News at USA Health

The 10,000 square foot, two-story building at 2505 Old Shell Rd. will bring the internal medicine providers back to the neighborhood where it began in 1982.

Jon Simmons, M.D., associate professor of surgery and pharmacology at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine recently graduated from the Harvard Medical School Surgical Leadership Program.

Residents from the USA Health department of pathology recently presented at the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, and the College of American Pathologists (CAP) annual meeting in Orlando, Florida.

Xiangming Zha, Ph.D., associate professor of physiology and cell biology at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, was one of five faculty members recently awarded the 2019 USA College of Medicine Faculty Intramural Grants Research Award.

James Toldi, D.O., assistant professor of family medicine at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine and sports family medicine physician with USA Health, will present on USA Health’s Comprehensive Concussion Awareness and Treatment Program at the 47^th Annual North American Primary Care Research Group Conference in Toronto on Nov. 17.

For Brad Clay, M.D., his goal is to help people get back to enjoying the activities they love. The sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon grew up extensively involved in athletics and knew his love of medicine and sports would ultimately forge his passion in life.

The organization, the USA Military Medicine Interest Group, has already held a network event and is establishing a relationship with Veterans Recovery Resources in Mobile, a nonprofit that provides mental wellness programs to veterans.

Richard Menger, M.D., MPA, assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine and chief of complex spine surgery at USA Health has been named to the North American Spine Society (NASS) SpineLine’s 20 under 40 list for 2019.

Natalie Bauer, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmacology at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, was recently among one of five faculty members to receive the 2019 USA College of Medicine Faculty Intramural Grants Research Award. The award, which provides funds through an annual competition, targets five full-time basic science faculty members.

Now a second-year medical student at the University of South Alabama, Aggen managed to find his way to a future he envisioned on his hardest days. A little guidance from someone who had been where he’d been would have made it a lot easier.

Christopher Keel, D.O., a urologist with University Urology and adjunct assistant professor of surgery at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, presented at the October Med School Café.

Students from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine recently attended a simulation lab on neuro lumbar punctures. When the students entered, a mid-section of a manikin was on the examination table. Jose Sanchez, M.D., a second-year neurology resident with USA Health, quizzed the students about the procedure as they entered.