Tomorrow morning! 🌞 Associate Professor Dr. Jillian Richter will be giving a Grand Rounds lecture at 7:15 at Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium and via Zoom. Register for the Zoom here: bit.ly/3AIzIxu #SurgicalGrandRounds #traumaresearch UAB Surgery

This morning Associate Professor Jill Richter gave a Grand Rounds on Endotheliopathy in Trauma and Critical Illness! #traumaresearch #endotheliopathy #traumamedicine UAB Surgery

It's Match Day for trauma fellowships! We're pleased to announce our matches for our Trauma & Surgical Critical Care Fellowship for 2025-26: Drs. Kemp Anderson, Erin Burton, & Taylor Wallen: see y'all next year in Birmingham! bit.ly/3Xo54ly UAB Surgery KerbyJD 🟧

From UAB to Afghanistan: read how a U.S. Air Force Special Operations Surgical Team - that's embedded at UAB Hospital - saved lives during the last days of the War in Afghanistan. bit.ly/3T7iEaw Omar Rokayak, DO, FACS Air Force Special Operations Command Air Force Special Tactics UAB Medicine UAB Heersink School of Medicine

In conversation with American College of Surgeons, our Division Director & Chair of the ACS Committee on Trauma KerbyJD 🟧 discusses how to address equitable access to care for #ruraltrauma patients. ACS COT UAB Surgery #traumasurgery #traumadesert #traumamedicine

A conference with a side of adventure! ⛰️ KerbyJD 🟧 and Dr. John Holcomb presented at Panamericanadetrauma and hiked Machu Picchu in Peru! #PanamericanTrauma #SPT2024

We will have 4 new fellows starting our Trauma & Surgical Critical Care Fellowship for 2025-26: Drs. Kemp Anderson, Erin Burton, Aubrey Schachter, & Taylor Wallen: see y'all next year in B'ham! bit.ly/3Xo54ly Taylor Wallen Kemp Anderson Aubrey Schachter, MD KerbyJD 🟧

UAB in Vegas ✈️ at the Eiffel Tower Restaurant last night 🍽️ We’re excited for a full week at #AAST2024! AAST UAB Surgery Zain Hashmi Rondi Beth Gelbard KerbyJD 🟧 Emily Baird Adam Lucy, MD MSHQS

UAB Surgery resident Adam Lucy, MD MSHQS gave a paper presentation this morning at #AAST2024 - Standardized electronic orders decrease opioid use in emergency general surgery Great job, Dr. Lucy! UAB Surgery AAST

Great presentation yesterday about the Trauma Survivors Network - and the amazing impact having a TSN at your hospital can make! 🏥 American Trauma Society Trauma Survivors Network

Assistant Professor Zain Hashmi gave a poster presentation today at #AAST2024: “The Increasing National Burden of Potentially Preventable Deaths Due to Hemorrhage” UAB Surgery AAST #traumaresearch #traumasystems

Associate Professor Rondi Beth Gelbard presented a poster today at #AAST2024: “Microbial Bioburden and Diversity are Associated with Differential Complication Groups and Recovery Following Abdominal Trauma” UAB Surgery AAST #traumaresearch #abdominaltrauma

From Birmingham, AL to Kabul, AFG in 48 hrs... 🏥 6 active-duty members from UABTrauma - making up an elite SOST - were deployed to the front lines in 2021 to assist in the evacuation efforts. Read the full story here: bit.ly/3T7iEaw. UAB Heersink School of Medicine | Air Force Medicine

Our UAB Surgery Military Match resident Cpt. Emily Baird presented a paper AND was a panelist at the #AAST2024 Fallen Surgeons Military Educational Symposium. She was also awarded the Always Remember Scholarship. We’re proud of you Dr. Baird! AAST #militarymatch

"The secret of quality is love.…. If you have love, you can then work backward to monitor and improve the system." - Dr. Donabedian KerbyJD 🟧 - our Division Director & Chair of the COT presented this morning on QA & PI at #AAST2024 AAST WCTC ACS COT

At the AAST Banquet: led by Molly Jarman, here is our 'Mitigating Injury Disparities with Equitable Trauma System Design' team: Alexander Ordoobadi, MD Zain Hashmi CSPH

Quickshot presentation by Zain Hashmi on perceived barriers to implementing teletrauma after surveying trauma surgeons & ED docs #AAST2024 #traumaresearch #teletrauma AAST UAB Surgery

Dr. Jonathan Black has been selected for UAB's Health Leadership Academy Class of 2025! Black is Associate Principal of the Clinical Transformation Office, & helps solve challenging healthcare delivery problems within the health system. bit.ly/4dM9Mj9

"Care on the Battlefield – Crossroads of Military & Civilian Trauma Systems" Col Jennifer Gurney, M.D. - Chief of the Joint Trauma System - shared a wealth of knowledge & experience at our Trauma & Burn Lectureship Grand Rounds about improving tactical combat casualty care.

Those who are considering donating blood may be curious about what to expect. Experts at UAB Hospital answer five common questions about blood donation. Blood donation: Five things you need to know go.uab.edu/3zuEoGR