Multinational study finds high rates of acute kidney injury in children admitted to ICUs worldwide
Written by Alicia Rohan
Pediatric patients admitted to intensive care units face increased risk of death from sudden kidney problems.
UAB State of the School of Medicine speech set for Jan. 25
Written by UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D., FACS, will give his annual State of the School of Medicine address from noon to 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, in the Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium.
The clinical lab in Spain Tower analyzes up to 5,000 tubes of blood each night, providing vital data for caregivers and patients in the nation’s third-largest public hospital.
Birmingham kidney transplant recipient, donor plan to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in 2017
Written by Tyler Greer
A meeting for advice on a business matter turned into “a moment of divine intervention,” leading one Birmingham man to become a living donor.
UAB’s 500th TAVR procedure gives retired pastor, baseball player opportunity to help others
Written by Adam Pope
UAB is the only hospital in Alabama to perform 500 TAVR cases.
Donald J. Buchsbaum, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology, is the sixth UAB faculty member enrolled in the National Academy of Inventors.
From transplant lab worker to donor, Birmingham man becomes part of UAB’s world-record kidney chain
Written by Tyler Greer
Divyank Saini is one of 17 employees who interpret lab samples to determine whether living- and deceased-donor transplants are possible. Now he is a donor in the world’s longest kidney transplant chain.
UAB will create a labyrinth on the floor of the Holmes Pavilion to promote wellness and healing for patients, family and staff.