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Spotlight on Knowledge

• UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center Director Honored as Humanitarian

  Edward E. Partridge, M.D., director of the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, is the recipient of the American Cancer Society’s prestigious 2013 national Humanitarian Award.

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• $80 Helmet Makes Lung Transplant Possible

  Medical professionals at UAB took a new technology, added some ingenuity, inventiveness and a plastic helmet, and enabled a 29-year-old cystic fibrosis patient Brandon Rylant to get a life-saving lung transplant.

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• UAB RNICU Extends Global Outreach in Adoption of Zambian RNICU

  A UAB nursing leadership program hosting students from across the globe led to a connection between UAB's RNICU and the NICU in Lusaka, Zambia. Read more about UAB's outreach efforts.

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• UAB Gains National Accreditation for Bariatric Center

  The center has been reaccredited as a Level 1 facility under the Bariatric Surgery Center Network Accreditation Program. This accreditation demonstrates the surgery center’s commitment to delivering the highest quality care.

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• UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Adds Laser Technology to Cataract Surgery

  Callahan is adding a new option for removing cataracts with a refractive cataract laser called the LenSx®. The system is an advanced technology that provides unmatched precision and computer control.

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• UAB Installs Most Powerful Cyclotron at Any US Academic Medical Center

  UAB has installed a one-of-a-kind cyclotron, a particle accelerator that makes protons collide with a target on the way to making medical imaging agents for clinical and research applications.

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• Digestive Health Center Manages Lifestyle, Not Just Disease

  The newly created Digestive Health Center’s top priority is helping patients manage their lifestyle and digestive disease. So when 24-year-old Laura Chambliss was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, she turned to the experts at UAB.

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• UAB Wins 10 Parents’ Choice Awards

  UAB took top spots in three categories—Best Family-Friendly Company, Best Birthing Suite, and Best Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)—in Alabama Baby & Child and Birmingham Magazine’s joint 2013 Parent’s Choice Awards.

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• UAB Nurses Keep it in the Family at Women & Infants Center

  UAB’s Women & Infants Center celebrated its third anniversary this year, but has had even more to celebrate over the last year thanks to the many babies born to our own nurses.

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• UAB Nurses Are More Than Just RNs, They Are RN+

  UAB nurses are swift and sure in crisis; calm and comforting when peace is sought. They are so much more than the sum of their duties. Find out why UAB nurses are not just RNs.

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• UAB OBGYN and Maternity Care Expands to Hoover

  The expert care you’ve come to expect from UAB Women & Infants Services is coming to Hoover. Beginning April 22, UAB OB/GYN will bring its nationally ranked OB/GYN care to the current UAB Medicine Hoover location.

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• UAB's Critical Care Transport Celebrates 30 Years of Service

  From removing babies from the dangers of a hurricane to traveling around the world to safely transport a patient, UAB designed the Critical Care Transport to provide advanced care to very sick patients during transfer to UAB.

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• Charles and Charlie: A Story of Coping with Brain Cancer

  This is the story of a very tough man. It is also one of despair, hope and a loving family coping with a deadly disease. It is the amazing journey of Charles Turk and a rare piebald fawn called Charlie.

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• Repair Leaky Heart Valves Without Open-Heart Surgery

  Louise Calhoun could not walk more than a few feet before needing to rest when leaks formed around a replacement mitral heart valve. UAB cardiologists – the only in Alabama – repaired the leaks and gave back her independence.

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• My Journey - Veronique

  A medical scare and the desire to turn her life around helped Veronique Zimmerman-Brown, PhD, an instructor in the UAB School of Education, make the decision to seek help and lose nearly 130 pounds.

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• Love Your Legs

  Do you suffer from some form of venous disease, such as spider or varicose veins? Show your legs some love this summer by contacting the UAB Vein Clinic. Learn more about cosmetic and minimally invasive treatment options.

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• First in U.S. to Test New Emphysema Procedure

  A UAB patient became the first person in America to undergo an investigational therapy that uses a foam sealant sprayed into the lungs as a potential method of reducing lung volume in patients with severe emphysema.

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• Packing Lunches Can Save Your Waistline & Cash

  Going out for lunch can be a good break, but it comes with drawbacks. UAB experts say dining out during the work day can be expensive and unhealthy. Check out these simple tips that can make lunchtime healthier for the body, mind and bank account.

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