UAB Medicine Leadership

UAB Health System

Isaac William (Will) Ferniany, PhD
Chief Executive Officer

Dawn Bulgarella
Chief Financial Officer

Cary Wahlheim, JD
University Counsel, UAB Office of Counsel

Don Lilly
Senior VP, Clinical Network Development

Brian Spraberry
Chief of Staff

Loring Rue, MD
Chief Medical Officer

David Randall
Senior VP, Strategy and Business Development

Reid Jones
Chief Operating Officer

Joan Hicks
Chief Information Officer

Patricia Pritchett, JD
Senior VP, UABHS Ambulatory Services
Executive VP, UA Health Services Foundation

Address:
UAB Health System
The John N. Whitaker Building
500 22nd Street South, Suite 408
Birmingham, Alabama 35233-3110
Phone: 205.975.5362

UA System

Ray L. Watts, MD – Chair
Chair, UAB Health System Board
President, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Selwyn M. Vickers, MD – Vice Chair
Dean and Senior Vice President
UAB School of Medicine

Dana Keith
Executive Vice Chancellor for Finance
The University of Alabama System

UA Trustee Public Appointees

Judge John H. England, Jr.
Circuit Court Judge
Tuscaloosa County Court House

Vanessa Leonard
Rockford, Alabama

Kenneth L. Vandervoort
Partner, Anniston Orthopardic Associates
Director, The Surgery Center

Stan Starnes
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
ProAssurance Corporation Birmingham, Alabama

James W. Wilson, III
Chairman and CEO
Jim Wilson & Associates, LLC

UA Health Services Foundation Ex Officio

Tony Jones, MD
Chief Physician Executive

Herbert Chen, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Seth Landefeld, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham

James Markert, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Alabama at Birmingham

UA Health Services Foundation Appointees

Charles Edward Adair
Partner
Cordova Ventures

Mark Crosswhite
CEO and President
Southern Company

James Outland
Partner
New Capital Partners

Charles D. Perry, Jr.
Principal
Highland Associates

Tim Lewis
President and CEO
TALA Professional Services

Non-voting Member
Doreen Harper
Dean
School of Nursing
University of Alabama at Birmingham

President

Keith A. (Tony) Jones, MD
Maurice S. Albin, M.D., Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Chief Physician Executive, UAB Health System

Public Members, Board of Directors

Charles Edward (Eddie) Adair
Partner
Kowaliga Capital

Jeffery A. Bayer
CEO/President
Bayer Properties

Mark Crosswhite
Chairman, President and CEO
Alabama Power Company

C.T. Fitzpatrick
Founding Partner, CEO
Vulcan Value Partners

Mimi Head
Chairman
Ram Tool

William E. (Bill) Horton
Senior Executive Vice President
Head of Commercial Banking
Regions Financial Corporation

Tim Lewis
President and CEO
TALA Professional Services

James Outland
Managing Partner
New Capital Partners

Charles D. Perry, Jr.
Principal
Highland Associates

Carl S. Thigpen
Executive Vice President
Chief Investment Officer
Protective Life Corporation

John Russell Thomas
Vice Chairman of the Board
USAmeriBank

Ex Officio Members

Herbert Chen, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Isaac William (Will) Ferniany, PhD
CEO
UAB Health System

Seth Landefeld, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Selwyn M. Vickers, MD
Dean and Senior Vice President
UAB School of Medicine

Faculty Board Member Appointees

Dean Assimos, MD Professor and Chair,
Department of Urology
University of Alabama Birmingham

Mitchell B. Cohen, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
University of Alabama Birmingham

James M. Markert, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
University of Alabama Birmingham

George J. Netto, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology
University of Alabama Birmingham

David G. Standaert, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Foundation Officers

Jason K. Daniel
Vice President
University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, P.C.

Michael F. Heckman
Chief Financial Officer
University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, P.C.