Department of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine
UAB has been recognized as a ‘Center of Excellence’ by the Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology.
Jeff Simmons, M.D., shares how his time in the Air Force transformed him into the health care leader he is today.
The clinic will provide primary care and specialty care services including endocrinology, nephrology and pain management.
Understanding the mechanisms underlying tolerance and hyperalgesia is essential to enhance morphine’s utility in chronic pain management.
Multifidus stimulation is for patients with chronic, non-surgical low back pain who demonstrate impaired function in the muscles that stabilize the spine.
Merkel cells in fingertips were known to turn mechanical force into an electrical signal, but how that signal transferred to the nerve across the synapse was unknown.
The Blazer Bridge Fund is intended to identify and assist in the development of promising ideas, discoveries, innovations and/or technologies from UAB faculty and staff that have commercial potential.
Uncovering a pathophysiological mechanism that initiates, transitions and sustains neuropathic pain holds promise for treating neuropathic pain.
The temporary PNS device can be used to treat chronic nerve pain, as well as joint pain and back pain, for patients for whom oral medications are not effective, or who wish to minimize the use of medications or more invasive procedures.
Having a bacterial infection at the same time as COVID-19 is a greater risk factor for COVID-19 severity and mortality than previously described risk factors such as advanced age, male sex or various comorbidities.
Even when at odds with his health, Matalon continued his academic excellence and service to the field of lung disease research.
Record $95 million Heersink lead gift to advance strategic growth and biomedical innovation.
UAB and Polish researchers propose that the COVID-19 virus acts as a microRNA “sponge” to deplete miRNA levels in ways that aid viral replication and stymie the host immune response.
Data suggest the United States could have a worse than average flu season. Flu season typically lasts from early October to February, but UAB experts say it is never too late to get vaccinated.
The American Civil War was the proving ground for the new science of anesthesia in surgery.