Search Begins for Interim DOM Chair
After 12 years leading the Department of Medicine, Dr. Seth Landefeld will step away from his role as Chair this September. Landefeld has had a transformative effect on our academic medical enterprise. He will leave UAB to become a fellow at Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences to address the crisis in American primary care.
DREAM Council Announces 2024 Research Award Recipients
Wednesday, the DREAM Council announced the 2024 recipients of the Walter B. Frommeyer Jr. Fellowship in Investigative Medicine Award and the PhD Career Development Award for Research at the annual Trainee Research Symposium keynote panel discussion. Each award was designed to promote mentored research and foster the development of outstanding junior and senior scientist. Congratulations to these incredible scientists.
The DOM Celebrates 2023 DOM STAR for Staff Excellence Awardees
This week, the Department of Medicine hosted its annual reception to celebrate the 2023 DOM STAR for Staff Excellence awardees. Recipients were joined by leadership, coworkers, and family in the Wallace Tumor Institute lobby. Leaders shared remarks about the unique value each recipient adds to the department, highlighting exceptional patient care, advancing research, collaboration and culture building, and organization and planning. Thank you to the 2023 DOM STAR awardees for shining so brightly in our department.
85-Year-Old Patient Returns to Golf After TAVR Procedure
Within six months, Sarah Hazen went from being a vibrant and energetic 85-year-old, to experiencing shortness of breath, difficulty bending over, and an inability to walk more than twenty feet without resting. Hazen consulted with a team of UAB cardiologists and was diagnosed with aortic insufficiency and stenosis — conditions that cause the heart to enlarge and weaken, affecting its ability to pump blood to the rest of the body.
Landefeld and Division Directors Present the Annual State of the Department Address
Wednesday, over two hundred Department of Medicine employees joined to watch Department Chair Seth Landefeld, M.D., and our 11 division directors for the annual State of the Department Address. Landefeld kicked off the presentation by thanking all our staff, faculty, trainees, and practitioners for their dedication to the department. He detailed our 2023 accomplishments, emphasizing the advancement of wellness, new innovations in research, and the continued success of educational programs. Division directors added highlights from their divisions in mentorship, clinical care, training and more. If you missed the session, you can watch the recorded presentation and view the slides online.