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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.
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.
The Alys Stephens Center is the hub of UAB's Cultural Arts Corridor, located on the cultural zone of the campus, which houses the cutting-edge Abroms-Engel Institute for Visual Arts (AEIVA) that brings the arts into the community through its ArtPlay and Arts in Medicine programs.
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 ...
Nineteen medical students from Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine will undergo their clinical rotations at Methodist Medical Center beginning in July 2024.
UAB is a vital economic engine of the state of Alabama with an estimated $7.15 billion annual impact. UAB is currently the state's largest employer with more than 24,000 faculty and staff and over 64,000 jobs at the university and in the health system. Almost 10% of the jobs in the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area are related to UAB. [4]
Meghan Garcia-Webb, MD, is a triple board-certified physician and founder of Weight Medicine MD. Sue Decotiis, MD, is a triple board-certified physician and New York City-based weight loss specialist.
Ray Reach, former director of the UAB Jazz Ensemble [4] (1998–2005), arranger, composer, jazz pianist and vocalist, Director of Student Jazz Programs at the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame; Michael Saag, AIDS researcher; Jessica A. Scoffield, microbiologist; Eric Sorscher, director of the Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center 1994 ...