Assistant Professor

Dr. Hurst is from Columbia, SC and graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.  He completed internship and residency at Wake Forest University and is board certified in Family Medicine and Palliative Medicine.  He was fellowship trained in hospice and palliative care at UAB and currently serves as assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care.  He has also joined the faculty at Children's of Alabama as a physician on the pediatric palliative care team.  Academic interests include subcutaneous medication administration and novel methods of administering comfort medications.  He spends weekends doing auto maintenance and repair and competing in autocross racing.

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Medical Association

Clinical/Research Interest

Alternative administration methods for palliative medications
Racial and ethnic disparities in end-of-life decision making

Current Projects

Principal Investigator: Subcutaneous Keppra administration in the palliative care setting; Co-PI: Neal Steil M.D.; University of Alabama at Birmingham

Publications

Technical Reviewer: Your Body: The Missing Manual. Macdonald, Matthew. (2009). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly.

Contact

M. Garrett Hurst, MD
Assistant Professor
CH19 Suite 219
1720 2nd Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35294-2041
Voice: (205) 975-8197
Fax: (205) 975-8173
Email: mghurst@uabmc.edu