
James Sommerville McLester, M.D.
1945-1949
Undergraduate: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Medical School: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Resident Training: Philadelphia Polyclinic and College for Graduate Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Tinsley R. Harrison, M.D.
1950-1957
Undergraduate: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Resident Training: Peter Bent Brigham, Boston, Europe, MA
Fellowship Training: General Education Board, Europe

Walter B. Frommeyer Jr., M.D.
1957-1969
Undergraduate: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Medical School: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Resident Training: Cincinnati General Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Fellowship Training: Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston, MA

T. Joseph Reeves, M.D.
1969-1973
Undergraduate: Baylor University, Waco, TX
Medical School: Baylor University, Waco, TX
Resident Training: Parkland Hospital, Dallas, TX
Fellowship Training: University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL; Queen Elizabeth Hospital, England

Thomas N. James, M.D.
1973-1981
Undergraduate: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Medical School: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Resident Training: Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Fellowship Training: Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

Charlie William Scott, Jr., M.D.
Acting, 1981-1982
Undergraduate: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Medical School: Medical College of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Resident Training: University of Alabama Hospitals, Birmingham, AL
Fellowship Training: University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, AL

J. Claude Bennett, M.D.
1982-1993
Undergraduate: Samford University, Birmingham, AL
Medical School: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Resident Training: University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
Fellowship Training: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

William E. Dismukes, M.D.
Acting, 1993-1995 and 2005-2006
Undergraduate: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Medical School: Medical College of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Resident Training: Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, MA
Fellowship Training: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

William J. Koopman, M.D.
1995-2006
Undergraduate: Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA
Medical School: Harvard University, Boston, MA
Resident Training: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Fellowship Training: National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD

Edward Abraham, M.D.
2006-2011
Undergraduate and Medical School: Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Resident and Emergency Medicine Training: University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Critical Care Medicine Training: UCLA Hospital, Torrance, CA
Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow: Pasteur Institute, Paris, France

Anupam Agarwal, M.D.
Acting, 2011-2012
Medical School: Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore University, India
Resident Training: Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Fellowship Training: University of Minnesota Hospital & Clinic, Minneapolis, MN; College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

C. Seth Landefeld, M.D.
2012-2024
Undergraduate: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Oxford University, Oxford, UK
Medical School: Yale University, New Haven, CT
Resident Training: University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Fellowship Training: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Mark Dransfield, M.D.
2025-Present
Undergraduate: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Medical School: University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Resident Training: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Fellowship Training: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL