Explore UAB

Friday, June 13, 2025
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Central Time
Birmingham Botanical Gardens
2612 Lane Park Road, Birmingham, AL 35223

Parking is free and available directly outside the gardens entrance.
Signage will lead you to the Garden Center for check-in.

Accomodations
Grand Bohemian Mountain Brook, Autograph Collection
2655 Lane Park Road
Birmingham, AL 35223
Phone: 205.414.0505
Room block booking information to come.

Guest Speakers

Charles J. Burnham, M.D., Endowed Distinguished Lectureship in Ophthalmology

Nisha Acharya, M.D., M.S.Nisha Acharya, M.D., M.S.
Elizabeth C. Proctor Distinguished Professor
Director, Uveitis and Ocular Inflammatory Disease Service
Vice Chair, Faculty Development and Mentorship
Departments of Ophthalmology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Associate Director, F.I. Proctor Foundation
University of California, San Francisco


Alumni Association Sponsored Lecturer

Ruth Williams, M.D.
Glaucoma Specialist, Wheaton Eye Clinic
Chief Medical Editor, EyeNet Magazine
Wheaton, IL 

 


Helen Keller Lecturer

Yoshihiro Yonekawa, M.D.
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Visiting Professor, Kyorin University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo
Retina Specialist, Wills Eye Hospital
Philadelphia, PA