Congratulations to Dr. Karin Hardiman who was recognized at today's UAB Heersink School of Medicine Fall 2024 Endowment Reception as the recipient of the Strange Family Endowed Professorship in Surgical Sciences Research!

To all near and far: Happy Diwali 🪔 😎🪔

Congratulations to cardiothoracic surgeon Tom Varghese Jr. MD, MS, MBA, FACS, MAMSE 🇺🇸 on being named the new Editor-in-Chief of Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS)! 🎉 Dr. Varghese will formally step into the role in March 2025. In the meantime, learn about his background and his vision for the journal. 📝⤵️ brnw.ch/21wOiRf

I am excited for the future of UAB Medicine and UAB St. Vincent’s. I enjoyed distributing t-shirts and other merchandise this morning to welcome faculty and staff from UAB St. Vincent’s! UAB Heersink School of Medicine UAB

November is #PancreaticCancerAwarenessMonth. Take a look at the common symptoms associated with pancreatic cancer to reduce your risk and note key indicators: bit.ly/3A1uYTF. UAB is hosting a Pancreatic Cancer Webinar on Monday, 11/4. See attached flier for more info.

Director of the UAB Pancreatobiliary Disease Center Dr. J. Bart Rose has been awarded a $1.2 million VA grant to research novel agents that can potentially create more effective cancer treatments. 🖥️ : bit.ly/3BXXgio #PancreaticCancerAwarenessMonth

When you’re doing TrueLearn and see your attendings as the reference 🤩 VIKAS DUDEJA J. Bart Rose Selwyn M. Vickers UAB Surgery #ABSITE

Dr. J. Bart Rose has been awarded a $946,000 grant from the American Cancer Society to advance research in #pancreaticcancer. Rose will study the molecule #calreticulin. More: bit.ly/4j35wi0 J. Bart Rose American Cancer Society

Congratulations to Dr. Kristy Broman, an assistant professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology, for being named a 2025 Pittman Scholar! This prestigious honor provides research funding for 3 years. go.uab.edu/40FNxWr UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Rock the vote for VIKAS DUDEJA for Assoc4AcademicSurgery President! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻. Amazing academic surgeon-scientist, leader, and yet better human. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

As I end my term as SUS President Society of University Surgeons (SUS) , I am inspired by our amazing surgeon members, leaders, educators, scientists and trainees. We have achieved a lot. But there is much work ahead. We are actively building the culture of impact to help all of us achieve, to help our

We are excited to announce the 2025 Young Investigator Awards recipients! These individuals are awarded $25,000 for one year to assist with their research goals in surgical oncology. One grant is supported by the SSO REF Fund & one supported by Appendix Cancer PMP Research Foundation. Congratulations!

A huge congrats to Dr.VIKAS DUDEJA on being voted as the next President-Elect of Assoc4AcademicSurgery!!!! #ASC2025 UAB Surgery SocAsianAcadSurg

Congrats to Kimberly Kopecky on winning the Appendix Cancer PMP Research Foundation Young Investigator Award! 🙌

UAB Surgical Oncology family at annual Kirby Bland dinner. Selwyn M. Vickers is the guest of honor. Looking forward to his grand rounds tomorrow. UAB Surgery UAB Heersink School of Medicine herb chen Anupam Agarwal

Thank you, Selwyn M. Vickers, former Heersink dean and current president and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, for returning to UAB and sharing your incredible insight for the 10th annual Kirby I. Bland Lectureship.

Vikas Dudeja, MBBS, FACS, has been appointed chair and department executive officer of the Department of Surgery. He will begin in his new role on June 30. spr.ly/6019LIIUV

Just enrolled 3rd patient in a clinical trial testing pirfenidone for recurrent acute pancreatitis—one of the first trials in this disease. Incredibly rewarding to see our research being applied to clinical setting. thanks to CDMRP for funding this trial UAB Surgery Carver College of Medicine

Tejeshwar Jain presented on the role of hedgehog signaling in chronic pancreatitis during UAB Surgery Resident Research Day under the mentorship of VIKAS DUDEJA

Since last update, enrolled 2 additional patients in this first of its kind trial in patients with recurrent acute pancreatitis. Satisfying to see findings from our lab being tested in clinics. Multi-institutional studies are the key. UAB Heersink School of Medicine UPMC Mayo Clinic Carver College of Medicine