The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees established the James K. Kirklin Endowed Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Department of Surgery in the UAB School of Medicine during its meeting Nov. 5, 2010.
The endowment is named after James K. Kirklin, M.D., professor and director of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Department of Surgery in the UAB School of Medicine.