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More than 1,200 interns, residents and fellows train in every medical specialty at UAB in Birmingham, at our regional campuses in Montgomery, Huntsville and Tuscaloosa, and in our program in Selma. In an ongoing series, the Department of Surgery will feature incoming and outgoing trainees for all UAB Surgery programs. This week, learn about the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship.

Incoming Fellows

This year, the UAB Department of Surgery’s Surgical Critical Care Fellowship welcomes two new fellows: Jonathan Black, M.D., who will join UAB from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and Brittany Warren, M.D., who comes to us from Orlando Health.

  • Jonathan Black, M.D.
    Jonathan Black, M.D.
    Residency: University of North Caroline Hospital System, Chapel Hill
    Medical School: University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Brittany Warren, M.D.
    Brittany Warren, M.D.
    Residency: Orlando Health
    Medical School: Florida State University

Outgoing Fellows

One of the fellowship’s outgoing fellows, Eric Schinnerer, M.D., has already joined the faculty at UAB in the Division of Acute Care Surgery as an instructor after graduating from the program this summer, while the other outgoing fellow, James O’Neal, M.D., has taken a position in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • James O’Neal, M.D.
    James O’Neal, M.D.
    Next Step: New Orleans, Louisiana
    Residency: East Tennessee State University
    Medical School: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
  • Eric Schinnerer, M.D.
    Eric Schinnerer, M.D.
    Next Step: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Division of Acute Care Surgery
    Residency: University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Medical School: University of Oklahoma