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The Alabama/Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Physicians held its annual meeting last weekend, bringing together internists from both states, 8 residency programs, and 3 medical schools. UAB’s star shined especially bright with numerous recognitions of our faculty and trainees. Of special note is our winning Jeopardy team who will advance to the national competition in Los Angeles next year: Sean Carter, MD,  Andrew Schaffer, MD, and Adam Taylor, MD, pictured left with meeting co-chairs Dr. Rob Smola (far left) and Dr. Wes Aldred from Mississippi (far right).

The American Geriatrics Society recognized Kellie Flood, MD, (Associate Professor, Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care) as their National Clinician of the Year. The entire ACE team gathered last week to celebrate Dr. Flood’s extraordinary contributions to the healthcare of older adults. The Department adds three cheers in honor of this amazing physician! 

Seven Department of Medicine faculty have been honored by the School of Medicine dean for demonstrated excellence in five mission areas: service, research, mentorship, teaching, and diversity enhancement. Three cheers for these 2019 exemplars in academic medicine!

• Mark Dransfield, MD (Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care) – Mentorship, Senior Faculty
• Jim Johnson, MD (Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care) – Teaching, Senior Faculty
• Leah Leisch, MD (General Internal Medicine) – Service, Junior Faculty
• Isabel Scarinci, PhD (Preventive Medicine) – Diversity, Senior Faculty
• Anath Shalev, MD (Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism) – Research, Senior Faculty
• Mike Wells, MD (Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care) – Research, Junior Faculty
• Win Williams, MD (General Internal Medicine) – Teaching, Junior Faculty

The Department is delighted to announce three recipients of the Walter B. Frommeyer, Jr., Fellowship in Investigative Medicine. This annual research award is designed to foster the development of outstanding physician-scientists by supporting a two-year intensive, mentored research experience.

• Nav Bajaj, MD, (left) will be defining novel inflammatory, myocardial blood flow and metabolism endotypes in acute decompensated heart failure and their association with future cardiovascular outcomes

• Radhika Gangaraju, MD, (center) will investigate clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (chip) and racial differences in stroke

• Trisha Parekh, MD, (right) will examine the impact of stress on acute care use in low-income COPD populations

Congratulations to this year’s exceptional awardees!

The Department of Medicine celebrated the many accomplishments of our faculty at the 2019 Faculty Honors Reception last week. Awards abounded for extraordinary teaching, innovative research, and especially the ”Unsung Heroes” in each division who faithfully contribute without fuss or fanfare to make our department an amazing place to work. Congratulations these honorees!

Pictured L to R: Drs. Trisha Parekh, DOM Chair Seth Landefeld, Isabel Scarinci, Garrett Hurst, Deepti Bahl, Sarah Morgan, William Maddox, Gaurav Agarwal, Ali Ahmed, Olaf Kutsch, Clare Lyons, Andrew Sellers. Not pictured: Drs. Antonio DiStasi, Jim Johnson.