978, and worked there till 1990. Then worked doing family practice and some urgent care at Group Health Medical Associations,a now defunct multispecialty physician group, till 1997. Now I am full time doing urgent care at UrgentCare Associates, a private urgent care owned by Dr Robert Cairns (1981 graduate of the program) and Dr George Sokol. Also still do some family practice, one day per week, at El Pueblo Healthcare Clinic.

Notable Professional Accomplishments: 

My children

Favorite Recreational Activity: 

Walking the dogs, reading, and sudoku

Favorite Memory from Residency: 

Social outings (breakfasts at someone's house or dinners or journal club groups)

Personal Story: 

Married in 1980 and divorced in 1991. I am not married but live with my ex-husband. ("It's Complicated").Have 2 great children. Morgan is 27 and Whitney is 24. Morgan is a struggling performer, sound engineer/music produce. His group "People From the Sun"recently won a TAMI for best new hip hop group in Tucson. Morgan she is getting married in Oct, 2010. She graduated from the U of A with a degree in history and works as a liason for a third party health insurance administrator and the underwriters and loves what she is doing