Stone will report to Jolene King, assistant vice president of Facilities Administration and Environmental Health & Safety, who says she looks forward to Stones leadership in bringing the relevant safety groups together. Dr. Blanton came to UAB from the University of Memphis. March 1, 2008: Dr. David R. Klock became fifthdean of the School of Business. August 5, 2014: John M. Meador, Jr., became the inaugural dean of UAB Libraries upon the administrative merger of UAB's two libraries, the Mervyn H. Sterne Library and the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences. February 8, 2013: Dr. Anupam Agarwal, director of the Division of Nephrology, was named as interim Senior Vice President for Medicine and dean of the School of Medicine following the appointment of Dean Ray L. Watts as the seventh president of UAB. Dr. Leland C. Clark was elected first president. Drs. September 1, 1962: Dr. Joseph F. Volker became second vice president for Health Affairs. March 5, 1997: Dr. Mary Lynne Capilouto was named interim dean of the School of Dentistry. Derek J. Tarr, head coach of the Blazers, also won the Conference Coach of the Year award for the sixth consecutive year. 1990: The first annual Step Show was held at UAB. May 31, 1952: The School of Dentistry graduated its first class. September 12, 1975: The School of Optometry Building was dedicated. The clinic was operated by the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Department of Family and Community Medicine. Wdowiak, who died in 2013, was a member of the NASA Mars Exploration Rover Project and operated the Mossbauer spectrometers onboard the Spirit and Opportunity rover missions. June 22, 1990: UAB Vaccine Center was established. He is married and has three adult children. Enrollment increases were seen at the undergraduate (6.18 percent), masters (10.51 percent), and doctoral (4.36 percent) levels. Cranford had been a student athlete on the inaugural Blazer tennis team. October 1948: A separate library was established for the School of Dentistry. Phone: 205-934-WORK (9675) September 1959: A groundbreaking ceremony was held for Fort Mortimer H. Jordan Alabama National Guard 109th Evacuation Hospital Armory. Nowak joined the hospital's administrative staff in 1981 and held diverse and increasingly responsible positions, including executive director for the past four years. October 14, 1994: School of Optometry Building was renamed the Henry B. Peters Building in honor of the school's founding dean. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICEErin Yarbrough, MBA Associate Vice President of Clinical OperationsCody Creekmore, MBA, RN Director, Hospital MedicineUNIT AND DIVISION LEADSBrandon Bringuel, MD Medical Director, UAB Hospital at HomeJoshua Burkhart, MD HSP3 Lead PhysicianAmy Cheng, MD HSP4 Lead PhysicianTeresa Cornelius, MD, MPH Night Lead PhysicianJustin Glasgow, MD, PhD, SFHM Associate Chief Quality Officer, SepsisGerman Henostroza, MD Global Health Fellowship Co-DirectorKim Kasparian, CRNP APP Education LeadJessica Kempton, MD Director, Integrated Practice ModelCourtney LoIacono, MSN, CRNP Advanced Practice Provider Manager/Lead Nurse PractitionerEmily Mai, MD HSP2 Lead PhysicianDavid McCollum, MD P9 Lead Physician, Clinical Director of Practice TransformationKyndal McKnight MD Central Venous Line Task Force; Medical Director, CVAT; Director, UAB Procedure ServiceJill Neely, MD Global Health Fellowship Co-DirectorLaura Nye, MD Interim Chief of Hospital Medicine, Director of HighlandsJames Oliver, MD Vice Chief Clinical OperationsTimothy Peters, MD Education Director, Physician Advisor for Care TransitionsAshley Smith, MD Quality Officer, UAB Hospital Medicine619 19th Street SouthBirmingham, Alabama 35249(205) 975-0512. October 1963: Computer Research Laboratory opened in the former Life of Georgia Insurance Building. The first production of the newly renamed program was Martin Dubermans play In White America.. 1974: The Veterans Administration Regional Medical Education Center established as one of only three such centers in the nation. October 1968: For the fall term, history faculty member Dr. Jack D. L. Holmes offered a course in African American history. July 1984: The UAB Benevolent Fund was established. March 6, 1968: Rust Research Center groundbreaking was held. July 25, 1964: Samuel Earle G. Hobbs was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. September 1971: Dr. Jerry D. Young became first dean of the School of Business. M.D., co-director of the Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Program. December 1, 1978: Drs. The event was sponsored by the International Student Association and association president Khalil Jarrar. October 18, 1995: Blaze the dragon was unveiled as the new UAB mascot, the university's fourth. Thomas C. Seals became the first Chief of Police. The space at Legion Field would be used for three years until football operations were moved to an on-campus site. Dr. Benoit came to UAB from Ohio University. August 9, 1962: Groundbreaking was held for the Engineering Building. 1990: Dr. Victor J. Matukas was named fifth dean of the School of Dentistry after having served as interim dean since November 16, 1989. He came to UAB from Virginia Commonwealth University. September 18, 1998: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the University Transportation Center, a joint effort of all three of the System's three campuses. of Pediatrics. Emergency needs are addressed immediately as they become known. June 2017: The Campus Recreation Center at UAB hosted the racquetball competition during the 30th National Senior Games. Endowed Chair of Vascular SurgeryDirector of Quality and Associate Chief Medical Quality Officer, CTI, Areas of Interestcomplex aortic disease, including aortic dissection, suprarenal and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, device development, outcomes research, ProfessorDirector, Division of Pediatric SurgeryJoseph M. Farley Endowed Chair in Pediatric SurgerySurgeon-in-Chief, Childrens of Alabama, Areas of Interestanorectal malformation, Hirschsprungs disease, bowel management, congenital anomalies, thoracic defects and minimally invasive surgery, ProfessorDirector, Division of Cardiothoracic SurgeryJohn W. Kirklin Endowed Chair of Cardiovascular SurgerySurgical Director, Cardiovascular Operating RoomDirector, UAB Cardiovascular Institute, Areas of Interestadult cardiac surgery, cardiac valvular disease, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, outcomes research, ProfessorDirector, Division of Plastic SurgeryBruce F. Connell M.D., Endowed Chair in Plastic Surgery, Areas of Interestabdominoplasty, aesthetic surgery, body contouring, breast reduction and mastopexy procedures, complex wound healing problems including pressure sores, liposuction, trunk contouring after gastric bypass, Associate ProfessorJames P. Hayes, Jr., Endowed Professor in Gastrointestinal OncologyDirector, Division of Surgical Oncology, Areas of Interestpancreatic cancer, hepatobiliary malignancies, immunology and stromal biology, ProfessorDirector, Division of Gastrointestinal SurgeryJohn H. Blue Chair of General SurgeryCancer Network Director, ONeal Cancer Service Line, Areas of Interestcolon cancer, rectal cancer, anal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, benign conditions of colon, rectum and anus, endoscopic treatment of colonic disease, chemoprevention, ProfessorBrigham Family Endowed Professor in Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Director, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Areas of Interesttrauma, surgical critical care, acute care surgery, pre-hospital emergency care, ProfessorDirector, Division of Breast and Endocrine SurgeryKirby I. August 1999: Dr. Shirley Salloway Kahn named first vice president for Development, Alumni and External Relations. 2014: An area on the planet Mars was named for Dr. Thomas Wdowiak, a former professor of physics at UAB. March 21, 1994: The Samuel Ullman Museum on 15th Avenue South opened as a UAB facility dedicated to Birmingham educational reformer and poet Samuel Ullman. 1996: Dr. Stephen A. Szygenda became fourth dean of the School of Engineering. November 11, 2004: Dr. William J. Koopman presented the forty-first Distinguished Faculty Lecture, Leadership in Academic Medicine.. It 1972 it would officially be renamed as UAB Commedia. 1973: UAB became Birmingham's second largest employer. September 12, 1912: The trustees of the proprietary Birmingham Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical College transferred all land, buildings, and equipment to The University of Alabama Board of Trustees, who agreed to continue the school until the enrolled students completed their studies. AEIVA was opened to the public on the following day. 2011 Chief Nephrology Fellow, Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University In 2003 the FBI would arrest an individual for the bombing of the clinic and for the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1996. The patient was a five-year old boy from Alabama. Previously, festivities had been held in conjunction with the basketball season. In 1945 the Medical College of Alabama was moved from Tuscaloosa and the University's Medical Center was founded in Birmingham. Event Type. There were also numerous volunteer faculty (i.e. The full-time faculty hailed from twenty-six countries, the part-time from nine. Director, UAB Office of Interprofessional Curriculum SCHOLARS@UAB PROFILE. January 27, 1979: UAB gained full membership as an NCAA Division I athletics program. Martha Johnson and Barbara Tapla were the art class instructors. 1979: Active extramural grants and contracts at UAB totaled $47,471,028. August 1, 1971: Effective on this date, the College of General Studies was reorganized as University College, an academic entity consisting of four academic schools: Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, and Engineering. May 20, 2002: The administration building of The University of Alabama Health Services Foundation was rededicated as the John N. Whitaker Building. Hospital Medicine Faculty. 1984: Dr. Theodore M. Benditt named fourth dean of the School of Humanities. December 3, 1993: Dr. Charles E. Bugg delivered the thirtieth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "The Magic of Crystals.". January 29, 2016: Dr. Tina Kempin Reuter was announced as director of the new UAB Institute for Human Rights. A native of what was then Czechoslovakia, Lazansky was the first international named as a divisional director at the Medical Center in Birmingham. The Blazers, who never trailed in the game, won with a last-second field goal by Rhett Gallego. November 1990: UAB Blazers became one of the charter members of the new Great Midwest Conference. Is UAB Hospital hiring? Charles A. McCallum and James A. Pittman, Jr. December 12, 1996: The Clinical Nutrition Research Center was approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. December 1954: The former Birmingham Little Theater building on South 26th Street was donated to The University of Alabama by the family of General Louis V. Clark. March 31, 2006: UAB finalized the purchase of the HealthSouth Medical Center and renamed the facility UAB Highlands. August 9, 1998: Marla Townsend became the first head coach of the new Women's Fast-Pitch Softball team. 1951: Dr. Richard T. Eastwood became the fourth director of the Birmingham Extension Center. A tree fell on a portion of the gymnasium at Ullman-Bell and several buildings had roof damage. Total enrollment increased to 18,698 students. March 6, 1978: University College Building No. August 1, 2018: Finis E. St. John, IV, a member of the Board of Trustees since 2002, became the interim chancellor of the three-campus University of Alabama System. March 1970: Because of the completion of the new exit ramp to the interstate, the City of Birmingham eliminated parallel parking along Eighth Avenue South [University Boulevard]. June 16, 1993: Groundbreaking was held for the Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center. June 1947: In the immediate post-war years, total enrollment at the Birmingham Extension Center had surged to over 2,000 students. He was the first trustee elected following the establishment of UAB and the three-campus University of Alabama System. January 1, 2002: William E. Smith, Jr., became the second chair of the UAB Health System Managing Board. May 1955: Dr. Robert C. Berson was appointed first vice president for Health Affairs and dean of the Medical College of Alabama. Dr. Volker reported directly to the president in Tuscaloosa. Although Malone and Hood enrolled at the main campus in Tuscaloosa, they were the first African American students admitted to the University, its medical center in Birmingham, or its extension division programs throughout the state. March 2011: The UAB Bioethics Team was named champions of the 2011 National Bioethics Undergraduate Conference held in Durham, North Carolina. 1972: The Extension Library of Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences opened in the Hillman Hospital building. April 1970: South Wing of University Hospital opened. 1994: Thomas C. Thrasher became interim vice president for Financial Affairs. August 2016: UAB became the first institution in the State of Alabama to be recognized with the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. 5 in the Nation in Obstetrics & Gynecology by, Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation, Hereditary Breast Ovarian Cancer Syndrome, Pelvic Floor and Urogynecologic Disorders, Regional Newborn Intensive Care Unit (RNICU), Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility Services, Tension-free Vaginal Sling Procedures: Transobturator Tape Procedure, Tension-free Vaginal Sling Procedures: Transvaginal Tape Procedure, UAB Rated Among Best Hospitals for Maternity Care by U.S. News, UAB Medicine Bereavement Care Helps Families Deal With Infant Loss, UAB received more than $332 million in research funding from the National Institutes of Health in 2022, Full house: Mom delivers rare set of MoMo twins at UAB, Alba's second set of twins in 13 months, Single dose of azithromycin reduces maternal sepsis or death, UAB earns Womens Choice Award for Best Hospital designation for nine areas, UAB rated among Best Hospitals for Maternity Care by U.S. News.