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Kirklin Clinic also is the site for many clinical rotations in the medical school's doctoral and residency programs. It was named for the School of Medicine's pioneering cardiac surgeon John W. Kirklin , who was noted for bringing the heart-lung machine into practical use in heart surgery.
Serge Payer, Canadian-born professional hockey player; after battling and overcoming the syndrome, set up the Serge Payer Foundation to raise money for GBS research. [27] William "The Refrigerator" Perry, former professional American football player with the Chicago Bears, was diagnosed with GBS in 2008. [28] Fabio Pisacane, Italian footballer [29]
The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, formerly the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), is a not-for-profit physical medicine and rehabilitation research hospital based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1954, the AbilityLab is designed for patient care, education, and research in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R).
UAB Hospital (also known as University Hospital) is a 1,207 bed tertiary hospital and academic health science center located in Birmingham, Alabama.It serves as the only ACS verified Level I Trauma Center in Alabama, [2] and is the flagship property of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the UAB Health System, a part of the University of Alabama System.
Guillain–Barré syndrome (also called "GBS") is a rapid-onset muscle weakness caused by the immune system damaging the peripheral nervous system. [3] Typically, both sides of the body are involved, and the initial symptoms are changes in sensation or pain often in the back along with muscle weakness, beginning in the feet and hands, often spreading to the arms and upper body. [3]
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a public research university in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.Founded in 1969 and part of the University of Alabama System, UAB has grown to be the state's largest employer, with more than 24,200 faculty and staff and over 53,000 jobs at the university.
In 2021, the UAB School of Medicine received a $95 million single lead gift from a longtime supporter of UAB, Dr. Marnix E. Heersink, resulting to naming the medical school in honor of his name to UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, with an additional $5 million from Triton Health Systems, that total in $100 million, the largest single ...
Edward Taub in 2014. Edward Taub (born 1931, Brooklyn New York) [1] is a behavioral neuroscientist on the faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.He is best known for his involvement in the Silver Spring monkeys case, for making discoveries in the area of neuroplasticity, and developing constraint-induced movement therapy; a family of techniques which helps the rehabilitation of ...