In response to 'More surgeons must start doing basic science'
Recently, an editorial in Nature highlighted a trend that surgeon interest in conducting research is decreasing in the U.S. The article cited two recent studies that document this trend and called for improvements to the environment of academic surgery to again recognize the value of scientific research.
Read moreKennedy named SSAT recorder
Dr. Greg KennedyShoutout to Greg Kennedy, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, who will soon serve as the recorder for the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract.
Jaskula-Sztul, Nukaya receive research grants
Dr. Renata Jaskula-SztulCongratulations to Renata Jaskula-Sztul, Ph.D., and Manabu Nukaya, Ph.D., who recently received grant funding for their research projects.
General surgery residents train in Australia
General surgery resident Dr. Margaux Mustian and her husband Will sightsee in Australia during their free time.General surgery residents now have the opportunity to get international surgical training at Australian hospitals. This year, general surgery residents Matthew Giglia, M.D., and Margaux Mustian, M.D., spent a month in the resident training program at Westmead Hospital in Sydney.
Resident Research Day submissions due May 15
The Department of Surgery Resident Research Day is coming up soon! Submit your abstracts to Allison Moss via ammoss@uabmc.edu no later than May 15. Case presentations will be at 1 p.m. on June 5 in the West Pavilion Board Room.
Medical student wins ASCRS grant for ERAS research
Medical student Kevin Cofer presents at the 2017 Academic Surgical Congress.Congrats to Kevin Cofer, a rising third-year medical student at UAB, for receiving an American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons Medical Student Research Initiation Grant for his research pertaining to ERAS— enhanced recovery after surgery, a perioperative surgical protocol. Cofer will work with the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery’s Daniel Chu, M.D., to study the effects of ERAS on surgery outcomes for black patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Heslin, Reddy to speak at Living with Cancer Symposium
Dr. Martin HeslinThe Robert E. Reed Gastrointestinal Oncology Research Foundation and the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center will host the Second Annual Living with Cancer Symposium on Monday, May 15, at the UAB Alumni House from 1-4 p.m. The Division of Surgical Oncology’sMartin Heslin, M.D., and Sushanth Reddy, M.D., will give talks, as well as a number of other speakers. CME credit is available.
Faculty listed in 2017 Top 100 Providers for Patient Care
Congratulations to the following faculty members who were listed in the 2017 Top 100 Providers for Patient Care at UAB, as ranked by overall MPCAHPS rating of 0-10:
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery welcomes 2 new faculty
The UAB Department of Surgery and the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery would like to welcome two new faculty members, Elie Ghanem, M.D., and Sameer M. Naranje, M.D., M.R.C.S.
Read moreLocke appointed to new position
Dr. Jayme LockeThe Division of Transplantation’s Jayme Locke, M.D., has been appointed to the new position of assistant chief medical officer for inpatient quality and patient safety with UAB Medicine.
Hwang to join UAB as director of burn center
James Hwang, M.D.The Division of Acute Care Surgery is pleased to announce the addition of James Hwang, M.D., as an associate professor effective July 1, 2017. Hwang will also be director of the UAB Burn Center.
Faculty recruit Lindeman’s abstract, talk honored
Dr. Branessa LindemanAugust faculty recruit Brenessa M. Lindeman, M.D., M.E.H.P., and her team of fellow authors from Brigham and Women's Hospital recently had their abstract examining the impact of NIFTP on malignancy rate for indeterminate thyroid nodule FNA cytology accepted for a podium presentation at the 24th Annual New England Surgical Society Surgical Resident and Fellow Research Presentation Day. The event will be held Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at the Conference Center at Waltham Woods in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Medical student to work in Tector lab after receiving ASTS grant
UAB medical student Richard Seeber was recently awarded a 2017 Presidential Student Mentor Grant by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and will join Xenotransplant Program Director Joseph Tector, M.D., Ph.D., in his lab later this year.
Read moreOrthopaedic surgery resident wins at MASA
Dr. Brad WillsOrthopaedic surgery resident Brad Wills, M.D., won first place at the Medical Association of the State of Alabama poster symposium for his work, "Outcomes with Overlapping Surgery at a Large Academic Medical Center."
Wei to serve on journal editorial board
The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery’s Benjamin Wei, M.D., has been selected to serve on the editorial board of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
Read moreCall for speakers for the 2017-18 inaugural Surgery, Pathology, Biomedical Engineering Joint Seminar Series
The departments of Surgery, Pathology and Biomedical Engineering have come together to form a new research seminar series. The purpose is to provide a prestigious venue for world-recognized leaders in biomedical research to present their work and learn about the research programs in our departments. It also aims to foster more interdepartmental interactions, training and career development, while facilitating the academic year’s speaker schedules.
Read moreUAB celebrates women in surgery
Undergraduates, medical students, residents and faculty throughout the Birmingham medical community met earlier this week to discuss the personal and professional experiences of women in surgery and the various obstacles they face in the field.
Read moreWomen in surgery break stereotypes on Twitter
This week, women in surgery went viral on social media. After the New Yorker published their April 3 animated cover featuring an illustration of four women in an OR, dubbed “Operating Theatre” by the French artist Malika Favre, women surgeons all over the world took to Twitter and Instagram to recreate the photo using the hashtag, #NYerORCoverChallenge.
Read moreHeslin receives GORF research grant
Dr. Martin HeslinExecutive Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery Martin Heslin, M.D., was recently awarded a $140,000 grant by the Robert E. Reed Gastrointestinal Oncology Research Foundation for his research, “Non-canonical Wnt signaling in colorectal cancer.”
Resident presents at AAPS meeting
Ashley Thorburn, M.D. presents at the March 27 AAPS meeting.Plastic Surgery Resident Ashley Thorburn, M.D., recently presented her research, "Negative Pressure Dressings Over Free Muscle Flaps: A 6 Year Experience," at the March 27 American Association of Plastic Surgeons meeting in Austin, Texas.
Thorburn’s talk highlighted her experience using negative pressure dressings as a post-operative bolster in free muscle flaps with skin grafts. Thorburn said this dressing facilitated close monitoring of the flaps through direct visualization and Doppler signal and had no apparent adverse events that could be directly attributable to the dressing itself.