The UAB Department of Surgery is honored to welcome five faculty members in the month of September: Drs. Juliet Blaskeslee-Carter, Michael “Frank” Gleason, Luis Hidalgo, Victoria Huynh, and Erin White.

“From former trainees to new colleagues, it is an exciting time to welcome each of these phenomenal individuals to our department. We look forward to the impact they’ll have at UAB and beyond in pioneering patient care and research,” says Fay Fletcher Kerner Endowed Chair of the UAB Department of Surgery Herbert Chen, M.D.

Learn more about each new faculty member:

• Juliet Blakeslee-Carter, M.D., MPH, joined the UAB Division of Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy as an assistant professor. She completed medical school at Eastern Virginia Medical School and residency through the integrated vascular surgery program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. In her training at UAB, she also earned her Master of Public Health degree. Dr. Blakeslee-Carter is a member of the following societies: Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society; Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Society; Southern Association of Vascular Surgery; Society of Vascular Surgery; Association for Academic Surgery; and Association for Women in Surgery.
  
  
• Michael "Frank" Gleason, M.D., MSPH, has joined the UAB Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery as an assistant professor. He attended the UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine and matriculated to the UAB General Surgery Residency program. During his training, he also obtained a Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) degree. Dr. Gleason completed two fellowships following his residency - through the UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and the Veterans Affairs Quality Scholar Fellowship. During his training, he served on the UAB House Staff Council and the General Surgery Residency Education Committee. He was also a member of the UAB Sepsis Quality Improvement Team and the Dr. James Davies General Surgery Administrative Chief Resident Subcommittee. As a trainee, Dr. Gleason was awarded the UAB Trauma Resident of the Year and the UAB Acute Care Surgery Chief Resident of the Year. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
  
  
• Luis Hidalgo, Ph.D., is a clinical assistant professor in the UAB Department of Transplantation. Dr. Hidalgo is actively involved in leadership roles surrounding transplantation research. He is a member of the American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, where he has served as the chair of the Program Planning Committee and president. He has also served on the board of directors for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) and as an associate editor of the xenotransplantation section of Frontiers in Transplantation. He is board-certified by the American Board of Histocompatibility and Immunology.
  
  
• Victoria Huynh, M.D., has joined the UAB Division of Breast & Endocrine Surgery as an assistant professor. After attending medical school at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, she completed her general surgery residency at the University of Colorado and was a breast surgical oncology clinical research and quality improvement resident. She then completed a fellowship in breast surgical oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Huynh’s research interests include improving access to breast cancer care among the general population and special or disadvantaged populations.
  
  
• Erin White, M.D., MBS, MHS, has joined the UAB Division of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery as an assistant professor. After her undergraduate studies at California Institute of Technology, Dr. White earned a Master of Business and Science from Keck Graduate Institute. She then completed medical school at Frank H. Netter M.D. School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. Dr. White completed her general surgery residency at Yale New Haven Hospital. During her residency, she also completed a surgical education research fellowship with the Association of Surgical Education and earned a Master of Health Sciences from Yale School of Medicine. After her time at Yale, she completed specialized training as a burn surgery fellow and surgical critical care fellow at the University of Washington. Dr. White is a surgical education researcher specializing in competency-based medical education, with a particular focus on the implementation of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) in general surgery training. Her predominantly quantitative work explores feedback, assessment, and operative autonomy, with additional contributions to resident wellness in academic surgery.