The UAB Department of Pediatrics welcomed seven new faculty members in the month of July. Please join us in making them feel at home!
L to R: Cawthon, Evans, Khalil, MacKay, Carpenter and ValentinBritton Cawthon, M.D., instructor in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Jakob Evans, M.D., instructor in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Ahmad Yousef Khalil, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology/CVICU
Amy MacKay, M.D., MPH, assistant professor in the Division of Neonatology
Ariel Carpenter, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Jessica Bradford, M.D., MPH, assistant professor in the Division of Academic General Pediatrics
Mackenzie Valentin, M.D., instructor in the Division of Child Abuse Pediatrics
Britton Cawthon, M.D., instructor in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, earned her medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Cawthon completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, AL. Her clinical interests include medical education.
Jakob Evans, M.D., instructor in the Division of Pediatrics Hospital Medicine, earned his medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, KY. Dr. Evans completed his residency in pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, AL.
Ahmah Yousef Khalil, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatrics Cardiology/CVICU. Dr. Khalil completed his residency at Michigan State University.
Amy MacKay, M.D., MPH, assistant professor in the Division of Neonatology, earned her medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine in Birmingham, AL. Dr. MacKay completed her residency in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk, VA. She completed her Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, NC. Her clinical interests include providing family centered evidence-based care. Her research interests include neonatal global health with a focus on resuscitation and leveraging mobile health and technology.
Ariel Carpenter, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, earned her medical degree from the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO. Dr. Carpenter completed her residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Louisville in Louisville, KY. She completed her pediatric hospital medicine fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, AL.
Jessica Bradford, M.D., MPH, assistant professor in the Division of Academic General Pediatrics, earned her medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Bradford completed her residency in pediatrics at the Northwell Health/Cohen Children’s Medical Center in Queens, NY.
Mackenzie Valentin, M.D., instructor in the Division of Child Abuse Pediatrics, earned her medical degree from the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine in Norman, OK. Dr. Valentin completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, AL.