Department announces two new endowed chairs
Professor and Director of the Division of Plastic Surgery Jorge de la Torre, M.D., MSHA, is the new Bruce F. Connell Chair in Plastic Surgery, and Professor and Director of the Division of Transplantation Jayme Locke, M.D., MPH, has been named the Arnold G. Diethelm Endowed Chair in Transplantation Surgery.
Read moreAmerican Heart Month: tips for heart surgery recovery
February is American Heart Month and is dedicated to raising awareness and increasing knowledge about heart disease, with the goal of preventing and treating heart disease across the US.
Read moreCarter joins Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery as an instructor
The Department of Surgery welcomes Angela Carter, Ph.D., to the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery and the laboratory of Dr. Aurelio Galli, as an instructor.
Read moreDudeja and Lindeman named AAS committee co-chairs
Associate Professor and Director of the Division of Surgical Oncology Vikas Dudeja, M.B.B.S., and Vice Chair for Wellness Brenessa Lindeman, M.D., MEHP, FACS, have been named co-chairs of the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) Publications Committee and the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee, respectively.
Read moreBlakeslee-Carter wins SAVS ePoster competition
Alongside UAB School of Medicine Medical Student Hunter Boudreau, UAB Vascular Surgery Resident Juliet Blakeslee-Carter, M.D., won the 2021 Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) ePoster competition.
Read moreHoopes to present at UAB COVID Forum
Department of Surgery Professor Charles Hoopes, M.D., will present at the UAB COVID Forum, End-Stage Heart and Lung Disease in the Era of COVID-19. The virtual event will be held on Mar. 5 from 1-5 p.m. CST.
Read moreBeck elected secretary-treasurer of SAVS
Professor and Director of the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy and Holt A. McDowell, Jr., M.D., Endowed Chair in Vascular Surgery Adam Beck, M.D., has been appointed Secretary-Treasurer of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS).
Read moreMcFarland to join AOA honor society
Department of Surgery Assistant Professor Graeme McFarland, M.D., was recently elected to the national Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society chapter at UAB.
Read moreReed awarded UAB PREP grant
Division of Transplantation Assistant Professor Rhiannon Deierhoi Reed, DrPH, MPH, has been awarded a $25,000 UAB Palliative Research Enhancement Project (PREP) grant.
Read moreLocke and Reed publish commentary on kidney transplantation
Division of Transplantation Assistant Professor Rhiannon, Reed MPH, DrPH and Mark H. Deierhoi Endowed Professor in Surgery and Director of the Division of Transplantation Jayme Locke M.D., MPH, were published in Lippincott Research Beta (LWW Journals).
Read moreUAB Surgery boasts highest number of abstracts at 2021 ASC
16 Annual Academic Surgical Congress (ASC) looked different than previous years, the UAB Department of Surgery still ranked number one in abstract submissions, the fourth year in a row that the department has held that distinction.
Though the Read moreKillian receives 2021 Young Innovator Award
General Surgery Research Resident Cozette Killian, M.D. MPH, recently received the 2021 Young Innovator Award from the American Society of Transplantation. Killian received the award for her abstract submission, “Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Racial Disparities Persist Independent of Social Vulnerability.”
Read moreDabal recognized for leading the nation in Norwood Procedure results
UAB Department of Surgery Associate Professor and A.D. Pacifico, M.D., Endowed Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery Robert Dabal, M.D., has been recognized for his role in performing a high number of successful Norwood procedures at Children’s of Alabama.
Read moreUAB SWIFT team saves life with in-the-field amputation
On January 25, 2021, an EF-3 tornado ripped through the community of Fultondale, Alabama. The 100-year-old oak tree in Arnoldo Vasquez-Hernandez’s yard did not stand up to the 150 mph winds that evening.
Read moreYang receives SUS Inaugural Trailblazer Award
UAB Department of Surgery Professor and Vice Chair for VA Affairs at the Birmingham Veteran’s Affair’s Hospital, George Yang, M.D., Ph.D., was named the inaugural Society of University Surgeons (SUS) Trailblazer Award Recipient.
Read moreMartin to join AOA honor society
Department of Surgery Associate Professor Colin Martin, M.D., FACS, was recently elected to the national Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society chapter at UAB.
Read moreLocke elected councilor-at-large for Society of University Surgeons
Mark H. Deierhoi Endowed Professor in Surgery and Director of the Division of Transplantation Jayme Locke, M.D., MPH, has been elected councilor-at-large of scholarship for the Society of University Surgeons (SUS).
Read moreWomen in Surgery Spotlight: Ransom
Holder helps establish multidisciplinary tumor board
Department of Surgery Assistant Professor Ashley Holder, M.D., alongside Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Assistant Professor Lisa Kafchinski, M.D., Division of Hematology Oncology Instructor Victor Lin, M.D., Ph.D., and Department of Radiation Oncology Assistant Professor Samuel Marcrom, M.D., have launched a multi-disciplinary tumor board focusing solely on sarcomas.
Read moreGet Ready for UAB @ #ASC2021
16th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, which is virtual this year – we’ve made available a spreadsheet of our 72 presenters (with times & topic information) who are affiliated with UAB or who have authored presentations affiliated with our UAB Surgery faculty.
As the UAB Department of Surgery prepares for the2021 UAB Presentations at ASC - Excel document
Don’t forget to share your experience at ASC with us on Twitter by mentioning @UABSurgery and using the hashtag #ASC2021.
You can also read more about last year’s ASC, where UAB also won the abstract competition with a total of 121 presentations.