Parmar awarded AHS and AHSQC Foundation Research Grant
Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Assistant Professor Abhisek Parmar, M.D., FACS, was awarded the 2020 Americas Hernia Society and America's Hernia Society Quality Collaborative (AHSQC) Foundation Research Grant.
Read moreMa presents on ACS Anti-Racism Task Force panel
Department of Surgery research resident Meixi Ma M.D., M.S., is an American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Scholar-in-Residence and member of the ACS Board of Regents Anti-Racism Task Force. She will be reporting on the group’s discussions and progress as a panelist at the 2020 ACS Clinical Congress Conference.
Read moreDepartment welcomes Broman and Hollis
The Department of Surgery welcomes new Assistant Professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology Kristy Broman, M.D., M.P.H, and Assistant Professor in the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Robert Hollis, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Read moreUAB Surgery Twitter handle reaches 3000 followers
The UAB Department of Surgery has been building its Twitter followers since 2014 and has hit a large milestone in the realm of social media: 3000 followers.
Read moreSeven surgery mentees sweep 2020 Medical Student Research Day
Congratulations to UAB medical students Teressa Duong, Elizabeth Lopez and Kayla Frey for placing first, second and third, respectively, in the Surgery and Anesthesiology virtual poster session at the Dale J. Benos Medical Student Research Day on Sep. 15.
Read moreAbdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship names 2021 fellows
The UAB Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship recently matched two incoming fellows for positions, beginning in the summer of 2021.
Read moreJansen published in Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open
Division of Acute Care Surgery Associate Professor Jan Jansen, MBBS, Ph.D., recently published an article, “Impact of deprivation and comorbidity on outcomes in emergency general surgery: an epidemiological study” in the journal Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open.
Read moreAJS STARS Committee led by Shao, Fazendin and Kennedy
American Journal of Surgery (AJS) leadership has appointed General Surgery Research Resident Connie Shao, M.D., as chair of the Student and Resident Scholars (STARS) Committee. General Surgery Research Residents Meixi Ma, M.D., and Lauren Theiss, M.D., will also be members of the committee.
Read moreBeck, King and Locke promoted to professor
UAB Department of Surgery faculty Adam Beck, M.D., Timothy King, M.D., Ph.D., and Jayme Locke, M.D., have been promoted to professors, effective October 1, 2020.
Read moreHello, goodbye 2020: Colorectal Surgery Fellowship
Although Match Day 2020 did not look exactly like match day in years past due to the COVID-19 outbreak, fourth-year medical students and residents across the country engaged online through social media, sharing where they were matched. While it was impossible to have everyone in the same room at one time, the excitement could still be felt virtually.
Read moreOut of the Office Spotlight Series: Jan Jansen, MBBS, Ph.D.
This surgeon-scientist spends his weekends jumping out of planes.
Read moreReed wins Deep South RCMAR grant
UAB Division of Transplantation Assistant Professor Rhiannon Deierhoi Reed, MPH, DrPH, has won a one-year Deep South Resource Center for Minority Aging (RCMA) Pilot Grant Award. The award is supported by award number P30AG031054 from the National Institute on Aging.
Read moreShao wins Association of Women Surgeons DEI award
UAB General Surgery Research Resident Connie Shao, M.D., was one of 16 trainees across the nation selected for the inaugural Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion (DEI) Conference Award.
Read moreDepartment leaders champion diversity, equity and inclusion across the nation
The UAB Department of Surgery has several ongoing diversity, equity and inclusions (DEI) strategies in the areas of culture, accountability, hiring and training.
Read moreChu reminds us the importance of colorectal screenings
Associate Professor of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Associate Director of Health Services Research Daniel Chu, M.D., was featured in UAB News and CBS 42 as an expert voice on colon cancer, following the death of actor Chadwick Boseman.
Read moreDivision of Breast and Endocrine Surgery matches with 2021-22 fellow
The Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery is pleased to introduce the 2021-22 Endocrine Surgery Fellow, Andrea Gillis, M.D.
Read moreRichter wins five-year NIGMS R35 grant
Acute Care Surgery Assistant Professor Jillian Richter, Ph.D., has won a five-year $1.8 million National Institute for General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) grant.
Read moreKennedy and Unger win UAB i6 innovation grant
Director and Professor of the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Gregory Kennedy, M.D., Ph.D. (left), and Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy Assistant Professor Ken Unger, DPM, FACFAS, DABFS (right), have been awarded grants from the Regional Innovation Strategies i6 Challenge administered by the U.S. Economic Development Administration.
Read moreMarayati takes 2nd place in UAB Graduate School symposium
General surgery research resident Raoud Marayati, M.D., won the second place award for her oral presentation at the virtual UAB Graduate Biomedical Sciences/Joint Health Sciences 2020 Annual Research Symposium.
Read moreRose wins supplemental NIH grant
Surgical Oncology Assistant Professor and Director of the UAB Pancreatobiliary Disease Center Bart Rose, M.D., MAS, has been awarded an administrative supplement to his National Institutes of Health K08 grant.
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