Clinical

Along with the UAB Medicine and UAB St. Vincent’s surgical teams, Hassan Alkhawam, MD (center) holds the Navitor TAVR device.

UAB St. Vincent’s New Treatment for High-risk Aortic Stenosis

May 15, 2025 at 08:45 pm by kbarrettalley

By Marti Webb Slay   When Hassan Alkhawam, MD, interventional and structural cardiologist at UAB St. Vincent’s, had a patient needing a new aortic valve, he.... Read More
Patrick Peavy MD in surgery.

Peavy Performs Alabama’s First Cementless Oxford Unicondyl Knee Surgery

May 15, 2025 at 08:44 pm by kbarrettalley

By Laura Freeman   Since the first advances in knee replacement surgery in the 1960s and 1970s, a steady progression of innovations in techniques and technology has con.... Read More
Andrew Frey, DO

Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty at Grandview

May 15, 2025 at 08:44 pm by kbarrettalley

By Laura Freeman   This April, Grandview Medical Center became one of the first in Alabama to offer a new weight loss procedure for bariatric patients called the Endosc.... Read More
Headshot of doctor Michael J. Latshaw

Odontogenic Sinusitis

Apr 21, 2025 at 09:54 pm by kbarrettalley

Getting To The Root Of The Problem By Laura Freeman   “When patients present with persistent one-sided sinusitis, one of the first things to consider is whether.... Read More
Headshot of Jim Hoover

The FDA Removes Semaglutide from the Drug Shortage List

Apr 21, 2025 at 09:54 pm by kbarrettalley

By: Jim Hoover   The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has removed semaglutide from its drug shortage list after the agency determined the current supply.... Read More

August 2025

Aug 19, 2025 at 11:01 pm by kbarrettalley

The August 2025 Issue of Birmingham Medical News is here!