UAB Medicine Again Named Great Place to Work in Health Care

NIH Grant to UAB to Improve COVID Testing in Underserved Populations

Through funding from the NIH Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics initiative (RADx), the University of Alabama at Birmingham will launch a community-based testing model in Jefferson County as part of an effort to improve access, uptake and follow-up to COVID-19 testing in underserved populations.

Harris Elected President of Alabama State Nurses Association

The Alabama State Nurses Association (ASNA) has chosen Lindsey Harris, DNP, FNP-BC to be the organization's president, making her the first person of color to hold the position since ASNA formed 107 year ago.

Rowe Joins Chilton Medical Associates

Chilton Medical Associates has named Barry Rowe as the Practice Administrator. With over 30 years of healthcare experience, Rowe joins the practice after serving as Director of Operations for American Family Care Urgent Care.

Grandview Selected as One of 10 Nationwide Recipients

FCC Awards UAB $1 Million for COVID Telehealth

Hindman Joins Brookwood as Chief Nursing Officer

Robbie Hindman has joined Brookwood Baptist Medical Center as chief nursing officer (CNO) while continuing her role as CNO of the Brookwood Baptist Health System.

Leadership Changes at Grandview

Keith Granger has announced his retirement from his role as CHSPSC President of Region 1, which includes hospitals in Alabama, Georgia and the Florida panhandle, at the end of 2020. Prior to this position, Granger served as CEO of Flowers Hospital in Dothan and Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham.

Shaughnessy Named Director of Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Erin Shaughnessy, MD has been named director of the division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Children's of Alabama where she succeeds former division director Robert Pass, MD.

Jason Biddy Elected President of Alabama MGMA

Jason Biddy, MBA, CMPE, the CEO of Urology Centers of Alabama, has been elected to serve as President of Alabama Medical Group Management Association (MGMA).

Parker Elected President of the Alabama Chapter of the American College of Surgeons

Mark Parker, MD, FACS has been elected to serve as President of the Alabama Chapter of the American College of Surgeons.

Beau Grantier, MD Joins Southlake Orthopaedics

Beau Grantier, MD has joined Southlake Orthopaedics and is seeing patients at the Grandview office. Grantier specializes in Sports Medicine non-surgical and is a member of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.

Adamsville Family Medicine Joins Complete Health

Adamsville Family Medicine has joined the Complete Health family of primary care practices, making it the second Complete Health practice in the Birmingham area, along with Birmingham Internal Medicine Associates.

UAB and St. Vincent's Hospitals Named to Hospital rankings for Exceptional Consumer Loyalty

The UAB Health System/Ascension St. Vincent's Alliance has seen both organizations named to the third-annual NRC Health Top 100 Consumer Loyalty list, which recognizes the top U.S. health care organizations for earning exceptional loyalty ratings from their patient populations.

Cullman Regional Holds Ground Breaking

On October 20, Cullman Regional Medical Center held a ground breaking ceremony for the new Cullman Regional Hartselle Health Center.

Study Finds Link between Depression and Stoke Risk

A collaborative study led by investigators at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Alabama showed that individuals who scored higher on a test designed to measure depressive symptoms had a higher stroke risk than those with lower scores.

New COVID Test for North Alabama

Huntsville Hospital Health System (HH Health System) and Kailos Genetics, a HudsonAlpha Resident Company, have formed a partnership to offer Assure Sentinel™ testing for COVID-19 to North Alabama.

Thomas Dukovac, MD Joins Cullman Regional Medical Group

Urologist Thomas Dukovac, MD has joined the Cullman Regional Medical Group and is practicing with the Cullman Regional Urology Clinic at 1800 AL Hwy 157.

Physicians Join University Medical Center

Two new physicians have joined the University Medical Center at The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.

Pro-inflammatory Lipids Precede Type 1 Diabetes Onset in Mouse Model and Children

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results when the body's immune cells attack and destroy the beta cells of the pancreas that produce insulin. Researchers have long tried to unravel the signaling that provokes this attack.

Children's of Alabama Wins Excellence Award

Children's of Alabama was recognized by NRC Health as a recipient of its 2020 Excellence Award, which recognizes top-performing hospitals in overall patient-experience ratings.