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Oparil one of three doctors to receive national clinical excellence award

UAB’s Suzanne Oparil, M.D., has been selected as one of only three doctors from the United States to receive the Clinical Excellence Award at the National Physician of the Year Awards in New York City.

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University of Alabama at Birmingham
heart and vascular services
hypertension
center for aids research

Risk of fatal heart disease higher among black men, women

Most of this disparity may be due to greater risk factor burden among blacks, including smoking, diabetes and hypertension.

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research
school of public health
hypertension
department of medicine
cardiovascular diseases
diabetes, obesity and metabolism