“No greater opportunity, responsibility, or obligation can fall to the lot of a human being than to become a physician “ University of Alabama at Birmingham Tinsley Harrison Internal Medicine Residency Program We are pleased to announce that the University of Alabama at Birmingham Internal Medicine Residency Program has been renamed the University of Alabama at Birmingham Tinsley Harrison … [Read More...]
Daniel P. Kelly, MD, Professor and Scientific Director of the Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute (SBMRI) at Lake Nona, Orlando, Florida will present this year's keynote address at the 28th Annual DOM Trainee Research Symposium. His presentation entitled Cardiac Fuel Switches as Therapeutic Targets in Heart Failure will be presented at the 12:00 noon Medical Grand Rounds on Wednesday, March … [Read More...]
Jing Jiang’s paper entitled "Inhibitory GH receptor extracellular domain monoclonal antibodies: three dimensional epitope mapping” was featured on the cover of Endocrinology's December 2011 issue. This paper has been selected as the Department of Medicine’s February 2012 Paper of the Month. … [Read More...]
The DOM Clinical Research Seminar is a one hour seminar where junior and senior faculty at UAB present their clinical research findings to the residents, fellows and faculty of the Department of Medicine. Vera Bittner, MD, Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, will present "HDL cholesterol - risk marker or treatment target?" at the February 27, 2012 CRS at 12:00 noon in West Pavilion Conference … [Read More...]
Using marijuana carries legal risks, but the consequences of occasionally lighting up do not include long-term loss of lung function, according to a new study in the Jan. 11, 2012, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. In 2009, 16.7 million Americans … [Read More...]
All trainees of the Department of Medicine: Residents (i.e. housestaff - PGY 1-3), Associate Fellows (i.e. subspecialty fellows - PGY 4-7), Post-doctoral Scholars (MD or PhD doing post-doctoral training in the Department of medicine), Graduate Students with Department of Medicine mentors (must be currently enrolled at UAB) are encouraged to submit one-page abstracts describing their original basic … [Read More...]
Policy for DOM Division Directors and Faculty Notification of Absences from UAB (January 2012)
A new DOM policy has been enacted to clarify the steps to be taken when DOM Division Directors and/or Faculty are away from UAB. All Division Directors should notify the Chairman’s Office, in advance, if they will be away from UAB either on vacation or official business. All Faculty should notify their Division Director, in advance, if they will be away from UAB either on vacation or official … [Read More...]
