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UAB Surgery Professor Mark Patterson, M.D., and Assistant Professor Brent Haverstock, DPM, FACFAS, will discuss the work of the UAB Advanced Limb Preservation Program at the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Fall Forum.
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UAB Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Associate Professor, Assistant Program Director of Resident Research for the General Surgery Residency Program, and Program Co-Director for the Surgery Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Karin Hardiman, M.D., Ph.D., has been appointed to the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgeon Scientist Program Committee.
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UAB Department of Surgery Assistant Professor and Associate Vice Chair for Global Surgery Dr. Lily Gutnik will speak at the Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course and Scientific Writing Workshop at the annual meeting of the College of Surgeons of East, Central & South Africa (COSECSA), sponsored by the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS), in December.
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Today is National Injury Prevention Day. Although this awareness day was created by the Injury Free Coalition for Kids to focus on injuries in that population, this year, UAB’s Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery is focusing on fall safety in older adults.
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The UAB Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery has been awarded a $15,000 grant from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Alabama Committee on Trauma (COT) for the purchase of 1,000 gun locks to distribute across Alabama in the goal of injury and death prevention.
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University of Alabama at Birmingham Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Associate Professor and Trauma Medical Director Daniel Cox, M.D., has received a new appointment in the Air Force.
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UAB General Surgery Resident Connie Shao, M.D., recently discussed the intentional integration of telemedicine to ensure equitable treatment for all patients in the latest edition of Health Tech Magazine.
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery has been awarded a $1,000 grant from the American Trauma Society for the Trauma Survivors Network (TSN) at UAB.
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UAB Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Assistant Professor Robert Hollis, M.D., M.S.P.H., was recently interviewed in General Surgery News to describe the role of the UAB Surgery Community Network in addressing challenges for rural surgery in Alabama.
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UAB Cardiovascular Imaging recently participated in a Living Heart Foundation screening event for former NFL players. Staff provided 62 comprehensive wellness screenings, along with echocardiograms, carotid ultrasounds, and EKGs, to the former players and their spouses.Photo Credit: Katherine Mozzone
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UAB Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy Assistant Professor Danielle Sutzko, M.D., M.S., FACS, recently addressed how physicians can prepare to tackle their student loan debt on the Association for Academic Surgery's blog.
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UAB Department of Surgery Assistant Professor Andrea Gillis, M.D., was recently awarded the Dr. Sharon Spencer Legacy Award for Outstanding Service by the Cancer Awareness Network at their 25th-anniversary celebration. Photo - L to R: Dr. Andrea Gillis & Director of Community Health Access Claudia Hardy
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The UAB Heersink School of Medicine Office of Research introduces new faculty for Summer and Fall 2022. Please join Heersink School of Medicine and the Office of Research in welcoming these new faculty.
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The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees also voted to accept endowments for four chairs, a professorship and a lecture.
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UAB’s research and reputation land it among the top institutions in the world.
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The UAB Department of Surgery is honored to recognize the following faculty members who were admitted into the Fellowship of the American College of Surgeons: Dr. Jonathan Black Dr. Kristy Broman Dr. Jessica Fazendin Dr. Xiaoming Shi Dr. Danielle Sutzko
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UAB Department of Surgery and the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center teamed up this summer to support melanoma awareness at the inaugural Steps Against Melanoma Walk at Veterans Park in Hoover.
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UAB Department of Surgery Assistant Professor and Associate Vice Chair of Global Surgery Lily Gutnik, M.D., recently delivered the keynote speech for the physicians’ oath ceremony at her alma mater, the Medical School for International Health (MSIH) at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Be'er Sheva, Israel.
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The UAB Department of Surgery is honored to welcome a new program coordinator for the General Surgery Residency Program, Jacquetta Bennett.
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Jim Parsons, an Alabamian and registered organ donor, helped further donation and xenotransplant when his family donated his body upon death for a groundbreaking scientific study conducted at UAB earlier this year.
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UAB Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery Assistant Professor and Global Surgery Associate Vice Chair Lily Gutnik, M.D., has been selected to speak at the Virtual Research Forum held by the Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health (MHIGH) where Pilot Project grantees will be recognized.
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UAB Surgery Assistant Professor Lily Gutnik, M.D., has been selected as an inaugural member of the UAB Social Science and Justice Research (SSJR) consortium, a pilot initiative of the University-Wide Interdisciplinary Research Centers (UWRIC) Program.
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UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine Department of Surgery Gastrointestinal Associate Professor Dr. Daniel Chu and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Assistant Professor Dr. Kirk Russ discuss current trends and treatments of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, on UAB MedCast.
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UAB medical student Brendon Herring, MS and Bart Rose, M.D., MAS, FACS, of the Division of Surgical Oncology recently published “Under-Representation of Racial Groups in Genomics Studies of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms” in Cancer Research Communications.
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UAB Medical Student Meghna Katta was selected by the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) as a recipient of the 2022 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Award.
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UAB Department of Surgery Associate Professor Colin Martin, M.D., FACS, has been admitted into the prestigious Halsted Society.
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UAB Department of Surgery will be hosting a Virtual Open House for summer research internship programs on Oct. 27 at 5 p.m. via Zoom. Highlighted programs will include Pre-College Research Internship for Students from Minority Backgrounds (PRISM) and Surgery Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE).
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The Alabama chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation will host its 12th annual Casino for a Cause on Thursday, Oct. 27, from 6:30 p.m. – 10 p.m., at Haven.
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UAB Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery Assistant Professor and Associate Scientist for Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (MHRC) Lily Gutnik, M.D. has been selected to receive the 2022 UAB MHRC Excellence in Mentoring Award.
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UAB Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery Assistant Professor and Medical Student Surgery Clerkship Director Jessica Fazendin, M.D. has been selected as the visiting professor from UAB to the University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center.
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The UAB Department of Surgery welcomes its new communications manager, Emme Kirby Long Stewart. Stewart previously served the City of Decatur, Alabama as the primary media liaison for the municipality in the office of Mayor Tab Bowling.
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UAB Research Resident Katherine McElroy, M.D. was awarded a 2022 Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) Fall Courses Travel Award.
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UAB Department of Surgery Associate Professor Brenessa Lindeman, M.D. MEHP, FACS, was named in the 2022 Association of Women Surgeons 40 Under 40!
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UAB Research Resident Katherine McElroy, M.D. has been selected for a featured poster presentation at the annual North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS)’s Multidisciplinary Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET) Medical Symposium in Washington D.C.
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UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Assistant Professor Kyle Eudailey, M.D. was recently featured on UAB MedCast to discuss optimal management and treatment for thoracic aortic aneurysms.
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UAB Department of Surgery Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy Assistant Professor and Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency Associate Program Director, Danielle Sutzko, M.D., M.S. joins UAB MedCast to discuss chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI).
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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.
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UAB Department of Surgery Communications Director Marissa Cabrera Keppley, MBA, and Division of Pediatric Surgery Associate Professor Colin Martin, M.D., FACS have been selected to participate in the UAB Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA). They will be members of the 2023 cohort.
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Early detection and limiting risk factors are the best ways to fight breast cancer.
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Dr. Colin Martin UAB Department of Surgery Associate Professor and Medical Staff President of Children’s of Alabama Colin Martin, M.D., FACS, has been invited to serve on the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) Editorial Board.
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Anupam Agarwal, M.D., interim dean of the Heersink School of Medicine, welcomed faculty members and their families to the Endowed Chairs and Professorships Reception on Sept. 29.
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The UAB Department of Surgery is proud to welcome three new faculty members who have joined the department this October: Sarah B. Bateni, M.D., MSW, MAS, Stuart D. Hurst, M.D., and Joseph S. Walker, M.D., FACS.
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The UAB Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery celebrates Women in Medicine month by highlighting women in UAB's trauma, burn, and wound care services.
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Physicians in the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB are advancing the field of thyroid care with cutting-edge, patient-specific procedures and collaborative research investigations.
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This novel finding will help guide successful therapeutic design and strategies for acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease.
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The UAB Department of Surgery is happy to announce three new faculty who joined the department in September: Andrea Gillis, M.D., Marcos E. Pozo Jatem, M.D., and Kristen Wong, M.D..
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The 2022 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress will be held in San Diego, California on Oct. 16-20. Many faculty and residents from the UAB Department of Surgery are getting ready to attend and present at the conference. As you prep your talking points and pack your bags, here are a few things to keep in mind.
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Medical Student Research Day celebrates the research accomplishments of medical students and provides them with the opportunity to present their projects to fellow students and faculty.
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O’Neal Invests funds UAB investigators initiating new cancer-related projects to do key preliminary work to enable competitive extramural applications.
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UAB Department of Surgery is pleased to announce the promotion of eleven faculty members, effective October 1.
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The second year of UAB’s Momentum in Medicine program launched this month and includes 16 women across UAB Medicine and UAB Heersink School of Medicine.
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The study, an exception from informed consent trial, will compare whole blood to blood components in the treatment of traumatic injuries.
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The UAB Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery has matched four new fellows into the Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship for 2023: Preston Hewgley, M.D., Cassandra Krause, M.D., John Kuk, M.D., and Michelle Mangold, D.O.
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Get your walking shoes ready: The Society for Vascular Surgery Foundation (SVSF) presents a fundraising campaign to celebrate Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Awareness Month this September.
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The UAB Department of Surgery is pleased to welcome Richard Harris, DPM, FACFAS Harris, DPM, FACFAS (left), to the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy as well as Xiaoming Shi, M.D. (right), to the Division of Trauma and Acute Surgery. Both are clinical assistant professors.
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Social media has been a useful tool to inform a community about research studies that are exempt from informed consent protocols.
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The study seeks to determine whether prothrombin complex concentrate, a blood-clotting agent, could help save the lives of patients at risk for severe bleeding after injury.
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University of Alabama at Birmingham Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Associate Professor and Trauma Medical Director Daniel Cox, M.D., has been awarded the Brewer-Heslin Endowed Award for Professionalism in Medicine.
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The deciphering of a new signaling cascade sheds light on how mutations in metabolism cause normal cells to become cancerous.
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The Heersink School of Medicine’s Chapter of the Association of Women Surgeons volunteered at the First Light Shelter, serving breakfast to homeless women and children while also mentoring high school girls interested in the medical field.
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The UAB Department of Surgery has three new faculty joining in August and September: Hampton Gray, M.D. (left), Sabrina Goddard, M.D. (middle), and Sasha Still, M.D. (right).
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Two Surgery Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) students, mentored by UAB Department of Surgery faculty, recently won awards at the UAB Summer Expo in the live oral presentation category.
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Steve Harrison has a new chance at life, thanks to someone else’s becoming an organ donor.
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The Center for Injury Science (CIS) at UAB has partnered with CSL Behring to support the management of one of the largest ever trauma clinical trials.
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University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Surgery Professor and UAB James and John Kirklin Institute for Research in Surgical Outcomes Director James Kirklin, M.D., has been named president of World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (WSPCHS).
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Brandon Blake, a respiratory therapist with UAB’s trauma team and master sergeant in the United States Air Force, has been named as one of the Air Force’s Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2022.
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An internal decapitation is rare but not unheard of, and it takes a team to help a patient recover.
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UAB Medicine’s new surgery clinic in Winfield is part of the new relationship with Northwest Regional Health.
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Jeana Russell shares her story of resilience, the importance of knowing your body and when to seek medical attention.
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UAB Hospital re-verified as a Level I Trauma Center, marking 23 years of holding that designation.
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U.S. News & World report named UAB Hospital as the best hospital in Alabama.
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Hanaway is honored to receive the professorship that was established in honor of Martha Tankersley and her transformative commitment as the transplant administrator for UAB Medicine.
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UAB has the first program in the United States to offer uterus transplantation outside of a clinical research trial and is one of very few centers in the world accepting new patients.
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For one UAB employee, having a nephew compete in The World Games makes Birmingham’s and UAB’s support of the games come full circle.
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The device will be used to treat patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis who are at high or extreme risk for open-heart surgery.
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UAB experts highlight the social determinants of obesity and add to the growing body of evidence identifying potential solutions to address obesity and related conditions.
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Alyson Haynes beat breast cancer through her determination and a strong support system at the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB.
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A UAB physician-turned-patient reflects on her journey to healing and recovery from breast cancer for National Cancer Survivors Day.
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Anyone traveling more than four hours by air, car or bus can be at risk for blood clots. The director of the UAB Vein Center provides tips on how to prevent blood clots when traveling.
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The Heersink School of Medicine is spotlighting each of the women selected for the Momentum in Medicine at UAB program and hosting one-on-one interviews to learn their stories. In May, Heersink communications sat down with Megann Bates Cain, Donna Bailer, and Dr. Cathy Fuller to hear what the program means to them.
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Elizabeth Beierle, M.D., professor in the Department of Surgery, has been awarded the 2022 Dean’s Excellence Award in Mentorship.
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Eighteen faculty members across Heersink School of Medicine’s departments have received 2022 Dean’s Excellence Awards in recognition of excellence in the areas of teaching, research, service, mentorship, and diversity.
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Cain, now cancer-free, wants others to receive the same level of compassionate care she did during her time of need.
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The drug inhibits the kinase Cdk5, found in mature neurons. Cdk5 has long been implicated in neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative conditions, but previous inhibitors have largely failed to reach the brain through the blood-brain barrier.
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To celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month 2022, Warner K. Huh, M.D., chair and professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN), discusses his heritage and service at UAB.
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UAB’s Vikas Dudeja will serve as the principal investigator for a $2 million grant to continue research on liver cancer.
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The grant program funds early-career faculty to advance their skills and careers across campus and beyond.
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Pirfenidone shows promise as treatment for acute pancreatitis in therapeutic settings, according to new study.
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Units that receive the Beacon Award serve as role models for excellence in patient care.
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The UAB Faculty Development Grant Program supports junior faculty with funding to pursue research, creative works and scholarly activity.
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The Pancreatobiliary Disease Center treats diseases of the pancreas and bile ducts with a personalized and multidisciplinary approach.
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UAB patients with stage 4 cancer now have more options for treatments.
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During the past half-century, the UAB Comprehensive Transplant Institute has pioneered many changes, including groundbreaking research, new medicines and innovative techniques.
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Organ donors save lives and help advance medical research.
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Join UAB in bringing awareness of colorectal cancer through various resources and tips for the community.
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Although combination chemotherapy with radiation has been the standard of care for treating rectal cancer for more than 20 years, very little is known about why some tumors are more resistant to this treatment than others.
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With news about UAB’s first peer-reviewed, published transplant of genetically modified pig kidneys into a brain-dead human individual, there are many questions about what this means for the future of transplant and how this will save countless lives moving forward.
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UAB physicians are working on the next steps to begin compassionate or emergency use of the pig kidneys in living humans. Two major approvals will be required.
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Kitchen fires make up nearly a quarter of all burn injuries treated at the UAB Burn Center.
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The UAB Trauma Center is busier than ever as the number of trauma cases at UAB Hospital has reached record levels.
