A new division is set to merge the talents of general internists and population scientists this October. Thanks to the recent approval of the UA System Board of Trustees, a merger between the Division of General Internal Medicine and the Division of Preventive Medicine will bring together specialists in patient care, education and research to create the Division of General Internal Medicine and Population Science, or GIMPOP for short.

Good News for June 21, 2024

GIMPOP will create new opportunities for collaboration, recruitment, and strategic growth within the Department of Medicine and the School, building on the combined strengths of the divisions’ staff, trainees and faculty. The two divisions are currently led by interim directors Dr. Andrea Cherrington for Preventive Medicine and Dr. Erin Snyder for General Internal Medicine, with recruitment underway for a permanent director to lead the new GIMPOP division.

Pictured Above: DOPM Interim Director Andrea Cherrington, Department Chair Seth Landefeld, and DGIM Interim Director Erin Snyder.

Willett to Serve as Department of Medicine Executive Vice Chair

Professor Lisa Willett, M.D., MACM, will serve as Executive Vice Chair for the Department, effective July 1. In this role, she will work closely with department leaders to advance the mission of providing life-changing care for patients through training and discovery.

Sultan Receives AHA Transformational Project Award

Tousif Sultan, Ph.D., (Instructor, CVD) was awarded the American Heart Association's Transformational Project Award to support his research to understand how PD-L1 in fibroblasts and myeloid cells influences cardiotoxicity and adverse heart remodeling.

Noninvasive Ventilation Reduces Hypoxemia in Intubation

Pulmonary faculty Drs. Sheetal Gandotra, Derek Russell, David Page, and Micah Whitson report in NEJM that preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation, compared to preoxygenation with an oxygen mask, resulted in lower incidence of hypoxemia in critically ill adults undergoing tracheal intubation.

Family Raises $10K for UAB LVAD Assistance Fund

The family of former cardiology patient Thomas "Big T" Miller raised $10K for the UAB Left Ventricular Assist Device Assistance Fund by hosting the 3rd Annual Big T Golf Tournament in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in memory of Mr. Miller.