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IM Residents Organize Food Drive for Patients at PATH Clinic

Path Clinic Food DriveL to R: Amy Allon, MSW (Caseworker), Alex Edgil, M.D., (PGY3) and Sal Kamal, M.D., (CMR)

Internal medicine residents Alex Edgil (PGY3) and Sal Kamal (CMR) recently organized a food drive for patients they serve at the Providing Access to HealthCare (PATH) Clinic. The clinic provides free insulin, food supplies, and health care to uninsured patients with poorly controlled diabetes. After noticing food reserves were low, the residents joined together to ensure the patients could maintain their diets. Thank you to the residents for going above the call of duty to meet patients’ needs inside and outside of UAB facilities. Great Job!

More Good News for August 13, 2021

Mark Dransfield, M.D., (Professor) has been selected to serve as Director of the UAB Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine. He has led the division as interim director for the past 11 months. As director, he will lead the division in growing its clinical critical care, education, and research programs. Congrats, Dr. Dransfield!

Michael Mugavero M.D., MHSc (Professor, Infectious Diseases) has been appointed co-director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS). He will be responsible for working with leaders to provide strategic vision and resources aligned with UAB’s Learning Health System goals.

Sarah Nafziger, M.D., (Vice President, UAB Hospital Clinical Support Services) reports the high transmissibility of COVID’s Delta variant combined with Alabama’s low vaccination rate is causing a surge in COVID cases state-wide. She says social distancing, wearing masks, and vaccination are the only solutions to ending the pandemic.

Jeanne Marrazzo M.D., MPH (Professor and Director) and Turner Overton M.D., (Professor) from the Division of Infectious Diseases, and colleagues co-authored a study in the New England Journal of Medicine. The results demonstrate long-acting injectable cabotegravir offers greater HIV preexposure prophylaxis than oral TDF–FTC.

UAB Hospital-Highlands Emergency Department was named a Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department by the American College of Emergency Physicians, the highest level of accreditation a hospital can receive from the ACEP. UAB is the only accredited geriatric emergency department in the state, and the first in the Southeast.