Department of Surgery hosts Society of Black Academic Surgeons 28th Annual Meeting
Written by Anna Waters
The UAB Department of Surgery hosted the Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS) 28th Annual Meeting last week. More than 200 surgeons from all over the country traveled to Birmingham to attend the meeting.
Huntsville Regional Medical Campus goes on global health mission to the Dominican Republic
Written by Sara Davies Sullivan
The combined group of medical students, faculty and staff distributed essential medications to poverty-stricken neighborhoods and villages, diagnosed and treated hundreds of patients, and supplied reading glasses to over 100 individuals.
Kimberly inducted as president for the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS)
Written by Brit Blalock
Robert P. Kimberly, M.D., has been inducted as president for the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS).
Nicholas Van Wagoner, M.D., Ph.D., has been promoted to associate dean for students. Van Wagoner holds two degrees from UAB and has been affiliated with the university for more than 20 years; he has served most recently as the assistant dean for students and as an associate professor in the Department of Medicine and Division of Infectious Disease.
The commencement ceremony for the School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is Saturday, May 19 in Bartow Arena, 617 13th St. South.
The All of Us Research Program is coming to Birmingham on May 6 from 2 p.m.-6 p.m. The program seeks to speed up health research and medical breakthroughs by asking one million people to help lead the way.
UAB’s Huntsville Regional Medical Campus held its Inaugural Research Day on Tuesday, April 3. Roger Smalligan, M.D., MPH, regional dean, and Dr. Farrah Ibrahim, M.D., FACP, residency program director for the Huntsville Internal Medicine residency program, developed the oral and poster competition mirroring similar endeavors held at state and national medical conferences.
Kierstin Kennedy, M.D., M.S.H.A., Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, has been named Chief of Hospital Medicine effective March 31, 2018.