1802 6th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35233
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UAB Hospital is a Level I trauma center hospital located in Birmingham, Alabama.It is located in the Medical Center District on the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) campus on Birmingham's Southside. UAB Hospital is a 908-bed facility that provides patients with a complete range of primary and specialty care services. It is Alabama's major tertiary care center and a modern medical complex serving approximately 35,000 patients annually. With 18,750 employees, the hospital is the largest employer in Birmingham and the second largest employer in Alabama. UAB also owns Viva Health, a health maintenance organization.RatingsUAB Hospital also serves as the primary teaching hospital for the UAB School of Medicine. Seven UAB Hospital specialty programs are among the nation’s top 50 — five are in the top 25 — of the 16 categories evaluated at America's 5,189 hospitals in 2006 by U.S. News & World Report. With its seven ranked programs, UAB Hospital was one of only 176 hospitals, or about 3 percent of U.S. institutions studied — and the only hospital in Alabama — to rank high enough in even one specialty to make the magazine’s national "Best Hospitals" list. The seven specialties are: rheumatology (6th); heart and heart surgery (14th); gynecology (14th); kidney disease (17th); cancer (23rd); and orthopedics (47th).
Services Overview: Ranked among the nation’s top 20 best hospitals for gynecology by U.S.News & World Report 2011-2012, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is one of the top medical centers in the nation for obstetric and gynecologic care and research. UAB’s Women & Infants Services provides comprehensive care for women – from routine gynecology and obstetrics, to high risk pregnancy, infertility, urogynecology and women’s cancers. As part of a university medical center, specialized care for health concerns like heart disease and a multitude of other specialties and sub-specialties are also immediately available. And this top quality care extends to infants as well, including family-centered well newborn care and specialized care for premature and sick newborns. UAB Hospital’s Regional Newborn Intensive Care Unit (RNICU) is like nowhere else in Alabama and few places in the country, offering the highest and most comprehensive level of care anywhere. Our physicians are highly trained leaders in their fields, many of whom consistently rank among the best by The Best Doctors in America, Inc. And our nursing staff is Magnet-certified, meaning they are recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for providing the highest quality care in the most compassionate manner one patient at a time. Facilities Overview: UAB Hospital’s new 430,000-square-foot Women & Infants Center opened in 2010 and has received numerous design and construction awards. It features a five-story glass rotunda and wood, granite and tile mosaic finishes combining beauty with advanced world-class medical technologies and hotel-like amenities such as all private patient rooms, room service meal choices developed by renowned chef Frank Stitt of Birmingham’s national award-winning Highlands Bar and Grill restaurant, flat screen TVs and DVD players, wireless internet access, family lounges and computer centers, chapel, quiet rooms and much more. It also houses the nation’s largest all private room special care nursery consisting of the RNICU and continuing care nursery (CCN).
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Cooper Green Mercy Health Services is owned by Jefferson County, Alabama. It first opened as Mercy Hospital in 1972 and was renamed for former Birmingham mayor Cooper Green three years later. It is located at 1515 6th Avenue South, adjacent to UAB Hospital on Birmingham's Southside. The hospital closed its inpatient beds on December 31, 2012, and transitioned to a multi-specialty outpatient clinic. The clinic offers both primary and specialty care, behavioral health, and urgent care. In addition, it has an onsite pharmacy, radiology, and clinical laboratory. The clinic's executive director is Roger McCullough, appointed as Interim in 2014.The clinic continues to offer healthcare to the citizens of Jefferson County regardless of their ability to pay.Funding for indigent care was established by the Alabama Legislature in 1965, using revenues collected from county sales and liquor taxes. As a county hospital, Cooper Green Mercy provides health-care services to all Jefferson County residents with fees based on family size and income. In addition to staff physicians, the hospital coordinates with UAB Hospital as a training site for medical residents and to provide patients with diagnostic tests and procedures outside of Cooper Green Mercy's capabilities.From October 2005 to March 2008 the hospital underwent a $28 million program of extensive renovations and modernization of systems, focusing on patient care rooms and public areas of the hospital. Brasfield & Gorrie was general contractor for the project.In May 2009 Birmingham mayor Larry Langford suggested that the city of Birmingham take over operation of the hospital, predicting that the county would try to shut it down amid cost-cutting measures in the wake of a massive debt crisis.
The 1917 Clinic opened in January 1988 in response to the growing AIDS epidemic in communities within Alabama and surrounding states. An ever-increasing number of residents with HIV/AIDS, along with patients who were returning home to Alabama from other parts of the country, were beginning to overwhelm the health care delivery system with the special and unique needs associated with HIV. In addition to specialized medical care, persons living with HIV also required access to social services, specialized nursing care, home health care, hospice, and new treatments available only through clinical research trials. UAB was in a position to provide patients access to clinical drug trials through established networks with both government and industry. By the time the 1917 Clinic had formed in 1988, a sufficient number of researchers and physicians were already in place. The Clinic provided a specialized environment in which to treat patients and study HIV. The blood and tissue samples collected over the years have been used to learn how HIV causes disease, and have contributed to the development of increasingly more effective treatments. The 1917 Clinic was named after its original address, 1917 5th Avenue South, and kept its name when it moved in 1993 to the 908 South 20th Street location.
UAB Sports Medicine at Children’s of Alabama is home to Alabama’s premier sports medicine team. Our team has been serving athletes since 1974. Our team includes physicians and staff specifically trained in pediatrics and adolescent sports medicine, orthopedic surgeons, certified athletic trainers, certified physical therapists, a concussion clinic and state-of-the-art imaging and strength testing. This page is for informational purposes only and is not to be relied on for medical advice. We do not guarantee a response to comments or questions on this page. If you have a medical question, please contact your physician. Call 911 in the event of a medical emergency.
Who is Junia? We don’t know much about her. Paul mentions her only once, in the 16th chapter of Romans: “Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives who were in prison with me; they are prominent among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.” (Romans 16:7) Yet in the 1500’s, some translators didn’t believe that a woman could possibly be an apostle. So they gave her a man’s name: Junias, a name that nobody had ever used. When that didn’t work, later translators translated “prominent among” the apostles as “well-known to” the apostles. She was almost deleted from the Bible by people’s prejudice. The idea that Jesus would appoint a woman to tell others the gospel was just too much to take. So Junia is everyone who has ever been told that they are the wrong gender, the wrong ethnicity, the wrong sexual orientation, the wrong kind to be used for God’s glory. Junia is a sign that God shows no partiality, and that all of us are called and sent to witness to the grace of God in Jesus Christ. Why Saint Junia? Like her, we are saints – not because of anything we’ve done, but because of what God has done in Jesus Christ. When God stepped down to earth and put on human flesh, we were made holy. When Jesus said he was present in the least among us, we were made holy. When he took on the kingdom of death not with violence, but with open arms of forgiveness on the cross, we were made holy. And when he stepped out of the grave and declared that even death itself could not separate us from the love of God, we were made holy.
Why now? No matter your political beliefs one thing is for certain, not enough people know their healthcare options. If this continues, costs go up, stretching wallets for those who can least afford it and draining precious government funds. Why Alabama? Alabama is famous for its sense of community, but infamous for its high poverty levels and poor health outcomes. In the first month of enrollment just 624 people signed up. The goal by the end of March statewide is 82,000. And that’s where you come in. Alabama needs help, and fast. We aim to contact 100,000 uninsured Alabamians to ensure they are informed. Why students? From Women's Suffrage to Civil Rights, student volunteers and youth have made a difference in the major movements of our country. If adults cannot get the healthcare rollout right, they need our passion to get things back on track. Is Bama Covered Politically Affiliated? This is a strictly apolitical movement. Democrats, Republicans, Independents and more have all signed on to make an immediate and impactful change.
This is the best place to keep up with the MAA Student Alumni Association events and promotions! We will be hosting many events this school year featuring Lunch & Learns, Student Breakfasts and much more. UASOM students, like this page to keep up with us and all we are planning for you !
Cycliad is a 1,000+ mile bicycle event encompassing five Southeastern states during the month of April. The purpose of Cycliad is to raise funds to support the patients and programs of the UAB Cancer Community Network, touching nearly 70,000 cancer patients in five Southeastern states. Cycliad offers multiple cycling options to accommodate all types of riders- from beginners, who never get on a bike, to casual weekend riders, and cyclists who are seeking an epic personal challenge. Each participant is challenged to raise funds and make a difference in the lives of cancer patients. We purpose 100% of rider fundraising to go directly into programs and services that support these patients. Participants can designate their fundraising to a specific Cancer Center within the UAB Health System Community Cancer Network or to our General Patient Services Fund. Funds raised by Cycliad go to support the expansion of the Patient Care Connect patient navigation program within each affiliated Cancer Center. This vital program pairs a trained navigator (think “patient advocate”) with individual patients to help them through their cancer journey. Cycliad is put on by the Deep South Cancer Foundation, a 501 (c)3 tax exempt nonprofit organization whose sole purpose is to raise funds to support the patients and programs of the UAB Health System Cancer Community Network, comprised of twelve Associate Hospital Cancer Centers across the Deep South. Cancer is an epic journey. Cycliad is an epic adventure. Ride together. Fight together.
Cahaba Valley Health Care is a nonprofit organization based in central Alabama dedicated to providing access to quality healthcare (primarily vision and dental) for the underserved, primarily Hispanic, communities in Jefferson and Shelby Counties. Please take a look around our website, cahabavalleyhealthcare.org, to see what's going on with Cahaba Valley Health Care and learn how you can get involved.
The purpose of DWB is to promote communication and collaboration, as well as build lasting relationships among the regional design community. Exposure to new ideas will raise industry standards. Lastly, DWB will reinforce the value of design to the public which will lead to more avenues to use design as a transformational tool. We will present the field of design in an engaging way that educates and inspires. This will rise the tide for all creative boats in Birmingham while making the event a destination for all who care deeply about their place in the design field. We feel great inspiration to spread the truth about why we all do what we do. An event that addresses such an expansive audience is rare, and we feel that the positive impact could be broad, deep, and long-lasting.
One of the most exciting parts of this thrust is the formation of a performance series to take place in the excellent venues within the historic Southside Church just off 5-Points South, including its acoustically and visually magnificent 500-seat Sanctuary, as well as the 200-seat proscenium theatre Foster Auditorium, large dining-meeting facility Drennen Hall, an “old-school” styled Gymnasium, a medium-sized conference room (Heritage Room), and a variety of large spaces for rehearsals and other supportive events.