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The Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery is pleased to announce two faculty members in new UAB Hospital organizational leadership roles.

UAB Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Professor Kimberly Hendershot, M.D., FACS, was recently selected as a coach for the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) Coaching Program.

The UAB Department of Surgery is expanding its digital footprint on LinkedIn!

UAB’s Burn Center team introduced the best of Birmingham to nearly 300 burn medical professionals during this month’s “Burn in the Ham,” the Southern Region Burn Conference. The conference was hosted by the Southern Medical Association and UAB served as co-host.

Earlier this month, the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery honored the five Norman McSwain, M.D., Endowed Fellowship in Trauma Surgery fellows.

UAB Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery Professor and Program Director of the UAB Colorectal Surgery Fellowship Jamie Cannon, M.D., has been selected as a member of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Colorectal Residency Review Committee.

UAB Department of Surgery's Associate Vice Chair of Global Surgery Equity Lily Gutnik, M.D., MPH, has served as a member of The Lancet Oncology Commission on Global Cancer Surgery to create pragmatic solutions to improve cancer surgery outcomes worldwide.

The UAB Department of Surgery has been honored to welcome several new faculty members this fall: Annabelle Fonseca, M.D., MHS, Captain Benjamin Hazen, M.D., Laura Stafman, M.D., Ph.D., Captain Kyle Stigall, M.D., and Captain Ryan Wan, D.O.

In January of 2023, Herb Abrams kicked off the new year with a start that no one enjoys – at the doctor with sudden abdominal soreness.

Pictured (L-R): Drs. Hollis, Sheikh, and HashmiSeveral members of the UAB Department of Surgery were conferred as fellows of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) at this year’s clinical congress in Boston, Massachusetts.

Kristapher Gulley, MSCJ, a 4th-year medical student in the UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, recently took the stage as the presenting author at the 2023 Drew Walker Research Symposium.

Bats and mermaids and interplanetary Guardians of the Galaxy – oh my!

UAB was well represented at the 2023 American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) Annual Meeting last month in Anaheim, California.

For many residents of rural America, the location and availability of cancer care directly impact their treatment plans. This is the question that motivates UAB Division of Surgical Oncology Assistant Professor Kristy Broman, M.D., MPH, FACS – How can we use existing systems of care to ensure that the high-quality care available at specialized centers like UAB is accessible to more patients, including those who live in rural areas or have difficulty traveling to a cancer center?

The UAB Department of Surgery was honored to host Patrick Jackson, M.D., and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, as the featured guests for this year’s annual George Yang, M.D., Endowed Lectureship in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

UAB Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Associate Professor Karin Hardiman, M.D., Ph.D., was recently appointed to serve as a standing member on the National Institutes of Health’s Bioengineering, Technology, and Surgical Sciences (BTSS) Study Section.

UAB Division of Breast & Endocrine Surgery Associate Professor Brenessa Lindeman, M.D., MEHP, FACS, was recently selected as a participant in the 2023 cohort of the Momentum Leaders in Medicine at UAB.

Get ready for an afternoon of adventure and fun!

Together with the Comprehensive Transplant Institute and UAB Medicine, the UAB Department of Surgery hosted the 4th International Congress of the International Society of Uterus Transplantation (ISUTx).

The UAB Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery has matched four new fellows into the Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship for 2024: Tyler Johnson, D.O., Taylor Norton, M.D., Alexis Scheuermann, M.D., and Sarah Weiner, M.D.