Faculty, trainees investigate length of stay for patients with ankle fractures, as affected by COVID-19
Does COVID-19 affect times to surgery and lengths of stay for patients with ankle fractures?
Read moreSiegel teams up with the Division of Infectious Disease to launch new conference
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Professor Herrick Siegel, M.D., alongside Division of Infectious Diseases Assistant Professor Daniela de Lima Corvino, M.D., has launched a new UAB Multidisciplinary Periprosthetic Joint Infection Conference.
Read moreM. Johnson elected president of AOS
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Associate Professor and Director of the residency program Michael Johnson, M.D., has been elected president of the Alabama Orthopaedic Society (AOS) for the 2022-2023 term.
Read moreMomaya to present at 2022 SOA SEC Conference
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Associate Professor and Section Chief of Sports Medicine Amit Momaya, M.D., will present at the Southern Orthopaedic Association’s (SOA) 2022 Southern at the SEC: Sports Injury Update. His topic is “Cartilage Restoration.”
Read moreMcLynn, Wall elected to medical honor society
Two Department of Orthopaedic Surgery residents were recently elected to the national Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society chapter at UAB.
Read moreRecap: SEM honors a patient and physical therapist at a UAB Men’s Basketball Game
UAB Sports and Exercise Medicine (SEM) was honored to recognize Physical Therapist Justin Kirk, PT, DPT, and Jeremy Pritchett at the recent UAB Men’s Basketball game against Rice University Owls.
Read moreNaranje, Chandler, and Sowers present at The Orthopaedic Summit
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Associate Professor Sameer Naranje, M.D., MRCS, and his research team recently presented two manuscripts at The Orthopaedic Summit 2021 in Las Vegas, NV.
Read moreBrabston, Casp, and Momaya perform first subacromial balloon spacer procedure at UAB
Three physicians at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have studied and performed a new procedure that has the ability to bring relief and offer more treatment options for patients with a massive rotator cuff tear previously deemed irreparable.
Read moreUAB Sports and Exercise Medicine to honor Kirk and Pritchett at men’s basketball game
UAB Sports and Exercise Medicine (SEM) is pleased to recognize Physical Therapist Justin Kirk, PT, DPT, and Jeremy Pritchett at the upcoming UAB Men’s Basketball game against Rice University Owls during halftime.
Read moreGould shares exercise in pregnancy advice with local mothers
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Associate Professor Sara Gould, M.D., MPH, and Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Assistant Professor Chase Cawyer, M.D., sat down with the Birmingham Mom Collective, an online publishing platform, to talk all things exercise in pregnancy.
Read moreSpinal trauma, bone health, disparities, and vascular injuries: recent publications
UAB Department of Orthopaedic Surgery faculty, staff, and trainees continue to make strides for medical advancement through basic and clinical research. We look forward to promoting and sharing their elite medical research and discoveries that will continue to improve patient outcomes.
Read moreFaculty, trainees find increase in mortality for COVID-positive patients during hip fracture surgery
UAB Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Chair and Professor Steven Theiss, M.D., alongside his colleagues, published “Association Between COVID-19 and Mortality in Hip Fracture Surgery in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C): A Retrospective Cohort Study” in the Journal of the AAOS Global Research and Reviews.
Read moreFirst future Ph.D. graduate from department shows off basic science research lab
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery postdoctoral student, Kyle Cichos, will be the first Doctor of Philosophy to graduate from the department when he finishes his program in 2023.
Read moreFaculty, trainees study femoral shaft fracture outcomes
Former UAB Orthopaedic Surgery Research Fellow David Patch, M.D., alongside his colleagues, published “Civilian Ballistic Femoral Shaft Fractures Compared with Blunt Femur Shaft Fractures” in the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.
Read moreBoohaker graduates with her Doctorate of Nursing Practice
The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery congratulates Nurse Practitioner Andrea Boohaker, DNP, ACNP-BC, who graduated with her Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) from UAB in December 2021.
Read moreGould presents at the International Olympic Committee conference
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Associate Professor Sara Gould, M.D., presented “Resistance Training Does Not Decrease Placental Blood Flow During Valsalva Maneuver: A Novel Use of 3D Doppler Power Flow Ultrasonography” at the International Olympic Committee World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport in Monaco in Nov. 2021.
Read moreQuade named 2021 “Top-Performing” Provider
The UAB Medicine Office of Patient Experience and Engagement (OPXE) has recognized Associate Professor and Chief of Orthopaedic Trauma Jonathan Quade, M.D., as a 2021 “Top-Performing” provider.
Read moreFour staff become registered orthopaedic technologists
The UAB Department of Orthopaedic Surgery would like to congratulate the following staff members for passing their American Society of Orthopaedic Professionals (ASOP) Registered Orthopaedic Technologists online exam:
Read moreOrthopaedics now supported by Clinical Research Enterprise
The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery is pleased to partner with the Clinical Research Enterprise (CRE)–housed in the Department of Medicine (DOM) Chair’s Office–that will support clinical research.
Read moreDepartment researchers publish study on talar neck fractures
Former UAB Orthopaedic Surgery Resident J Thompson McMurtrie, M.D., published “Union Rates of Talar Neck Fractures With Substantial Bone Defects Treated With Autograft” in the Foot and Ankle International journal. McMurtrie is now a Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center Sports Medicine fellow.
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