Faculty

  • GibsonAssociate Professor
    Assistant Medical Director, University Emergency Department

    Research and Clinical Interests
    Regional Cardiac Wall Motion Abnormalities in STEMI
    Inter-rater Reliability of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter Measurements Using Bedside Ultrasound by Emergency Medicine Physicians

  • AnzaloneAssistant Professor

    Research and Clinical Interests
    Emergency Medicine

  • ArnoldAssistant Professor
    Associate Medical Director, Alabama Regional Poison Control Center, Children’s of Alabama

    Research and Clinical Interests
    Prescription drug abuse, opioid abuse and diversion, novel drugs of abuse, toxicogenomics, public health

  • BarlottaAssociate Professor
    Head of Quality Improvement, Department of Emergency Medicine
    Medical Director, Department of Critical Care Transport
    Co-Director, AOA Honor Medical Society

    Research and Clinical Interests
    ECMO

  • BoothMedical Director, Medical Emergency Team
    Assistant Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine
    DEM Informatics

    Research and Clinical Interests
    Hospital administration and clinical informatics

  • BuckinghamAssociate Professor
    Medical Director, Highlands Emergency Department

    Research and Clinical Interests
    Administration, ultrasound, hyperbaric medicine

  • BucknerInstructor Clinical
    Associate Medical Director, Alabama Regional Poison Control Center, Children’s of Alabama

    Research and Clinical Interests
    acid-base disorders, pulmonary-critical Care, cardiology, hematology-oncology

  • DelaneyAssociate Professor

    Research and Clinical Interests
    emergency medicine

  • EdwardsProfessor
    Residency Program Director
    Vice-Chair for Education

    Research and Clinical Interests
    emergency medicine

  • FergusonAssistant Professor

    Research and Clinical Interests
    emergency medicine

  • Assistant Professor

    Research and Clinical Interests
    minority disparities in medicine

  • GouldAssistant Professor
    Ambulatory Clinical Director – Highland Orthopedics
    Co-director Concussion Task Force

    Research and Clinical Interests
    concussion, exercise in pregnancy, trauma, sports medicine, concussion

  • GullettAssociate Professor
    Co-Director, Emergency Ultrasound

    Research and Clinical Interests
    emergency ultrasound

  • Hess ErikProfessor
    Vice Chair for Research

    Research and Clinical Interests
     shared decision making, decision science and ameliorating disparities in public health

  • KesslerAssistant Professor

    Research and Clinical Interests
    ECMO

  • KhouryAssociate Professor
    Assistant Residency Program Director
    Residency Curriculum Director

    Research and Clinical Interests
    medical education, hyperbaric medicine

  • KurzAssociate Professor
    Co-Director, Therapeutic Hypothermia Program

    Research and Clinical Interests
    intra-arrest care, coagulation dysfunction following cardiac arrest, post-resuscitation care, rehabilitation for hypoxic brain injury

  • LewisAssociate Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Operations
    Co-Medical Director, UAB Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Clinic
    Medical Director, Talladega SuperSpeedway
    Medical Director, AirMed International

    Research and Clinical Interests
    hyperbaric medicine

  • MedalleClinical Instructor

    Research and Clinical Interests
    ECMO

  • NafzigenProfessor
    Director, Office of EMS
    Assistant Medical Director, State Office of EMS

    Research and Clinical Interests
    prehospital care, disaster medicine

  • PetersonAssociate Professor
    Assistant Dean for Students, UAB School of Medicine
    Director of Medical Student Simulation, School of Medicine
    Assistant Residency Program Director
    Medical Student Clerkship Director

    Research and Clinical Interests
    Medical Education, Simulation, and Airway Management

  • PigottProfessor
    Vice Chair for Academic Development
    Co-Director, Office of Emergency Ultrasound

    Research and Clinical Interests
    emergency and clinical ultrasound, emergency management of highly pathogenic infections, foodborne illness, toxicology

  • RobinettAssociate Professor
    Medical Director, UAB AHA Training Center
    Medical Director, Lifeguard Ambulance

    Research and Clinical Interests
    medical simulation, community paramedicine

  • RushtonAssistant Professor
    Medical Toxicologist, Regional Poison Control Center
    Course Director, Medical Toxicology Student Rotation

    Research and Clinical Interests
    medical toxicology, serotonin-related neurotoxicity, management of envenomations, cardiovascular toxins

  • Sanford2Professor and Chair

    Research and Clinical Interests
    emergency medicine practice management, quality and patient safety, health policy

  • SchradingAssociate Professor
    Director, Office of Wilderness Medicine

    Research and Clinical Interests
    wilderness medicine, airway management, procedural education

  • ShapshakAssociate Professor
    Co-Medical Director, Russell Clinic

    Research and Clinical Interests
    hyperbaric medicine, wound healing

  • ThomasProfessor and Executive Vice Chair
    Director of Emergency Services and Observation Medicine
    Assistant Chief Medical Officer of Emergency Services and Sepsis, UAB Hospital

    Research and Clinical Interests
    clinical operations, patient flow, patient safety, quality, cardiovascular emergencies, resuscitation

  • ThompsonAssociate Professor
    Director, Community Emergency Medicine Outreach
    Director, Physician Assistant Student Emergency Medicine Clerkship

    Research and Clinical Interests
    medical education

  • DrTurnerPic2Clinical Instructor
    Assistant Medical Director, Highlands Emergency Department

    Research and Clinical Interests
    Health Care Disparities

  • Lauren WalterAssociate Professor
    Emergency Department Off-Service Resident Rotator Director
    Introduction to Clinical Medicine Faculty Preceptor
    ‘Women of Emergency Medicine Mentorship and Interest Group’ (WOEMMIG) Founder/Director

    Research and Clinical Interests
    sex and gender based medicine, women’s health research