April 2001: Dr. Harold P. Jones became the third dean of the School of Health Related Professions. He routinely donates his time and money to such diverse groups as the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, African Parks Organization, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, the ACLU, UABs 1917 Clinic and Project Inform.He attended Vanderbilt University and received his architectural degree from North Carolina State University, but considers his main education a life-long interaction with diverse peoples and distant lands. 255 of the Alabama Legislature chartered the Medical College of Alabama and appropriated $50,000.00 for purchase of grounds, the erection of buildings, and for necessary contingent expenses. September 17, 1999: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the Center for Injury Sciences and the Mercedes-Benz CIREN (Crash Injury Research Engineering Network) Center. In 2009 Dr. Benjamin would become the third Alabamian appointed as Surgeon-General of the United States. According to the release a partnership with UAB would allow the hospitals medical staff and their expertise to be extended to Anniston/Oxford region to improve patient care and community support. April 2, 1987: Dr. Cordell Wynn and George S. Shirley were elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. August 23, 1994: Dr. J. Claude Bennett announced plans for the UAB football team to advance to NCAA Division I-A play in 1996. He later served as chair of the Department of Neurology and at his selection as president was UAB's Senior Vice President and dean of the School of Medicine. Hunt. July 1, 2022: A.J. September 20, 2002: Finis E. St. John, IV, and Vanessa Leonard were elected to The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. 1945: Dr. Roy R. Kracke obtained three additional blocks of land adjacent to Jefferson-Hillman Hospital for the development of a medical center. 1982: The Alabama Legislature and the voters of Alabama approved a constitutional amendment increasing the membership on the University of Alabama Board of Trustees from eight to fifteen, with the aim to provide diversity and better representation on the governing board of the three campus University of Alabama System. April 28, 1992: A new facility for the Smolian International House was dedicated. 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 25, 1964: Samuel Earle G. Hobbs was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. 1960: The world's first clinical use of a commercially made fiberoptic endoscope for observing the inside on an organ or cavity was used at University Hospital. June 11, 1980: The first meeting of the Tinsley R. Harrison Medical Student Society was held at UAB. October 1, 2011: Kristi Lamont Ellis became interim General Manager of WBHM-FM Radio upon the retirement of Mike Morgan. UAB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and family-friendly environment in which all faculty and staff can excel and achieve work/life balance irrespective of race, national origin, age, genetic or family medical history, gender, faith, gender identity and expression as well as sexual orientation. April 3, 2006: A dedication ceremony was held for the Richard C. and Annette N. Shelby Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building. October 2000: The Department of Medicine passed its goal of $100 million in research funding, maintaining a national ranking of fourth in support from the National Institutes of Health . 1956: Research grants at the Medical Center totaled $459,000. April 9, 1980: The Physical Education Facility was renamed in honor of former Alabama governor George C. Wallace. November 2011: UAB alumnus Joshua Carpenter became the universitys second recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship award. July 1, 2013: Dr. Arthur J. Tipton became chief executive officer of the UAB affiliated Southern Research Institute. Through the lab, Parcak uses satellite images of earth to locate archaeological sites. January 13, 2010: On a flight to carry a survivor of the earthquake in Haiti to a Miami hospital, UAB Hospitals Critical Care Transport (CCT) jet became the first US aircraft in five decades to make an official flight through Cuban airspace. Dr. Henning Birkedal-Hansen was first director of the center. January 2020: The UAB Health System entered into a management relationship with Russell Medical Center in Alexander City, Alabama. He and his wife, Gillian White Goodrich, were honored by the Alabama Chapter of Fundraising Professionals as Outstanding Civic Leaders in 2004 and again as Outstanding Philanthropists in 2011. September 1967: UAB Advisory Board was established. July 24, 1978: Upon the retirement of Sarah Cole Brown, Richard B. Fredericksen became second director of the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences. 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. Dr. Glenn H. Hughes was named as first director of the center. John Woltersdorf kicked a 27-yard field goal to score UAB's first points; five minutes later running back Pat Green became the first player to score a touchdown for UAB. Dr. Thomas E. Terndrup was the center's first director. December 5, 1985: The Center for Macromolecular Crystallography and the Sleep/Wake Disorders Center were approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. In its place, the board recognized that the system had one medical school, The University of Alabama School of Medicine, which is located in Birmingham and which has programs at the Huntsville and Tuscaloosa campuses. September 13, 1991: Peter L. Lowe and Maury D. Smith were elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. 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. November 1, 1968: Dr. S. Richardson Hill, Jr., became vice president for Health Affairs. April 19, 2002: The Comprehensive Youth Violence Center was approved by the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. June 16, 1969: Governor Albert P. Brewer announced the establishment of The University of Alabama System comprised of autonomous campuses in Tuscaloosa (UA), Birmingham (UAB), and Huntsville (UAH). Twenty centers were closed and six other centers were merged into existing UAB centers. 1998: Dr. Danny Doyle, second director of the UAB Marching Blazers, composed the Blazer Victory March, later renamed as the Blazer Victory Song. October 1989: Denise Picard, a junior business major, became the first female at UAB to be named as cadet battalion commander, the highest ranking cadet in the Army ROTC Program. Dr. William H. Anderson returned as dean. The Point rises above an inlet on McMurdo Sound near McMurdo Station, the US Antarctic research center. President Charles A. McCallum, Jr., was on hand in Bangkok to assist with the charter festivities. Davis worked at UAB from 1965 until her retirement in 1981. The annual UAB holiday event would remain on the university calendar for many years. 1978: The Medical Education Building opened. Mrs. Cook graduated summa cum laude from Vanderbilt University in 1989, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics and classical studies. February 19, 1970: Golf, the first intercollegiate sports team at UAB, opened its initial season in a match with Tulane University. degree from the University of Louisville and a B.S. May 1, 1999: UAB Health Center in Moody opened. June 22, 1990: UAB Vaccine Center was established. Patricia Todd of Birmingham, a member of the Alabama House of Representatives and a former UAB staff member, received the inaugural award. 1991: UAB MedWise, an outreach program for senior citizens, was established with George Mickwee as the program's founding director. November 15, 1985: Dr. Leonard H. Robinson delivered the twenty-second Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Excellence Revisited: Prescription for The Future.". October 7, 2000: Herman Frazier became UAB's second Director of Athletics. October 1983: The University Center opened. March 3, 2018: The Women's Basketball team defeated UT-San Antonio 74-66 to win their first Conference-USA regular season championship. Dr. Ronald H. Clements was named director of the center. April 25-26, 1964: The Spain Rehabilitation Center was dedicated. September 1923: Jimmie Ethel Montgomery entered the medical school in Tuscaloosa as the school's first full-time female student. Total enrollment increased to 18,698 students. In 1989, he was named president; in 1995, CEO; and in 2003, chairman. It was also reported that UAB generated $25 for every $1 received in state funding. Dr. Mona N. Fouad was the first chair of the CSW. July 14, 2000: Ground was broken for the North Pavilion, a major addition and replacement facility for University Hospital. December 2011: John Fields, adjunct instructor in the Department of Art and Art History and a UAB alumnus, became interim director of the UAB Visual Arts Gallery. 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. Dr. John H. Grant, III, was named first director of the center. 1996: The 4,000th kidney transplant was performed at University Hospital. The hospital board of directors is often sourced from local business leaders, lawyers, private sector leaders, doctors, nurses, and government leaders. More than 670 hospital staff, 257 employed in Hillman Hospital and 419 in Jefferson Hospital, transitioned from Jefferson County employees to become university employees. The Heersink gift, which is the largest single gift in the history of UAB, will also create the university's Marnix E. Heersink Institute of Biomedical Innovation and the Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health. December 1, 1894: The Hospital of the United Charities (predecessor of the Hillman Hospital) burned to the ground. September 2, 2017: The UAB Blazers football team returned to the field after a two-season absence, defeating the Bulldogs of Alabama A&M by a score of 38-7. 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