Displaying items by tag: department of surgery
Cannon has performed more robotic colorectal resections than any other female surgeon in the country, and the second most amongst all academic surgeons.
Tagged under
The challenge focuses on understanding the relationships between health conditions, health disparities and social determinants of health at the county level that may bring a higher burden of illness or mortality due to COVID-19.
Tagged under
The loss of rural hospitals has been felt most keenly in Southern regions of the United States, from Florida to Texas.
Tagged under
UAB’s uterus transplant program is the first program in the Southeast and fourth in the United States.
Tagged under
Kimberly Hendershot, M.D., assistant professor in the UAB Division of Acute Care Surgery, has been named an associate member in the new American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators™.
There is a narrow window of opportunity for successfully treating major cardiovascular events, and patients risk serious consequences if they wait for symptoms to get worse before seeking medical attention.
Tagged under
Black people in the United States have the highest rates of colorectal cancer of any racial or ethnic group, according to the American Cancer Society.
Tagged under
Drs. Vickers and Pisu will use a $3 million, five-year National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities grant to study barriers that may exist for GI cancer patients to access quality cancer surgery in Alabama and Mississippi.
Tagged under
Low or limited health literacy is common among adults in the United States and may affect health outcomes in many ways, according to the government’s Healthy People 2020.
Cooper Pierce was 13 years old when doctors diagnosed him with pulmonary hypertension. He had a heart and double-lung transplant at UAB Hospital. Now, he is a student at UAB and hopes his story can inspire others.
Tagged under
A study identifying biomarkers for certain neuroendocrine cancers demonstrates a novel approach for identifying and detecting tumor drivers, giving this diagnostic-therapeutic coupled system a broad translational potential.
Tagged under
UAB Hospital tops the list of best hospitals in Alabama again, according to US News & World Report.
Tagged under
UAB's Trauma Burn intensive care unit is honored for their use of therapy dogs.
Doctors at UAB are now able to safely transplant organs from hepatitis C-positive donors into uninfected recipients and then treat the patients with antiviral therapy.
Tagged under
New evidence for sex disparity in liver transplants suggests a change may be needed in how livers are allocated.
Trauma centers are not as busy as usual, but injuries from falls and acts of violence are rising.
Tagged under
Dudeja is a leader in the treatment of colorectal liver metastases and chronic pancreatitis.
Tagged under
Sick with COVID-19 herself, a UAB resident physician sews masks to help others.
Tagged under
Social distancing can be tough. A UAB clinical psychologist has some pointers for good mental health.
Tagged under
Colorectal cancer screening among UAB employees enrolled in a medical plan increased from 54 percent in 2014 to 68 percent in 2019.
Tagged under