The University of Alabama at Birmingham Departments of Pathology and Surgery attended this year’s International Society of Uterine Transplantation (ISUTx) 4th State-of-the-art meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden, from September 5-6, 2024. This year’s meeting celebrated the 10th year anniversary of a special and historic event – the birth of the first baby born from a transplanted uterus. The now 10-year-old Vincent opened the meeting and welcomed the clinicians and scientists from around the world who are working hard to promote growth of the field.
The fifth annual Apheresis Awareness Day is recognized on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, as designated by the American Society for Apheresis (ASFA). The purpose is to raise awareness of apheresis medicine and honor the many apheresis practitioners who have dedicated their lives to saving others by using evidence-based practice to advance apheresis medicine.
To better understand the role of apheresis in transfusion medicine, we asked Katayoun Fomani, M.D., an associate professor in the UAB Department of Pathology and program director of the Transfusion Medicine Fellowship, to explain its significance.
Gene P. Siegal, M.D., Ph.D., Robert W. Mowry Endowed Professor and Executive Vice Chair, UAB Pathology, received the 2024 ASCP Philip Levine Award for Outstanding Research from the American Society for Clinical Pathology during the organization’s annual meeting September 3-6 in Chicago.
The award honors dedicated ASCP members who have made significant contributions to molecular pathology, immunohematology, and/or immunopathology. Established in 1969, it honors the late Phillip Levine, MD, FASCP, who made many contributions to pathology, including determining the etiology of Rh hemolytic disease of newborns.
“I am deeply honored to be recognized by my peers,” Siegal said in a release by ASCP. “ASCP is one of my major professional homes. ASCP unites laboratory professionals and pathologists—all of whom play a pivotal role to diagnostic medicine and the patient care team—under one umbrella.” 
Dr. Robert Goulart, outgoing president, ASCP, presents Dr. Gene P. Siegal with the Philip Levin Award for Outstanding Research.
When asked about her motivation to become a doctor, Cristina Magi-Galluzzi does not hesitate to say that since the age of five, it was what she wanted to do. “I wanted to be a doctor my entire life.”
Her upbringing and family influenced her tremendously to become what she is today—a world-renowned expert genitourinary pathologist and Robert and Ruth Anderson Endowed Chair in Pathology in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine Department of Pathology. Here is the story of Magi-Galluzzi’s distinguished career and incredible achievements.
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