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Joe Barney, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, named one of the Best Doctors in AmericaCongratulations are in order for the approximately 120 Department of Medicine physicians who made the 2018 Best Doctors in America list. Best Doctors in America^® recognized UAB doctors from 39 specialties and 179 subspecialties, with the total number of national physicians included reflecting only 4 percent of doctors in America.

Nephrologist Vineeta Kumar, MD, Medical Director, Incompatible Kidney Transplant ProgramUAB Medicine has successfully completed more than 14,000 transplants since we performed Alabama’s first kidney transplant in 1968. Today, our nationally ranked hospital performs heart, liver, lung and multivisceral, and kidney and pancreas transplants, as well as multi-organ procedures. Read DOM nephrologist Vineeta Kumar’s thoughts on what makes the CTI great.

IM Residents KeAndrea Titer and Diego FernandezIn December, residents from our diversity and wellness committees celebrated the season by cooking up a hearty holiday supper to share with the folks at the American Cancer Society's Joe Lee Griffin Hope Lodge—an organization that provides housing free of charge to cancer patients and their families during their course of treatment. 

Faculty and staff from the Division of Preventive Medicine around the tree.The Department of Medicine held its annual Holiday Party at the National Alumni Society House on Tuesday night, with a little light jazz and merriment to start the season off right. Cheers to all who make the DOM merry and bright at the holidays and all year through!

Patient Care Connect Program Medical Director Gabrielle Rocque, MDThe Association of Community Cancer Centers recently recognized UAB’s Patient Care Connect Program with its prestigious Innovator Award for its “forward-thinking” approach to improve access and quality of care. Patient Care Connect is a lay navigation program directed by Gabrielle Rocque, MD (Assistant Professor, Hematology and Oncology). The program’s results have been impressive, both in cost savings and patient satisfaction.