Clinical

State’s First AI Image-guided Endoscopy Suite Opens at Grandview

Nov 26, 2024 at 01:06 pm by kbarrettalley

By Marti Webb Slay Grandview Medical Center has opened a new artificial intelligence image-guided advanced endoscopy suite, the first in Alabama. This unit is specif.... Read More

Untreated Venous Disorders can Devolve into Serious Complications

Oct 16, 2024 at 10:42 pm by kbarrettalley

By Charles Hunt II, MD, FACS, RVT As a Cardiothoracic Surgeon who has transitioned to the treatment of Venous Disorders, I have gained appreciation for the destructiv.... Read More

Ambulatory Surgery Centers

Oct 16, 2024 at 10:36 pm by kbarrettalley

A Continuing Trend For Growth By Laura Freeman Not long ago, surgery was primarily done in hospital operating rooms. This began to change as an aging population deve.... Read More

Birmingham Physician Brings New Procedure to the State

Oct 16, 2024 at 10:34 pm by kbarrettalley

By Ansley Franco Christopher DeGroat, MD, an interventional cardiologist with Cardiology Specialists of Birmingham and St. Vincent’s, recently became the first in Alaba.... Read More

UAB First in World to Use New Device for Electrophysiology Procedures

Oct 16, 2024 at 10:30 pm by kbarrettalley

By Jane Ehrhardt Electrophysiologist Tom McElderry, MD, with the UAB Cardiovascular Institute, became the first physician in the world to utilize a new vascular closure syste.... Read More