News at USA Health

Deborah Browning, MSN, RN, CENP, has been named chief nursing officer for USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital.

USA Health cardiologists, as well as those from Mobile Heart Specialists, will have outpatient visits at the USA Health Building, located at 3290 Dauphin St.

Michael Chang, M.D., chief medical officer for USA Health, recently joined the Mobile County Board of Health. He was elected to serve as secretary for 2021.

Momentum for the first community-based clinic began to build after Yorktown’s minister, the Rev. Christopher Williams, connected with Natalie Fox, DNP, an assistant administrator and chief nursing officer for USA Health Physicians Group who is leading COVID-19 testing and vaccines efforts.

Six USA Health staff members were recognized this week with the Exceptional Citizenship Award by Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson.

Before the installation of the new machine, the next available appointment for a scan at one of our hospitals was longer than we wanted it to be. Now, the goal is to be able to schedule an appointment within just a few days.

Thousands of educators and school support staff signed up for appointments to receive the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine at the one-day clinic. See the gallery of photos.

In an opinion article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, leaders in the field of molecular pathology advocate for the standardization of gene product naming among medical professionals and scientists.

While most cases of cancer occur by chance, it’s estimated that 5 to 10 percent of cases can be linked to an inherited genetic variant that can be passed down from generation to generation.

Researchers at the Center for Healthy Communities at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine explored this topic and have published a report to answer two critical questions.

USA Health will host a mass vaccination event at the Mobile Civic Center from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 13, focusing on educators. All vaccine recipients will be required to have appointments.

USA Health hosted Brandon Fleming for its inaugural event to celebrate the significant societal contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to commemorate Black History Month.