The trauma, acute care, and burn surgeon at USA Health and assistant professor of surgery at the Whiddon College of Medicine was recognized for her tireless dedication to her patients, her community, and public health advocacy.
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Jatinder Kumar, M.B.B.S., M.D., specializes in reconstructive procedures involving the urinary tract and certain reproductive organs. He will be the only reconstructive urologist on the upper Gulf Coast.
The multi-year grant will fund a comprehensive approach to improving healthcare access in underserved communities.
The new Whiddon College of Medicine building will provide state-of-the-art laboratory spaces that will create flexibility and efficiency for research today and in the future. It will also allow for expanding the class size of first-year medical students from 80 to 100, with the capability of increasing to 120 in the future, at the same time the nation faces a projected shortage of healthcare providers.
Vicki Curtis, M.S.N., RN, previously served as director of women’s services, overseeing development of the new Mother/Baby Unit and Women’s Complex Care, among other important initiatives.
Pediatrician Michael Strickland, M.D., is accepting new patients at USA Health offices in Mobile and Fairhope.
“The broader vision and mission of our study is to develop a minimally invasive blood test kit for early diagnostics, monitoring, and guiding therapeutic planning of triple-negative breast cancer patients.”
“The addition of these four ORs and hybrid OR suite will dramatically expand our ability to perform the most complex tertiary surgical procedures while also caring for our trauma patients.”
The two-day visit is sponsored by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the Society of Black Academic Surgeons.
Mitchell Cancer Institute researchers analyzed the impact of remote symptom monitoring for cancer patients.
In the new role, Marie Katz will oversee all marketing and communications efforts for USA Health and the Whiddon College of Medicine.
“If ever there was a question about why we do what we do, days like today answer that.”
Kevin Wong, D.O., is the only pediatric interventionalist on the Alabama Gulf Coast.
