‘Tis the Season for Service! DOM sent volunteers again this year to help YWCA Central Alabama prepare for Santa’s Workshop. This special outreach enables children to meet Santa and make gifts that they can give to loved ones, and it allows their caregivers to "shop" for presents to give to their children. It’s a terrific way to bring holiday cheer to families living in area shelters.
The Tinsley Harrison Internal Medicine Residency Program had another terrific Fellowship Match this year. Twenty-seven matched with their program of choice, fifteen of them (55%) at UAB.
Mona Fouad, MD, MPH (Director, Preventive Medicine) has been selected as one of 30 inspiring women for the 2016 Alabama Media Group’s Women Who Shape the State award. This statewide program recognizes incredible women who are impacting Alabama through their efforts in communities, business, service organizations and philanthropies.
Kevin Riggs, MD, MPH (Preventive Medicine) published a viewpoint in JAMA, “Navigating Ethical Tensions in High-Value Care Education.”
The General Endowment Fund of the UA Health Services Foundation announced its annual faculty grants, awarding over $1.5 million to UAB faculty for projects in clinical care, patient research, medical education and laboratory research. The six Department of Medicine winners of 2016 HSF-GEF awards are:
- Nicholas Van Wagoner, MD, PhD (Infectious Diseases) was awarded $141,941 for his project, “Expansion of the UAB Student Health and Wellness Sexual Health Clinic.”
- Mona Fouad, MD, MPH (Director, Preventive Medicine) was awarded $125,000 for her project, “Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Environment for Academic Excellence.”
- Michael Barnett, MD (Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care) was awarded $65,000 for his project “UAB IMPACT—Interprofessional Medical Provider Advanced Communication Training.”
- Phillip Smith, MD (Gastroenterology and Hepatology) was awarded $180,000 for his project, “Stem Cell Organogenesis Unit.”
- Surya Bhatt, MD (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine) was awarded $59,665 for his project “UAB Lung Imaging Core.”
- Mansoor Saleh, MD (Hematology and Oncology) was awarded $49,913 for his project, “School of Medicine Clinical Investigator Training Program.”
The Division of Nephrology has received two new mentored research grants from the American Heart Association. Bhupesh Panwar, MD, was awarded the Summer 2016 Mentored Clinical and Population Research award with Orlando Gutierrez, MD, as his mentor. Jeremie Lever, MSTP student, was awarded a predoctoral fellowship award with Jim George, MD, and Anupam Agarwal, MD, as his co-mentors.
Michael Barnett, MD, (Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care) has been inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Awalpreet Chadha, MD (ABIM, PGY-1) recently published a review of recent advances and prospects in the treatment of pancreatic cancer in Seminars in Radiation Oncology.
The Department of Medicine Employee of the Month for November is Jessie Daniels (Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine). As Administrative Services Associate, Jessie manages nine physicians and all their patients, and she is often enlisted to help plan and implement new initiatives. She is positive, devoted, and has an exceptional attitude. Congratulations, Jessie! Think of others you know who are outstanding performers and nominate them for Employee of the Month.
Last call for all cool cats! Did you play in a band in high school or college? We’d love to hear from you for a possible social media feature. Email Carolyn Walsh to find out more.
More DOM Newsmakers:
- Eric Wallace, MD (Nephrology) on the telemedicine revolution and UAB’s home dialysis pilot
- Mike Saag, MD (Infectious Diseases) on The Inter-CFAR Joint Symposium on HIV Research in Women
- Mark Dransfield, MD (Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine) on the MD Learning Channel video “COPD in the 21st Century”
- William Bailey, MD (Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine) on the effects of long-term oxygen treatment on COPD
- Ganesh Halade, PhD (Cardiovascular Disease) on a Mediterranean-style diet
- Moon Nahm, MD (Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine) on pneumonia vaccine
Medical Grand Rounds will take a winter break for the next two weeks. Lectures will resume on January 4, 2017, with William Curry, MD (General Internal Medicine) presenting.
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