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Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Professor and Vice Chair of Perioperative Services Melanie Morris, M.D., FACS, FASCRS, was elected to the Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine (HSOM) Faculty Council, effective January 2022.

The UAB Department of Surgery will travel to Orlando, Florida for the 17th Annual Academic Surgical Congress (ASC) Jan. 30-Feb. 3.

Assistant Professor Lily Gutnik, M.D., has been named associate scientist for the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center (MHRC) and the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB in the Cancer Control and Population Science program.

Baker (left) and Smithson (right)The UAB General Surgery Residency Program is pleased to congratulate Program Coordinator II Mario Baker on obtaining his Bachelors of Science in Information Systems and Resident Mary Smithson, M.D., M.S., on earning her Masters of Multidisciplinary Biomedical Sciences, with a concentration in genetics and genomics.

UAB General Surgery Residency Program Director Britney Corey, M.D., MACM, FACS, has named three new faculty as assistant program directors: Lily Gutnik, M.D., global surgery; Karin Hardiman, M.D., Ph.D., resident research; and George Yang, M.D., Ph.D., educational curriculum.

This month, Selwyn M. Vickers Endowed Scholar and Vice Chair of Health Services Research Daniel Chu, M.D., FACS, FASCRS, was featured in the SeamlessMD podcast episode, “Leveraging Digital Patient Engagement for ERAS & Health Literacy Strategies.”

One of the only programs of its kind, the UAB Department of Surgery Pre-College Research Internship for Students from Minority Backgrounds (PRISM) provides promising high school students, interested in careers in healthcare and medicine, with hands-on research experiences under the mentorship of surgeons and their peers.

Zain Hashmi, M.D., an assistant professor with the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, has been selected as one of five scholarship recipients by the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST).

Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Assistant Professor Robert Hollis, M.D., MSPH, has been named associate scientist for the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center (MHRC).

Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Assistant Professor Robert Hollis, M.D., MSPH, and Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Assistant Professor Jillian Richter, Ph.D., have been named co-directors of the Short-Term Research Experiences Advancing Medical Students (STREAMS).

The UAB Comprehensive Transplant Institute (CTI) has released its 2021 Annual Report for patients, providers, and the public to review. The report details the accomplishments of 2021 and is dedicated to the late Arnold Diethelm, M.D., a pioneer of transplantation.

Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery Assistant Professor Renata Jaskula-Sztul, Ph.D., has won her third NIH R21 grant in two years. The newest R21 grant will fund her project, “Targeted neuroendocrine cancer therapy using Verrucarin A.”

Division of Surgical Oncology Assistant Professor and Section Chief of Melanoma/Sarcoma Surgery Ashley Holder, M.D., FACS, has been named the recipient of the one of the most prominent awards in surgical research. Holder was awarded the 2022 American College of Surgeons’ George H. A. Clowes, Jr., M.D., FACS, Memorial Research Career Development Award.

General Surgery Administrative Chief Resident Rindi Uhlich, M.D., MSPH, was awarded the dedication award from the Legacy of Hope.

The Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery is pleased to announce their colorectal fellowship match with S. Thomas Kang, M.D.

Chief of the Section of Melanoma and Sarcoma Surgery, Ashley Holder, M.D., FACS, has been awarded a two-year Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) Career Development Award to support research efforts in the Holder Lab.

Surgical Critical Care Fellow Kavina Juneja, M.D., and General Surgery Resident Connie Shao, M.D., will present at the upcoming Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT) webinars.

The UAB Surgery DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion) Committee will host its first virtual Journal Club meeting on Dec. 16 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Each DEI virtual Journal Cub meeting will introduce a new article and a new drink.

UAB general surgery resident Marvi Tariq, M.D., has been selected as one of the recipients of the 2021 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Looking to the Future Resident Scholarship.

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Assistant Professor Panayotis Vardas, M.D., was elected Cardiac Chair of the Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society Program Committee.

The UAB Department of Surgery hosted several students in a COVID-safe environment to teach a suturing skills workshop to students in the UAB chapter of the Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students (MAPS) organization.

Associate Professor Daniel Chu, M.D., MSPH, FACS, FASCRS, has been named Vice Chair of Health Services Research and Selwyn M. Vickers Endowed Scholar in the UAB Department of Surgery.

UAB Medicine Office of Patient Experience and Engagement (OPXE) has recognized 16 Department of Surgery providers in the 2021 list of “Top-Performing” providers.

General Surgery Resident Adam Lucy, M.D., has been voted into the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) Clinical and Health Services Research Committee during phase one of the committee selection.

Division of Pediatric Surgery Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Colin Martin, M.D., FACS, has been named the president-elect of the medical staff at Children’s of Alabama.

The UAB Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery has a unique connection with the military. Twelve faculty members are either veterans or active duty military.

The UAB Department of Surgery is pleased to welcome Assistant Professor Lily Gutnik. M.D., and Clinical Instructor Salila Hashmi, M.D., to the Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery and the Division of Surgical Oncology, respectively.