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Savannah Koplon

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Public Relations Manager, Health and Medicine

Leads external communications in healthcare, biomedical research and for UAB's six professional schools; Dentistry, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, Optometry and Public Health. Koplon and her team proactively tell the story of UAB health and medicine, including patient stories, innovative research and new therapies, through original content and extensive collaborations with local, national and international media. The team works reactively to ensure appropriate experts are connected with media within their deadline.

Specific beats include: Health System Administration; Heersink School of Medicine (Administration, Student News, Education); Issues Management; Medical Facilities; Medical Partnerships; Precision Medicine; Infectious Diseases; Emergency Medicine; Civitan International Research Center; CCTS;  Department of Informatics; Department of Surgery (Transplantation, Xenotransplantation); Libraries (Reynolds Historical Library, Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences, Lister Hill library)

From a stroke to dancing again: a patient’s healing journey through hyperbaric medicine

Hyperbaric medicine is a therapy that treats oxygen like a drug, delivering high-pressure oxygen to treat wounds for patients in need.

UAB Medicine listed among “Most Wired” hospitals for 2023

UAB Medicine has once again been named one of the “Most Wired” hospitals, affirming UAB’s serving on the forefront of using health care IT to improve the delivery of care.

Jennings nationally recognized for leadership as chief financial officer

UAB Health System’s CFO has been identified as key female leader in the health care space, among 181 others.

NIH selects Marrazzo as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Today the National Institutes of Health has announced that UAB’s own Jeanne Marrazzo, M.D., has been selected to succeed Anthony Fauci, M.D., as the next director of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) this fall.

UAB Hospital remains the best hospital in Alabama, Birmingham metro, according to U.S. News & World Report

For another consecutive year, UAB Hospital has been named the best hospital in Alabama, with several disciplines and procedures ranked among the best.

UAB Medicine names Lou Baverso COO

As COO, Baverso says his priorities will be in continuing UAB Medicine’s clinical excellence and expanding services to serve even more patients and Alabamians.

UAB’s first uterus transplant recipient delivers healthy baby

The baby boy, born in late May 2023, is the first baby born from a uterus transplant outside of a clinical trial and UAB’s first baby from its uterus transplant program.

UAB Hospital Emergency Department to expand with state support

To address the critical need for more emergency medical services in Birmingham and Alabama, UAB Hospital — with support from the State of Alabama — is creating 59 new exam rooms and more than 66,000 square feet of clinical space to meet service demand.

UAB Libraries leads $500,000 fundraising initiative for the Historical Collections Gallery

A significant fundraising initiative for UAB Libraries will help bring to life different historical collections.

UAB, Birmingham Barons make patient’s baseball dreams come true

Six-year-old Waylon Marshall was able to sign a one-day contract with the Barons, a true milestone just six months after a traumatic hand injury was thought to have crushed his baseball dreams.

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