The Breadth of Our Research Program
Specific areas of research within the UAB Department of Surgery encompass a broad range of interests with direct medical relevance, including specific diseases and conditions such as cancer, diabetes, heart and lung failure, traumatic injury, vascular disease, kidney failure; specific treatments that include mechanically-assisted circulatory support, endovascular/vascular technologies, solid organ transplantation; surgical outcomes such as comparative-effectiveness, patterns of care, disparities; and surgical delivery issues including device and methods development.
Our Active Research Areas
Learn More about UAB Surgery Researchers
Carter, Angela, M.D.
Division of Surgical Oncology
Research Focus: host microbe interactions, mechanisms of microbial regulation of substance use disorders, bioengineering microbial-based therapeutics, hormonal and metabolic syndromes and disease
Chen, Herbert, M.D.
Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery
Research Focus: thyroid and parathyroid surgery, minimally invasive radioguided parathyroidectomy, adrenal surgery, endocrine surgery, neuroendocrine cancer biology