@UABSurgery

We are the official Twitter handle of the Department of Surgery at The University of Alabama at Birmingham.

 Birmingham, Alabama
uab.edu/medicine/surgery/
Joined August 2014
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📢: The UAB Department of Surgery is currently accepting applications for a Program Coordinator II role in the Office of the Chair. Learn about the position and apply today: bit.ly/4hP8XJD.
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The UAB Department of Surgery is honored to announce the addition of four new faculty: Dr. Carlos Fairen Oro, Dr. Natalie O’Neill, Dr. Emily M. Smith, and Dr. Roh Yanagida. Help us welcome them! 🎉 Learn more about each faculty member here: bit.ly/4zJLHE1.
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Dr. Juliet Blakeslee-Carter, assistant professor in the UAB Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, has been selected to receive a Medical Education Innovation Award from the UAB Heersink School of Medicine. Read more about her work: bit.ly/3VDnII2.
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We had the best time celebrating our outstanding UAB Dept. of Surgery staff and their many accomplishments at our annual UAB Surgery Staff Town Hall! From honoring the 2026 Moore-McDougal Staff Excellence award winners to sharing lunch together, it was an afternoon of smiles!
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📢: The UAB Department of Surgery is currently accepting applications for a Program Coordinator II role in the Office of the Chair. Learn about the position and apply today: bit.ly/4hP8XJD.
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Several UAB Dept. of Surgery pediatric surgical specialties ranked in the top 50 nationally – including cardiology and heart surgery, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, and pulmonology and lung surgery. Learn about their life-changing work: bit.ly/4dfT9hr.
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“I think of myself as a jack of all trades,” UAB Surgery Research Program Manager II Damian Schwartz says. “Someone who's acquired a lifetime of assorted knowledge - and that's very useful.” Read about his career in the dept. that began when he was 21: bit.ly/4yypglc.
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It's time to announce our annual promotions for the UAB Dept. of Surgery! 🎉 Help us congratulate Drs. James Donahue, Lily Gutnik, Zain Hashmi, Robert Hollis, Joshua Richman, Jarrad Rowse, Robert Sorabella, Danielle Sutzko, and Jon P. Winkler. Read more: bit.ly/4hXAnhu.
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The @uabmedicine Leadership Development Office is proud to celebrate the 14 faculty members in its ninth cohort of Sharing Authentically to Inspire and Lead (SAIL)! Learn more about the ninth SAIL cohort here: uab.edu/medicine/news/latest…
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The UAB Dept. of Surgery is proud to celebrate the latest research accomplishments of its faculty, trainees, and staff. Over the past few months, members of the dept. contributed to a robust body of scholarship published across leading journals. 📰: bit.ly/4xWnCZx
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It's been another great @AmCollSurgeons Clinical Congress and @AASA1org Annual Conference! From presentations to connecting with colleagues, we're so grateful for the experience and the many memories we'll take back to Birmingham! Safe travels, everyone!
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We're celebrating a few of our new @amcollsurg fellows, who were recognized at #ACSCC26! Congratulations, Drs. Samantha Baker and Margaux Mustian! 🎉 #UABatACSCC2026
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Packing your suitcase for #UABatACSCC2026 #ACSCC26? We have your go-to UAB guide for this year's Clinical Congress! ✈️ Read up before you board your flight: bit.ly/4ymBHjx.
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Dr. Jacqueline Garonzik Wang was recognized as the Arnold G. Diethelm Endowed Chair in Transplantation Surgery at a school-wide endowment reception earlier this week. Help us congratulate her and learn more about the endowment: bit.ly/4xLpl3I.
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We’re honored to welcome the @AmJSurgery Best Practices in Endocrine Surgery Summit to UAB today! More than 100 endocrine surgeons and trainees will gather to discuss and publish reviews in the Journal on three emerging topics in the field.
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Join us in welcoming Dr. Piyush Kumar Sharma and Dr. Erin Burton as new faculty members in the UAB Department of Surgery! Learn more about their clinical and research interests here: bit.ly/4yBEAwJ.
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Dr. Paige Porrett has been named the latest recipient of the Featured Discovery award for her recent work that examines why pre-eclampsia tends to be more common in women who have received an organ transplant. Learn more here: bit.ly/4xjWwuZ.
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On 9/11, Center for Injury Science Senior Manager Shannon Stephens was in New York for a conference. An experienced paramedic, he volunteered to help survivors. “You are trained to go into a chaotic environment, and you try to prioritize care.” His story, on @WBRCnews. Link below
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“You are trained to go into a chaotic environment, and you try to prioritize care," shares UAB Center for Injury Science Senior Manager Shannon Stephens, who volunteered to help survivors on 9/11. See the full post below to learn more about his experience 25 years ago today:
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‘I’m a paramedic from Birmingham, can we help?’: Alabama paramedic reflects on helping 9/11...

UAB executive director Shannon Stephens was attending a medical conference in New York when the towers fell. Without hesitation, he headed straight toward Ground Zero to help with the rescue and...

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Congrats to UAB General Surgery Resident Dr. Andrada Diaconescu, who received a $1,500 Career Enhancement Award to attend a course at the Association for Academic Surgery's meeting this fall. Learn more about her future training here: bit.ly/46E0Qu1.
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