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Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Professor John Holcomb, M.D.,FACS, will receive the Danis Prize 2022 at the International Surgical Week (ISW) 2022 in Vienna, Austria.

Abstracts will open on Monday, June 20 for the 18th annual Academic Surgical Congress (ASC). UAB Department of Surgery had the highest number of abstracts of any institution at ASC in 2021 and 2022.

Nominations are open from now until July 7 for the prestigious Brewer-Heslin Award.

The UAB Department of Surgery has noticed an uptick in spam and phishing emails that faculty, staff, and trainees are receiving.

The UAB Department of Surgery Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee was pleased to host a screening of Debbie Lum’s film “Try Harder!,” a movie that documents the mounting pressure of high school students–particularly from the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders community–aiming to get into a prestigious college.

Clara Nicolas Martinez, M.D., Ph.D., M.S. won the American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) Poster of Distinction Presented by a Surgical Trainee Award.

Grab your golf clubs and tees: UAB Women in Surgery (WIS) is hosting the first annual Golf Scramble on July 24 at 1 p.m. at the Old Overton Golf Course.

Earlier this month, the UAB Department of Surgery Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee announced its membership into the Latino Surgical Society (LSS).

The UAB Department of Surgery has installed a Peloton Bike for faculty, staff, and trainees to use in the wellness room located in the Boshell Diabetes Building, room 585.

They ranged from ages 18 to 77 and previously faced injury due to falls, car and ATV crashes, and gun violence.

Trauma is the leading cause of death for those up to age 45, and those that survive their injuries are often left with physical and emotional challenges.

Incoming Endocrine Surgery Fellow Jessica Li McMullin, M.D., and UAB General Surgery Resident Rongzhi Wang, M.D., were named International Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES) 2022 Travelers.

UAB Division of Surgical Oncology Assistant Professor Kristy Broman, M.D., was selected to receive a 2022 Conquer Cancer Career Development Award (CDA), which will provide $200,000 in funding of her research.

The UAB Department of Surgery Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee is proud to announce its membership into the Latino Surgical Society (LSS).

UAB General Surgery Resident Connie Shao, M.D., was awarded the Piedmont American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) Award.

Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery Assistant Professor Lily Gutnik, M.D., has been named  Associate Vice Chair of Global Surgery for the UAB Department of Surgery.

This month, Department of Surgery Associate Professor Jamie Cannon, M.D., broadcast a live, robotic rectal cancer surgery to the Robotics Symposium at the 2022 Annual American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Department of Surgery Professor and Vice Chair of Basic Research James Bibb, Ph.D., will join the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Member of the Molecular Neurogenetics Study Section (MNG), Emerging Technologies and Training Neurosciences Integrated Review Group (ETTN).

UAB General Surgery Residency Program Director Britney Corey, M.D., MACM, FACS, is pleased to name Associate Professor Sushanth Reddy, M.D., as associate program director.

Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy Assistant Professor Emily Spangler, M.D., M.S., FACS, was awarded an Association of Veterans Affairs Surgeons (AVAS) Visiting Professorship for 2022.