Above L to R: Internists Andy Marshall, Lisa Willett, Rebekah Weil, Ben Taylor, and Raegan Durant 

An exciting collaboration between Cooper Green Mercy Health Services and the Tinsley Harrison Internal Medicine Residency Program now provides residents the opportunity to provide primary care to underserved populations. Drs. Raegan Durant and Lisa Willett recognized the opportunity to marry the need for clinical care with ambulatory training and enlisted three internists — Drs. Andy Marshall, Rebekah Weil, and Ben Taylor — to be the attending physicians for a new clinic at Cooper Green. Residents now see patients enrolled in the primary care clinic at Cooper Green for their acute issues and intermittent needs related to chronic disease.

More Good News for August 26, 2022

Nicole Lohr, M.D., Ph.D., will be the next Director of the Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Director of the Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center, and Co-Director of the UAB Medicine Cardiovascular Institute, effective November 15, pending Provost approval.

UAB’s ECMO team received the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Center for Excellence Gold Level Award in recognition of its quality of care, program structure, and commitment to excellence.

Julie Kanter, M.D., (Associate Professor, Hematology and Oncology) will lead the Recruitment and Engagement in Care to Impact Practice Enhancement project to improve the lives of people living with Sickle Cell Disease.

Gretchen Wells, M.D., (Professor, Cardiovascular Disease) and colleagues summarize the Women’s Health Initiative observational study’s novel insights regarding cardiovascular disease prevention and healthy aging in women.