Hanaway named to Martha Robinson Tankersley Endowed Professorship in Transplant Clinical Excellence
Division of Transplantation Professor and Surgical Director of Kidney Transplantation Michael J. Hanaway, M.D., was named the inaugural recipient of the Martha Robinson Tankersley Endowed Professorship in Transplant Clinical Excellence.
Read morePerez wins SUS resident presentation award
UAB General Surgery Resident Mallory Perez, M.D., was awarded the 2022 Society of University Surgeons (SUS) Resident and Fellow Presentation Award.
Read moreShao awarded SAAS-AWS resident travel award
UAB General Surgery Resident Connie Shao, M.D., MSPH, was awarded the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons (SAAS) and Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) Resident Travel Award.
Read moreGutnik selected as 2022 MSIH Physician’s Oath Speaker
The Medical School for International Health Alumni Council selected Lily Gutnik, M.D., UAB Department of Surgery associate vice chair for global surgery and assistant program director for global surgery for the General Surgery Residency Program, to serve as the 2022 Physician's Oath Speaker.
Read moreDepartment welcomes Chakraborti and Shukrallah as faculty
The Department of Surgery is pleased to welcome Ayanabha Chakraborti, M.S., Ph.D. (left), to the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery as an instructor as well as Bassam Shukrallah, M.D. (right), to the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery as an assistant professor.
Read moreGutnik featured in UAB MedCast on breast cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa
Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery Assistant Professor and Associate Vice Chair of Global Surgery discusses breast cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Read moreDivision of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery works with state of Alabama, city of Birmingham, for trauma awareness
The month of May was Trauma Awareness Month, and the UAB Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery worked with state and local government officials to spread the word.
Read moreHolcomb brings decades of military combat care and research experience to war-torn Ukraine
When John Holcomb, M.D., FACS, professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, was asked back in April if he would join a medical nonprofit to assist surgeons in Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion, he didn’t hesitate to say yes.
Read moreAnderson and Northern are promoted to rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force
Two clinical assistant professors within the University of Alabama at Birmingham Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery who serve as active duty surgeons within the United States Air Force have been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Read moreWound care technician Arlesia Jones receives Clinical Excellence in Nursing Award
Arlesia Jones, a wound care technician with the UAB Medicine burn dressing team and hydrotherapy, recently received a 2022 Clinical Excellence in Nursing Award, the highest honor available for nursing staff within the UAB Health System.
Read moreHashmi published in Transfusion journal
Zain Hashmi, M.D., an assistant professor in UAB’s Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, recently published an article, “Nationwide estimates of the need for prehospital blood products after injury,” in Transfusion, the journal of the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies.
Read morePatient with hyperparathyroidism travels 7,750 miles for surgical treatment with Lindeman
Around 100,000 people in the U.S. develop hyperparathyroidism every year. The disease, which affects the small parathyroid glands that lie next to the thyroid in the neck, carries with it many symptoms such as such as bone pain or tenderness, fragile bones, depression, forgetfulness, fatigue, frequent or excess urination, and kidney stones.
Read moreRen selected for American Heart Association committee
William D. Jordan, Jr. M.D., Endowed Professor in Vascular Sciences Bin Ren, M.D., Ph.D., FAHA, was selected to serve on the American Heart Association (AHA) Peer Reviewer Committee of the Transformational Project Award in Vascular Sciences.
Read moreUrist, Bland, and Porterfield featured in the OCCC magazine
Professor Emeritus Marshall Urist, M.D., Division of Surgical Oncology Professor Kirby Bland, M.D., and Professor John Porterfield, M.D., are featured in the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB magazine, honoring the Cancer Center’s 50th anniversary.
Read moreDepartment celebrates residents through awards day and chief resident dinner
The General Surgery Residency Program honored chief residents, as well as supporting faculty and residents across the program, at awards day as well as a chief resident dinner.
Read moreHolder named 2021 Department of Defense Melanoma Academy Scholar
UAB Department of Surgery Assistant Professor and Chief of the Section of Melanoma and Sarcoma Surgery, Ashley Holder, M.D., has been selected as a 2021 Department of Defense Melanoma Academy Scholar.
Read moreHello, goodbye 2022: Surgery residency program
For the first time in two years, UAB Heersink School of Medicine Match Day was held in person. Fourth-year medical students across the country engaged online through social media, sharing where they were matched. While it was impossible to have everyone in the same room at one time, the excitement could still be virtually felt.
Read moreLucy named VP, Rakestraw named wellness chair of House Staff Council
UAB General Surgery Residents Adam Lucy, M.D., and Stephanie Rakestraw, M.D., were recently elected to the Graduate Medical Education (GME) House Staff Council for the 2022-23 year. Lucy will serve as the vice president and Rakestraw will serve as the wellness chair.
Read moreUAB Trauma research featured on the Behind the Knife podcast
A recent episode of Behind the Knife, a popular surgical education podcast, featured research findings from a study by several faculty members and residents from the UAB Department of Surgery, including principal investigator Jonathan Black, M.D., an assistant professor with the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.
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