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Last week, UAB Medicine and the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center hosted the 2024 UAB Lung Cancer Update. Healthcare professionals from across the country attended the two-day event to learn about the latest advances in lung cancer care through lectures, panel discussions, and patient testimonials. Faculty from UAB Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine shared updates on innovative therapies, clinical trials, and insights into the future of care. Kudos to all who helped make the event a success.

L to R: Keynote speaker Annabelle Gurwitch and Hitesh Batra, M.D., MBA, attend 2024 Lung Cancer Update

UAB President Dr. Ray Watts and Provost Dr. Janet Woodruff-Borden hosted a reception last week to present university-wide faculty honors for 2024. The Department is delighted to celebrate two honorees for their well-deserved recognition.

Lisa Willett, M.D., MACM, professor and executive vice chair of the Department of Medicine, won the 2024 Ellen Gregg Ingalls UAB National Alumni Society Award for Lifetime Achievement in Teaching. We are proud of her service as a brilliant clinician-educator and academic medical scholar, and we celebrate her 22 years of extraordinary success in training physicians in our internal medicine residency program

We also celebrate Associate Professor Win Williams, M.D., who received the prestigious 2024 UAB President's Award for Excellence in Teaching. We heartily congratulate Dr. Williams for his commitment to building the future of medicine as an exemplary clinician-educator.

Caption: Dr. Lisa Willett with former Ingalls/Alumni awardees Drs. Bob Centor (left) and Tavo Heudebert (right) and President's Award for Excellence in Teaching winner Dr. Win Williams.

On Tuesday, two faculty from the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Medicine were honored at the Heersink School of Medicine Endowed Chairs and Professorships reception. Professor Gang Liu, M.D., Ph.D., received the Moon H. Nahm Endowed Chair, while Associate Professor Mike Wells, M.D., MPH, was awarded the Endowed Professorship in Airway Biology.

School leaders recognized the honorees and thanked the donors who generously contributed to the endowed positions. Following the ceremony, honorees celebrated with their families and colleagues over refreshments and group photos. Congratulations to all honorees on this well-deserved recognition!

Drs. Gang Liu (left) and James Michael Wells (right) celebrate their endowments with DOM Interim Chair Dr. Mark Dransfield (center).

Last week, the Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center hosted its 11th Annual Symposium on Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease. Renowned cardiologists Paul Douglass, M.D., MACC, and Eduardo Sanchez, M.D., M.P.H., delivered keynote lectures. Panelists sparked thoughtful discussions, and rising investigators presented their research at poster sessions and the Featheringill Young Investigators presentation.

CVD Director Nicole Lohr, M.D., Ph.D., presented the 2024 Featheringill Keynote Award to Paul Douglass, M.D., MACC.

The Department of Medicine is excited to launch its first cohort of fellows participating in the Medical Education Track. This year-long curriculum is designed for DOM sub-specialty fellows interested in careers as clinician-educators, helping them build teaching skills, develop structured mentorship, and create a community of educators across divisions.

L to R: DOM fellows Drs. Sheeraz Abro, Saeed Razaq, Will Morgan, Corey Guice, Raeann Bowman, Sydney Dunn-Valadez, Eddie Mac Huddleston, Lindsey Hastings, and Aditi Jani