Moore to join UAB Surgery as executive administrator
As Ronald Brown, MBA, CMPE, prepares to retire after half a decade as the Department of Surgery’s executive administrator, new recruit Christal Moore, MBA, MHA, FACHE, is getting ready to step into the position this summer.
Read moreSave the date, submit your abstracts for ASC 2020 in Orlando
The UAB Department of Surgery gathers for a photo while attending the 14th Annual Academic Surgical Congress in Houston, Texas, Feb. 5-7, 2019.
Submit your abstracts for the 15th Annual Academic Surgical Congress! The deadline for electronic submissions is Aug. 23. Next year’s meeting will be held in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 4-6, 2020.
Read moreUAB Healthcare Leadership Academy nominations open to faculty, administrators
Participants of this year's UAB Healthcare Leadership Academy, including Associate Professor Dr. Robert Russell and Executive Administrator Megan Yeatts, graduated from the program in May.
Nominations for this year’s UAB Healthcare Leadership Academy are now open. Mid- or early-senior-level faculty and administrators from the Department of Surgery who are interested in participating in the HLA Class of 2019-2020 should contact their division directors and UAB Surgery Chair Herbert Chen, M.D. The deadline for nominations is July 15.
Read moreSurgery residents present at Resident Research Day
Dr. Samantha Baker, a UAB general surgery resident, presents her research, "Enhanced Recovery Pathway after Surgery Benefits Elderly Patients at the VA," at the Department of Surgery's 2019 Resident Research Day on June 11. (Photo by Ashton Cook)
UAB Department of Surgery residents came out to the West Pavilion Conference Center earlier this month to present their research at the 10th Annual Resident Research Day.
Read moreHello, goodbye 2019: Minimally Invasive 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. In this week’s installment, learn about our Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship.
Read moreKing, Passman, Quintero present at WHS/SAWC meeting co-chaired by King
Wound Healing Society President Dr. Sashwati Roy presents Dr. Praveen Arany and UAB plastic surgeon Dr. Timothy King with commemorative plaques at the WHS 31st Annual Meeting, May 7-10 in San Antonio, Texas, in recognition of their service as the program's co-chairs. (Photo via woundheal.org)
Associate Professor of Surgery Timothy King, M.D., Ph.D., director of research for the Division of Plastic Surgery and associate director of the UAB Plastic Surgery Residency Program, recently served as co-chair of the Wound Healing Society’s 31st Annual Meeting program last month in San Antonio, Texas.
Read moreGibson receives Emergency Medicine Resident Consultant of the Year Award
General surgery resident Quince Gibson, M.D., was presented with this year’s UAB Emergency Medicine Residency Program Resident Consultant of the Year Award yesterday at the Department of Emergency Medicine’s residency graduation reception at The Florentine.
Read moreThree new faculty join Department of Surgery
NIH awards Chu $430K research grant
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health recently awarded Daniel Chu, M.D., a Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award for his research project, “Enhancing Health Literacy in Surgery to Eliminate Surgical Disparities for African-Americans with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.”
Read moreCOA recognizes Makwana for excellent patient care
Plastic surgery resident Dr. Shreyas Makwana receives the Friend of the Emergency Department Award from Children's of Alabama's Emergency Medicine team on June 5, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Marjorie White)
For his kindness and attention to patient care, Shreyas Makwana, M.D., was presented with the Friend of the Emergency Department Award from Children’s of Alabama Emergency Medicine last week. Makwana is one of the Plastic Surgery Residency Program's second-year rising chief residents.
Read moreBalentine honored for Virtual ACE research at American Geriatrics Society meeting
Former assistant professor in the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Courtney Balentine, M.D., MPH, recently presented his research on Virtual Acute Care for Elders at the American Geriatrics Society’s 2019 meeting, where he was also named one of the recipients of this year’s AGS Jeffrey H. Silverstein Memorial Award for Emerging Investigators in the Surgical and Related Medical Specialties.
Read moreRussell, Yeatts complete Healthcare Leadership Academy
Participants of this year's UAB Healthcare Leadership Academy graduated from the program in May.
Last month, the Division of Pediatric Surgery’s Robert Russell, M.D., and Department of Surgery Administrative Director Megan Yeatts, MBA, graduated from the UAB Healthcare Leadership Academy training program.
Read moreUAB surgeons talk hernia treatment, robotic surgery at Hernia Awareness Month event
Dr. Abhisek Parmar discusses hernia care with passersby at a community education event in honor of National Hernia Awareness Month on June 4 in the second-floor atrium at North Pavilion. (Photo by Ashton Cook)
Hernia treatment has advanced over the past few years, becoming more sophisticated and efficient as new techniques and technology continue to develop within the specialty.
Read moreCorey appointed to Admissions Selection Committee
Dr. Britney Corey
Assistant Professor of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Medical Student Surgery Clerkship Director Britney Corey, M.D., was recently appointed to the UAB School of Medicine Admissions Selection Committee, after having previously served on the Admissions Committee.
Cannon to serve as assistant clerkship director
As former UAB Medical Student Surgery Clerkship Director Richard Stahl, M.D., steps down from his position within the clerkship, new UAB Surgery recruit Robert Cannon, M.D., has agreed to take on the role of assistant surgery clerkship director this June, at the beginning of Block 1.
Read moreComeaux receives research grant
Beth Comeaux, MSN, CNP, lead outpatient nurse practitioner in liver transplant and hepatobiliary surgery at UAB, was recently awarded a $5,000 grant from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners to support her work on the UAB Hepatobiliary Outcomes Database.
Read moreSurgery clerkship welcomes students from Meharry Medical College
Third-year medical students from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, will soon have the opportunity to train at UAB as part of the Department of Surgery’s medical student clerkship program.
Read moreLocke to be 1st to hold Deierhoi professorship
Associate Professor of Transplantation and Comprehensive Transplant Institute Director Jayme Locke, M.D., MPH, has been selected as the inaugural Mark H. Deierhoi, M.D., Endowed Professor in the Department of Surgery.
Read moreCorey receives inaugural Medical Student Career Advisor of the Year award
Medical Student Surgery Clerkship Director Britney Corey, M.D., was named the first-ever Medical Student Career Advisor of the Year at the UAB School of Medicine’s 2019 Birmingham Campus Awards Reception on Friday, May 17, at the UAB National Alumni Society House.
Read moreMedical students receive awards at annual SOM reception
Four UAB medical students were named winners of the Department of Surgery’s annual medical student awards at the 2019 School of Medicine Birmingham Campus Awards reception on Friday, May 17. Among those students, three of them will soon join the department as general surgery residents after matching into the program in March.
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