Birmingham Archives

Grand Rounds December

Dec 04, 2007 at 03:31 pm by steve

UAB Wins $5.7 Million Neurofibromatosis Grant A team of UAB geneticists, doctors and biostatisticians has received $5.7 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to study a.... Read More

Physician Spotlight: Dr. Peter Ditoro

Dec 04, 2007 at 03:31 pm by steve

After 60 years of general practice and maintaining board certification from 1976 to 2003, Dr. Peter Ditoro might be expected to retire. However, at 86, he has no plans to stop.... Read More

Alice Martin Addresses Annual Birmingham Medical News Luncheon

Dec 04, 2007 at 03:31 pm by steve

Over 120 members of Birmingham’s medical community came to the Carraway-Davie House in early November to hear U.S. Attorney Alice Martin speak about healthcare fraud. The lunc.... Read More

Streamlining the Tools of the Trade<br>Technical Specialists Focus on Equipment so Surgical Teams Can Focus on Patients

Dec 04, 2007 at 03:31 pm by steve

The patient is prepped. The surgeon is scrubbed. Cameras are recording. Then, just as the endoscopic procedure gets under way to repair a knee injury, monitor lights begin to.... Read More

Children’s Hospital ER Reaching Out through Telemedicine

Dec 04, 2007 at 03:31 pm by steve

When a child comes into the emergency room at Children’s Hospital in Birmingham with a febrile seizure, it’s an everyday occurrence. But in a rural hospital where there may be.... Read More