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UAB Surgical Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program participants, Jeong Chang and Nolan McKibben, received second and third place, respectively, at this year’s UAB Summer Expo for research.

The UAB Heersink School of Medicine held an in-person Match Day this year, with the Associate Dean, families, friends, and UAB's medical students in attendance. The event was live-streamed on YouTube for friends and family members to cheer on the medical students from across the country.

The UAB Department of Surgery is honored to welcome several new faculty members – including Drs. Tania K. Arora, Kyle Mauk, and Margaux Mustian.

For many UAB Department of Surgery employees, when they think of the administrative knowledge and “glue” of all surgical internal operations, Director of Administrative & Financial Affairs Pamela “Pam” Holtkamp immediately comes to mind.

UAB Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Professor Melanie Morris, M.D., has been named an Associate Chief Quality Officer (ACQO) for UAB Medicine.

The UAB Department of Surgery has been recently recognized by U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) for its outstanding service to patients.

The UAB Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery welcomes four new fellows into the Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship for 2025: Tyler Johnson, D.O., Taylor Norton, M.D., Alexis Scheuermann, M.D., and Sarah Weiner, M.D.

UAB Division of Surgical Oncology Assistant Professor Rachael Guenter, Ph.D., and UAB Division of Plastic Surgery Associate Professor Sherry Collawn, M.D., Ph.D., have been awarded funding from the UAB Faculty Development Grant Program.

UAB General Surgery Residents Alizeh Abbas, M.D., and Stephanie Rakestraw, M.D., were elected as officers of the House Staff Council (HSC) for the 2024-2025 academic year.

UAB Division of Breast Surgery Professor Helen Krontiras, M.D., has been named Distinguished Professor of the UAB Department of Surgery.

UAB Division of Surgical Oncology Assistant Professor Sarah B. Bateni, M.D., MSW, MAS, has been selected to serve on the UAB Department of Surgery’s Grand Rounds Committee.

Robert Russell, M.D., MPH, a professor in UAB’s Department of Surgery and director of Children’s of Alabama’s trauma program, was recently appointed to the editorial board for The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.

The Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery said farewell – and welcome aboard – to the Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellows at a dinner on Friday, July 19 at The Club atop Red Mountain.

Several members of the UAB Department of Surgery have recently graduated from the institution’s leadership development programs. Among the graduates are Jessica Fazendin, M.D., Marissa Keppley, MBA, Sushanth Reddy, M.D., and J. Bart Rose, M.D., MAS.

Several members of the UAB General Surgery Residency Program were selected to participate in the Learning Community (LC) Housestaff Program.

UAB Division of Surgical Oncology Director Vikas Dudeja, M.D., has been selected for a $360,000 grant award over the next two years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for his project entitled, "Integrated genomic-transcriptomic characterization to identify molecular mechanisms of disparities in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) outcomes."

UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Assistant Professor Panayotis Vardas, M.D., has co-authored the article, "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2023 clinical practice guidelines for the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation,” in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

UAB Division of Breast & Endocrine Surgery Assistant Professor and Global Surgery Associate Vice Chair Lily Gutnik, M.D., MPH, has been selected for the 2024 Lloyd Nyhus Scholarship to attend the World Congress of Surgery this year.

Sabrina Goddard, M.D., Assistant Professor in the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery is this year’s recipient of the UAB Emergency Medicine Residency’s Faculty Consultant of the Year Award.

UAB Division of Surgical Transplantation Associate Professor Paige Porrett, M.D., Ph.D, has been awarded an R01 grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for her project entitled "Tissue-resident NK cell development and function in pregnancy and transplantation: lessons learned from human uterine transplant recipients." The award will continue until 2029 and totals about $3 million in funding.

Maria Helena Lima, M.D., an associate professor of the UAB Division of Plastic Surgery, was recently featured on UAB's MedCast Podcast.

UAB Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery Clinical Assistant Professor Katelin Holmes, D.O., FACS, has graduated from UAB's Sharing Authentically to Inspire and Lead (SAIL) Program. She was a member of the fall 2023 cohort.

UAB Department of Surgery Associate Professor and General Surgery Program Director Britney Corey, M.D, MACM, has been selected to serve as fellowship council liaison for the Association of Program Directors (APDS) in surgery, from 2024 to 2027. 

From childhood, Sen. Luther J. Strange knew he was in good hands with the care he received from UAB’s surgeons.

UAB Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Associate Professor and Strange Family Endowed Professor in Surgical Sciences Research Karin Hardiman, M.D., Ph.D., has been named the Associate Director of UAB’s Physician Scientist Development Office (PSDO).

UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Assistant Professor Rongbing Xie, DrPH, MPH, has been named a Forge AHEAD Center Scholar for the project entitled “Enhancing Recruitment and Retention for Black Females with HIV: Identifying Barriers, Facilitators, and the Role of Social Determinants for the Willingness to Participate in the HEALTH Study.”

Sasha Still, M.D., an assistant professor of the UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, was recently featured on UAB's MedCast Podcast.

Christophe Hansen-Estruch, M.D., a cardiothoracic 4/3 integrated resident in the UAB Department of Surgery, has been selected for the Young Cardiac Robot Investigator Award at the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) conference in Greece.

Mallory Perez, M.D., a general surgery resident at UAB, has been awarded the American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) 2024 M. Judah Folkman Award in Clinical Science.

UAB Division of Surgical Oncology Director Vikas Dudeja, M.D., and Division Surgical Oncology Associate Professor Annabelle Fonseca, M.D., MHS, have been selected for health policy scholarships through the American College of Surgeons (ACS).