At the Lowe Conference

From left to right: Laura Hughes, MD, MSPH, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Rheumatology Fellowship Program, UAB; Randall Beyl, MD, Rheumatology fellow class of 2016 (Currently in private practice in Guntersville, AL); Aprajita Jagpal, MD, Rheumatology Fellow; Matthew Mullen, MD, Rheumatology fellow class of 2016 (Currently UAB Rheumatology); Angelo Gaffo, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Director of the Rheumatology Fellowship Program, UAB.

The training program combines a broad-based and in-depth clinical and research experience supporting our division's mission of delivering the highest quality academic training for rheumatology trainees.

• Diversity in clinical settings for training opportunities giving our trainees exposure to a wide variety of rheumatic diseases, enabling them to experience an enriched and broad patient population
  • The UAB University Hospital
  • The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Birmingham
  • UAB Highlands Hospital
  • The UAB Kirklin Clinic
  • The Children's Hospital of Alabama
  • Mercy Cooper Green Clinic
  • Musculoskeletal Ultrasound clinic

• The breadth of knowledge and large number of clinical faculty allows us to provide state-of-the-art care for patients and state-of-the-art educational experiences for our trainee.
  • Faculty in the Division are engaged in clinical, laboratory, and health services research allowing for excellent mentorship of our trainee
  • The research program in our Division is strongly supported by over $20M in multiple federal and non-federal grants.
  • There are several federally funded T32 training grants led by Division faculty. These grants provide eligible trainees (US citizens or permanent residents) with protected time, training, and additional advanced degrees to help interested trainees develop careers in biomedical research
    • Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases Research (S. Louis Bridges, Jr., MD, PhD, Principal Investigator)
    • Health Services, Outcomes and Effectiveness Research (Kenneth Saag, MD, Principal Investigator)
    • Immunologic Disease and Basic Immunology Research (Harry W. Schroeder, Jr., MD, PhD, Principal Investigator)

• High quality and well attended Divisional Conferences which are held on a regular basis and include:
  • Weekly Journal Clubs
  • Clinical Conferences and Rheumatology Grand Rounds
  • Musculoskeletal Radiology Conferences
  • Board Review Conferences

• Our graduating fellows' chosen career paths demonstrate the diversity of training within our program and include:
  • Academic Researchers
  • Academic Clinician Educator
  • Private Practitioners