Department welcomes Salamone
Godzik accepted as candidate member of Scoliosis Research Society
Osuka receives tenure-track promotion
Out of the Office Spotlight: Kirsten Yelvington
The UAB Department of Neurosurgery is spotlighting staff to focus on the importance of hobbies for stress relief, wellness, and self-care. The goal of the series is to connect individuals across the department by highlighting their hobby as it relates to mental, physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, environmental, social, and financial wellness.
Read moreIrwin awarded $1.1M R01 grant
UAB Department of Neurosurgery Assistant Professor Zachary Irwin, Ph.D., recently received a $1.1 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health Research to investigate the impacts of sensory deficits on movement in patients with Parkinson's Disease. This grant will fund his research over the next three years.
Read moreA Review of UAB Spinal Neurosurgery by Dr. Mark Hadley
Out of the Office Spotlight: Danny Lee
The UAB Department of Neurosurgery is spotlighting staff to focus on the importance of hobbies for stress relief, wellness, and self-care. The goal of the series is to connect individuals across the department by highlighting their hobby as it relates to mental, physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, environmental, social, and financial wellness.
Read moreDepartment welcomes Betts and Kirchner
The UAB Department of Neurosurgery welcomes Kristen Betts, FNP, and Savanah Kirchner to the team, effective Oct. 3.
Read moreHolland discusses facial pain on UAB MedCast
In this podcast, Marshall Holland M.D. talks about the approach to a facial pain patient, neurosurgical options for different facial pain syndromes, the importance of listening to the patient’s story fully, and the need for good relationships with other providers that may be called upon for the treatment of the patient.
Read moreUAB CNBCI named a pilot UWIRC
Residents to present at CNS 2022 annual meeting
Six UAB Department of Neurosurgery residents will present their abstracts as an oral presentation at the 2022 Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Annual Meeting, Oct. 8-12 in San Francisco, California.
Read moreBailer, Keppley inducted into 2023 HLA Cohort
UAB Department of Neurosurgery Executive Administrator Donna Bailer, J.D., LL.M, and Communications Director Marissa Keppley, MBA, were recently inducted into the UAB Healthcare Leadership Academy.
Read moreStein published in World Neurosurgery
UAB Heersink School of Medicine medical student, Jack Stein, is the first author of a paper recently published in World Neurosurgery. Stein is a second-year medical student working in Dr. James Markert's Lab.
Read moreFaculty travel the globe, share their expertise
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurosurgery is no stranger to traveling the globe. Whether it is providing care or teaching others, our faculty are passionate about global neurosurgery.
Read moreVan Meir mentee receives NIH SRC award
Moorehouse School of Medicine Assistant Professor Mingli Liu, M.D., Ph.D. mentee of UAB Department of Neurosurgery Professor Erwin Van Meir, Ph.D., recently received an SC1 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Read moreRozzelle voted into Society of Neurological Surgeons
University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurosurgery Professor Curtis J. Rozzelle, M.D., was recently voted into the prestigious Society of Neurological Surgeons.
Read moreDepartment launches online employee directory
Department welcomes postdoc Mohammad Alhefdi
The UAB Department of Neurosurgery welcomes Mohammad Alhefdi, Ph.D., as a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Zachary Irwin's lab. Read more
Chambers, Irwin, Van Meir earn secondary appointments to CCTS
We are thrilled to announce the following faculty members have received secondary appointments at the UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS).
Read moreVan Meir, Osuka article recommended in Faculty Opinions
A previous article published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation titled "N-cadherin upregulation mediates adaptive radioresistance in glioblastoma" has been recommended in Faculty Opinions as special significance in its field by University of Missouri faculty member Alan Parrish, Ph.D. UAB Department of Neurosurgery Professor Erwin G. Van Meir, Ph.D., and Assistant Professor Satoru Osuka, M.D., Ph.D., co-authored this paper in 2021.
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