UAB medicine

The UAB Neonatal Helping Hands program provides volunteers the opportunity to hold, rock, talk, sing and read to infants in the RNICU and CCN. The program, which was paused in 2020 due to COVID, has relaunched and is accepting volunteer applications.

Two real estate properties will build upon UAB’s already expansive over 100-block campus.

UAB Medicine has added the ExcelsiusGPS® by Globus Medical for minimally invasive spine surgeries.

UAB Health System’s CFO has been identified as key female leader in the health care space, among 181 others.

This study, performed in a pre-clinical human model, is the first time xenotransplanted pig kidneys have shown clearance of creatinine and shown a standard immunosuppression regimen may be sufficient.

For another consecutive year, UAB Hospital has been named the best hospital in Alabama, with several disciplines and procedures ranked among the best.

As COO, Baverso says his priorities will be in continuing UAB Medicine’s clinical excellence and expanding services to serve even more patients and Alabamians.

The baby boy, born in late May 2023, is the first baby born from a uterus transplant outside of a clinical trial and UAB’s first baby from its uterus transplant program.

To address the critical need for more emergency medical services in Birmingham and Alabama, UAB Hospital — with support from the State of Alabama — is creating 59 new exam rooms and more than 66,000 square feet of clinical space to meet service demand.

Both the CEO of UAB Health System and the CEO of UAB Hospital have been identified as key female leaders in the health care space, among 175 others.

After being burned in an explosion three years ago, Delrico Gibson thought he would never use his hands again. Now, see the artworks he created for his first responders, surgeons, therapists and caregivers in the exhibition “Strings of Gratitude.”

UAB experts discuss changes women should be aware of as their bodies mature and what exams they should receive during different time periods.

In just the five years since UAB completed 10,000 robotic surgeries, surgeons across 15 disciplines have now collectively exceeded 20,000 robotic surgeries, setting a record for the hospital.

A simultaneous bilateral adrenalectomy removes both adrenal glands at the same time, providing benefits to both the patient and surgeons.

UAB Medicine and Talladega have entered a three-year partnership, with UAB Medicine providing medical care for competitors and fans.

Continuous glucose monitors can transform one’s diabetes treatment and care. A UAB diabetes expert explains what patients should know about the devices when evaluating their diabetes care plans.

The temporary PNS device can be used to treat chronic nerve pain, as well as joint pain and back pain, for patients for whom oral medications are not effective, or who wish to minimize the use of medications or more invasive procedures.

UAB Hospital Chief Medical Officer Kierstin Kennedy, M.D., shares insights into health care conflict resolution that can be used in most workplaces.

Even when at odds with his health, Matalon continued his academic excellence and service to the field of lung disease research.

As it turns out, growing old and wise does not always equate to growing old and able to hear.
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