Two Alabama women with the same one-in-a-million pregnancy deliver healthy “twins” at UAB Hospital less than two months apart.

Scarinci will lead a workgroup devoted to developing a road map to eliminating cervical cancer in the United States.

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.

Any woman can be at risk for any gynecologic cancer. Risk tends to increase with age, and there is always a heightened possibility of cancer due to family history or race.

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.

Kelsey Hatcher has a rare double uterus and was pregnant with a baby in each. With the help of UAB, she delivered two healthy “twin” girls 10 hours apart — and on separate days.

Ovarian cancer is known as the “silent killer” due to the difficulty in early detection because most women do not have any early symptoms.

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.

Over $1 million has been raised for ovarian cancer research through the Drive Out Ovarian Cancer car tag.

Findings from an ongoing UAB study suggest obesity is a driving factor in the development of PCOS, the most common endocrine cardiometabolic disorder of women.

UAB is partnering with the American Cancer Society and ADPH to launch a statewide action plan to eliminate cervical cancer.

Join UAB physicians and members of the cervical cancer community for an open discussion on the cervical cancer experience.