UAB Division of Surgical Oncology Director Vikas Dudeja, M.D., has been awarded a four-year, $1.2 million pancreatic cancer research grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

The Pancreatobiliary Disease Center (PDC) is honored to welcome five new faculty members from across the UAB medical campus to its faculty. 

UAB's Pancreatobiliary Disease Center (PDC) has a season filled with family-friendly community events for patients, their loved ones, and friends of the clinic.

Emily “Emme” Kirby Long Stewart, communications manager for the UAB Department of Surgery, has been chosen to participate in the UAB Developing Emerging Administrative Leaders Program (DEAL).

UAB Division of Breast & Endocrine Surgery Assistant Professor and Global Surgery Associate Vice Chair Lily Gutnik M.D., MPH, has been selected for membership in the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO)’s international committee.

Kirby I. Bland, M.D., FACS, MAMSE, chair emeritus of the Division of Breast & Endocrine Surgery at UAB, was recently interviewed for "Heroes and Legends in Surgical Oncology," a video article series produced by the Annals of Surgical Oncology.

UAB Division of Surgical Oncology Director Vikas Dudeja, M.D., has been selected for membership in the Southern Surgical Association (SSA).

UAB Division of Surgical Oncology Instructor Srikanth Iyer, Ph.D., has been awarded a $297,000 grant for his project entitled "Evaluating the Role of NOTCH Signaling in Chronic Pancreatitis" by the U.S. Department of Defense.

UAB Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Associate Professor Karin Hardiman, M.D., Ph.D., was granted a pre-R01 grant award of $160,000 for the next two years from the O'Neal Invests program, for her research entitled “Creation of BACE1 Polymersomes to Overcome Resistance in Rectal Cancer.”

UAB Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Associate Professor Karin Hardiman, M.D., Ph.D., has been appointed as the Strange Family Endowed Professor in Surgical Sciences Research.

UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Professor Benjamin Wei, M.D., recently performed the first pediatric thoracic surgery utilizing a robotic surgical system at Children’s of Alabama marking a milestone in the improvement of pediatric surgical care. 

The UAB Department of Surgery is proud to welcome two new faculty members - Dr. Kimberly Kopecky and Dr. Rebecca Young.

The UAB Department of Surgery is proud to announce that Division of Surgical Oncology Associate Professor Annabelle L. Fonseca, M.D., MHS, will be serving as program co-director for the Pre-College Research Internship for Students from Minority Backgrounds (PRISM) program.

The UAB Department of Surgery congratulates Education Vice Chair Brenessa Lindeman, M.D., MEHP, on being selected to serve as the president-elect of the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS).

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UAB General Surgery Residency Program resident Alizeh Abbas, M.D., has been selected as a recipient of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Resident Research Scholarship.

UAB Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Assistant Professor Drew J. Gunnells, Jr., M.D., was recently featured on UAB’s MedCast Podcast with Division of Gastroenterology Associate Professor Shajan Peter, M.D., to discuss the future of colorectal cancer and screening techniques.

The UAB Department of Surgery is honored to welcome Tania K. Arora, M.D., FACS, FSSO, as vice chair of diversity, equity and inclusion, and announce Saulat Sajjad Sheikh, M.B.B.S., as associate vice chair.

UAB Division of Transplantation Associate Professor and Vera Hauptfeld-Dolejsek Endowed Professor in Transplant Immunology Paige Porrett, M.D., Ph.D., was recently appointed as the president-elect of the International Society of Uterus Transplantation (ISUTx).

It’s almost here! Members of the UAB Department of Surgery participate in the 19th Annual Academic Surgical Congress in Washington, D.C., from February 6-8, 2024. 

UAB Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Advanced GI/Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellow Margaux Mustian, M.D., MSPH, has been appointed to the Fellowship Council's communication committee.

The UAB Department of Surgery congratulates Administrative HR Director Marva Morgan, MHA, on her recent graduation from the Birmingham School of Law with her Juris Doctorate.

The UAB Department of Surgery is proud to announce that Abhishek Parmar, M.D., has been selected to serve as the department’s wellness champion.

The UAB Department of Surgery has begun a new collaborative global surgery partnership with Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC).

The UAB Department of Surgery’s Arnold G. Diethelm Fellowship in Abdominal Transplant Surgery has received reaccreditation through the Transplant Accreditation & Certification Council (TACC).

The UAB Department of Surgery is honored to recognize over thirty providers who were recognized as patient experience leaders for 2023.

The UAB Department of Surgery will host its annual State of the Department address on Tuesday, January 16, at 7:15 a.m. in the Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium.

UAB Surgery’s Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy and UAB Medicine have become the first in the United States, and only the second institution in the world, to utilize LumiGuide, a second-generation 3D device guidance solution, that is powered by Fiber Optic RealShape (FORS) technology. This is an advanced internal device visualization solution utilizing light technology for navigation inside blood vessels without the use of fluoroscopy. 

UAB Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Professor Jamie Cannon, M.D., FACS, FASCRS, was recognized as the Florence Flinker Visiting Professor in Colorectal Surgery at the McGill University Health Center in Montreal, Quebec.

Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Assistant Professor Zain Hashmi, M.D., FACS, has been appointed to the prestigious Future Trauma Leaders (FTL) program of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) after a competitive application process.