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UAB Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery Assistant Professor and Associate Scientist for Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (MHRC) Lily Gutnik, M.D. has been selected to receive the 2022 UAB MHRC Excellence in Mentoring Award.

UAB Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery Assistant Professor and Medical Student Surgery Clerkship Director Jessica Fazendin, M.D. has been selected as the visiting professor from UAB to the University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center.

The UAB Department of Surgery welcomes its new communications manager, Emme Kirby Long Stewart. Stewart previously served the City of Decatur, Alabama as the primary media liaison for the municipality in the office of Mayor Tab Bowling.

UAB Department of Surgery Associate Professor Brenessa Lindeman, M.D. MEHP, FACS, was named in the 2022 Association of Women Surgeons 40 Under 40!

UAB Research Resident Katherine McElroy, M.D. has been selected for a featured poster presentation at the annual North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS)’s Multidisciplinary Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET) Medical Symposium in Washington D.C.

 UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Assistant Professor Kyle Eudailey, M.D. was recently featured on UAB MedCast to discuss optimal management and treatment for thoracic aortic aneurysms.

UAB Department of Surgery Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy Assistant Professor and Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency Associate Program Director,  Danielle Sutzko, M.D., M.S. joins UAB MedCast to discuss chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI).

UAB Department of Surgery Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Associate Professors Abhishek Parmar, M.D., FACS, Britney Corey, M.D, MACM, FACS, and Daniel Chu M.D., MSPH, FACS, FASCRS, have published a study on their experience with an enhanced recovery protocol for patients undergoing complex abdominal wall reconstruction.

UAB Department of Surgery Communications Director Marissa Cabrera Keppley, MBA, and Division of Pediatric Surgery Associate Professor Colin Martin, M.D., FACS have been selected to participate in the UAB Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA). They will be members of the 2023 cohort.

Dr. Colin Martin

UAB Department of Surgery Associate Professor and Medical Staff President of Children’s of Alabama Colin Martin, M.D., FACS, has been invited to serve on the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) Editorial Board.

The UAB Department of Surgery is proud to welcome three new faculty members who have joined the department this October: Sarah B. Bateni, M.D., MSW, MAS, Stuart D. Hurst, M.D., and Joseph S. Walker, M.D., FACS.

The UAB Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery celebrates Women in Medicine month by highlighting women in UAB's trauma, burn, and wound care services.

The UAB Department of Surgery is happy to announce three new faculty who joined the department in September: Andrea Gillis, M.D., Marcos E. Pozo Jatem, M.D., and Kristen Wong, M.D..

The 2022 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress will be held in San Diego, California on Oct. 16-20. Many faculty and residents from the UAB Department of Surgery are getting ready to attend and present at the conference. As you prep your talking points and pack your bags, here are a few things to keep in mind.

UAB Department of Surgery is pleased to announce the promotion of eleven faculty members, effective October 1.

The UAB Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery has matched four new fellows into the Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship for 2023: Preston Hewgley, M.D., Cassandra Krause, M.D., John Kuk, M.D., and Michelle Mangold, D.O.

Get your walking shoes ready: The Society for Vascular Surgery Foundation (SVSF) presents a fundraising campaign to celebrate Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Awareness Month this September.

The Surgical Leadership Boot Camp, designed in collaboration with the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, challenges surgeons to reflect on their leadership goals and prepare for the future. With interactive sessions and featured speakers from the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons, the UAB School of Health Professions and the UAB Department of Surgery, the course will provide tangible strategies to strengthen leadership skills. The course begins Thursday, Jan. 26 at 1 p.m., and runs through Saturday, Jan. 28 at noon.

Who Should Attend?

Surgeons currently in leadership positions such as program leaders, section chiefs, division directors, and department chairs as well as those aspiring to obtain these roles.

Location

The 2.5-day course will take place at the Wallace Tumor Institute located on the medical campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Located in the heart of downtown Birmingham, AL, UAB is near 5-star dining, Civil Rights museums, urban parks, and plenty of breweries.

Session Topics

• Leadership in Surgery
• Finance for Surgery Departments
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Dealing with Humans: Optimizing for Performance
• Job Crafting & Empowering Leadership
• Negotiating for Yourself & Your Group
• Operations Management & Improvement

Registration Information

Registration includes the following:

• 2 nights lodging at the UAB Hilton, only a short walk to the meeting venue
• 2 working dinners
• Breakfast and lunches

Registration Fee

SAAS Members: $1,350
Non-SAAS Members: $2,500

Cancellation & Refund Policy

If a registrant is unable to attend, they may request a refund up to 30 days before the start of the course. Cancellation requests must be in writing and submitted to surgcomm@uabmc.edu. No refunds will be issued after December 26, 2022.

The UAB Department of Surgery is pleased to welcome Richard Harris, DPM, FACFAS Harris, DPM, FACFAS (left), to the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy as well as Xiaoming Shi, M.D. (right), to the Division of Trauma and Acute Surgery. Both are clinical assistant professors.

University of Alabama at Birmingham Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Associate Professor and Trauma Medical Director Daniel Cox, M.D., has been awarded the Brewer-Heslin Endowed Award for Professionalism in Medicine.