General surgery resident John Killian, M.D., was recently appointed to the position of secretary for the UAB Graduate Medical Education Department’s House Staff Council.

Dr. John Killian

The House Staff Council provides residents and fellows with a system to communicate and exchange information with each other relevant to their learning and work environment and their programs. The officers of the Council also serve as voting members of the Dean’s Council for Graduate Medical Education, and the GME Department provides administrative support to the Council.

The responsibilities of the House Staff Council are:

• To serve as the resident/fellow advocate and the resident/fellow voice throughout UAB Hospital, the UAB campus, the Birmingham community and the state of Alabama;
• To provide house staff representation as it pertains to UAB affairs;
• To promote educational resources for residents/fellows, education of GME policies and procedures, and interaction among both medical staff and hospital administration;
• To re-evaluate/reinforce the policies and procedures of GME at UAB;
• To allow the residents/fellows an opportunity to communicate and exchange information about their various working environments and corresponding educational programs; and
• To establish and implement fair institutional policies and procedures for academic or other disciplinary actions taken against residents/fellows.