Timmy Lee, M.D., MSPH, will become the next division director of the UAB Division of Nephrology, effective July 1. He will lead more than 180 staff, faculty, and trainees in providing patient care, training nephrologists and kidney scientists, and advancing discoveries to improve kidney health. Lee succeeds Orlando Gutiérrez, M.D., MMSc, who assumed several senior leadership roles in the Heersink School of Medicine last March. Congratulations, Dr. Lee, on your appointment.

Good News for April 11, 2025

Community Grant Advances POTA Academy to Phase Two

Sylvia Huang, Ph.D., associate professor in the Division of GGPC, received a Women’s Breast Health Fund grant extension to begin phase two of the Psychosocial Oncology Training Academy (POTA 2.0) to enhance interpersonal clinician education and supportive care for breast cancer survivors and their families.

Vaughan Elected Chair of ACGME Residency Review Committee

Brooks Vaughan, M.D., professor of EDM, was elected chair of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Residency Review Committee. He will help guide the development of accreditation standards for graduate medical education, residency, and fellowship programs.

Solomon Serves as Chair of BRR

George Solomon, M.D., associate professor in PACCM, has been selected chair of the COPD Foundation's Bronchiectasis & NTM Research Registry to support collaborative research and assist in the planning of multicenter clinical trials for the treatment of non-CF bronchiectasis, nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease, and persistent bacterial bronchitis.

😊👏 DOM Warmly Welcomes...

We are pleased to welcome Assistant Professor Andrea Lill, M.D., to the the Divison of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care. She joins us from the University of New Mexico Senior Health Center specializing in geriatric care. We're thrilled to have you, Dr. Lill!