William R. Carroll, M.D., has been named the chair of the Department of Otolaryngology. Carroll has served the department as its interim chair since the Department was established by the UA System Board of Trustees in October 2015.
James Ward could not walk from his office to his car without having trouble breathing until a life-changing heart pump gave him hope.
UAB names new leadership for Gorgas Center for Geographic Medicine.
7-year-old Suki Bateh inspires UAB and Children’s to create Sarah Katherine Bateh Endowed Professorship in Rett Syndrome
Written by Bob Shepard
The Suki Foundation, Children’s of Alabama and UAB have established an endowed professorship in Rett syndrome.
UAB’s Jack Hasson has been named the 2017 Outstanding Clinician by the American Thoracic Society.
Three UAB investigators have received innovative research grants for lung diseases from the National Institutes of Health.
Massoud Leesar, M.D., performed the first procedure Jan. 25, 2017, and that is good news for people who suffer strokes as a result of patent foramen ovale, or PFO.
Tuberculosis kills 1.8 million people a year, and 10 million more are infected. Development of host-cell directed therapies that could restore cellular function during M. tuberculosis infection, such as a “release and kill” strategy, could shorten drug treatment of TB patients.