Stuart J. Frank, M.D., director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and vice chair for research, has been named the first executive vice chair in the Department of Medicine.

As executive vice chair, Frank will work directly with Department Chair Seth Landefeld, M.D., in supporting and improving operations, investments in people and finances across the department.

Frank has been a UAB faculty member since 1991 in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. He received his bachelor’s degree in 1980 from University of Pennsylvania and earned his medical in 1984 from Harvard Medical School. After residency in Internal Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, Dr. Frank began fellowship training at the National Institutes of health from 1987 to 1991 before joining the UAB faculty.