Jane Longshore

Jane Longshore

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This is the last of a three-part series introducing readers to the newly appointed senior vice president for Medicine and dean of the UAB Heersink School of Medicine, Anupam Agarwal, M.D. For this installment, we talked with Agarwal to learn more about his vision and goals for the Heersink School of Medicine.

This is the second of a three-part series introducing readers to the newly appointed senior vice president for Medicine and dean of the UAB Heersink School of Medicine, Anupam Agarwal, M.D. For this installment, we talked with Agarwal to learn more about his medical training and the path that brought him to the U.S.

This is the first of a three-part series introducing readers to the newly appointed senior vice president for Medicine and dean of the UAB Heersink School of Medicine, Anupam Agarwal, M.D. For this installment, we talked with Agarwal to learn more about his personal background and his path to medicine. Look for future installments—where we’ll learn more about Agarwal’s medical training and plans and vision for the Heersink School of Medicine—in the coming weeks.

DeWayne Tooson, M.D. ’91, who lost his daughter Jessica in 2018 when she was a 21-year-old college student has announced a new memorial scholarship to promote diversity in medicine and improve care access for mental health. 

The UAB Heersink School of Medicine held its Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 14 at Bartow Arena to celebrate the 189 graduates in the Class of 2022.

An appointment to an endowed chair or professorship is among the highest academic honors a faculty member can receive. The UAB Heersink School of Medicine holds a remarkable 214 endowed chairs and professorships. These honors are essential to recruiting and retaining premier educators, clinicians, and researchers. Endowed chairs and professorships also allow donors to link their names to an area of special meaning within the university.

On Sunday, Aug. 15, the UAB School of Medicine welcomed the 2021 entering class at the annual White Coat Ceremony, hosting two smaller celebrations by splitting the class into two groups by Learning Communities.

Each year, the School of Medicine welcomes the incoming class with a White Coat Ceremony. The White Coat Ceremony was created in 1993 by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation to emphasize the importance of compassionate care for the patient as well as scientific proficiency. Due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, a White Coat Welcome event for the entering class was held online, with the promise of an in-person ceremony when COVID safety protocols would allow it. 

An endowed position is among the highest honors an academic institution can bestow on a faculty member. Fourteen have recently been honored with an endowed chair or professorship at the UAB School of Medicine.
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