Faculty

Professor
Vice Chair, Perioperative Services
Chief of General Surgery, Birmingham VA Hospital
Associate Chief Quality Officer, UAB Medicine

Areas of Interest
minimally invasive colorectal surgery, colon and rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis), diverticulitis, and rectal prolapse

Dr. Melanie MorrisThe Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center has been awarded $85,000 by the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Health Equity for a research project led by the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery’s Melanie Morris, M.D., “Evaluating an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Program to Reduce Disparities in Surgical Outcomes for African American Veterans.”

Second-year medical student Jameson Weiner’s abstract, “The Association of Enhanced Recovery Pathway and Acute Kidney Injury in Colorectal Surgery Patients,” has been selected to receive the 2018 Association for Academic Surgery/Society of Black Academic Surgeons Travel Scholarship. Weiner’s abstract was one of the highest-scoring abstracts reviewed by SBAS and was based on the research he conducted last summer under the mentorship of the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery’s Melanie Morris.

Associate Professor

Areas of Interest
congenital colorectal, neonatal defects, outcomes research, bioinformatics

Assistant Professor
Medical Director, Bariatric Surgery
Course Director, UAB Department of Surgery Clerkship

Areas of Interest 
gallbladder disease, abdominal wall hernias, health services research, surgical education, and bariatric surgery

James C. Lee III Chair in Pediatric Plastic Surgery at Children's of Alabama
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology

Areas of Interests
craniofacial surgery, pediatric plastic surgery, microneurovascular reconstruction, facial reanimation, distraction osteogenesis, craniosynostosis, cleft lip and cleft palate, pierre robin sequence, distraction osteogenesis for pierre robin sequence, craniomaxillofacial trauma, general reconstructive plastic surgery, adolescent breast surgery, aesthetic surgery, ring-assisted cranioplasty for craniosynostosis, facial nerve disorders, and reconstructive microsurgery

Sixty-seven faculty, residents, medical students and lab members from the Department of Surgery will present their research at the 13th Annual Academic Surgical Congress next week in Jacksonville, Florida.

Instructor

Areas of Interest
outcomes research, quality initiative and quality improvements, data management and analysis

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest 
minimally invasive pediatric surgery, neonatal surgery, thoracic surgery, critical care, burn, trauma

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest
mechanical circulatory support, ventricular assist devices, heart transplant, adult cardiac surgery, vascular and endovascular surgery

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest
Biological, psychological and social mechanisms of pain, acute-to-chronic pain after surgery, precision-focused prediction and prevention of post-operative pain, quantitative sensory testing & pain phenotyping, gastrointestinal pain (IBD & colorectal cancer), and population-level differences in health outcomes

Professor
Vice Chair, Patient Experience
Chief, Section of Breast Surgery
Program Director, UAB Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Surgery Physician Advisor – Clinical Documentation Improvement 

Areas of Interest
breast cancer, tumor biology, outcomes research

Dr. Abhishek ParmarThe Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery's Abhisek Parmar, M.D., has received a $60,000 2018 Career Development Award from the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Research and Career Development Committee and the SAGES Board of Governors. This award was made possible through a grant from the SAGES Education and Research Foundation.

Associate Professor
Program Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship

Areas of Interest
Complex abdominal wall hernias, including ventral hernias, groin hernias, flank hernias, recurrent hernias, core abdominal wall health, chronic groin pain, and mesh-related complications

UAB Department of Surgery Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Associate Professors Abhishek Parmar, M.D., FACS, Britney Corey, M.D, MACM, FACS, and Daniel Chu M.D., MSPH, FACS, FASCRS, have published a study on their experience with an enhanced recovery protocol for patients undergoing complex abdominal wall reconstruction.

Professor
Director, UAB Vein Program & Clinic

Areas of Interest
open and catheter-based treatments for aortic aneurysm, carotid artery disease, renovascular hypertension and peripheral artery occlusive disease

Professor
Chief of Vascular Surgery Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital

Areas of Interest
lower extremity occlusive disease, arterial aneurysms

Professor
Director, Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency and Fellowship Programs
William D. Jordan, Jr. Endowed Professor in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

Areas of Interest
tibial revascularization, open thoracoabdominal reconstruction, complex endovascular reconstruction of aortic disease involving the visceral segment, iatrogenic injury

Congratulations to the following UAB Surgery faculty who were named to endowed chairs at this week's Endowed Chairs and Professorships Reception:

Associate Professor

Areas of Interests
acute care surgery, resident and medical student education

Professor
Director, VCA Transplantation, UAB Comprehensive Transplant Institute
Director, Clinical & Translational Research, UAB Comprehensive Transplant Institute
Vera Hauptfeld-Dolejsek Endowed Professor in Transplant Immunology

Areas of Interest
Uterus transplantation, VCA transplantation, reproductive immunology, transplant immunology, pregnancy alloimmunization, renal function during pregnancy, living donor kidney transplantation, sex and race disparities in transplantation, transplantation tolerance

Assistant Professor
Medical Director for Pediatric Transplant at Children's Of Alabama

Areas of Interest
liver transplantation, kidney transplantation, pediatric liver/kidney transplantation, living donor liver transplant, adult and pediatric hepatobiliary surgery, and transplant oncology

The UAB Department of Surgery's Pre-College Research Internship for Students from Minority Backgrounds (PRISM) and Surgery Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) programs have announced summer participants for 2023.

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest
uterus transplantation, living donor liver transplantation

Dr. Sushanth ReddyThe Division of Surgical Oncology’s Sushanth Reddy, M.D., has received a $40,000 ACS-IRG Junior Faculty Development Grant from the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center and the American Cancer Society for his project, “Convergent mechanisms underlying pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma.”

Professor
Associate Director, General Surgery Residency Program

Areas of Interest
stomach cancer, pancreas and liver cancers, Wnt signaling

Professor

Areas of Interest
trauma and surgical critical care, motor vehicle crash injury prevention, military trauma training

Professor
William D. Jordan, Jr. M.D., Endowed Professor in Vascular Sciences

Areas of Interest
angiogenesis, cancer, endothelial cell and vascular biology, epigenetics, epi transcriptomics, gene transcription and translation, ischemic heart and vascular diseases, vascular niche in stem cells

Associate Professor

Areas of Interest
health services research, biostatistics

Associate Professor
Co-Director, Short-Term Research Experiences Advancing Medical Students (STREAMS)

Areas of Interest 
trauma, hemorrhage, resuscitation, endothelial glycocalyx, lung injury, bioengineered in vitro models, mechanotransduction signaling

Professor of Surgery, Medical Education and Pediatrics
Chief Wellness Officer, UAB Medicine
ProAssurance Endowed Chair for Physician Wellness

Areas of Interest
general pediatric surgery, medical education

Assistant Professor
Assistant Program Director, UAB Abdominal Transplant Fellowship

Areas of Interest
living kidney donation, access to kidney transplantation, optimizing high KDPI organs, robotic surgery

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest
laparoscopic and robotic minimally invasive general surgery, including foregut, bariatric surgery, and complex abdominal wall hernias

Dr. Bart RoseThe Division of Surgical Oncology’s  Bart Rose, M.D., M.A.S., has received a $20,000 Central Surgical Association Foundation Elsevier, Inc. Enrichment Award for his research proposal, “Targeted Treatment of Metastatic GI Neuroendocrine Tumors.” Rose will be officially recognized for receiving the award at the CSA 2018 Annual Meeting, March 15-17, in Columbus, Ohio.

Dr. J. Bart Rose delivers his testimony to the Senate Special Committee on Aging on Nov. 15, calling for greater federal funding for pancreatic cancer research.

UAB Pancreatobiliary Disease Center Director and surgical oncologist J. Bart Rose, M.D., MAS, recently testified on the state of pancreatic cancer at a Nov. 15 hearing with the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging.

Associate Professor
Director, UAB Pancreatobiliary Disease Center
Chief, Section of Hepatopancreatobiliary Disease

Areas of Interest
diseases of the stomach, small bowel, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, and bile duct, Notch signaling pathways in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

Clinical Assistant Professor
Primary Practice Location: DCH Tuscaloosa

Areas of Interest
Peripheral artery disease, tibial bypass, angiography and minimally invasive surgery, endovascular surgery, aneurysm disease and EVAR, carotid artery disease and carotid endarterectomy, transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR), hemodialysis access, diabetic foot ulcer, thoracic outlet syndrome, venous insufficiency/varicose veins, limb preservation

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest
Open and endovascular aortic aneurysm repair, thoracic outlet syndrome, peripheral artery disease, limb preservation

Professor Emeritus

Areas of Interest
surgical critical care, trauma, trauma system development, quality, patient safety, and clinical and operational effectiveness

Dr. Robert RussellThe Division of Pediatric Surgery’s  Robert Russell, M.D., has received a New Investigator Award from the Kaul Pediatric Research Institute for his project, “Coagulopathy Following Head Injury in Pediatric Trauma: From Bedside to Bench.” The award is for $35,000 per year for a two-year period.

Professor
Associate Director, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Director, Trauma Program, Children's of Alabama

Areas of Interest
minimally invasive pediatric surgery, pediatric trauma, neonatal surgery, quality improvement and outcomes research

Professor
Director, Division of Surgical Oncology

Areas of Interest
hepatic, biliary, pancreatic, and gastric diseases; soft tissue malignancies and skin cancers

Clinical Assistant Professor
Primary Practice Location: Mobile Infirmary

Areas of Interest
colon cancer, rectal cancer, anal cancer, endoscopic treatment of colonic disease

Assistant Professor
Associate Vice Chair, Access & Engagement
Surgical Director, Liver Transplant Program
Clinical Skills Scholar of CRISP Curriculum, UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine

Areas of Interest
liver transplantation, kidney transplantation, pediatric transplantation, live donor liver transplant, live donor kidney transplant, hepatobiliary surgery

Clinical Assistant Professor
Primary Practice Location: Mobile Infirmary

Areas of Interest
Pancreatic cancer, pancreatitis, liver and bile duct cancers, liver metastases, stomach cancer, gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), and other abdominal and soft tissue cancers

Assistant Professor
Surgical Director, Pediatric Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Associate Program Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency
Surgical Director of Pediatric Heart Transplant, Children's Hospital of Alabama

Areas of Interest
complex congenital heart disease, neonatal cardiac surgery, single ventricle palliation, heart transplantation, pediatric mechanical circulatory support, adult congenital heart disease, valve repair, pediatric cardiac critical care, surgical outcomes research

Associate Professor

Areas of Interest
lower extremity occlusive disease, open and catheter-based treatments for aortic aneurysm, complex endovascular repair, carotid artery disease, limb salvage, outcomes research

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest 
critical care, ECMO, burns, intestinal failure, vascular access, machine learning

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest
pediatric surgical oncology, pediatric solid tumors, minimally invasive neonatal and pediatric surgery

Professor

Areas of Interest
surgical treatment of obesity and metabolically related diseases; minimally invasive and open gastric bypass surgery, adjustable gastric banding, and sleeve gastrectomy