Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest
Biography
Dr. Michael "Frank" Gleason joined the UAB Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery in September 2025 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.
Selected Publications
Hu P, Uhlich R, Gleason F, Kerby J, Bosarge P. Impact of Initial Temporary Abdominal Closure in Damage Control Surgery. World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 2018 13:43
Gleason F, Malone E, Wood L, Baker SJ, Hollis RH, Richman JS, Chu DI, Lindeman BL. The Job Demands-Resources Model as a Framework to Identify Factors Associated with Burnout in Surgical Residents. Journal of Surgical Research. 2020 March; 247:121-127
Gleason F, Baker SJ, Wood T, Wood L, Hollis RH, Chu DI, Lindeman BL. Emotional Intelligence and Burnout in Surgical Residents: A 5-year Study. Journal of Surgical Education. 2020 November; 77(6):e63-e70
Mullins HC, Gleason F, Wood T, Baker SJ, Cortez AR, Lovasik B, Sandhu G, Cooper A, Hildreth AN, Simmons JD, Delman KA, Lindeman BL. Do Internal or External Characteristics More Reliably Predict Burnout in Resident Physicians: A Multi-institutional Study. Journal of Surgical Education. 2020 October 17.
Gleason F, Feng K, Herby I, Shorten A, Chu DI, Parmar AD. Patient, Nurse, Medical Assistant, and Surgeon Perspectives Inform the Development of a Decision Support Tool for Inguinal Hernia Surgery: A Qualitative Analysis. American Journal of Surgery. 2021 Jan 13
Gleason F, Chu DI, Kennedy GD, Kenzik KM. Early Elective Surgery After Colon Cancer Diagnosis has Higher Risk of Readmission and Death. Annals of Surgery. 2021 February 1.
Gleason F, Wei B. Commentary: In With The New: Three-Dimensional Surface Imaging for Pectus Excavatum. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021 September
Baker SJ, Gleason F, Lovasik B, Sandhu G, Cortez A, Hildreth A, Cooper A, Simmons J, Delman KA, Lindeman B. Relationship between burnout and mistreatment: Who plays a role? American Journal of Surgery. 2021 December.
Sollie ZW, Gleason F, Donahue JM, Wei B. Evolution of Technique and Results After Permanent Open Repair for Pectus Deformities. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Techniques. 2022 January 19.
Irfan A, Gleason F, Reddy S, Heslin MJ, Rose JB. Resection Versus Observation for Small (≤2cm) Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. The American Surgeon. 2022 September 22.
Barnes GA, Baker SJ, Cortez AR, Lovasik B, Sandhu G, Cooper A, Hildreth AN, Simmons JD, Delman KA, Gleason F, Lindeman BL. A Therapeutic Intervention for Burnout in General Surgery Residents. Global Surgical Education – Journal of the Associated of Surgical Education. 2023 January 23.
Gleason, F, Wei, B. Sublobar Resections: Indications and Approaches. Thoracic Surgery Clinics. 2023 May. Gleason, F, Baker SJ, Gleason L, Wei B, Donahue J. Patient factors related to patient engagement technology (PET) usage in thoracic surgery. The American Journal of Surgery. 2023 October 24.
Honors & Awards
JASONS Senior Honor Society of the University of Alabama (2010)
National Institute of Health T35 Summer Research Scholarship (2013)
The Association of Program Directors in Surgery 2020 Meeting “Best Resident Paper” for ‘Emotional Intelligence and Burnout in Surgical Residents: A 5-year Study’ (2020)
Featured Article in Annals of Surgery for ‘Early Elective Surgery After Colon Cancer Diagnosis has Higher Risk of Readmission and Death' (2020)
University of Alabama at Birmingham Trauma Resident of the Year (2022)
University of Alabama at Birmingham Acute Care Surgery Chief Resident of the Year (2023)
Education
Medical School
University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine
Graduate School
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH)
Residency
University of Alabama at Birmingham
General Surgery Residency
Fellowship
Veterans Affairs Quality Scholar Fellowship
Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Contact
Campus Address
719 Zeigler Research Building
Phone
Patient Appointments and Questions:
Academic Office:
Email
mfgleason@uabmc.edu