UAB celebrates World AIDS Day 2016 and 30 years of research in the clinical trials network
Written by Alicia Rohan
Three decades of clinical trials have changed the face of HIV/AIDS.
The UAB chapter of the American Medical Women’s Association concluded a year filled with seminars, workshops and lectures with a networking event on November 29.
Massie honored among top medical educators by the Association of American Medical Colleges
Written by Kendra Carter
F. Stanford Massie Jr., M.D., professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the UAB School of Medicine, was recently awarded the Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Longtime faculty member Boni E. Elewski, M.D., tapped to lead Department of Dermatology.
Jerzy Szaflarski, M.D., Ph.D., has been selected to be a fellow of the American Epilepsy Society.
UAB physician calls for better understanding, policy and treatment for opioid addiction
Written by Adam Pope
Stefan Kertesz, M.D., says a better understanding of what caused and what sustains the opioid epidemic is needed among policymakers and physicians to best serve patients and address the crisis.
Following hip fracture increases after a reduction in reimbursement rates for DXA scans led to fewer scans, a UAB physician joined other advocates and successfully lobbied to increase DXA scan reimbursements to better identify and reduce hip fractures.
UAB neurologists have reported the first case study of a patient with a brain bleed linked to consumption of an energy drink.