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Assistant Director of the Medical Student Surgery Clerkship and Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Instructor Margaux Mustian, M.D., MSPH, has matched with the UAB Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery as the 2023-2024 UAB Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellow. 

At the UAB Department of Emergency Medicine resident graduation, Department of Surgery Resident Samantha Baker, M.D. and Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Professor Daniel Cox, M.D., were named the 2022 UAB Emergency Medicine Resident and Faculty Consultant, respectively.

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.

The UAB General Surgery Residency organized its first multi-institutional mock orals for chief residents in preparation for their general surgery certifying examination.

Following the departure of Kristi Eatmon, who joins Legacy of Hope, the UAB Department of Surgery Research Administration Office is pleased to announce the promotions of LaShante' Drakes as program manager II and Chris Whisenhunt to program director III.

The Junior Faculty Exchange Program involves a reciprocal exchange of a Department of Surgery Assistant and Associate Professor-level faculty from UAB and several institutions during the academic year.

The Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery has been hard at work promoting awareness of GI diseases like Crohn’s, colitis, and colon cancer.

General Surgery Residents Cozette Killian, M.D., MPH, (pictured) and John Killian, M.D., and Clinical Research Coordinator Alexis Carter, MPH, have been named recipients of travel awards for the American Transplant Congress (ATC) meeting.

UAB Heersink School of Medicine Student Meghna Katta, Cancer Awareness Network Founder and CEO Loretta Herring, and UAB General Surgery Resident Connie Shao, M.D., recently traveled to Washington, D.C., for the 2022 Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference.

UAB’s Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery recognizes National Trauma Awareness Month this May. Besides turning the green UAB sign on the Sixth Avenue parking deck red for the month, the division is hosting several events for the UAB community to participate in.

Each year, the department hosts a Resident Research Day, a scientific forum that gives residents from across the department the opportunity to present their own research projects and discuss their topics with an audience.