Elie pioneers healing and hope across time and place as first Black woman to be named a permanent chair in her specialty
Written by Mary Ashley Canevaro
In part five of the Office for Diversity and Inclusion's Women's History Month series, Emergency Medicine Chair Marie-Carmelle Elie, M.D., shares her personal journey of becoming the first Black woman to be named a permanent chair of an academic emergency medicine department at a major American medical school.
The Heersink School of Medicine is spotlighting each of the women selected for the Momentum in Medicine at UAB program and hosting one-on-one interviews to learn their stories. In March, the Heersink communications team sat down with Jill Horton, Stephanie McClinton, and Cynthia Ransburg-Brown.
Nine medical students chosen as part of the 2022 class of Albert Schweitzer Fellows
Written by Kendra Carter
Nine students from the UAB Heersink School of Medicine were named in the 2022-2023 class of Alabama Schweitzer Fellows, a group of graduate students across Alabama who will spend the next year implementing service projects designed to address social factors that impact health.
Craig Hoesley, M.D., senior associate dean for Medical Education, shares the tremendous work that has been completed over the past two years in preparation for our LCME virtual site visit, happening April 11-13.
Physicians & Faculty for the Alabama Symphony Orchestra (ASO) members are invited to attend a reception with ASO music director Carlos Izcaray at TrimTab Brewing Company on Tuesday, April 5 at 5:30 p.m. and ASO Masterworks performance of Mozart’s 40th Symphony on Saturday, May 7.
Heersink School of Medicine celebrates resident Sal Kamal on National Doctors’ Day
Written by Falon NeSmith
The Heersink School of Medicine shines a spotlight on resident Sal Kamal, M.D., in honor of National Doctors’ Day.
Battling burnout in health care with Thom Mayer, M.D., at Heersink School of Medicine Grand Rounds
Written by Falon NeSmith
Thom Mayer, M.D., presented his lecture “It begins with you! Why health care leadership leading matters” at the Heersink School of Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, March 25. Mayer discussed how to combat burnout in health care and how to enact change for a better work environment.