Jacksonville resident Karen Hay was born with several heart conditions, but after childhood she experienced nothing that led her to suspect she had serious heart valve disease. Then, in October 2019, she suffered a cardiac arrest while recovering from a knee replacement. She was rushed to UAB where Mustafa Ahmed, MD (Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Disease) immediately placed her on life support. Two days later, she received a life-saving transcatheter aortic valve replacement, which led to an amazing recovery. Kudos to the entire interventional health care team for giving this patient a new lease on life.
More Good News for April 16, 2020
Isabel Scarinci, PhD (Professor, Preventive Medicine) was named one of six global Rotary People of Action: Champions of Health. The award recognizes Scarinci’s Cervical Cancer Elimination project in Sri Lanka which is vaccinating girls against the human papilloma virus and screening women for cervical cancer with HPV DNA testing.
Salmaan Kamal, MD (PGY-3) has completed his term in the SGIM Leadership in Health Policy Program. The intensive training experience led to advocacy on Jefferson County eviction policy, a JCGME paper on podcasting to promote racial justice, and new longitudinal advocacy curriculum for IM Residents. Well done, Dr. Kamal.
Cancer patients frequently require assistance getting to and from treatment facilities. The American Cancer Society has awarded an Emergency Lodging Grant to the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center to help address the resulting financial and logistical burden for patients receiving cancer treatment in Birmingham.
The Division of Cardiovascular Disease has named James Barrios, MD and Jordan Gunn, MD, as 2021-22 Chief Cardiology Fellows. We are proud of these future leaders in cardiovascular medicine, and we look forward to their exceptional contributions to our fellowship program in their upcoming chief year.
Moh'd Khushman, MD, has joined the Division of Hematology and Oncology as Associate Professor and Section Chief of GI. He comes to UAB from the University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute where he was the interim director if the Medical Oncology Fellowship Program and Assistant Professor in Interdisciplinary Clinical Oncology.
In the third of five essays on happiness, Dr. Well-Be reflects on the tenets of the Yale "Happiness Course" and how showing kindness to others is an effective way to boost our own happiness. This week, he offers ten simple ideas for ways to share kindness with others.
Serpil Erzurum, MD, Chief Research and Academic Officer at Cleveland Clinic, will present "Evolutionary Adaptations and Pulmonary Hypertension" at noon on Wednesday, April 21, via Zoom. The session will be recorded. A link will be shared next Monday in the weekly speaker announcement email. Register here.