Faculty

  • Russell, Derek, MD

    FacultyPhotoRussellNewAssociate Professor
    Assistant MICU Director - Birmingham VA Hospital

    Areas of Interest: Roles of Neutrophils and Extracellular Vesicles in Pulmonary Disease, Mechanisms of Lung Damage in COPD and ARDS, Pragmatic Clinical Trials

  • Salem, Ahmed, M.D.

    FacultyPhotoSalemAssistant Professor

    Areas of Interest:
    Neurocritical Care Medicine, Neuroimaging, Traumatic Brain Injury, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Cardiovascular ICU, ECMO, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Ventilator Management, ARDS, Shock, Medical
                                       Education and Simulation, Coagulopathy

  • Scullin, Dan, M.D.

    FacultyPhotoKelmensonEditClinical Instructor

    Areas of Interest
    Lung Transplantation, ECMO, Intensive Care

  • Singh, Pooja, Ph.D.

    FacultyPhotoAbouchalaInstructor

    Areas of Interest:
    Lung injury, environmental pollutants, host pathogen interactions, and metabolism.

  • Solomon, George "Marty", MD

    FacultyPhotoSolomonAssociate Professor
    Associate Director - UAB Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship 

    Areas of Interest
    Cystic Fibrosis and non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis

  • Stigler, W. Steve, MD

    FacultyPhotoStiglerProfessor
    Medical Director - Medical Intensive Care Unit   
    Assistant Chief Medical Officer - Medical Service Line

    Areas of Interest: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Sepsis, Mechanical Ventilation

  • Surolia, Ranu, PhD

    FacultyPhotoSuroliaAssistant Professor

    Areas of Interest
    Environmental and Translational Medicine, Lung Injury, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

  • Swords, W. Edward, PhD

    FacultyPhotoSwordsNewProfessor
    Associate Director for Research

    Areas of Interest
    Host and Microbial Determinants of Bacterial Colonization and Persistence during Opportunistic Airway Infections

  • Thachuthara-George, Joseph, MD

    FacultyPhotoThachutharaGeorgeAssistant Professor

    Areas of Interest
    Lung Cancer, Pleural Disease, Complex Airway Disease, Lung Transplant

  • Trevor, Jennifer, MD

    FacultyPhotoTrevorAssociate Professor
    MICU Director - Birmingham VA Hospital

    Areas of Interest
    Asthma

  • Vijaykumar, Kadambari, M.B.B.S.

    FacultyPhotoVijaykumarAssistant Professor

    Areas of Interest:
    Muco-obstructive Lung Disorders including COPD and non-CF bronchiectasis, Role of Mucociliary Dysfunction in COVID-19, Airway Management

  • Wade, Chad, M.D.

    Assistant Professor

    Areas of Interest:
    Health Organization Management, Mechanisms of inflammation and disease progression in COPD and Pulmonary Hypertension, Prognostic implications of Imaging Biomarkers on Disease Progression in COPD and Pulmonary Hypertension

  • Wells, J. Michael, MD

    FacultyPhotoWellsNewAssociate Professor
    Section Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Birmingham VA Medical Center

    Areas of Interest
    COPD, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

  • Whitson, Micah R., MD

    FacultyPhotoWhitsonEditAssociate Professor

    Areas of Interest: Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine

  • Wille, Keith M., MD

    FacultyPhotoWilleUpdateProfessor
    Medical Director - Adult ECMO Program
    Medical Director - Advanced Lung Diseases

    Areas of Interest
    Lung Transplant, Pulmonary Embolism

  • Xing, Dongqi, PhD

    FacultyPhotoXingAssistant Professor

    Areas of Interest
    Vascular Injury Response

  • Xu, Xin, MD, PhD, MLS

    FacultyPhotoXuUupdateAssistant Professor

    Areas of Interest
    Inflammatory Diseases, Proteases and Matrikine Regulation in Airway Inflammatory Response and Autoimmune Disorder

  • Zhou, Yong, PhD

    FacultyPhotoZhouUpdateProfessor

    Areas of Interest
    Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma, Pulmonary and Ocular Mechanobiology

  • Zmijewski, Jaroslaw, PhD

    FacultyPhotoZmijewskiNewProfessor

    Areas of Interest
    Lung Injury, Lung Fibrosis

  • Zouk, Aline, MD

    FacultyPhotoZoukAssistant Professor

    Areas of Interest
    Interventional Pulmonology