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Areas of Interest 
combat casualty care, emergency response, shock, resuscitation, critical care, translational medicine, medical education, austere medical care, extracorporeal life support 

Biography

Russell G. Day, M.D., FACEP is an assistant professor within the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery in the Department of Surgery. He also has faculty appointments in the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Department of Medicine. He serves as the Medical Director of SOCMID, the United States Air Force's Special Operations Center for Medical Integration and Development, which is located at UAB.

Before coming to UAB, Day held a variety of roles both stateside and deployed in operational, educational, and clinical capacities across the United States Air Force.

Day is a graduate of the UAB Heersink School of Medicine, then completed a General Surgery Internship at the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, an Emergency Medicine Residency at Wright State University/ Wright Patterson AFB Medical Center, and a Multi-Disciplinary Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at The University of Michigan.

Honors and Awards

Air Force Special Operations Command Physician Educator of the Year, 2022

Air Force Special Operations Command Physician of the Year, 2021

Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians

University of Michigan “Making a Difference” Award, 2018

University of Michigan “Making a Difference” Award, 2017

Wright State University Emergency Medicine Residency R3 Academic Excellence Award

Wright State University Emergency Medicine Residency R2 Academic Excellence Award

Wright State University Emergency Medicine Residency R1 Academic Excellence Award

Education

Medical School
University of Alabama Heersink School of Medicine

Residency
Wright State University / Wright Patterson AFB Medical Center

Fellowship
The University of Michigan

Contact

Phone
Patient Appointments and Questions: 205-975-7521

Email
russellgday@uabmc.edu