Bland presented the fifty-first Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Evolution of Evidence-Based Science and Education at UAB.". He was the first UAB faculty member to be so honored. December 3, 1993: John Russell Thomas was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. March 15, 1976: Dr. Thomas K. Hearn, Jr., became second dean of the School of Humanities. 1970: The UAB student theatre group began in the fall as a means to offer students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to work in performance and technical capacities. June 26, 2020: Terri Del Conte became the new head coach of Women's Beach Volleyball. March 13, 1991: Dr. Charles A. McCallum, Jr., announced that UAB would field an NCAA Division III football team. Helen Krontiras M.D., professor of Surgery and director of the UAB Breast Health Center, has been named director of the Division of Surgical Oncology. 1992: Dr. John N. Whitaker became the fourth president of The University of Alabama Health Services Foundation. 1977: World's first effective treatment for a viral disease, the deadly herpes simplex encephalitis, occurred at University Hospital. 1989: The Smolian House and the Friendship House were sold by UAB. The 100-panel system will generate power for the university and will be used for coursework and research by faculty and students. June 15, 1980: Dr. Lee R. Summerlin became interim dean of the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. 2007: Dr. Sarah Parcak, associate professor of anthropology, established the UAB Laboratory for Global Observations. March 14, 2015: The UAB Blazers defeated the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 73-60 to win the C-USA men's basketball championship, UAB's first Conference USA basketball title. Tinsley R. Harrison and Champ Lyons were named Distinguished Professors by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees, the first such designations given to a member of the Alabama faculty. This $30 million is the largest single gift in the history of UAB. 1974: Drs. October 1957: Birmingham native Patricia "Pat" Neal (later renamed as Fannie Flagg) volunteered her services as the spotlight operator for the Town and Gown production of "Pal Joey." 2013 Home Dialysis Award for the Fastest Non- Acquired Growth April 24, 1995: UAB Blazers became one of the charter members of Conference USA (C-USA). August 1965: University of Alabama Medical Center Foundation was created as a non-profit corporation. Areas of Interest - Memory - Clinical trials of dementia therapy . Ranked No. February 4, 2005: Marietta M. Urquhart, Karen Phifer Brooks, and Joe H. Ritch were elected to The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital - UAB Medicine ProfessorDirector, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular TherapyHolt A. McDowell, Jr., M.D. The plumbing systems group provides the following as regular maintenance jobs or projects: Joey Morgan, Major System Supervisor HVAC/R September 4, 2003: In the first home football game to be broadcast nationally (on ESPN television), the Football team was defeated by Southern Mississippi 17-12. The new headquarters is a two-story, 28,000 square-foot facility. August 1971: Geraldine W. Bell became the first African American member of the faculty of the University College Library (later the Mervyn H. Sterne Library), receiving the appointment of instructor and reference bibliographer. He and his wife are relocating to Alabama from Indiana. Download a detailed, printable version of the org chart. December 4, 2018: UAB announced a $30 million gift from O'Neal Industries that will transform the university cancer center and rename it as the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB. Tuesday, February 28 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm. June 1945: As World War II was ending, 324 students were enrolled at the Birmingham Extension Center. January 4, 2008: Dr. Ray L. Watts, chair of neurology and president of the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, became interim CEO of the UAB Health System. The Blazers received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the program's 15th appearance. August 1969: Dr. Henry B. Peters was named the first dean of the School of Optometry, the first optometry school in the nation to be integrated into an academic medical center. 1998: Dr. Danny Doyle, second director of the UAB Marching Blazers, composed the Blazer Victory March, later renamed as the Blazer Victory Song. October 11, 1897: Following an announcement of Governor Joseph F. Johnston, the Medical College of Alabama in Mobile became the Medical Department of the University of Alabama (in Tuscaloosa). September 1967: UAB Advisory Board was established. He serves as chair of the Department of Surgery at The University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine and surgeon-in-chief of UAB Hospital. February 3, 2012: Dr. Kenneth L. Vandervoort, Sr., was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. 1947: Ralph E. Adams became the acting president of The University of Alabama and served until 1948. September 1, 1999: David J. November 13, 2013: Dr. John F. Kearney presented the fiftieth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "How One Year Turned Into Forty Years at UAB.". 1970: The Regional Technical Institute for Health Occupations opened. October 9, 1960: The Psychiatric Clinic was dedicated. October 2, 1894: The Birmingham Medical College opened for its first term with Dr. William H. Johnston as dean. Dr. Watts, who holds an undergraduate degree from the UAB School of Engineering, had joined the UAB faculty in 2003. April 8, 1997: Dr. William B. 1962: The University Hospital School of Nursing Residence opened. February 1960: Frank E. and Margaret Cameron Spain gave $500,000 for the construction of new rehabilitation center. March 19, 2015: In a game held in Louisville, Kentucky, as part of the South Region of the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament, the 14-seeded UAB Blazers upset the third-seeded Big 12 champion Iowa State by the score of 60 to 59. October 1, 2011: Kristi Lamont Ellis became interim General Manager of WBHM-FM Radio upon the retirement of Mike Morgan. September 18, 1971: Dr. Fain A. Guthrie became first dean of the School of Education after serving as interim dean for one month. November 9, 1984: Dr. Harriet P. Dustan delivered the twenty-first Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Alabama and The Golden Age of Medical Research. Pittman Biomedical Research II, Conference Room 101. Dr. William H. Anderson was the school's first dean. 1958: Dr. George W. Campbell was named director of the Birmingham Extension Center. The legislation appropriated $45,000 to the school for repairs, renovations, improvements, and purchases and $5,000.00 annually for maintenance of facilities. June 2, 1985: Dr. J. Durwood Bradley, Jr., chief of staff at the hospital, became the first recipient of The President's Medal, given for distinguished service to UAB. April 24, 1998: Brad Rollow was named interim CEO of VIVA Health, Inc. April 1998: Richard L. Margison became vice president for Financial Affairs and Administration. Get details for UAB Medical West's 4 employees, email format for and phone numbers. 1936: Dr. Luther Terry completed an internship in Birmingham's Hillman Hospital. September 19, 2017: An official groundbreaking ceremony was held for the new classroom building for the College of Arts and Sciences that will be located on the southwest corner of the Campus Green. October 2, 1915: Dr. Tucker Henderson Frazer became the fifth dean of the Medical College of Alabama. July 2019: Conference USA announced its new athletics Conference Hall of Fame. March 26, 1983: Phyllis Pope, a pre-dentistry major from Olympia Field, Illinois, selected as the first Miss UAB. November 1, 1968: Dr. S. Richardson Hill, Jr., became vice president for Health Affairs. 1979-1980: Beauregard T. Rooster became the official mascot for the UAB Blazers, the university's second mascot. 1970: The Afro-American Association was approved as an official student organization. 2006: Kerry Messersmith became the head coach of Women's Volleyball. Under the direction of the UAB Department of Psychiatry, members of the LGBTQ community will be seen in the clinic located on the third floor of the Callahan Eye Hospital Building. December 4, 1987: The Center for Economic Education was approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. June 22, 1990: UAB Vaccine Center was established. UAB Hospital - UAB Medicine May 3, 2008: UAB held its first green and gold commencement ceremony, with all graduates dressed in green robes accented with gold. UAB Hospital. June 6, 1950: William R. Anderson received a master's degree in pharmacology, the first graduate degree awarded through the Medical Center. Mrs. K. Lemone Yeilding elected as the club's first president. September 1, 2002: Dr. Carol Z. Garrison became the sixth president of UAB. Rose announced his resignation as president of The University of Alabama. September 5, 2014: A new statue of Blaze the Dragon was installed in front of Bartow Arena. This appointment took effect in September . UAB Callahan Eye Hospital & Clinics HR Department | UAB Callahan Eye Founded as a 10-bed hospitalist service dedicated to the inpatient care of UAB Prime-Care patients only, the group and the practice of Hospital Medicine have evolved significantly over the past two decades broadening to an average daily census of ~250 general medicine and subspecialty patients, consultative . April 10, 1999: The inaugural Into the Streets Outreach Day was held. September 17, 1975: Dr. John W. Kirklin delivered the twelfth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Training of Horses, Quarterbacks, Pilots, and Surgeons.". The inaugural faculty were Drs. She was the first female department head at the Medical Center. December 1966: Senator Lister Hill announced original grant funding for the Alabama Regional Medical Program. Updated weather information will be announced via:uab.edu/emergencyWBHM FM 90.3UAB Bad Weather hotline: 934-2165, CH19 445 - 1720 2nd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35294. 5 was renamed in honor of Dr. George W. Campbell, vice president for University College. 2013 C. Glenn Cobbs, Edwin A Rutsky Award for Clinical Excellence for Top 10 Clinicians in the Department of Medicine 500 22nd Street South, Birmingham, AL 35233. June 8, 1992: UAB police officer was shot while on a routine patrol, the first such injury in the history of the department. June 2006: Tina Rogers became the interim chief executive officer of the UAB affiliated Southern Research Institute. At least a dozen of the faculty were Tuscaloosa Campus Faculty who regularly traveled to and from Tuscaloosa to teach in Birmingham. News Archive | UAB 2013 Present, International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) September 16, 2022: Jeff Gronberg was elected to the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees. 1979: Dr. Carl E. Dukes completed an internal medicine residency program and service as the first African American selected as UAB's chief medical resident. Dr. Glenn H. Hughes was named as first director of the center. She was the first faculty member to have served as an interim dean of two academic schools at UAB. May 20, 1973: Dedication ceremonies were held for a new University College campus containing University College Building No. 1972: The Extension Library of Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences opened in the Hillman Hospital building. Dr. Rayl, a long-time member of the Birmingham faculty, was a professor of Mathematics. UAB - The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2023 The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Leo M. Hall and James E. Myrick obtained the first license from UAB for manufacture and sale of an invention produced at the university. June 1, 2015: Six months after announcing the elimination of the UAB bowling, rifle, and football teams, UAB President Ray L. Watts announced that his decision was being reversed and the three teams would be reinstated. James T. Crutcher, formerly pastor of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, became the first African American named as a full-time chaplain at University Hospital. September 14, 1994: Construction began on a major expansion of the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences. 1964: First classes were held in the new Engineering Building adjacent to the Birmingham Extension Center. Deal named interim dean of the School of Medicine. August 21, 1995: Dr. Michael A. Geheb became first director of the UAB Health Systems with oversight and coordination of the UAB Hospital, Health Services Foundation, Triton, and clinical activities of the faculty. 1994: Dr. Suzanne Oparil became the fifth Medical Center physician to become president of the American Heart Association. June 6, 1976: Janice G. Jackson became the first African American female to graduate from the School of Dentistry. 2004: For fiscal year 2003, UABs economic impact on the Birmingham metropolitan area reached a record high of $2.9 billion, with an impact on the state of Alabama of $3.2 billion. March 18, 1967: Dr. Thomas E. Hunt delivered the fourth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "The Tricky Business of Teaching.". June 26, 1986: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the UAB Injury Control Research Center with Dr. P. Russ Fine as first director. June 1951: Dr. James J. Durrett became dean of the Medical College of Alabama. 2018: Ryan Ashburn became the head coach of the Women's Golf team. Executive Director of Oncology Services at MedStar . 1980: The Pediatric Pulmonary Center was established. November 2009: Dr. Jean Ann Linney, dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences, was named as interim dean of UAB's new College of Arts and Sciences. July 14, 2021: Matt P. Whall became the eighth head coach of the Men's Golf team. November 5, 2004: The Center for Computational and Structural Biology was approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. The only female in the class, Virginia Dare Hamilton, became the first woman to receive the MD degree. June 3, 1984: Regina M. Benjamin of Daphne, Alabama, graduated from the medical school at UAB. February 19, 1975: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved plans for UAB to establish a non-commercial, educational FM radio station for the campus. For the first term, 116 students enrolled. 1902: A one-story addition to the main building, housing the chemical laboratory, was completed at the Medical College of Alabama. George L. Zorn, Jr., and David C. McGiffin performed University Hospitals first double-lung transplant on a 41-year-old patient from Florida. April 1, 1988: Dr. John R. Durant became vice president for Health Affairs, succeeding Dr. J. Durwood Bradley who had served as interim vice president since the previous July. Three cases were heard by Chief Justice C. C. Torbert, Jr., and the other eight members of Alabamas highest court. Dr. Mona N. Fouad was named first director of the new center. There had been 27 matriculates during the first year of the dental college. April 25-26, 1964: The Spain Rehabilitation Center was dedicated. September 27, 1996: University of Alabama Board of Trustee member John T. Oliver, Jr., was named interim chancellor of the three-campus University of Alabama System effective October first. September 1, 2008: Dr. William Ferniany became the fourth CEO of the UAB Health System, an appointment which had been announced in August. Shaia, the first person elected to the Board with an undergraduate degree from UAB, later removed her name from consideration by the Alabama legislature. Dr. Irshad H. Chaudry was named as the center's first director. November 5, 1979: T. Massey Bedsole was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. September 2012: For the fourth consecutive year, UAB had a record student enrollment with 17,999 students entering the fall term. September 1998: Dr. Robert E. Holmes named fourthdean of the School of Business, to succeed interim dean Dr. W. Jack Duncan on January 1, 1999. September 1, 1988: Virginia L. Algermissen became third director of the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences. The new team was organized that year and began competition in the fall of 1985. UAB ranked in the top three percent of all universities in the US and each of the six health science schools ranked in the top 10 in National Institutes of Health funding awarded to public universities. She was the first female president of the governing board of the three campus University of Alabama System. March 6, 1968: Rust Research Center groundbreaking was held. April 3, 1986: The Lister Hill Center for Health Policy and the Center for Nuclear Imaging Research were established by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. August 1971: The former Ullman High School was rededicated as UAB's Ullman Building, a facility comprised by the original 1901 school building and the school's 1955 addition. Sophomore running back Spencer Brown was named MVP of the championship game. August 1, 1988: UAB initiated an escort service through the UAB Police Department for any student, employee or visitor between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and midnight. July 1, 2020: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the creation of the UAB Health System Authority. March 25, 2016: Jerod Haase left UAB when he was hired as the head basketball coach of the Stanford Cardinal. 205-996-6374. October 26, 2001: Dr. Robert L. Goldenberg delivered the thirty-eighth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "A to Z: Alabama to Zambia.". October 2022: Three UAB faculty members were named to the National Academy of Medicine, Drs. 1951: Dr. Richard T. Eastwood became the fourth director of the Birmingham Extension Center. January 20, 2011: UAB National Alumni Society House was officially dedicated. He will join UAB March 1. January 17, 1976: The Medical and Dental Basic Science Building and Dental Clinic was rededicated as the School of Dentistry Building. August 1999: Caron Van Gilder Thornton, founding director, was reappointed director of the Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center. 2015: Anne L. Buckley was recruited to UAB from Virginia Commonwealth University to serve as the university's Chief Communications Officer and Associate Vice President. An endowed professorship was established from this gift in 1991. He served until 1969. 1988: Tony Ianuzzi became the head coach of the Men's Tennis team. 1941: Space was so overcrowded at the Birmingham Extension Center that the university had to use a portion of the city's nearby Phillips High School for classes. The marble statue was carved by sculptor Ugo Sordelli, November 13, 1992: Dr. Jiri F. Mestecky delivered the twenty-ninth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "New Challenges and New Prospects for Vaccines.". The UAB House Party was held to celebrate the return of the Blazers football program. 1989: Jose-Luis Jamarillo became the interim head coach of the Men's Soccer team. Flowers became the first African American to win a gold medal in a Winter Olympic event. Blue Island, Illinois. INTO UAB seeks to increase the global diversity of the UAB student body and increase the international opportunities for domestic students. 1974: University of Alabama Medical Center Foundation, a non-profit corporation, was renamed the UAB Medical and Educational Foundation. September 12, 1969: Alabama Act 1054, the Skidmore Bill, officially changed the name of the Medical College of Alabama to The University of Alabama School of Medicine. The new facility, which had opened to the campus community in December 2015, replaced UAB's former student services building. June 2003: Dr. John F. Amos became the fourth dean of the School of Optometry. They develop goals, strategies and plans to meet the . Dr. McMahon, a professor of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology and the Jarman F. Lowder Professor of Neuroscience at UAB, became dean on the first of October. The Hospitalist program at UAB/Children's of Alabama was created in 1998 and transitioned to become the Division of Hospital Medicine with faculty that have expertise in clinical care, teaching, well-being, advocacy and clinical and QI research. March 27, 1969: Dr. Howard L. Holley delivered the sixth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "And Gladly Teach.". Dr. Rudolph Davidson was named director. This is a Director in Executive Job at Uab Hospital in Birmingham AL posted on Oodle Classifieds. August 31, 1996: The Football team lost to Auburn in the first UAB game as an NCAA Division I-A school. 1979: Tim Hamer became the first head coach of the new Men's Soccer team. December 1991: UAB Clinic Inverness opened. is an American college basketball coach who currently serves as the head coach of the UAB Blazers men's basketball team. Humphrey received a history degree from UAB and had been a scholarship member of the Blazer track team. December 1, 2004: Dr. Michael R. Waldrum became chief operating officer for University Hospital, with responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the hospital. March 19, 2005: UAB's run in the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament ended in the second round when the Blazers lost 63 to 85 to the Wildcats of Arizona. The play was adapted by Karma Ibsen to be set in the Antebellum South. February 19, 1999: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved a major expansion and renovation plan for University Hospital. She was the school's only female graduate. 2000 Volunteer of the Year Award, Bread and Roses Homeless Shelter for Women Jones, a long-time UAB employee and UAB alumnus, retained his position as COO of UAB Hospital. Dr. Loring W. Rue, III, was named as the first director of both centers. Dr. Joseph F. Volker, UAB president, received the first honorary degree. Sign in. August 29, 1970: UABs second commencement ceremony was held in the Exhibition Hall at the Birmingham Municipal Auditorium for 173 graduates, including 59 who received advanced degrees. March 11, 1971: The Center for Developmental and Learning Disorders was named in honor of former Alabama governor Chauncey Sparks. Dr. Robinson joined the UAB faculty in 2005 and had been serving as associate dean at the time of her appointment. December 2000: Dr. Michael J. Froning was named fourth dean of the School of Education. 2008: Dr. Donna K. Arnett became the second chair of the UAB Commission on the Status of Women. October 1983: Dr. James Rachels became interim vice president for University College, he served until the end of the year.