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Mission

Our mission at the UAB IBD Multidisciplinary Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Clinic is to provide cutting-edge, knowledgeable, and compassionate care for patients with inflammatory bowel diseases in the state of Alabama and surrounding regions by delivering expert multi-disciplinary medical, surgical, mental health and nutritional treatments to ensure the best short- and long-term outcomes. We are foundationally dedicated to healing, service, teaching and discovery in inflammatory bowel disease. We are proud to support our local Alabama/Florida panhandle chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation (CCF).

Services:

  • Multidisciplinary clinic

  • Pediatric Transitional clinic (in coordination with Children’s of Alabama)

  • Endoscopy (including colonoscopy, upper endoscopy, and advanced endoscopic procedures)

  • Inpatient Consultative Care

  • Expert Colorectal Surgery

  • Expert GI Pathology

  • Expert GI Imaging

  • Infusion Services

  • Wound Care & Ostomy Nurses

  • Dietary (Nutrition) Services

  • Clinical trials, registries, and investigator initiated studies

  • Community outreach (via local AL/FL panhandle chapter of CCF)

Adult IBD Providers:

 Kirk Russ, MD Kirk Russ, MD
Clinic Director, Assistant Professor





Mohamed Ismael, MDMohamed Ismail, MD
Assistant Professor





Frederick Weber, MDFrederick Weber, MD
Clinical Professor





Emily Roberson, CRNP

Emily Roberson, CRNP
Nurse Practitioner

Colorectal Surgeons:

Karin Hardiman, MD

Karin Hardiman, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery, General Surgery





Robert Hollis, IV, MDRobert Hollis, IV, MD, MSPH
Colon and Rectal Surgery, General Surgery





Jamie Cannon, MDJamie Cannon, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery, General Surgery





Greg Kennedy, MD

Greg Kennedy, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery, Oncology, General Surgery





Drew Gunnells, Jr., MD

Drew Gunnells, Jr., MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery, General Surgery





Daniel Chu, MD

Daniel Chu, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery, General Surgery





Melanie Morris, MD

Melanie Morris, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery, General Surgery




Clinical Care Coordinator:

Gwendolyn Brown, RN

Clinical Pharmacists:

Lindsey DeLoach, PharmD

Hibah Missoum, PharmD

Registered Dietician:

Mariah Stewart, MS, RDN, CDCES

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Ongoing Clinical Trials & Registries