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New Brookwood Hospital President, Sarah Gilbert, Aims to Invest in People

Feb 11, 2026 at 02:32 pm by kbarrettalley

By Marti Webb Slay Three months after being named president of Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital, Sarah Gilbert says she is excited to be a part of the change and tra.... Read More

(left to right) Marcos Pozo Jatem, MD and Saulat Sheikh, MBBS. Pozo and Sheikh with the liver, readying for surgery.

Children’s of Alabama And UAB Perform Rare Split Liver Transplants

Feb 07, 2026 at 05:29 pm by kbarrettalley

One Liver Went to Two Patients By Laura Freeman In an average year, 9,000 American names go on the liver transplant registry list. For 1,500 to 2,000 of those patients.... Read More

Alabama’s First Fully Integrated Brachytherapy Suite Opens at UAB

Feb 07, 2026 at 05:26 pm by kbarrettalley

By Ansley Franco When the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the O’Neal Cancer Center opened the state’s first fully integrated brachytherapy s.... Read More

Katelin Holmes, DO (second from right) with other surgeons in Amsterdam, learning the technique.

Pushing the Envelope in Breast Care with First Nipple-sparing Mastectomy

Feb 07, 2026 at 05:24 pm by kbarrettalley

By Lauren Johnson Alabama breast surgeon, Katelin Holmes, DO became the first doctor in the United States to perform a laparoscopic, FDA-approved nipple-sparing maste.... Read More