Rooted in Excellence: Hospitalist Erik Summers' ties to the School of Medicine run deep
Alumnus Erik Summers, M.D., is section chief of hospital medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, NC. The UAB School of Medicine is in Erik Summers, M.D.’s cultural and literal DNA.
“My paternal great uncle was Dr. Garber Galbraith and two of my big mentors growing up were Dr. John Kirklin and Dr. Tinsley Harrison,” Summers, a 1997 graduate, says. “The reason I’m a hospitalist today is because of them. Interestingly, I helped establish hospital medicine
Regional campus spotlight: Medical students, family medicine residents start new culinary medicine course
Dr. Bhavika Patel in the Teaching KitchenMedical students and family medicine residents at the College of Community Health Sciences who are taking The University of Alabama’s new Culinary Medicine elective had their first class January 26. The course is a partnership of UA’s College of Community Health Sciences - which serves as the Tuscaloosa Regional Campus
Telling tales: Second-year class president Corey Duke and fellow medical students create new podcast
Corey Duke, second-year class president and founder of Magic City MedcastFor second-year class president Corey Duke, developing a podcast has provided a creative outlet that he and other medical students, especially those with liberal arts backgrounds, had been missing.
Last summer, Duke had the idea to create a podcast
Taking the helm: Inspired by past mentors, new Department of Surgery chair plots a course for the future
Department of Surgery Chair Herbert Chen. M.D.Growing up, Herbert Chen M.D., FACS, always believed he would one day follow in his father’s footsteps. The elder Chen was an orthopedic surgeon who, with his wife, had emigrated from Taiwan to the United States. Eventually, the family settled in Marshfield, Wisconsin.
Exploring The Traumatized Brain: Alumnus Sandeep Vaishnavi tackles traumatic brain injury and its aftermath
Medical Scientist Training Program alumnus Sandeep Vaishnavi, M.D., Ph.D.What do football players, military combat personnel, and victims of motor vehicle accidents have in common? All of them experience higher rates of traumatic brain injury, says Sandeep Vaishnavi, M.D. ’02, Ph.D. ’00. Since his days as a student in the School of Medicine’s Medical Scientist
Second Finley Scholar Named
As the second Finley Leadership Scholar, Kamal receives a new white coat with special insignia – and a full-tuition scholarship for his third and fourth years in medical school.Salmaan Zaki Kamal has been selected as the 2016 recipient of the Sara Crews Finley, M.D., Endowed Leadership Scholarship. The scholarship, which supports students who demonstrate exceptional academic and leadership abilities, includes full tuition for the third year of medical school and is renewable for the fourth year.
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