UAB Graduate Medical Education welcomed 189 new residents and fellows Wednesday, June 19, during an orientation session in the West Pavilion Atrium.

The Orientation Leaders (OLs) have been selected! They will be working hard to make sure your orientation is fun, informative, and welcoming! We will introduce the entire group through the next few Vital Signs so you can get to know them before Orientation in July.

Below is a list of things I wish I had known before I started medical school. Hopefully, advice from the current students will help you feel less overwhelmed as you enter a new phase of life. – Isabella Mak

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) of the National Institutes of Health recently awarded Daniel Chu, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, a Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award for his research project, “Enhancing Health Literacy in Surgery to Eliminate Surgical Disparities for African-Americans with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.”

It is with great excitement that we announce a new upcoming mailing featuring resources for women faculty and staff.
Philip Rosen, M.D., a fourth-year resident in the Department of Otolaryngology, won first place in the American Head and Neck Society’s poster contest at the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM).

Do-Yeon Cho, M.D., M.S., assistant professor and director of Otolaryngology Research in the Department of Otolaryngology, recently received two awards to support his research.

Four UAB School of Medicine students recently completed their year as Alabama Schweitzer Fellows, working to address unmet health needs through community-based projects.

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