Department of surgery

The award will continue until 2029 and totals about $3 million dollars in funding.

Indirect benefits could include how to lessen rejection of transplanted organs and damage to the transplanted tissue.

The goal of this project is to reduce health disparities in colonoscopy screening and colorectal cancer outcomes for vulnerable populations in Jefferson County.

Autumn Beavers, M.D., has been awarded the Fulbright scholarship that will allow her to study in Tanzania.

The device will be used to treat patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis who are at high or extreme risk for open-heart surgery.

In addition to providing excellent trauma care, UAB surgeons continue to establish innovative programs to better improve trauma care in Alabama.

The program is designed specifically to treat women and address the distinct concerns and unique risk factors that women may experience.

Pulsed-field ablation disrupts the cellular membranes of vein tissue, irreversibly preventing those membranes from conducting electricity. This protects the heart from the rapid impulses which can cause atrial fibrillation.

Individuals in their 20s and 30s should be aware of the warning signs of colon cancer to know when to seek medical attention.

Alarmingly inadequate supply of blood, economic disparity and logistics among many factors playing a role in fueling shortage.

Although living with his congenital heart defect has come with its challenges, Bill Wingate hopes he can encourage others with similar conditions. 

At 15 months old, Brooke Miley Lillie received a heart transplant. At 19, she received a kidney. At 27, she defied the odds and delivered her first daughter at UAB Hospital.

The regimen — which relies solely on already FDA-approved medications — showed remarkable success in Parsons model case series.

UAB Hospital practice areas were honored with the “Best Hospital” designation, including cancer care, heart care, stroke care, minimally invasive surgery, comprehensive breast care, mammograms, obstetrics and women’s services.

As there is no current treatment for acute and recurrent acute pancreatitis, Dudeja hopes this grant will provide hope for those suffering with the disease.

Williams has now mentored more than 30 burn patients as they continue in their recovery.

The world’s first clinical trial of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta found that patients treated with REBOA were more likely to die than those who did not undergo REBOA.

Physicians in the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB are advancing the field of thyroid care with cutting-edge, patient-specific procedures and collaborative research investigations.

This study, performed in a pre-clinical human model, is the first time xenotransplanted pig kidneys have shown clearance of creatinine and shown a standard immunosuppression regimen may be sufficient.

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.