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Helen Krontiras, M.D., director of the Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, has named Catherine Parker, M.D., chief of the Section of Breast Surgery and Brenessa Lindeman, M.D., MEHP, FACS, chief of the Section of Endocrine Surgery.

Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery fundraising efforts are underway for their 2021 Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation (CCF) Take Steps walk team “Operation Deep Remission.”

Each year, the Amputee Coalition recognizes the month of April as Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month (LLAM) to honor its community and educate others about limb loss and limb difference.

The Journal of Surgical Research featured “The Disturbing Findings of Pediatric Firearm Injuries From the National Trauma Data Bank: 2010-2016” on the cover of the March issue.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Diseases (NIDDK) has awarded Director of the Comprehensive Transplant Institute and Division of Transplantation Jayme Locke, M.D., MPH, a five-year R01 grant amounting to approximately $3.2 million.

The Journal of Surgical Research featured the research of Michelle Mathis MPH, program manager II, Tosin Badewa, former PRISM student, Ruth Obiarinze, M.D., researcher II, Linda Wilkinson, CRNP, Colin Martin, M.D., vice chair of diversity, equity and inclusion, on the cover of the April issue.

Dalis E. Collins, D.V.M., DACLAM, joined the UAB Department of Surgery as an assistant professor in March 2021.

The American Transplant Congress (ATC) awarded Cozette Killian, M.D. MPH, General Surgery Research Resident and UAB Transplant Epidemiology and Analytics in Medicine (TEAM) lab member, the Young Investigator Award.

The Association for Academic Surgery appointed Britney Corey, M.D., FACS, General Surgery Residency program director, and Robert Cannon, M.D., Liver Transplant Program surgical director, to the national Program Committee.

On Saturday, Apr. 10, the UAB Department of Surgery and UAB Medicine will host the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN)PurpleStride Alabama, which participants can join from wherever they are.

After a successful Match Day 2021, the General Surgery Residency program will welcome nine new trainees this summer, including a preliminary PGY2 resident. 

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in America. The UAB Department of Surgery's Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery (GI) seeks to change that.

This week, the UAB Department of Surgery is highlighting former Endocrine Surgery Fellow, Sophie Dream, M.D., who graduated the program in 2019.

Department of Surgery Assistant Professor Abhisek Parmar, M.D., Director of the General Surgery Residency Program Britney Corey, M.D., and Clinical Instructor Matthew Romine, M.D., were recently featured in a UAB Medicine video outlining the myths surrounding hernias.

Match Week is an exciting week that leads up to Match Day, which is a day when residents across the nation find out which residency programs they have "matched" into and where they will be for the next three-seven years of their career.

Department of Surgery Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Colin Martin, M.D., was recently re-elected to the Society of University Surgeons (SUS) Membership Committee and will serve until the 2023 Academic Surgical Congress.

The Department of Surgery would like to congratulate Zhuo Tao, M.D., on her recent promotion from instructor to assistant professor.

The Department of Surgery recently submitted their diversity dish–the multicultural pizza–to the 2021 Office of Diversity and Inclusion Diversity Fair and took home first place in the competition.

Department of Surgery Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Colin Martin, M.D., and General Surgery Residency Program Director Britney Corey, M.D., will be a resource for interested students at the Latino Medical Student Association national conference.

In honor of Black History Month, Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Colin Martin, M.D., FACS, and General Surgery Resident Juliet Okoroh, M.D., sat down with Abdominal Transplant Surgeon Christie Gooden, M.D., MPH, who was the first African American female to graduate from the UAB General Surgery Residency Program in 2009.

From left to right: Drs. Uhlich, Rajaei and BakerUpcoming PGY5 General Surgery Residents Rindi Uhlich, M.D., and Mohammad Rajaei, M.D. have been selected as administrative chiefs, while Samantha Baker, M.D., MSHPed, will serve as education chief for the 2021-2022 academic year. 

Last June, the UAB Department of Surgery established a committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), led by Vice Chair Colin Martin, M.D., FACS.

Professor and Director of the Division of Plastic Surgery Jorge de la Torre, M.D., MSHA, is the new Bruce F. Connell Chair in Plastic Surgery, and Professor and Director of the Division of Transplantation Jayme Locke, M.D., MPH, has been named the Arnold G. Diethelm Endowed Chair in Transplantation Surgery.

February is American Heart Month and is dedicated to raising awareness and increasing knowledge about heart disease, with the goal of preventing and treating heart disease across the US.

The Department of Surgery welcomes Angela Carter, Ph.D., to the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery and the laboratory of Dr. Aurelio Galli, as an instructor.

Associate Professor and Director of the Division of Surgical Oncology Vikas Dudeja, M.B.B.S., and Vice Chair for Wellness Brenessa Lindeman, M.D., MEHP, FACS, have been named co-chairs of the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) Publications Committee and the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee, respectively.

Alongside UAB School of Medicine Medical Student Hunter Boudreau, UAB Vascular Surgery Resident Juliet Blakeslee-Carter, M.D., won the 2021 Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) ePoster competition.

Department of Surgery Professor Charles Hoopes, M.D., will present at the UAB COVID Forum, End-Stage Heart and Lung Disease in the Era of COVID-19. The virtual event will be held on Mar. 5 from 1-5 p.m. CST.

Professor and Director of the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy and Holt A. McDowell, Jr., M.D., Endowed Chair in Vascular Surgery Adam Beck, M.D., has been appointed Secretary-Treasurer of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS).