Urology is one of four specialties included in the new UAB Medicine Multispecialty Clinic, a partnership of Baptist Health and UAB Health System, and located at Baptist Medical Center South. The clinic opened Aug. 1 and will be located on the first and second floors of the UAB School of Medicine building (formerly the MCI building) on the campus of Baptist Medical Center South.

The urology clinic will house 3 new urologists who have been recruited by Baptist Health. All are highly trained and offer cutting-edge services and provide new surgical procedures and treatments not currently offered in the area.

• Dr. Himanshu Aggarwal is the first and only fellowship trained FPMRS/urogynecology/female urology/female incontinence specialist in river region and one of the few in whole state of Alabama.
• Dr. Geoffrey Habermacher’s practice consists of general urology with a special interest in prostate cancer, renal cancer, and laparoscopy.
• Dr. Joseph F. Pazona is the Chief of Urology at the UAB Multispecialty Clinic and Director of Robotic Surgical Services at Baptist Medical Center South. Dr. Pazona's clinical interests include: minimally invasive treatments of prostate/kidney/bladder cancer, kidney stones, male incontinence, male urinary dysfunction, and no-needle/no-scalpel vasectomy.

“We welcome these new faculty members to UAB Urology and are excited about the clinic opening in Montgomery,” said Dean G. Assimos, M.D., chair UAB Urology. “Assembling this team of highly skilled urologists with expertise in a range of areas will be a benefit to patients in the Montgomery area.”

In total, the clinic will initially offer four much-needed specialties, including urology, gastroenterology, endocrinology and rheumatology, and house a total of 10 new physicians.

“We look forward to extending the important mission of UAB Medicine to help more patients access world-class health care across Alabama,” said UAB Health System CEO Will Ferniany. “Closer proximity to care can improve health and quality of life, and this partnership will bring important specialties closer to those in and around Montgomery.”

Residents of central Alabama will no longer be forced to travel outside the area for medical services due to the overwhelming need, limited access and few similar specialists in the area. These new physicians will increase access to specialty care in a convenient, centralized location that will lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment of disease. In addition, patients will have access to clinical trials and research activities being performed at UAB that they otherwise may not have access to.

“We are excited to combine our medical experience and commitment to excellence with UAB’s highly skilled and qualified health care professionals as we work together to continue to raise the bar for top-quality medical care,” said Russell Tyner, president and CEO of Baptist Health. “I feel confident this will allow our organization to continue to meet its mission of providing the highest level of quality care to the residents of central Alabama while allowing Baptist Health to meet the growing need for health care services and expanding our services to those who matter most — our patients.”

Baptist Health has been an affiliate of the UAB Health System since 2005 and has partnered with UAB throughout the past four decades to support the UAB Internal Medicine Residency Program and, most recently, the addition of the UAB School of Medicine Montgomery Regional Campus at Baptist South. The clinic will be owned and operated by Baptist Health. UAB Health Services Foundation will employ the 10 UAB faculty physicians, several of whom will begin seeing patients in early August.

To learn more about the UAB Medicine Multispecialty Clinic and physicians, please visit www.UABMedicine-Baptist.com.