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University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Medicine
Birmingham, Alabama
Joined December 2021
👏 Kudos to @UABCardiology director and president-elect of the @American_Heart Birmingham Metro Board of Directors, @NicoleLohrMD, for being featured on @WBRCgoodday to raise awareness about heart disease—the leading cause of death in the U.S.! Great job, Dr. Lohr! @uabmedicine
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🎉 Let's give it up for @uabimres Drs. @S_Blankenship22, Katie Vickers, Pong Lertwilaiwittaya, and @UABMedPeds @ANicholsJDMD & Gillian Garver, on their induction into the @UABHeersink Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society for their commitment to medicine & academic excellence!
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👏 Please join us in congratulating @UABMedPeds resident Dr. @megweber_ on being named the 2025-2026 Med-Peds Chief. 🎉 This appointment recognizes her dedication to patients, learners, teams, and the residency program. Congrats, Dr. Weber!
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🎉 Kudos, to Dr. Selene Meza-Perez on being named the latest recipient of the @UABHeersink Featured Discovery Award. 🔬Her research explores how microbiota metabolism influences regulatory T-cell function in ovarian tumor metastasis. 👏 Great work!
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🎉 Join us in celebrating Dr. William Geisler, who has been named Assoc. Dean for Physician-Scientist Development in @UABHeersink. He will help lead efforts to enhance the training and development of UAB physician-scientists. 👏 Congrats, Dr. Geisler!
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👏 Congratulations to Dr. @hiteshbatra921 on receiving the 2024 Presidential Citation Award from the #AIPPD in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the education of interventional pulmonologists! @UABPulmonary
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🤗 Huge congrats to @DrTimmyLee1 for receiving the 2025 Marchase Interdisciplinary Research Award! 🎉 Honored for leadership in promoting collaboration and camaraderie across UAB. Ceremony in January. @UAB_NRTC
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🎉 Congrats to Dr. Mehra on receiving an HSF-GEF grant to enhance care for Equal Access Birmingham patients! The funding will improve lab capabilities, reduce repeat visits, and enable quicker medication decisions with new equipment and tech. @UABGIM
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👏 Congratulations to Dr. Marianthe Grammas on earning an HSF General Endowment Fund grant! This support will help the UAB House Calls team create a platform to train staff in delivering standardized, evidence-based home care. #HealthcareInnovation
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Dr. Doug Morgan and colleagues published three studies in @CEBP_AACR which help define the epidemiology of gastric cancer in Central America. Findings address a major health disparity in stomach cancer and shift the region's paradigm for cancer prevention.
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🎉 Join us in celebrating Dr. Amanda Anderson on receiving the @ASNKidney Mid-Career Distinguished Leader Award! This honor recognizes her leadership in research, education, and administration to reduce the burden of kidney disease. Congrats, Dr. Anderson! @UAB_NRTC @uabsoph
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@beyondqing and colleagues found that both patients with Crohn's disease and healthy infants show a strong antibody response to a common gut bacteria, suggesting failure to balance these bacteria early in life may increase the risk of Crohn's disease. 📕
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@UABHeersink Pictured: Best Clinical Department Awardees, IM Clerkship Education Coordinator Suzanne Gray, and Co-Directors Drs. Jeremey Walker, Rebekah Weil, and Win Williams.
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Recently @UABRheum hosted a reception at the @ACRheumDC conference. Check out this fun group! 📸 Drs. Cecilia Chung, Vivian Kawai, @SattuiSEMD, Angelo Gaffo, Graciela Alacon, Maria Danila, & Manuel Ugarte.
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🥳 Congrats to Dr. Chad Burski on his appointment to the Heersink Medical Education Committee! He’ll help oversee and review activities related to the undergraduate medical education curriculum. #MedicalEducation
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👏 Salute to Dr. Gabriela Oates who will serve as principal investigator for "Healthy Communities for a Tobacco-Free Future," an @ALPublicHealth initiative to prevent smoking and vaping among middle and high school students.
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We're excited to learn that Dr. Laura Rogers recently served on a multidisciplinary panel to develop the first consensus-based exercise guidelines aimed at advancing research and practice in cancer and aging. Kudos to Dr. Rogers and the team of advisors! 👏
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UAB's Undiagnosed Diseases Program, co-led by @martinr43087111 has earned a U01 award from the Undiagnosed Diseases Network to enhance the diagnostic abilities and expand the scope of UAB's program. Kudos to Dr. Rodriguez and colleagues! @UAB_ID
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👏 Kudos to Drs. Marianthe Grammas and @winterlw3 for receiving grants from the UAB Health Services Foundation General Endowment Fund for projects which seek to advance staff education in medical training and competency-based assessments through technology.
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