Joseph Oaks has been named Vice President of Network Contracting with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama.

The UAB Hospital has received the 2019 America's Best Hospitals designation from Women's Choice Award for the practice areas of obstetrics, bariatric surgery, heart care and cancer care and as a best breast center practice.

Children's of Alabama has named three new members to its Board of Trustees. Myla Calhoun, Anna Manasco and Mark Tarr have joined the all-volunteer board that helps operate the state's only freestanding pediatric medical facility.

Congressman Gary Palmer, Vestavia Hills Mayor Ashley Curry, State Senator Jabo Waggoner and Dr. Bret Walters of Homewood Church of Christ joined Swaid N. Swaid, MD this week to break ground on Vestavia Medical Plaza which will be located on Old Montgomery Highway.

Randy Yarbrough, MD has joined the Cullman Regional Gynecology Clinic. Yarbrough is a robotic-trained, board certified gynecologist.

Girish Dhall, MD has been named as division director for the Hematology-Oncology and Blood Marrow Transplantation program in the UAB Department of Pediatrics and Children's of Alabama.

Tim Puthoff has been named CEO of Brookwood Baptist Medical Center and Tenet's Alabama and Tennessee Group, which consists of a network of seven hospitals.

The American Heart Association has named UAB Hospital as an AHA RQI Verified institution.

DCH Regional Medical Center has been honored by the Alabama Organ Center and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its dedication to organ and tissue donation.

Paul Erwin, MD, dean of the School of Public Health at UAB, has received the Doris Spain Award for Distinguished Service from the Tennessee Public Health Association.

Children's of Alabama was re-designated as a Level 1 Trauma Center for the State of Alabama by the Alabama Department of Public Health. Children's has held this designation continually since 2013.

Ted Hosp has been named Executive Director of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Governmental Affairs division.

The latest in 3D Mammography is available at DCH Regional Medical Center and Northport Medical Center.

Susan Bria has been named Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) of Shelby Baptist Medical Center.

The future of UAB is now one billion times brighter.

Amy Beard has been named Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) of Brookwood Baptist Medical Center.

James Hill, PhD, an internationally recognized expert in weight management, has been named chair of the UAB Department of Nutrition Sciences and director of the UAB Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC).

Megan Drake has been named Chief Operating Officer of Shelby Baptist Medical Center. Drake began her career with Community Health System (CHS) in 2010 as an Administrative Specialist at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale, Arkansas.

Princeton Baptist Medical Center has added a new 1.5 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine to its roster.

In a continued effort to help battle the opioid epidemic, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama is updating its opioid management strategy.

Cassandra Warner Frieson, DNP is the recipient of the 2018 University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH) Alumni of Achievement Award.

Margaret Turner, DO has joined the St. Vincent's Primary Care network where she is practicing with Mayfair Internal Medicine in Homewood.

Kenneth Sigman MD has joined Southeast Gastro.

A research team led by UAB is launching a study to find a better model for glioblastoma, a particularly devastating type of brain tumor, to help determine the most appropriate treatment modality.

The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has designated Brookwood Baptist Medical Center as the only Honor Roll Elite+ hospital in the Birmingham area in the treatment of stroke.