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We are pleased to announce the most recent UAB Medicine DAISY Award, recognizing the extraordinary care and compassion that nurses provide for patients and families every day. Congratulations to Jessica Riddle, RN.

When you have an injury or procedure that affects how well you move, specialty care improves recovery and performance. UAB Medicine Physical Therapy at Dunnavant Valley is our newest clinic, providing Sports & Exercise Medicine services, physical therapy and rehabilitation for athletes and non-athletes alike. Whether you sprained your ankle playing basketball, had shoulder surgery, or just want to move better, we can help.

Many people are looking to supercharge their health, or simply lose weight, with one of the latest trends in nutrition — powders. Makers of these easy-to-mix nutrient products claim they provide all the essential vitamins needed while helping consumers to lose weight, but what do they do? How do they affect the body?

Most Americans meet their daily protein needs, but the real challenge lies in diversifying their sources, according to one University of Alabama at Birmingham nutrition researcher.

When Latrice Quinn walked through the doors of UAB Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology for the first time, she was not an employee but a patient. What she didn’t know then was that the compassionate care she received would inspire her to return, not as a patient, but as a vital part of the team, ensuring other mothers felt just as supported as she had.

Each year, UAB Spain Rehabilitation Center (SRC) selects a patient, former patient, or their family member for its Ambassador of Hope Award. This special honor goes to an individual with a disability or their family member whose courage and determination inspire hope in others facing the challenges of disability. UAB Medicine employee Darryl Walker is the 2024 recipient of the award.

We are pleased to announce that Nathaniel H. Robin, M.D., professor in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine Department of Genetics, has been appointed director of Clinical Genetics and Genomics Services at UAB Medicine.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has received the “Center of Excellence” designation from the Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP).

Each year, hundreds of patients visit the Amputee Clinic at UAB Spain Rehabilitation Center to be fit for prostheses after complications of diabetes, motor vehicle accidents and a wide range of other conditions. A new grant from UAB’s Health Services Foundation-General Endowment Fund awards program is funding the purchase of an advanced 3D printer that will allow those patients to receive their prostheses faster, at lower cost and with an even better fit, says the clinic’s director, Conley Carr, M.D. The printer will also produce custom orthoses for UAB patients needing braces after a stroke or other condition, he adds.

Marlena Smith, DNP, RN-BC, LSSGB, received the 2024 Cindajo Overton Outstanding Nurse Educator Award from the Alabama State Nurses Association (ASNA). Presented at the ASNA annual convention in October, the annual award recognizes excellence in teaching in an academic or service setting.

One Saturday morning in June, Jamie Smith, 47, began her shift at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital. What Smith thought would be a normal day led to her waking up in a hospital bed three days later.

A urogynecologist is a type of doctor who diagnoses and treats women with pelvic floor disorders (PFDs). The pelvic floor is the group of muscles, tissue, and organs below the stomach area that holds the pelvic organs in place. In women, these include the bladder, urethra, intestines, rectum, uterus, cervix, and vagina.