Pradeep G. Bhambhvani, M.D. (left)
Nuclear Radiology

Second-time recipient of Top Ten Award

Evaluation Comments:

• Advocate for patients in every respect. Pushes residents for excellence.
• Great viewbox teaching for general Nucs cases and took the time to do quick didactic lectures to supplement our knowledge.
• Best radiologist at the VA.

Philip R. Chapman, M.D. (right)
Neuroradiology

Third-time recipient of Top Ten Award

Evaluation Comments:

• Great teacher, I am learning a lot from him. Gives good presentations at conferences. Happy to work with him. Very friendly with fellows and residents.
• One of our best attendings. His viewbox teaching and conferences are outstanding.
•  I enjoy working with him, it’s fun and lots of learning. No stress when he is your attending for the day.

Eva V. Dubovsky, M.D., Ph.D. (right)
Nuclear Radiology

Six-time recipient of Top Ten Award

Evaluation Comments:

• Awesome attending.
•  Excellent teacher.
• Dr. Dubovsky gives some of our best case teaching sessions. They are challenging, informative, and essential for daily practice and high yield for boards purposes.
•  Excellent teacher that enjoys residents. Very much enjoyed working with Dr. Dubovsky.

Eric J. Howell M.D.
Pediatric Radiology

First-time recipient of Top Ten Award

Evaluation Comments:

• Dr. Howell is a lot of fun to work with. He has a great personality for teaching and I appreciated his help a lot.
• Dr. Howell is always approachable and will answer any question; always taking time to teach.
• Enjoyed working with Dr. Howell.
• Awesome attending.

Mark C. Langston, M.D. (right)
Musculoskeletal Radiology

Five-time recipient of Top Ten Award

Evaluation Comments:

• One of the best teachers at UAB;  great for MSK MRI, radiographs, and procedures. Teaching sessions are always educational and very much appreciated by residents.
• Great teaching sessions.
• Great teacher and radiologist. Dr. Langston repeatedly challenged me to broaden my fund of knowledge and to provide better, more concise reports.
• Awesome job! Dr. Langston should do all the teaching at UAB for everything, seriously.

Michael J. Pitt, M.D. (right)
Musculoskeletal Radiology

Six-time recipient of Top Ten Award

Evaluation Comments:

• Great teacher, very helpful and passionate; good role model.

Veeranjaneyulu Prattipati, M.D. (center)
VA Radiology

First-time recipient of Top Ten Award

Evaluation Comments:

• A great and patient teacher.
• Excellent physician and teacher. I feel that he is underappreciated and does not get the credit he deserves. He has taught me more about radiology than other attending  especially regarding IR and Neuro.
• Excellent teacher and physician. I really enjoyed working with Dr. Prattipati during my time at the VA.
• Best radiologist at the VA.

Surjith Vattoth, M.D. (right)
Neuroradiology

Third-time recipient to Top Ten Award

 Evaluation Comments:

• Wonderful teacher! Always made an effort to teach anatomy and to discuss interesting cases!
• Wonderful teacher. A pleasure to work with.
• Dr. Vattoth has been an excellent addition to our Neuroradiology section. He is constantly teaching residents and fellows. Our Neuro section has greatly improved by having him on board! We especially needed more Neuro staff and he enhances the teaching environment.
• Great teacher, extremely knowledgeable.

Jubal R. Watts, M.D. (left)
Cardiothoracic Radiology

Seven-time recipient of Top Ten Award

Evaluation Comments:

• Definitely one of our best teachers.
• Impressive knowledge base. True resident advocate. Excellent teacher, a pleasure to learn from and work with.
• Goes above and beyond to teach and help out which is very much appreciated by residents. From a residents' perspective, one of the best attendings at UAB to work with.

Daniel W. Young, M.D.
Pediatric Radiology

Four-time recipient of Top Ten Award

Evaluation Comments:

• Excellent clinician and teacher. I really enjoyed working with him. Outstanding role model.

Philip R. Chapman, M.D. (right)
Neuroradiology

Second-time recipient of Top Ten Award

Evaluation Comments:

• Dr. Chapman is a great asset to the department. Always friendly and willing to teach, but allows independence and has high expectations for residents.
• Dr. Chapman is great to work with. He takes time to go over any case you have a question about and is always approachable no matter how busy the workload is for the day.
• Awesome to work with. Great radiologist and teacher.

Eva V. Dubovsky, M.D., Ph.D. (right)
Nuclear Radiology

Fiver-time recipient of Top Ten Award

Evaluation Comments:

• Dr. Dubovsky's multiple case conferences and teaching sessions per week are much appreciated.
• Excellent teacher. Makes time for teaching sessions.
• Great teaching sessions.

Mark C. Langston, M.D. (left)
Musculoskeletal Radiology

Four-time recipient of Top Ten Award

Evaluation Comments:

• Dr. Langston is one of the most well-rounded Radiologists that UAB/VA has. His case conferences are always interesting and rich with information. He gives residents lots of autonomy when performing procedures and excels at clinical work as well.
• Dr. Langston is excellent at teaching procedures. His efforts to review all MSK MRI's read by a resident are much appreciated. He provided multiple teaching sessions during the rotation.

Matthew C. Larrison, M.D.
Musculoskeletal Radiology

Seven-time recipient of Top Ten Award

Evaluation Comments:

• A pleasure to be around. Always look forward to work when Dr. Larrison is on. His teaching is some of the best we get as residents.
• Dr. Larrison is a great teacher and always takes time throughout the workday to stop and go over studies that are interesting, go over a power point, or just spend time teaching during check-outs. I had a great month and look forward to my next MSK rotation.
• Very much enjoyed working with Dr. Larrison and appreciated his teaching.

Desiree E. Morgan, M.D.
Body Imaging

Eight-time recipient of Top Ten Award

Evaluation Comments:

• Excellent physician.
• Dr. Morgan is a lot of fun to work with and always takes time to teach throughout the day. Looking forward to working with her again soon.
• Very much enjoyed working with Dr. Morgan. Appreciated her teaching.

Carl Anthony Narducci, M.D. (right front)
Musculoskeletal Radiology

First-time recipient of Top Ten Award

Evaluation Comments:

• Dr. Narducci was great to work with. I always learn a lot when I work with him and always felt comfortable asking any question I might have. Great month. Looking forward to my next month on MSK.
• Dr. Narducci is a great radiologist and teacher.
• I worked with Dr. Narducci once on this rotation, and he spent the better part of it teaching. His powerpoint presentation on hip arthroplasty was very helpful, and he brought up great lessons that correlated with the cases I had seen that day. Much appreciated.

Stuart A. Royal, M.D. (right)
Pediatric Radiology

Seven-time recipient of Top Ten Award

Evaluation Comments:

• Always a great mentor.
• Excellent radiologist and physician. Appreciate the time taken out of his busy schedule for teaching.
• Excellent physician and person.

Joseph C. Sullivan, III, M.D. (left)
Neuroradiology

Three-time recipient to Top Ten Award

 Evaluation Comments:

• Dr. Sullivan is a great attending. He is usually the first person to arrive in the morning and the last person to leave. He is very dedicated to his section and to resident education. Thank you for a great month!
• Always enjoy working with Dr. Sullivan. He takes time throughout the day to go over interesting cases and is one of the most approachable attendings we have. Looking forward to my next neuro rotation.
• Always a pleasure to work with. Does a great job balancing teaching with clinical work, and is always willing to help out or answer questions.

Surjith Vattoth, M.D. (left)
Neuroradiology

Two-time recipient of Top Ten Award

Evaluation Comments:

• I have learned a lot of neuroradiology from Surjith, teaching is his passion in addition to his very friendly personality which always put you at ease asking him. He is always available even in the middle of a very busy day. He always make sure that our questions are answered and does not get bored repeating things more and more.
• I believe Dr. Vattoth is a great asset to the Neuroradiology program, he is very competent and comfortable of what he does, he holds great teaching conferences. He is always there to teach and help. He has got a very pleasant personality which always put you at ease.

Jubal R. Watts, Jr., M.D. (right)
Cardiothoracic Radiology

Six-time recipient of Top Ten Award

Evaluation Comments:

• Enjoyed working with Dr. Watts. Very intelligent with great teaching and approachable style.
• Best attending we have. Excellent teacher. Teaching sessions are invaluable.
• Dr. Watts always puts a great effort to teach and educate the residents and review interesting cases with us.