According to UAB News, UAB Hospital received nine 2022 Women’s Choice Awards, including being named one of the 100 Best Hospitals for Patient Experiences. It received numerous America’s Best Hospitals designations for women’s health practice areas.

In fact, UAB received the America’s Best Hospital designation in the following areas:

• Bariatric Surgery
• Comprehensive Breast Care
• Cancer Care
• Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Obstetrics
• Stroke Care
• Women’s Services

Specifically, the UAB Department of Neurosurgery supports stroke care. Stroke care physicians in the department include:

• Winfield Fisher III, M.D.
• Mark Harrigan, M.D.
• Jesse Jones, M.D.
• Elizabeth Liptrap, M.D.

UAB was the first hospital in Alabama to be certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association and The Joint Commission, a nonprofit national health care accreditation agency.

Since then, Department of Neurosurgery providers, alongside a team of expert physicians from across UAB, continues to support high-quality evidence-based stroke care. Learn more about the expert stroke care team accessible to patients across the southeast.