Bittner Receives Medicine-Pediatrics Residents' Choice Award
Above: Vera Bittner, MD, center, receives award from Med-Peds residents Andy Marshall and Channing Brown. Clinic
Vera Bittner, M.D., MSPH (Professor, Cardiovascular Disease) has been selected as the 2020-2021 Medicine-Pediatrics Residents' Choice Award Recipient for Outstanding Internal Medicine Faculty Member. This award recognizes faculty members whose mentorship significantly impacts trainees. Residents and fellows attribute this acknowledgement to Dr. Bittner’s ability to role-model excellence in patient care and her dedication to resident and fellow education. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition, Dr. Bittner!
Read moreUAB Diabetes Prevention Program Reaches Full Accreditation Status
L to R: Karen MacPherson Harrison, Registered Dietician and Certified Diabetes Educator and Amy Warriner, MD, Professor and Medical Director for UAB Weight Loss Medicine Clinic
The UAB Diabetes Prevention Program is now recognized as a fully accredited program site since opening in July 2019. Amy Warriner, MD, Professor and Medical Director for the UAB Weight Loss Medicine Clinic and Karen MacPherson Harrison, Registered Dietician and Certified Diabetes Educator, spearheaded the UAB Diabetes Prevention Program with the goal of going beyond a prescription and training individuals to live in a way that defeats diabetes.
Read moreDOM Cardiologist Performs Life-Saving TAVR for Patient
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.
Read moreDOM Doctors Publish ACP Guidance on Short-Course Antibiotics
Rachael Lee, MD (Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases) and Bob Centor, MD, MACP (Professor Emeritus, General Internal Medicine) have authored paradigm-shifting guidance in the Annals of Internal Medicine that demonstrates the benefit of prescribing a shorter course of antibiotics for four common infections. Their paper summarizes multiple studies outlining the appropriate duration of antibiotic treatment for these infections, noting that each additional day of unnecessary antibiotics can lead to more side effects, drive antibiotic resistance, and cause more infections like C. difficile.
Read moreUAB House Calls Delivers COVID Vaccines to Homebound Patients
L to R: Kate Morgan, CMA, Chaeli Lawson, CRNP, Natalja Deineko, TaKeisha Flannigan, CMA
The UAB House Calls Program provides primary care to homebound individuals who are typically very frail with multiple serious medical conditions. Because the patients are at high risk for complication and death if infected with COVID-19, the team has coordinated with pharmacy, the UAB Highlands vaccination site, and leadership to be able to provide the COVID-19 vaccine to these patients at home. House Calls is scheduled to provide around 130 vaccinations to patients and their qualifying caregivers in the weeks ahead. The Department salutes this dedicated team for their compassion and innovation.
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