Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest
burns, coagulopathy, hemostasis, and muscle wasting
Biography
W. Preston Hewgley, M.D., joined UAB as an Assistant Professor in 2024 following the completion of the Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship. Dr. Hewgley attended the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee for medical school and then completed his residency at University of Texas Southwestern.
Select Publications
Hewgley WP, Webb DL, Garrett HE Jr. Migrated embolization coil causes intestinal obstruction. J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2017 Dec 27. PMID: 29725660.
Villarreal ED, Hewgley WP, Lang WH, et al. In-bag enzymatic splenic digestion: a novel alternative to manual morcellation? J Surg Res. 2017 Oct. PMID: 28985851.
Morrisette T, Hewgley WP, Hewgley H. Edwardsiella tarda Bacteremia in Untreated Hepatitis C: Alterations in Antimicrobial Therapy for a Pan-Susceptible Pathogen in a Critically Ill Patient. Am J Ther. 2019 Jul/Aug. PMID: 31033487.
Vetto JT, Hsueh EC, Gastman BR, Dillon LD, Monzon FA, Cook RW, Keller J, Huang X, Fleming A, Hewgley WP, et al. Guidance of sentinel lymph node biopsy decisions in patients with T1-T2 melanoma using gene expression profiling. Future Oncol. 2019. PMID: 30691297.
Bisgaard E, Hewgley WP, Gee KM, et al. Gastric Pneumatosis in a Critically Ill Pediatric Burn Patient: Case Report and Overview of Risk Factors, Diagnosis, and Management. J Burn Care Res. 2021 Mar 4. PMID: 32842147.
Hendrick LE, Huang X, Hewgley WP, et al. Early Postoperative Extubation is Associated with Shorter Hospitalization and Improved Short-Term Survival in Patients Undergoing Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy. Am Surg. 2022 Jan. PMID: 35012359.
Hewgley WP, Black J, Jansen JO, Hurst S, White E, Fairburn SC, Holderfield A, Morrison J, Lovorn M, Hwang J. Treatment of friction injury using enzymatic debridement and autologous skin cell suspension. J Burn Care Res. 2026 Jan 28. PMID: 41603543.
Fairburn S, Sturdivant A, Hwang J, Holcomb JB, Kerby JD, Julson J, Winkler J, Hewgley WP. Abdominopelvic impalement with tree branch causing major vascular injury. Trauma Case Rep. 2025 Apr 15. PMID: 40297847.
Hewgley WP, Lucy A, Gelbard R. Early identification of respiratory decompensation among older adults with rib fractures: a sound solution for fragile ribs. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2024 Oct 26. PMID: 39493496.
Education
Medical School
University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis TN
Residency
University of Texas Southwestern
Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Contact
Phone
Patient Appointments and Questions: 205-975-7521
Email
wphewgley@uabmc.edu