Department holds annual Faculty Retreat virtual
This year, the annual Department of Surgery faculty retreat was held virtually on Friday, Apr. 30 and focused on leadership development.
Department announces four professorships, one chair
Recently, the Department of Surgery named four professors to newly established professorships as well as one professor to a newly established chair. The below professorships and chairs are listed in alphabetical order of the holding faculty member.
UAB Surgery leads virtual AAES 41st Annual Meeting
The American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES) recently held its 41st Annual Meeting, led by local arrangements co-chairs, Professor John Porterfield, M.D., and Chief of the Endocrine Surgery Section Brenessa Lindeman, M.D., MEHP.
Martin researches career pathways of surgical leaders
Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Colin Martin, M.D., FACS, published “Reassessing career pathways of surgical leaders: An examination of surgical leaders’ early accomplishments” in the American Journal of Surgery.
King departs for Loyola Surgery
Professor Timothy King, M.D., Ph.D., will depart UAB for the Department of Surgery at Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine, effective Jun. 4. He will serve as the chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery.
2021 Resident Research Day recap
Each year, the department hosts a Resident Research Day, a scientific forum that gives residents from across the department the opportunity to present their own research projects and discuss their topics with an audience.
Hendershot elected vice-chair of surgical education committee
Division of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Director of Education Kim Hendershot, M.D., was recently elected as vice-chair of the Association for Surgical Education (ASE) Graduate Surgical Education (GSE) committee.
Alumni Spotlight: Marianne Cusick, M.D., FACS
This week, the UAB Department of Surgery is highlighting former general surgery resident, Marianne Cusick, M.D., now assistant professor of surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). Cusick graduated the program in 2013.
Preventing vascular disease: four self-care tips for diabetes
Each year, the Amputee Coalition recognizes the month of April as Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month (LLAM) to honor its community and educate others about limb loss and limb difference.
Research team develops app to improve informed consent process for inguinal hernia surgery
A group of UAB researchers developed a web-based decision support tool in their recent publication, “Patient, Nurse, Medical Assistant, and Surgeon Perspectives Inform the Development of a Decision Support Tool for Inguinal Hernia Surgery: A Qualitative Analysis” in the American Journal of Surgery.
Mullins featured in four-part UAB MedCast
General Surgery Resident PGY1 Haddon Mullins, M.D., alongside UAB Medicine Associate Dean of Clinical Education James Willig, M.D., was featured in a UAB MedCast podcast series about medical education.
UAB Surgery team finds racial disparities in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
A team of department faculty and trainees recently published their research “Prognostic Impact of Tumor Size on Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Recurrence May Have Racial Variance” in Pancreas.
Division of Breast & Endocrine Surgery names section chiefs
Helen Krontiras, M.D., director of the Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, has named Catherine Parker, M.D., chief of the Section of Breast Surgery and Brenessa Lindeman, M.D., MEHP, FACS, chief of the Section of Endocrine Surgery.
CCF Take Steps on May 1
Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery fundraising efforts are underway for their 2021 Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation (CCF) Take Steps walk team “Operation Deep Remission.”
Observing LLAM month with Jenni van der Kamp
Each year, the Amputee Coalition recognizes the month of April as Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month (LLAM) to honor its community and educate others about limb loss and limb difference.
Pediatric surgery faculty and fellows featured on March cover of JSR
The Journal of Surgical Research featured “The Disturbing Findings of Pediatric Firearm Injuries From the National Trauma Data Bank: 2010-2016” on the cover of the March issue.
Locke secures third R01 grant in four years
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Diseases (NIDDK) has awarded Director of the Comprehensive Transplant Institute and Division of Transplantation Jayme Locke, M.D., MPH, a five-year R01 grant amounting to approximately $3.2 million.
Pediatric surgery faculty, staff, trainees featured on cover of JSR
The Journal of Surgical Research featured the research of Michelle Mathis MPH, program manager II, Tosin Badewa, former PRISM student, Ruth Obiarinze, M.D., researcher II, Linda Wilkinson, CRNP, Colin Martin, M.D., vice chair of diversity, equity and inclusion, on the cover of the April issue.
Department welcomes Collins
Dalis E. Collins, D.V.M., DACLAM, joined the UAB Department of Surgery as an assistant professor in March 2021.
Killian receives 2021 ATC Young Investigator Award
The American Transplant Congress (ATC) awarded Cozette Killian, M.D. MPH, General Surgery Research Resident and UAB Transplant Epidemiology and Analytics in Medicine (TEAM) lab member, the Young Investigator Award.