Basic Science Researchers

Professor
Vice Chair, Faculty Development
Surgical Director, Hepatobiliary Clinic, Children's of Alabama
Charles D. McCrary Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery

Areas of Interest
pediatric surgical oncology, pediatric solid tumors, neuroblastoma

Professor Emeritus

Areas of Interest
trauma, hemorrhage, sepsis, gender dimorphism, immune functions, cardiovascular functions

Chair, Department of Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Pediatrics
Fay Fletcher Kerner Endowed Chair
Surgeon-in-Chief, UAB Hospital and Health System
Senior Advisor, O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB

Areas of Interest
thyroid and parathyroid surgery, minimally invasive radioguided parathyroidectomy, adrenal surgery, endocrine surgery, neuroendocrine cancer biology

Associate Professor

Areas of Interest
laser procedures, skin tightening, resurfacing, fat grafting, transplantation, liposuction, reepitheliazation, skin grafts, wound healing, minimally invasive surgery, laser surgery, fat transplantation

Associate Professor
Section Chief, Thoracic Surgery
James H. Estes Family Endowed Chair for Lung Cancer Research in the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB

Areas of Interest
Lung and esophageal cancer surgery, chest wall surgery, tracheal resection and reconstruction, mediastinal tumors, outcomes research, airway disorders, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, lung nodules, mediastinal tumors, chest wall tumors, malignant pleural effusions, pneumothorax, esophageal disease (benign)

Associate Professor
James P. Hayes, Jr., Endowed Professor in Gastrointestinal Oncology
Director, Division of Surgical Oncology

Areas of Interest
pancreatic cancer, hepatobiliary malignancies, immunology and stromal biology

Professor
Director for Gastrointestinal Biology Research

Areas of Interest
brain development and plasticity, neurotransmitters, substance abuse

Professor
Vice Chair, Basic Research 
UAB Cardiovascular Surgical Research Endowed Chair

Areas of Interest
immune regulation of post-transplant vascular disease and allograft rejection, transplantation and heart failure outcomes research

Professor
Vice Chair, VA Affairs
Associate Chief of Staff, VA Surgical Services
Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery at Birmingham VA
Assistant Program Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship

Areas of Interest
foregut and bariatric surgery, achalasia, gastroesophageal reflux disease, hiatal or paraesophageal hernias, morbid obesity and metabolic syndrome, role of microbiome in obesity, outcomes research

Associate Professor
Program Co-Director, Surgery Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
Assistant Program Director for Resident Research, General Surgery Residency Program

Areas of Interest
colon and rectal surgery, intestinal surgery

Professor
Director and Clinical Consultant, Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, UAB Comprehensive Transplant Institute

Areas of Interest
histocompatibility, deceased and living donor solid organ transplantation, related and unrelated bone marrow/HSC transplantation

Instructor

Areas of Interest
pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, acinar to ductal metaplasia (ADM) biology, notch and hedgehog signaling pathways in pancreatic diseases

Associate Professor

Areas of Interest 
neuroendocrine cancers, personalized cancer therapy, mouse models of neuroendocrine cancers, targeted drug delivery, nanomedicines, the tumor suppressor role of Notch

Division of Pedatric Surgery

Surgical Director, UAB/Children's of Alabama Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation

Co-Director, Pre-College Research Internship for Students from Minority Backgrounds (PRISM)

Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

President-Elect, Medical Staff at Children's of Alabama

Areas of Interest
intestinal failure, necrotizing enterocolitis, intestinal mucosal biology and innate immunity

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest
brain development and plasticity, neurotransmitters, substance abuse

Associate Professor
Director, VCA Transplantation, UAB Comprehensive Transplant Institute
Director, Clinical & Translational Research, UAB Comprehensive Transplant Institute
Vera Hauptfeld-Doejsek 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

Associate Professor
Associate Director, Division of Surgical Oncology
Associate Director, General Surgery Residency Program

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

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

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

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

Assistant 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