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Baptist Medical Center East was recognized by Truven Health Analytics on its 100 Top Hospitals list for 2013.
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Walters, Bleich provide services for employees who have lost a special patient, and provide training for residents
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Nurse practitioner details physical, emotional toll of disease in A Place I Didn't Want to Go: My Victory Over Cancer.

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Diligence, experience help Persad earn September Employee of the Month award
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Program enables employees to spend six hours of work time per week attending GED preparation classes
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Pharmacist responsible for managing machines that administer 90 to 95 percent of all medications used in hospital
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UAB will promote teaching skills and showcase research findings in medical education during Medical Education Week Sept. 24-28
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UAB's David Sweatt will be the first molecular neurobiologist in the U.S. to investigate Pitt- Hopkins syndrome, a disorder characterized by intellectual disability and developmental delays, which can range from moderate to severe.

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UAB's Office of Public Relations and Marketing honored for tornado coverage.

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Lynne Vining is a “dirt sailor,” a Navy nurse in Afghanistan who cares for fallen comrades.

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UAB sonographer Laurie Van Dermark has used some of her own adventures as the backdrop of her first novel

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Mike Jezdimir came to UAB’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for help with transverse myelitis.

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UAB takes wellness to a new level — to the employees, students.

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UAB’s AMC21 plan aims to make UAB the preferred academic medical center of the 21st century.

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UAB’s Child Life Program provides children and their families comfort in times of need, and positive memories in times of turmoil.

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This year marks the 30th anniversary of UAB Hospital Maintenance Department support for the Christmas Toy Fund.

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A team of eight — six with UAB ties — that spent a week in Lanzhou, China, teaching physical therapy techniques to health-care providers.

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Cary Ramey's toe-thumb transplant gives his active lifestyle a boost.

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Employees Victoria Anderson (left) and Adam Grinfield are the first recipients of the UAB Hospital Auxiliary nursing scholarships.

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Triplets Jeanette, Lynette and Annette celebrated their 60th birthday with a visit to UAB and a tour of the new Women & Infants Center.

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Installation of new electronic health record in UAB Hospital and its clinics means better, more efficient care for patients.

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The Farm Stand will provide fresh fruits and vegetables for employees, students, patients and passers-by all summer long.

Published in Be Healthy

UAB Hospital will begin screening every patient treated in the ER to reduce those numbers through a program funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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UAB Hospital staff will leave Jan. 28 for a 10-day journey into a part of the world where medical care is a luxury.
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To create a better patient experience, pre-made and re-heated foods are out; freshly cooked order-when-ready meals are in at UAB Hospital.
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  • 5 things to know about Alice McNeal, M.D.
    In honor of Women's History Month, a remembrance of Alice McNeal, M.D., founding chair of UAB's Department of Anesthesiology (now the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine) in 1948 and first woman anesthesiologist to be named to the Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame.
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  • Legion Field once hosted Olympic soccer matches

    retro art streamDuring the 1996 Olympic Games, Legion Field was a host site for soccer games, which more than 431,000 people attended. UAB also was home to a practice site for Olympians.

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  • Continuing the commitment to eye health

    retro art streamIn 1974, two optometry students screened two young children for vision issues. The school’s tradition of community engagement continues to this day as remain involved in the community, whether through providing vision screenings and eye exams in senior centers, elementary schools, Black Belt communities and more or teaching cow eye dissections at Ramsey High School.

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  • Registration changes with the tech of the times

    retro art streamIn the 1970s, students registering for UAB’s University College would queue in long lines to meet with advisers, determine their course schedule and fill out punch cards for the record-books. Things look a bit different today, thanks to new student orientation program Blazer Beginnings.

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  • Updating the footprint of campus

    retro art streamThe intersection of 20th Street South and Seventh Avenue looked a bit different in 1971, and this section of campus will undergo even more changes this summer as the Kracke Building and Pittman Center for Advanced Medical Studies will be razed to make way for the new Altec Styslinger Genomic Medicine and Data Sciences Building.

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  • Seeing sculptures and getting steps since the 1970s

    In the late 1970s, two students chatted next to “Untitled” by Michael Frohock, a sculpture made of COR-TEN steel installed in the Mini Park 1976. Find “Untitled” on the West Campus/Alys Stephens Center walking trail, one of three two-mile walking trails that showcase UAB’s statues or sculptures in 30 minutes or fewer.

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  • Continuing the changemaking tradition

    retro art streamIn May 1971, Bracie Watson, a senior majoring in biology, became the first Black student elected president of the UAB Undergraduate Student Government Association. And UAB USGA presidents continue to be changemakers — hear 2020-21 President Tyler Huang tell his story in a UAB United video and UAB News.

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  • Forging a commitment to diversity

    retro art streamFrom the appoint of Aaron L. Lamar Jr. to associate vice president and dean of Student Affairs in 1978 to being named America’s No. 4 Best Employer for Diversity by Forbes, UAB has demonstrated a long commitment to its shared value of diversity and inclusiveness.

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  • Celebrating commencement together again

    retro art streamIn June 1970, UAB awarded its first degrees to 478 students. During this year’s commencement ceremonies — the first ones in person since fall 2019 — more than 8,550 will be awarded.

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  • WBHM is always at your service

    retro art streamNearly four decades after a broadcast delivered by Jack Lazarus, the Alabama Broadcasters Association named 90.3 WBHM Radio Station of the Year at its annual ABBY Awards ceremony March 29.

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