Feature Profiles

Physician Assistant Still going Strong after Knee Replacement at 76

Apr 12, 2019 at 05:10 pm by steve

Most people don't continue working at the age of 76. And most people don't get both knees replaced at the same time. And certainly, most people don't return to work two weeks.... Read More

One Practice Focuses on Obesity

Mar 19, 2019 at 05:02 pm by steve

"It's not just a weight loss clinic," says Liliya Slutsker, MD, about her practice in Trussville. "I want to treat obesity." Opened a year ago, Carrington Medical Spa and Weig.... Read More

Stretching Himself

Feb 21, 2019 at 03:25 pm by steve

The story begins with a young electrical engineering grad fresh out of Ohio University with a double major in chemistry. It was the late 90s, and he was on the road to a PhD i.... Read More

UAB Urogynecologist Brings Life-altering Surgery to Af-rican Women

Jan 25, 2019 at 09:59 am by steve

"He called me from Africa and said, 'I've been posted here, and if we got married, you could go too,'" says Holly E. Richter, PhD, MD, about her husband's unconventional propo.... Read More

A Promise to Help

Dec 14, 2018 at 12:00 pm by steve

When Sandra Ford, MD was eight years old, her father took her to the doctor. At that time, Alabama was under segregationist laws, so the seven-hour wait that young Sandra and.... Read More