James Sommerville McLester, M.D., Chair (1945-1949)
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Undergraduate: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL Medical School: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Resident Training: Philadelphia Polyclinic and College for Graduate Medicine, Philadelphia, PA |
Tinsley R. Harrison, M.D., Chair (1950-1957)
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Undergraduate: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Resident Training: Peter Bent Brigham, Boston, Europe, MA Fellowship Training: General Education Board, Europe |
Walter Benedict Frommeyer, Jr., M.D., Chair (1957-1969)
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Undergraduate: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH Medical School: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH Resident Training: Cincinnati General Hospital, Cincinnati, OH Fellowship Training: Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston, MA |
T. Joseph Reeves, M.D., Chair (1969-1973)
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Undergraduate: Baylor University, Waco, TX Medical School: Baylor University, Waco, TX Resident Training: Parkland Hospital, Dallas, TX Fellowship Training: University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL; Queen Elizabeth Hospital, England |
Thomas N. James, M.D., Chair (1973-1981)
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Undergraduate: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA Medical School: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA Resident Training: Henry Ford, Detroit, MI Fellowship Training: Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI |
Charlie William Scott, Jr., M.D., (Acting) Chair (1981-1982)
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Undergraduate: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL Medical School: Medical College of Alabama, Birmingham, AL Resident Training: University of Alabama Hospitals, Birmingham, AL Fellowship Training: University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, AL |
J. Claude Bennett, M.D., Chair (1982-1993)
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Undergraduate: Samford University, Birmingham, AL Medical School: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Resident Training: University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL Fellowship Training: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
William E. Dismukes, M.D., (Acting) Chair (1993-1995 and 2005-2006)
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Undergraduate: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL Medical School: Medical College of Alabama, Birmingham, AL Resident Training: Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, MA Fellowship Training: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA |
William J. Koopman, M.D., Chair (1995-2006)
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Undergraduate: Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA Medical School: Harvard University, Boston, MA Resident Training: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Fellowship Training: National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD |
Edward Abraham, M.D., Chair (2006-2011)
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Undergraduate: Stanford University, Stanford, CA Medical School: Stanford University, Stanford, CA Resident Training: University of California Los Angeles, CA Emergency Medicine Training: UCLA Hospital, Los Angeles, CA Critical Care Medicine Training: UCLA Hospital, Torrance, CA Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow: Pasteur Institute, Paris, France |
Anupam Agarwal, M.D., (Acting) Chair (2011-2012)
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Medical School: Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore University, India Resident Training: Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India Fellowship Training: University of Minnesota Hospital & Clinic, Minneapolis, MN; College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
C. Seth Landefeld, M.D., Chair (2012-2024)
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Undergraduate: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA and Oxford University, Oxford, UK Medical School: Yale University, New Haven, CT. Resident Training: University of California San Francisco Fellowship Training: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
Mark Dransfield, M.D., Chair (2025-Present)
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Medical School: University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC Resident Training: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL Fellowship Training: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL |