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Division of Transplantation Professor and Arnold G. Diethelm Endowed Chair in Transplantation Surgery Jayme Locke, M.D., MPH, was accepted as a member into the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) in April 2022. 

UAB Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Assistant Professor Quince Gibson, M.D., MBA, has spent the last year and a half as the sole GI surgeon provider at Whitfield Regional Hospital in Demopolis, Alabama, but looking back, his path to medicine has proven far different from Gibson's initial career trajectory.

Medical professionals from UAB, including Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Injury Prevention Coordinator Libby Kellen, RN, BSN, demonstrated ways community members can stop a bleeding wound and help save lives.

UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Assistant Professor Kyle Eudailey, M.D., is featured on the MD Learning Channel discussing thoracic aortic aneurysm optimal management and treatment.

General Surgery Chief Resident Ahmer Irfan, MBChB, and Research Resident Katherine McElroy, M.D., have been selected as recipients of the 2023 American College of Surgeons (ACS) Leadership and Advocacy Summit Resident Travel Award.

UAB Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery Assistant Professor and Global Surgery Associate Vice Chair Lily Gutnik, M.D., has been invited to participate in the 2023 National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Emerging Leaders Forum.

Bayley Alexandra Jones, M.D., a UAB Department of Surgery research resident, was selected as a recipient of the 2023-2024 Association for Academic Surgery/Association for Academic Surgery Foundation Trainee Clinical Outcomes/Health Services Trainee Research Award.

Congratulations to the UAB Department of Surgery Breast Surgical Oncology Fellow Polina Zmijewski, M.D., M.A., for her acceptance into the 2023-2024 Surgical Educational Research Fellowship (SERF) through the Association for Surgical Education.

UAB Division of Surgical Oncology Director and James P. Hayes, Jr., Endowed Professor in Gastrointestinal Oncology Vikas Dudeja, M.D., FACS, was recently elected to the position of recorder for the Association of Academic Surgery (AAS) at this year's Academic Surgical Congress (ASC) in Houston, Texas.

UAB AAES Endocrine Surgery Fellow Dr. Jessica Liu McMullin was recently selected to serve as a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Surgical Research (JSR).

UAB Division of Breast & Endocrine Assistant Professor Andrea Gillis, M.D., has been selected as the recipient for the Society of University Surgeon's 2022-2023 George P. Yang, M.D., Ph.D. Junior Faculty Award for the Underrepresented in Medicine for her research project, Mixed Methods Analysis of Molecular Mediators of Social Determinants of Health in Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors.

UAB Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Professor and Director for Gastrointestinal Biology Research Aurelio Galli, Ph.D., D.Sc., was one of the featured authors of the recently published article, "Syntaxin 1 Ser14 phosphorylation is required for nonvesicular dopamine release," in Science Advances.

The UAB Department of Surgery is honored to welcome Mary McDougal as Executive Administrator.

The O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Skin & Soft Tissue Cancer Management Team in partnership with the UAB Division of Surgical Oncology has received a SARC Core Center designation from the Sarcoma Alliance for Research Through Collaboration (SARC).

The UAB Department of Surgery Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee is committed to creating a diverse community powered by individuals and perspectives to allow us to address healthcare inequalities and improve patient care.

UAB Department of Surgery Division of Transplantation Assistant Professor and Liver Transplant Program Surgical Director Robert Cannon, M.D., FACS, has been selected as a Pittman Scholar in the Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine.

UAB Division of Breast & Endocrine Surgery Assistant Professor and Medical Student Surgery Clerkship Director Jessica Fazendin, M.D., FACS, was a recent recipient of the 2022 Argus Award for Best Clinical Educator, Birmingham Campus, alongside General Internal Medicine Professor Lisa Willett, M.D.

The Pancreatobiliary Disease Center has recently added a digital resource for patients to stay connected to their healthcare team after they leave the hospital.

UAB Division of Breast & Endocrine Surgery Assistant Professor Dr. Lily Gutnik has been chosen to serve as a panelist for the Fogarty Global Health Fellows and Scholars / LAUNCH Program's 20th-anniversary commemorative event.

UAB Division of Breast & Endocrine Surgery Assistant Professor Lily Gutnik, M.D., was recently appointed to serve as an Associate Scientist in the UAB Center for Women’s Reproductive Health (CWRH).

The UAB Department of Surgery will travel to Houston, Texas to participate in the 18th Annual Academic Surgical Congress (ASC), which will be held Feb. 7-9, 2023.

We would like to commend this year's UAB participants for continuing to place the institution as the leading contributor in abstract submissions for the sixth consecutive year.

Vikas Dudeja, M.D., FACS, James P. Hayes, Jr., Endowed Professor in Gastrointestinal Oncology and Director of the Division of Surgical Oncology, has been accepted into the Society of Clinical Surgery (SCS), one of the most prominent clinical societies for surgeons.

UAB Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery Assistant Professor Andrea Gillis, M.D., and Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Instructor Margaux Mustian, M.D., MSPH, have been selected as Associate Clerkship Directors for the Department of Surgery Clerkship Program.

UAB General Surgery Resident Mallory Perez, M.D., has recently received a position in the Collaborative Northwestern Surgical Oncology Research Training program (CONSORT) funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) T32 training grant.

Division of Pediatric Surgery Associate Professor and Children’s of Alabama Trauma Program Director Robert Russell, M.D., MPH, recently served as the guest editor for the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery January supplement on pediatric hemorrhagic shock.

The UAB Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) is offering a Summer Innovation Fellowship Program for 2023.

UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Professor James F. George, Ph.D., has been chosen to serve as the Department of Surgery's Vice Chair of Basic Research.

The year 2022 was filled with outstanding accomplishments and achievements by the faculty and staff members at the Department of Surgery.

General Surgery Resident Alixandra Cozette Killian, M.D., MPH, was recently selected to receive one of the 2023 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Looking to the Future (LTTF) Scholarships.

Congratulations to UAB Department of Surgery Assistant Professor and Global Surgery Associate Vice Chair Dr. Lily Gutnik for her election to the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) Global Affairs Committee!