UAB Osteoporosis Expert Advocates for Increased DEXA Reimbursements to U.S. Senate

Sarah Morgan, MD, CCD, medical director for the UAB Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Clinic and UAB DEXA Facility, visited Washington, D.C., in September to lobby the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for better DEXA payment on the grounds that a proposed payment reduction could impair access to this valuable preventive service. Read more...

National and Regional Meeting Roundup

ACR 2016
Our faculty, staff and trainees presented nearly 100 abstracts at the annual meeting.
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CAMBAC Research Day
This annual event promoted interdisciplinary research collaborations among more than 100 scientists.
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61st Annual Lowe Conference
The event was held at Camp McDowell in September and featured guest lectures from Chester Oddis, MD, and Peter Grayson, MD, MSc.
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Fond Farewell

We wish the very best to Iris Navarro-Millán, MD, MSPH, who accepted a position at Weill Cornell Medical College and to Martin Trojanowski, MD, who will be joining Boston University Medical Center.

Welcome New Fellows!

The Division is delighted to welcome Nada Elmagboul, MD, and Thao Nguyen Tran, MD, to the UAB Rheumatology Fellowship Program. They join second-year fellows Aprajita Jagpal, MD, and Lindsay Cunningham, DO. The program is directed by Laura B. Hughes, MD, MSPH, and Angelo Gaffo, MD. We also welcome Courtney Crayne, MD, a first-year pediatric rheumatology fellow.
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UAB Rheumatology Expands Reach to Montgomery

UAB Medicine has established a Multispecialty Clinic at Baptist Medical Center South in Montgomery. The clinic team includes one of our former fellows, Matt Mullen, MD, as well as Ximena Ruiz, MD and Carlos Gadea, MD.
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Singh Named to New Endowed Professorship

Jasvinder Singh, MD, MPH, has been named the inaugural holder of the UAB Endowed Professorship in Musculoskeletal Outcomes Research by the UA Board of Trustees.