Chu, Baker, Theiss head to Capitol for Health Literacy Month
Associate Director of Health Services Research Dr. Daniel Chu and general surgery residents Drs. Samantha Baker and Lauren Theiss attend Proclamation Day on Sept. 16 in Montgomery, Alabama, to welcome Health Literacy Month with Gov. Kay Ivey. (Photo via governoriveyphotos.com)
UAB Associate Professor of Surgery Daniel Chu, M.D., and general surgery residents Samantha Baker, M.D., and Lauren Theiss, M.D., traveled to Montgomery, Alabama, on Monday to see Gov. Kay Ivey declare October 2019 as Health Literacy Month.
Read moreHello, goodbye 2019: Colorectal Surgery Fellowship
More than 1,200 interns, residents and fellows train in every medical specialty at UAB in Birmingham, at our regional campuses in Montgomery, Huntsville and Tuscaloosa, and in our program in Selma.
In an ongoing series, the Department of Surgery will feature incoming and outgoing trainees for all UAB Surgery programs. This time, learn about the UAB Colorectal Surgery Fellowship Program and its newest fellow, Edward Andrew Fazendin, M.D.
Read moreBaker receives leadership award at UAB Geriatric Scholars symposium
Thirty interprofessional UAB Geriatric Scholars celebrate the successful completion of the programat the UAB Geriatric Scholar Quality Symposium on Sept. 6, 2019. (Photo courtesy of UAB Department of Medicine)
General surgery resident Samantha Baker, M.D., was named the 2019 Melanie Schultz Leadership Champion at this year’s UAB Geriatric Scholar Quality Symposium on Sept. 6.
Dr. Samantha Baker
Baker is the first physician to participate in the Geriatric Scholar Interprofessional Program and was consequently the first physician to graduate from the program at its annual symposium last week.
Read moreLocke appointed to SCS admissions committee
The Division of Transplantation's Jayme Locke, M.D., MPH, was recently appointed to the Committee on Admissions for the Society of Clinical Surgery.
Read moreLindeman named 2020 RACS International Visiting Professor
Last week, the Association for Academic Surgery named Assistant Professor Brenessa Lindeman, M.D., MEHP, the 2020 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons International Visiting Professor. As the recipient of next year’s professorship, she will receive funding to attend the RACS Annual Scientific Congress in Melbourne, Australia, May 11-15, 2020.
Read moreMacLennan named statistical editor of AJT
Associate Professor Paul MacLennan, Ph.D., MPH, joins the American Journal of Transplantation Editorial Board this month as a statistical editor.
Read moreHello, goodbye 2019: Endocrine Surgery Fellowship
More than 1,200 interns, residents and fellows train in every medical specialty at UAB in Birmingham, at our regional campuses in Montgomery, Huntsville and Tuscaloosa, and in our program in Selma.
Read moreHello, goodbye 2019: Plastic Surgery Residency
More than 1,200 interns, residents and fellows train in every medical specialty at UAB in Birmingham, at our regional campuses in Montgomery, Huntsville and Tuscaloosa, and in our program in Selma.
In an ongoing series, the Department of Surgery will feature incoming and outgoing trainees for all UAB Surgery programs. This week, learn about those joining and leaving our Plastic Surgery Residency.
Read moreJansen awarded U34 grant for TROOP trial
This month, Associate Professor of Surgery and Director of Research for the Division of Acute Care Surgery Jan Jansen, MBBS, Ph.D., received a U34 Planning Grant from the National Institutes of Health to support his work on a new clinical trial.
Read moreTwo more faculty join Department of Surgery
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The UAB Department of Surgery welcomes two new faculty members this summer: Prasanth Patcha, M.D., MEng., and Lee Roberson, M.D.
Following his fellowship in microsurgery at the University of Gent in Belgium, Patcha has returned to the UAB Division of Plastic Surgery as an assistant professor after he graduated from its Plastic Surgery Residency Program in 2018.
Roberson is a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and practices in Montgomery, Alabama, at the new UAB Multispecialty Clinic at Baptist Medical Center South.
UAB Surgery Faculty Retreat brings new mission, vision to department
Department of Surgery faculty and staff developed a new mission and vision for the department at this year’s UAB Surgery Faculty Retreat on Aug. 17.
Read moreDepartment welcomes 5 new faculty
The UAB Department of Surgery will soon gain five new faculty members.
Read moreHello, goodbye 2019: Breast Oncology Fellowship
More than 1,200 interns, residents and fellows train in every medical specialty at UAB in Birmingham, at our regional campuses in Montgomery, Huntsville and Tuscaloosa, and in our program in Selma.
In an ongoing series, UAB Surgery will feature incoming and outgoing trainees for all the department’s programs. In this week’s installment, learn about the Society of Surgical Oncology Breast Oncology Fellowship at UAB.
Read moreKing to co-chair AOCMF course
The Division of Plastic Surgery’s Timothy W. King, M.D., Ph.D., will co-chair the AOCMF course, “Management of Facial Trauma,” in Atlanta, Georgia, Sept. 7-8.
Dr. Timothy King
Apply now for UAB Surgery’s communications internship
The UAB Department of Surgery Communications Office is now accepting applications for our communications internship! We’re in the market for an eager, tech-savvy upperclassman or recent college grad with strong writing skills who is interested in the following:
Read morePRISM, SURE students present summer research
Alabama School of Fine Arts and UAB PRISM student Oluwatosin Badewa presents her research, "A Novel Application of Artificial Intelligence to Assess Diversity in Surgical Performance," at the PRISM and SURE presentation reception in Wallace Tumor Institute on July 24. (Photo by Rebecca Turner)
Last month, five high school students from the Department of Surgery's Pre-College Research Internship for Students from Minority Backgrounds and 10 undergraduate students from the department's Surgery Undergraduate Research Experience presented the research projects they completed this summer under the mentorship of UAB Surgery faculty.
Read moreMazzoni receives Brewer-Heslin Endowed Award for Professionalism in Medicine
Sara Mazzoni, M.D., MPH, an associate professor in the UAB Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, is the winner of this year’s Brewer-Heslin Endowed Award for Professionalism in Medicine.
Read moreMarayati wins best resident research presentation at regional ACS meeting
General surgery resident Raoud Marayati, M.D., a researcher in the lab of the Division of Pediatric Surgery’s Elizabeth Beierle, M.D., received the award for best resident research presentation at last month’s annual meeting of the Alabama and Mississippi Chapters of the American College of Surgeons.
Read moreHello, goodbye 2019: Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency and Fellowship
More than 1,200 interns, residents and fellows train in every medical specialty at UAB in Birmingham, at our regional campuses in Montgomery, Huntsville and Tuscaloosa, and in our program in Selma.
In an ongoing series, the Department of Surgery will feature incoming and outgoing trainees for all UAB Surgery programs. This week, learn about those joining and leaving the Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency Program and the Vascular Surgery Fellowship.
Read moreMcFarland receives mentorship traveling fellowship
On Monday, the American College of Surgeons named UAB Assistant Professor of Surgery Graeme McFarland, M.D., its 2019 Gerald B. Healy, M.D., FACS, Mentorship Traveling Fellow.
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