Tanner Burckhard
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The Alabama sports medicine community mourns the loss of a legendary athletic trainer and icon Robert Andrew “Drew” Ferguson, who passed away this past month. Ferguson’s lifelong commitment to education and the well-being of athletes left a lasting impact on sports medicine and athletic training in Alabama.
The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees has appointed Irfan M. Asif, M.D., chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine and associate dean of primary care and rural health, as the inaugural recipient of the Heersink Endowed Professorship in Sports and Exercise Medicine.
The holiday season is officially upon us! For many, this most magical time of year is associated with Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s final ballet-- the enchanting, dreamlike story of a girl whose nutcracker comes to life on Christmas Eve. This season, thanks to a partnership with the Alabama Ballet, UAB Sports and Exercise Medicine is helping to keep the entire cast of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® en pointe.
The UAB Sports and Exercise Medicine service line opens its new clinic at UAB Hospital-Highlands on Monday, December 4, 2023. It moves from its former location on the first floor to a newly renovated clinical space on the third floor.
The UAB Office of Patient Experience and Engagement, in conjunction with UAB Medicine executive leadership, has honored eleven UAB Sports and Exercise Medicine providers as Patient Experience Leaders for delivering outstanding patient care in the 2023 fiscal year.