Jefferson Tower

A Visual History
Notes to Accompany the Historic Composite Drawing by Donald B. Stewart, MD 85

2006 DS Art

Jefferson Tower A Visual History

Composite Drawing by Donald B. Stewart, MD 85

The images that comprise this composite rendering of UABs historic Jefferson Tower represent a sampling of key individuals, events, and historic milestones in the development of medical education in Alabama, culminating in todays thriving medical complex in Birmingham. While this drawing attempts to offer a visual narrative of Alabamas medical history, it cannot hope to pay sufficient homage to the many thousands of physicians, educators, legislators, students, and concerned citizens whose intellectual and material contributions were instrumental in creating an institution that has earned its place among the worlds most influential medical and educational centers. That a great number of men and women whose talents and sacrifices deserve acknowledgement have been omitted from the drawing reflects nothing so much as the creative limitations of the artist. The individual components of this drawing are arranged in a loose chronological order, beginning with the healing traditions of indigenous Creek nations, and rising through time to include competing philosophies of antebellum medicine, the establishment of the first statesupported medical school in Mobile, its subsequent removal to Tuscaloosa and eventual relocation in Birmingham to build, figuratively and literally, upon foundations laid by the Hillman Hospital and the proprietary Birmingham Medical College. These developments are chronicled graphically by the blood pressure column to the left center of the picture, and individually by the various component images that make up the drawing itself. Of particular note are the medical texts arrayed horizontally across the lower middle of the picture: Placed at the chronological level of 1945, the books represent each of the original specialty departments established by Dean Kracke at the new medical school. The

remaining graphic components involve iconic references to individuals who made significant contributions to medical training in Alabama, and especially in Birmingham. Some elements of visual wordplay have also found their way into this drawing, both as an artistic trademark, and to increase overall enjoyment of the work. Great care has been taken, however, to maintain historic accuracy, and an overall attitude of respect for the facility, the individuals represented, and the vocation to highest quality medical care.

Acknowledgements:
The artist would like to thank the following individuals for their invaluable assistance in the creation of this work: James A. Pittman, Jr. MD MD Wayne Finley, PhD, MD Robert Bourge, MD Walter Gay Pittman, MD Elaine Owen Chambless Ruth Blake Charles A. McCallum, Jr, DMD, Michael Waldrum, MD Nathan Smith, MD Meredith Murdock Tim Pennycuff Linda McCullough and many others

References used extensively in researching the drawing:

Holley, Howard, MD: Fisher, Virginia E. Retrospective A History of Medicine in Alabama

Building On A Vision, A Fifty-Year

Heldman, Max, of Alabama School

The First Forty Years, University of Medicine

Finley, Wayne, MD: University of Alabama Medical Alumni Association, A Short History The Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame The UAB Archives

Component Lists
The items collected in this picture are historical in nature, depicting a chronological progression of medical practice and teaching from the pre-Civil War era to the present day. Diagnostic and therapeutic equipment, textbooks, and related paraphernalia tell the story of a rapidly progressing scientific discipline, much of which is specific to Alabama. In addition, communication devices from telegraphy to cellular telephones appear throughout the drawing, representing a timeless mandate among medical practitioners to answer the call. In a departure from the artists usual practice, the majority of the images in this drawing are iconographic, representing in visual code specific individuals and events relating to the development of the medical center in Birmingham. These are listed below, along with brief explanations and pertinent biographical information:

Individuals:
Creek (Muskogee) Healers Medicine Stick The medicine stick conferred the status of Healer among the river-dwelling tribes, whose medicines consisted largely of plant poultices, tinctures, and mineral concoctions. These were used to treat wounds and internal maladies, placate spirits, and consecrate ceremonial grounds for the annual Green Corn Festivals. The medical lore of the original Alabamians was almost entirely lost with the arrival of Europeans, and with them far more threatening continental invaders:influenza, malaria, smallpox and tuberculosis. Military Physicians Flintlock Rifle Historically important as the first established practitioners of European medicine in what was to become Alabama, a succession of French, Spanish and English military surgeons met similar defeats against the forces of seasonal fevers, dysentery, and viral epidemics. Facing shortages of food, medicine, and potable water, garrisoned forces suffered great losses in the Mobile area from 1719 to the mid 1800s.

Samuel Thomson New Guide to Health, Cayenne Pepper Nationally famous herbalist treated disease by restoring the body's natural heat, and purging unhealthy humors. His methods included hot bricks, steam baths, and liberal use of cayenne & lobelia. Thomson wrote his New Guide to Health; or Botanic Family Physician in 1822, and sold "patents" to use his system of medicine which had devoted followers throughout Alabama until the turn of the twentieth century. 1769-1843

John Y. Bassett, MD Oslers Alabama Student Huntsville physician, and early historian of medical practice in Alabama. He was memorialized in William Oslers essay, The Alabama Student. 1805-1851 Philip M. Shepard, MD: Water Faucet Founded the Graefenburg Medical Institute of Dadeville, (Infirmary and Hydropathic Institute), which operated from 1851 to 1861. Unable to secure state funding, the school closed after Dr. Shepard succumbed to a wound infection suffered during a clinical autopsy. 1812-1861 Josiah Clark Nott, MD Nott Hall, Nott Pills, Anatomical Models Surgeon, staff officer, and hospital inspector during the Civil War, Dr. Nott received his M.D. in 1827 from the University of Pennsylvania, training in Paris before practicing surgery in Mobile. Nott helped found the Medical College of Alabama in 1859, returning to Europe to secure teaching models and materials, some of which remain on display at UABs Lister Hill Library. One of the most prominent scientists in the pre-war south, Nott was the first to suggest that mosquitoes transmit yellow fever (1848), a notion that remained unconfirmed for fifty years. A compassionate healer in a day when purges, bleedings and mercury were standard therapy, much of his success may be attributed to an unusual reliance on placebos. After its removal to Tuscaloosa in 1920, the medical school was housed in the new Josiah Nott Hall on the University of Alabama campus. 1804-1873 J. Marion Sims, MD Sims Speculum Practicing in Mt. Meigs and Montgomery from 1835 to 1853, Sims was the first southern physician to successfully operate on clubfoot, and first to operate for crossed eyes. His cure for vesico-vaginal fistula established the science of gynecology.
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Sims invented the duck-billed speculum and other instruments to properly examine the female organs, and was the first to use silver wire instead of silk sutures in surgical cases. Dr. Sims traveled to Europe and New England, receiving world renown for his contributions to women's health. 1813 -1883

Juliet Ann Opie Hopkins Confederate Currency Nurse for the Confederate States of America, Mrs. Hopkins was known as the "Florence Nightingale of the South." Wounded while rescuing casualties at the Battle of Seven Pines, she proceeded to Richmond, VA where she established three hospitals for the care of Alabama wounded. Her portrait appears on the 25-cent note, and the fifty-dollar bills issued by Alabama during the Civil War. 1818-1890 Charles Theodor Mohr, PhD Plant Life in Alabama A German chemist, Mohr settled in Mobile prior to the Civil War. He was charged by the Confederacy to manufacture pharmaceuticals, and to assess the quality of medicines smuggled through the Union blockade. Severe shortages of imported materials encouraged him to study local plant life, seeking alternative remedies. His son, Charles Adolf Mohr, continued the family tradition as a physician. 1824-1901 Arthur M. Brown, MD Under Fire Prominent black Birmingham practitioner from 1898 through the early twentieth century. A member of 10th Cavalry (Buffalo Soldiers), Dr. Brown chronicled his experiences in his 1899 book Under Fire. John Allan Wyeth, MD With Sabre and Scalpel Alabama surgeon, soldier and author, Wyeth received his initial training under Dr. James M. Jackson in Guntersville, an M.D. from the University of Louisville in 1869 and further training from Bellevue Medical College in New York. Realizing

inadequacies in American medical education, he founded New York Polyclinic in 1882, the first facility to establish a modern system of postgraduate medical instruction. Wyeth's other contributions include a classic textbook of surgery, the development of numerous surgical procedures, and progressive leadership in prominent medical organizations of the period. 1845-1922

Dr. William E. B. Davis Monument in Oak Hill Cemetery and his brother, Dr. John D.S. Davis, were Jefferson County natives who trained at the Medical College of Georgia (1879), and Vanderbilt University (1882), respectively. W.E.B. Davis sought additional training from Bellevue Hospital and surgical clinics across Europe. In Birmingham, the Davis brothers established and edited the Alabama Medical and Surgical Journal, and founded the Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association in 1886 known today as the Southern Surgical Association. Together, they helped establish the Birmingham Medical College, where they lectured and performed extensive surgical research. Their contributions to the treatment of penetrating abdominal wounds, blood transfusions, and bile duct surgery received international attention. A statue of W.E.B. Davis stands before the Hillman Hospital building in Birmingham. WEBD 1863-1903 JDSD 1859-1931 Board of Lady Managers Union Label In 1888 the Ladies of the United Charities organized a hospital board in Birmingham to operate a modern Charity Hospital. With trust funds provided by T. T. Hillman, president of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, they occupied temporary facilities for nine years until the General Assembly granted authority in 1897 to build the new Hillman Hospital - erected in 1902, and opened in 1903.

Luther Leonidas Hill, MD Fencing Tunic w/Heart A native of Montgomery, the renowned pioneer in vascular surgery practiced medicine in Alabama for over 50 years. Dr. Hill was well known for his surgical versatility. In 1902, he became the first American physician to successfully suture a wound in the human heart, with the patient surviving. Father of Senator Lister Hill, who was named for Dr. L.L. Hills friend and mentor, Dr. Joseph Lister. 1862-1946 William Crawford Gorgas, M.D. Canal Zone Stamp Born in Mobile in 1854 (delivered by none other than Josiah Nott), Dr. Gorgas directed a mosquito control program that eradicated yellow fever and brought malaria under control. Charged with mobilizing medical personnel for World War I, he organized the largest and most efficient medical corps in history, arranging for every inductee to receive a complete medical exam. World renowned, Gorgas was AMA President from 1909-1910. The Gorgas House, his family home, still stands on the UA campus in Tuscaloosa. 1854-1920
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Lloyd Noland, M.D. Steel Stamp Dr. Lloyd Noland's expertise in preventive medicine allowed the steel industry to survive and thrive in the south. Dr. Noland served under General William Crawford Gorgas in Colon, Panama. In 1913, US Steel Corp asked him to duplicate his efforts in Alabama, establishing first major experiment in industrial medicine in the U.S., and becoming the prototype for HMOs worldwide. Dr. Noland and colleagues brought malaria, typhoid, smallpox, and dysentery rampant among local iron and coal workers under control for the first time. He also pioneered modern resident training programs, including one of the first residencies in anesthesiology. 1880-1949

Dr. Edgar Poe Hogan Physiology Receiving his MD from the Birmingham Medical College in 1909, Dr. Hogan became a Professor of Gynecology and Surgery, and Secretary of the College. In addition, he was the first Superintendent of the Hillman Hospital, serving from 1912 to 1931. Dr. Hogan was elected to the Alabama Legislature, where he sponsored a bill in 1915 to move the state medical school from Mobile to Birmingham. His textbook of Physiology was widely read across the country. James S. McLester, MD - Nutrition and Diet in Health and Disease Chief of Medicine in Tuscaloosa from 1920 until the program was transferred to Birmingham in 1945, Dr. McLester was the first Chairman of Medicine at the new Medical College of Alabama, a position he held until his retirement in l949. He served as president of the AMA, and the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. As Chairman of the AMAs Council on Foods and Nutrition, McLester conducted pioneering studies in nutritional health, and published his famous textbook in 1927, which for a generation was known as the Bible of clinical nutrition. 18771954 Seale Harris, MD Pellagra (1941) One of the most prominent practitioners in the state and the nation, Dr. Harris served on the medical faculty in Mobile from 1906-1913 before relocating to Birmingham as a private practitioner. Here he gained international recognition for studies on hyperinsulinism and nutritional disease. President of the Southern Medical Association and MASA, Harris owned and edited the Southern Medical Journal, and received the AMA Distinguished Service Medal. He was named Professor Emeritus of the new Medical College in Birmingham in 1944. 1870-1957
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Tom Douglas Spies, MD Vitamins A famine fighter of the first order, Dr. Tom Spies work is indelibly associated with the Hillman Hospital in Birmingham. Trained at Harvard and in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Spies interest in nutritional disease brought him to Birmingham, at the invitation of Dr. James McLester. From 1934 to 1947, Dr. Spies conducted groundbreaking clinical investigations in to the treatment of pellagra and tropical sprue at the Hillman Nutrition Clinic. His discovery of multiple vitamin deficiency disorders led to the fortification of cereals and milk products. Dr. Spies was honored with the AMA and SMA Distinguished Service Awards, and the Modern Medicine Award. Elected SMA president, he died prior to taking office. 19021960 Colonel Hopson Owen Murfee Murfees Law: Alabama Legislature Act No. 89, 1943 Second President of Marion Military Institute, and son of the schools founder, Col. Murfee was, according to Holley, the Unsung Architect of the four-year medical school in Birmingham. Woodrow Wilsons roommate at the University of Virginia, and a close friend of Albert Einstein, Murfees influence was felt well beyond the borders of Alabama. His leadership at MMI gained national acclaim. Founder, secretary and director of the private Citizens Committee for the State Hospitals and the Public Health, Murfee worked on a voluntary basis for nearly a decade promoting the improvement of health care across the state. Ironically, he died just before Governor Chauncey Sparks accepted of his plan in 1943. William D. Partlow, MD Biography Dr. Partlow was the motive force behind the establishment of a Home for Mental Deficients in Alabama. The success of his efforts in this regard is evidenced by the institution that still bears his name. He was also the guiding impetus behind the four-year medical school in Birmingham, chairing a committee charged by the Alumni Association and the Medical Department in

Tuscaloosa with generating public and political support for the project. 1877-1953

Linna H. Denny, R.N. Nurses Hat Miss Linna Denny is often referred to as "The Pioneer of Alabama Nursing" and "The Trail Blazer of her profession. She was the first Red Cross nurse in Alabama, the first President and Executive Secretary of the Alabama State Nurses Association, and the first Alabama nurse to receive an honorary degree from UA. 1864-1955
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Roy Rachford Kracke, MD Hematology Text In 1944, world-renowned hematologist Dr. Roy R. Kracke was chosen as dean of the new Medical College of Alabama. The Alabama native earned a B.S. from The University of Alabama in 1924, and his MD degree in 1928 from Rush Medical College in Chicago. He came to Birmingham from the faculty of Emory University. Dean Kracke assembled the teaching staff of the new college by recruiting local physicians to fill positions on a part-time basis. He is credited with convincing Governor Sparks to purchase Jefferson and Hillman Hospitals, as part of his vision to expand the medical center across the southern boundary of Birmingham. 1897-1950 Roger Denio Baker, MD Essential Pathology The first full-time faculty member appointed by Dr. Kracke, and first departmental chair (Pathology) of the new Medical College, Dr. Baker was a Harvard graduate who came to Birmingham in 1944 from Duke University. Among his many publications, he authored Essential Pathology and Postmortem Examination (1951). Baker served at the medical school until 1952, serving as Jefferson-Hillman Hospital pathologist-in-chief. Founder and first president of the Alabama Heart Association, and a founding fellow of the College of American Pathologists. Dr Baker is remembered at UAB by the

Roger Denio Baker Prize in Anatomical Pathology. 1902-1994

Ralph McBurney, MD McBurneys Points Dr. McBurney joined the medical school faculty in Tuscaloosa in 1921, serving for the duration of that program until he was named the first Chairman of Bacteriology & Clinical Pathology, one of Roy Krackes original departments of the four year Medical College of Alabama. The section split into two new departments, Pathology & Microbiology, upon McBurneys retirement in 1954. 1883-1964 John D. Sherrill, MD Sawbones Dr. John Doke Sherrill, Sr. was borne in Hartselle, Alabama, son of local physician and Mobile graduate Dr. Richard Byrd Sherrill (Class of 1890). After finishing the two-year curriculum at Birmingham Medical College in 1915, Dr. Sherrill practiced briefly with his father in Hartselle, before being called to serve in France in WWI. There he is credited with amputating the wounded right leg of future Alabama governor Frank Dixon. After the war he returned to Birmingham, where he pioneered the specialty of orthopedic surgery. Dr. Sherrills expertise led to his appointment in 1945 to lead the first Orthopedics Department in the new Medical College of Alabama.
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Dr. John D. Sherrills legacy continued through the practice of his son, Dr. John Sherrill, Jr., and is carried on today through the work of his grandson, Dr. Joseph Sherrill, co-founder of Alabama Orthopaedic Institute at Birmingham. The senior Sherrills contributions are remembered through the John D. Sherrill Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery at UAB. 1891-1968

Alice McNeal, MD Alice in Slumberland Dr. Alice McNeal received her MD in 1921from Rush Medical College, and was recruited by Dr. Kracke in 1946 to head the MCA School of Nurse Anesthetists.

As Chairman of the Department of Anesthesia from 1948, suffering funding and manpower shortages for 15 years, and significant gender obstacles throughout her career, Dr. McNeal succeeded in establishing one of the finest anesthesia training programs in the country. She is remembered by the Alice McNeal Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology. 1897-1964

Emmett B. Carmichael, PhD. by OChemistry (Snake Venom Press) Dr. Carmichael joined the faculty of the two-year medical school in Tuscaloosa as assistant professor, rising to professor of biochemistry and department head. He moved to Birmingham when the department was reestablished in the new four-year medical school in 1945. In 1959 he became Assistant Dean of the University of Alabama Medical and Dental schools. He was made Emeritus in 1966. Dr. Carmichael was a prolific author, publishing over 200 papers in medical and scientific journals on such subjects as rattlesnake venom, tetanus toxin, anesthetics, barbiturates, etc. He was best known for his unique biographical sketches, dealing primarily with prominent figures in Alabama medical science. 1895-1985 Senator Joseph Lister Hill - Hill-Burton Act, Senators Baseball Card Son of pioneer surgeon Dr. L.L. Hill, Lister Hill devoted his life to public service, and focused on helping those in need of better health care. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the UA in 1914, he was elected to Congress in 1923, serving 15 years in the House and 31 years in the Senate. He authored the Comprehensive Health Planning and Public Health Services Planning Act, and the Hill-Burton Act (PL 79-725) through which more than 8,000 medical facilities were built across the country. Senator Hill also sponsored legislation creating the National Library of Medicine and the Medical Library Assistance Act of 1965. He is honored with the Lister Hill Health Science Library at UAB. 1894-1984
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Tinsley R. Harrison, MD Textbook, King of Hearts w/ Tennis Racquet, TRH License Plate, Dinner Invitation, Coronary Seclusion Born in 1900 near Talladega to a family of physicians, Tinsley Harrison has been called the most famous and distinguished medical personality Alabama (and arguably the U.S.) has ever produced. His Principles of Internal Medicine is now in its 16th edition and is available in 12 languages. Graduating Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1922, he trained at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, and in 1925 joined the faculty of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Dr. Harrison moved to North Carolina in 1941 to help organize the Bowman-Gray School of Medicine, then duplicated his efforts in 1944 at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, serving as both chair of the medical department and dean of the medical school. He moved again in 1950 to the fledgling Birmingham-based Medical College of Alabama. Here he chaired the Department of Medicine, directed the division of Cardiology, and served a one-year acting deanship from 1950 to 1951. Beyond his clinical and academic abilities, Harrison was a lifelong tennis player, and cherished mentor and friend to colleagues and students alike. He often invited students home to dinner to discuss medical topics a tradition carried on by James A. Pittman in the CAMS project. In 1964, Dr. Harrison was named the first Distinguished Professor by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. 19001978 Champ Lyons, MD Boxing Belt, Penicillin, King of Spades Cousin of Lister Hill, Champ Lyons grew up in Mobile, studied at the University of Alabama and graduated cum laude from Harvard University with a degree in medicine. His early training included Bostons famous Coconut Grove fire in 1942, and directing research on penicillin for the US Army in WWII. After serving as an instructor of surgery at Harvard, Dr. Lyons was appointed in 1950 to be the first full-time chairman of the surgery

department at the Medical College of Alabama. His broad expertise included the development of the departments cardiovascular division, directing the first significant series of carotid artery procedures for the relief of stroke. Dr. Lyons continued to serve at the national level; in 1957 President Dwight Eisenhower named him to the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine. His exacting, hardline approach to resident training is legendary to this day, as are his historic Grand Rounds confrontations with the soft-spoken, mild-mannered Tinsley Harrison. In 1965 he was honored as the second University of Alabama Distinguished Professor. 1907-1965
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J. Garber Galbraith, MD Genius of Stroke (BrainMan Press) A native of Anniston, Alabama, Garber Galbraith received his medical degree from St. Louis University, training in general surgery at Lloyd Noland Hospital and neurological surgery at New York Neurology Institute and Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. In 1954 he was appointed Professor and Director of Neurosurgery at the Medical College of Alabama. Dr. Galbraith saw active duty with the U.S. Naval Reserve Medical Corps (1943-46) aboard the hospital ship, U.S.S. Tranquility. He practiced Neurosurgery in Birmingham from 1946 to 1984, affiliated first with the School of Medicine as a voluntary faculty member and later as full-time director of the Division of Neurosurgery. Throughout his long career, Dr. Galbraith chaired the boards and/or presided over virtually every regional and national medical and neurosurgical organization of which he was a member. He was repeatedly voted best basic science teacher and best clinical teacher by the medical students, teaching Gross and Neuroanatomy for medical students and conferences for neurosurgical residents until his death in 1996. 1914-1996

Mildred R. Crowe Langner Card Catalog A Chattanooga, Tennessee native, Ms. Crowe was a legend in medical librarianship. Continuing a professional career that began at the age of ten, then Mildred R. Crowe served as Chief Librarian of the Medical College Library from 1945-55. Under her direction, the Medical and Dental Libraries were consolidated into a single entity. Awarded distinguished membership in the Academy of Health Information Professionals, Fellowship in the association in 1978, and received its highest honor, the Marcia C. Noyes Award. 1911-2003 Sarah Cole Brown Card in Catalog Ms. Brown succeeded Mildred Crowe as librarian of the Medical Library in1955. From 1971 to 1978 she served as the first director of UABs Lister Hill Library, and was active in state and national Medical & Dental library boards and associations. Ms. Brown was president of the Medical Library Association from 1973-74. Virginia Baxley VA Post Card Joining the Medical College of Alabama in Tuscaloosa in 1931, Virginia Baxley was the original Registrar of the new four-year school in Birmingham, continuing to serve the medical center for more than four decades. In 1972, she became the first woman awarded an honorary degree by UAB, and retired the following year. 1903-1982
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Samuel Booth Barker, Ph.D. Beret & Bolo Tie Dr. Samuel Barker earned a Ph.D. in physiology from Cornell in 1936, one of several institutions where he held faculty positions before joining the MCA in 1952. After a brief detour to Vermont, Barker returned in 1965 as associate dean and director of Graduate Studies, and in 1968 was the Distinguished Faculty Lecturer. From 1970 to 1978 he was first dean of the UAB Graduate School. A lifelong proponent of research and the arts, Dr. Barker's signature bolo and beret were recognized campus

wide. His legacy includes Graduate Student Research Day, an event he instituted and attended annually until his ninetieth year. 1912-2002

Dr. Lawrence H. Reynolds Book Plate, (X-ray Libris) Dr. Lawrence Reynolds, a native of Ozark, Alabama, was a distinguished radiologist who practiced in Detroit after 1922. A 1916 graduate of Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Reynolds was editor of The American Journal of Roentgenology, Radium Therapy and Nuclear Medicine. He was also an avid collector of historic medical texts, rare manuscripts, and medical artifacts and apparatus. Having no heirs, Dr. Reynolds arranged through his friend Dr. Tinsley Harrison to donate his collection to the Medical College of Alabama. Today the Reynolds Historical Library is housed in a special area of the Lister Hill Library, adjacent to the Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences. 1889-1961 Joseph F. Volker, DDS, Ph.D Fluorine, GI Joe, Crayolas, Daily Floss A native of New Jersey, Dr. Volker earned his D.D.S. from Indiana, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Rochester, where he conducted groundbreaking studies on fluorides in the prevention of dental caries. Dr. Volker was appointed to Tufts College Dental School and by 1945 was named dean at the age of 32. Three years later he was also dean of the new University of Alabama School of Dentistry, acquiring laboratory and lecture space, enrolling qualified applicants (mostly GIs) and beginning the first class lectures in just eight months. During the 1950's and 1960's, Dr. Volker was Director of Research and Graduate Studies and Vice-President for Health Affairs for the Birmingham campus, and succeeded in peacefully integrating the hospital system during the turbulent years of racial unrest in Birmingham. Dr. Volker was instrumental in the development of the new University of Alabama in Birmingham, became its first president in 1969.
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Joseph Volker led the way in expanding the curriculum to include optometrists, dental hygienists, allied health professionals and a host of general and scientific fields of study. Distinguished Faculty Lecturer in 1966, a decade later Dr. Volker was appointed the first Chancellor of the threecampus University of Alabama System, a post he held until 1982. From then until his death in 1989 he served as a Distinguished Professor of UAB. 19131989

S. Richardson Hill, Jr. MD Endocrinizer Battery Throughout his long association with the School of Medicine in Birmingham, North Carolina native S. Richardson (Dick) Hill attained the most prestigious positions at the university: Dean of the Medical College of Alabama, VP for Health Affairs, Distinguished Faculty Lecturer (1976) and UAB President. Dr. Hill was recruited to Birmingham by Tinsley Harrison in 1954, to direct the development of the Endocrine Division in the Department of Medicine. Known for promoting research and education at all levels, and for recruiting top academic medical talent (including John Kirklin, MD in 1966), Hill's contributions to healthcare were of immeasurable benefit to the overall welfare of the people of Alabama. His tireless leadership over four decades impacted the scope and quality of medical education at the state, national, and international levels. 1923-2003 Howard L. Holley, MD Hx of Medicine, w/ Holly Leaves Born in Marion, Alabama in 1914, Dr. Holley was a renowned research scientist, caring physician, and medical historian who played a major role in the development of Rheumatology as a formal medical subspecialty. Graduating with honors from the Medical College of South Carolina in 1941, Dr. Holley served in the military and the U.S. Public Health Service until 1945. He then returned to Alabama, completing his residency while serving as an instructor in medicine until 1947. Two years later he was a full professor, and director of the Division of

Rheumatology. His revolutionary program lead to the multidisciplinary Spain Rehabilitation Center, where a combined approach of physical therapy, specialized nursing, and social service follow the direction of a physician. Considered Alabamas foremost medical historian in, the 1969 Distinguished Faculty Lecturer authored 34 books, including A History of Medicine in Alabama. His greatest gift was the ability to teach and to inspire generations of young physicians by his retirement in 1985, it was estimated that Dr. Holley had taught over half of the doctors in Alabama. 1914-1988
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W. Sterling Edwards, MD Sterling Mark (Lion Rampant: arms for Edwards), Aortic Graft. A Birmingham native, Sterling Edwards earned his MD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1945, and trained at Massachusetts General Hospital before returning home to join the Department of Surgery at the new Medical College of Alabama. He immediately organized a vascular research laboratory, becoming the first in the nation to develop a crimped nylon arterial graft, which brought him and the medical college national acclaim. On staff at UAB from 1952-1969, he served as chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of New Mexico from 1974-1987. 19202004 Lionel M. Bargeron, Jr., MD Heart/Train Logo World renowned as a pioneer in pediatric cardiology, Dr. Lionel Bargeron graduated from the Medical College of Alabama in 1952. A leader in teambuilding and innovative research, noted for his expertise in congenital heart angiography, the goodnatured Dr. Bargeron was named by Dr. John Kirklin as an integral asset to the developing cardiac surgery program at the medical center. The Distinguished Faculty Lecturer in 1991, he is remembered with the Lionel M. Bargeron Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology. 1923-2005

Leland C. Clark, Jr., Ph.D Clark Bar (w/O2) Called the Father of Biosensors, and inventor of the Clark Oxygenator, New York native Dr. Lee Clark was world-renowned for developing the first functional Heart/Lung machine. Famed for his numerous experiments to create artificial hemoglobin, his many patents include technology behind the glucose biosensor used by millions of diabetics. He joined the faculty of the medical center in 1958 as an associate professor of biochemistry. 1918 -2005 Leonard Robinson, DMD, MD Book: Robinson Ca. Born in Rhode Island, Dr. Robinson earned his DMD from Tufts College in 1943, and by 1947 was appointed instructor of pathology and surgery. He followed Dr. Joseph Volker to Birmingham in 1950, becoming a professor of Oral Pathology in 1956, and earning his MD from the Medical College of Alabama. After a brief position with the University of Connecticut, Dr. Robinson returned to Birmingham as professor of pathology and associate dean of the School of Dentistry. In 1978 he succeeded Charles McCallum as Dean, a position he held until 1986. Distinguished Faculty Lecturer in 1985, Dr. Robinson was an expert in oral cancer, and an exceedingly popular instructor throughout his career. 1916-1994
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Walter B. Frommeyer, Jr. MD Heart of Gold Medal Walter Benedict Frommeyer, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He received his M.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1942, and served in the Army Medical Corps, where he earned a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. After the war Dr. Frommeyer returned to Cincinnati General, followed by a research fellowship at Harvard. He came to Alabama in 1950, as director of the University Tumor Clinic and director of the blood bank at the Jefferson-Hillman Hospital. He was named Chief of Medical Service at the VA Hospital in Birmingham in 1953, and held concurrent academic posts at the University of Alabama School of

Medicine, rising from instructor in 1951 to professor of medicine in 1957. That year he was selected to succeed Dr. Tinsley Harrison as Chairman of the Department of Medicine, a position he held until 1968. In 1962 he was named the first Chief of Staff for the Division of Medical Services. President of the American Heart Association and the American College of Physicians, member of a long list of professional and honorary societies, and recipient of virtually every major award in his wide and diverse field of expertise (including UAB Distinguished Faculty Lecturer in 1971), Dr. Frommeyer personified the level of dedication and accomplishment that came to the new medical center in Birmingham. The Frommeyer Fellowship in Investigative Medicine Award was established in his honor, and in the perpetuation of his legacy. 19161979

T. Joseph Reeves, MD Model PDR-7 Computer Screen A graduate of Baylor University, Dr. Reeves trained at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, and briefly in Alabama before opening a practice in Beaumont, TX. Recruited to Birmingham by Tinsley Harrison, Dr. Reeves achieved national prominence in the field of cardiology and cardiological research. As director of the Division of Cardiology, the visionary Dr. Reeves was responsible for bringing one of the first miniature (for its day) data processors to the Cardiovascular Computer Center in 1963. He directed the Cardiovascular Research and Training Center, and chaired the Department of Medicine from 1969 to 1973. Returning to private practice in Texas, he continued to operate at the national level, as a consultant with the NIH and president of the American College of Cardiology.

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Charles (Scotty) A. McCallum, Jr., DMD, MD Kilt w/Tooth Sporran, Hard Hat w/Scotty Dog Affectionately known as "Scotty" by his many friends, the Massachusetts native received his dental degree from Tufts College Dental School, where he was recruited to Birmingham by Joseph Volker. He earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Alabama, and completed an oral and maxillofacial surgery residency at University Hospital, serving as a professor of dentistry and professor of surgery. Dean of the University of Alabama School of Dentistry from 1962 to 1977, he was named Distinguished Faculty Lecturer in 1972, Vice-President for Health Affairs and Director of the Medical Center at UAB, and in 1987 became the universitys third president. Over the next six years, Scotty McCallum oversaw unprecedented physical growth throughout the UAB campus (He was rumored to have worn his hard hat into the operating room). Former president of the American Association of Dental Schools & American Board of Oral and the Maxillofacial Surgery, he served as Chairman of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and has received honorary degrees from six universities. His great professional ability, empathy, and warm personality have endeared Dr. McCallum to his many students, patients, and colleagues. James A. Pittman, Jr. MD Stearman Biplane, Bow tie, TRH License Plate Jim Pittman's contributions to medicine, research and medical education have had immeasurable impact on the health and care of citizens in Alabama and around the world. Born in Orlando, Florida, Dr. Pittman earned his M.D. from Harvard University in 1952. He trained at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, the NIH in Bethesda, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and George Washington University before moving to Birmingham as a resident in the Department of Medicine in 1956, becoming Chief Resident the following year. Serving as co-chairman of the Department of Medicine, and director of the Division

of Endocrinology and Metabolism, his groundbreaking metabolic research included the synthesis of Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone (TRH) with Dr. J.M. Hershman in 1970. In 1973 Pittman became Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, serving an unprecedented 19 years in that position. Under his direction, the school earned national recognition as a major medical institution with superior faculty and training facilities.
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Dean Pittman's winning personality, keen intellect, insatiable curiosity and unselfish nature endeared him to colleagues and students, earning him the designation of Distinguished Faculty Lecturer in 1981and Distinguished Alumnus by the University of Alabama Medical Alumni Association. He is currently writing the biography of his friend and mentor, Tinsley R. Harrison. b. 1927

Constance Shen Pittman, MD Tea (4) Set Half a world away from her native China, Dr. Connie Pittman graduated from Harvard University in1955, where she met and learned the futility of trying to manage her more flamboyant husband James. Since then, she has worked quietly and effectively as an academic physician unlocking the secrets of endocrine metabolism, and as a mentor to countless residents and scientific investigators, and at least one artist. Professor emeritus at the time of this drawing, Dr. Connie Pittman continues to see patients, and maintains an active endocrinology lab that she has operated for four decades. She is principal author on dozens of scientific papers, many of which through her graciousness and generosity share her husbands name. Her many professional accomplishments include serving as president of the American Thyroid Association. Joseph S. and Bertha Pizitz Smolian $Million Psi Bill Leading the crusade for increased

legislative appropriations for the mentally ill, the Smolians matched Hill-Burton funds for the construction of the Psychiatric Clinic that bears their name, built in 1959. Their many donations to the university included their family home, the Smolian house, which for many years was used for cultural and professional receptions and events. In 1965 they also donated the adjacent home, known as the Friendship House, which served as a hospitality center for international students and visitors.

Alston Callahan, M.D. Eye Foundation Hospital During World War II, Dr. Alston Callahan was Chief of the 300-bed Eye Section at Northington Army Hospital in Tuscaloosa. After the war he moved to Birmingham, and dreamed of creating an eye hospital as a part of the newly established Medical College. In the process, he helped to organize an Ophthalmology Department for the school, and served as its first chairman. Callahans private Eye Foundation Hospital was built in 1964, and remains the only eye specialty hospital in Alabama and one of the few such facilities in the world. After its acquisition by UAB in 1997, Callahan turned his energies toward retinal research. d.2005
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J. Claude Bennett, MD Yellow Label Syrup A Birmingham native and protg of Dr. Howard Holley, Claude Bennett was the son of a grocery distributor who had built a family fortune selling Yellow Label Syrup across the South. Dr. Bennett earned his MD at Harvard in 1958, followed by an internship and residency in Alabama, fellowships in arthritis and rheumatism at Harvard, with research positions at the NIH and Cal Tech. His cross-country sojourn ended in 1965, when he returned to Birmingham as assistant director of the Division of Rheumatology, and associate professor of Microbiology. Called the Triple Threat by Dr. Howard Holley for his skill at patient care, research and teaching, Bennett quickly established himself at the

medical center, becoming chair of Microbiology, director of the Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, and first director of the Multipurpose Arthritis Center. Dr. Bennett was named Distinguished Faculty Lecturer in 1979, and served as Chairman of the Department of Medicine from 1982 to 1993. In addition to his academic duties, he authored countless scientific articles, and edited a variety of medical publications, including Cecils Textbook of Medicine. Dr. Bennett succeeded Dr. Charles A. McCallum, Jr., as the fourth president of UAB from October of 1993 to January 1997. He is currently President and Chief Operating Officer of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals in Birmingham. b. 1933

Matthew F. McNulty, Jr. Abacus, Ledger, AHA Moments Formerly assistant administrator of the new Birmingham VA Hospital, Matthew McNulty returned to Birmingham in 1954 in response to the Duckett Jones Report, which called for modernization and administrative separation of hospital and medical services. Serving as the director of University Hospital until 1966, McNulty revolutionized hospital management, and established a mentoring program that grew into the current graduate School of Hospital Administration. 1913-1999 Henry H. Hoffman, PhD HHH Button, Admission Ticket This Missouri native arrived in Birmingham in 1956 with a degree from St. Louis University, and an appointment as an instructor in Anatomy at the MCA. A permanent fixture in the medical school, Dr. Hoffman served for decades as a Professor and Director of Admissions and general ambassador for the University of Alabama School of Medicine. He continues to assist in the admissions office, offering nearly a half-century of service to medical education.
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Basil Isaac Hirschowitz, M.D. Endoscope, Silver Eagle A native of South Africa, Dr. Basil

Hirschowitz earned his M.D. from Witwatersrand University Medical School. He joined the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 1959 as Professor of Medicine, Physiology, and Biophysics. Here Hirschowitz devised the first Flexible Fiberoptic Endoscope, revolutionizing gastroenterology and virtually every other medical and surgical discipline. He has received the Schindler Medal, the GM Kettering Prize, the UAB Distinguished Faculty Lecturer (1988), and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Science of Medicine. The Eagle ties Hirschowitz accomplishments in the same time frame as NASAs development of the Apollo lunar program. b.1925

Thomas James, MD Model T Radiator with Gold Heart and Yellow Rose A native of Amory, Mississippi, Dr. James earned his MD from Tulane University in 1949, with an internship at Henry Ford Hospital. Recruited to Birmingham in 1973, he succeeded Joseph Reeves as chair of the Department of Medicine, becoming the Waters Professor of Cardiology at UAB, and Distinguished Faculty Lecturer in 1977. Among his many accomplishments, Dr. James led the American Heart Association, receiving that organizations Gold Heart Award. In 1987 Dr. James left UAB to become president of the UT-Medical Branch (Galveston). b. 1925 Drs. Wayne H. Finley, MD, PhD, & Sara C. Finley, MD Jeans Pocket w/DNA Helix design, Alabama natives Sara Crews and Wayne Finley met while students at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. They earned their doctoral degrees in Birmingham (Sara, MD 1955; Wayne PhD 1958, MD 1960). After studying at the Institute for Medical Genetics in Sweden, the Finleys returned to Birmingham and opened a genetics clinic at a time when discoveries were bursting on the scene. In the early 1960's, the field of medical genetics was so new that there were no trained geneticists to staff a laboratory. The Finleys therefore began a new

training program that soon grew into the universitys Laboratory of Medical Genetics, which has brought distinction to UAB for clinical evaluation, genetic counseling, and unparalleled educational opportunities for students for nearly four decades. Their individual and shared contributions to genetic research, medicine, and to humanity have brought them numerous accolades from around the globe, and have helped place UAB among the international leaders in healthcare. Together, the Drs. Finley were named Distinguished Faculty Lecturers in 1983.
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John W. Kirklin, MD Cardiac Surgery, MN 66 Bypass sign, Clinic Building Raised in the shadow of the Mayo Clinic, John Kirklin received his M.D. degree from Harvard in 1942. Following residency training at the University of Pennsylvania, Mayo and the Childrens Hospital of Boston, he returned to Rochester to become Chairman of the Mayo Clinics Department of Surgery a position that had remained vacant since the death of Dr. William J. Mayo in 1939. Brought to Birmingham in 1966 in a major recruitment coup by Dr. S.R. Hill, he remained a professor and Chairman of Surgery for 16 years, developing an exemplary research and training program of world renown. A prolific researcher and author, Dr. Kirklin contributed to more than 750 papers, and penned the first definitive Heart Surgery Textbook in 1986. In addition, he established the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, a private organization set up to fund ongoing medical programs. The UAHSF was under the direction of the artists father, J.L. Stewart, from 1975 to 1989. Dr. Kirklin's accomplishments have been recognized by the I.M. Pei designed clinic in Birmingham that bears his name. Among his many honors are the UAB Distinguished Lecturer, the Mayo Foundation Distinguished Alumnus Award, and the AMA and American Heart Association's Distinguished Service Awards. 1917-2004

Clifton A. Meador, MD M.I.S.T. A Selma, Alabama native, Dr. Meador earned his M.D. from Vanderbilt University in 1955, joining the MCA staff in 1962. He served as an assistant professor of medicine, director of the General Clinical Research Center, and assistant Chief of Staff at University Hospital. In 1968 Meador followed S. Richardson Hill as dean of the medical school, a position he held until 1973. During his tenure, he conceived and developed the Medical Information Service via Telephone, which brought state-of-the-art medical care to the farthest reaches of Alabama. Dr. Meador returned to Tennessee, where he has taught innumerable students on the techniques of compassionate care, and authored several popular books on medical practice. He currently heads the highly successful Vanderbilt/Meharry Alliance. Alan Dimick, MD Fire Chief A graduate of BirminghamSouthern College in 1953, and the Medical College of Alabama in 1958, Dr. Alan Dimick was Tinsley Harrisons avowed failure, owing to Dimicks choice of surgery over medicine.
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Dr. Dimick remained at the medical center in Birmingham throughout his career as a professor in surgery, directing the first Surgical Assistant program from 1967 to 1969, and establishing the first Burn Center at UAB, which he directed for over thirty years. Recognizing a critical need in prehospital trauma care, in 1972 he mobilized doctors, medical societies, and legislators in an effort to modernize emergency services. In four years, 30 paramedic units were on duty in Jefferson County one of the largest systems in the country. Dr. Dimick is still medical advisor to the Bham Fire and Rescue Service, and is past chairman of the Birmingham Regional EMS Service (BREMSS), which coordinates EMS services over five counties. Past president, VP

and Secretary of the American Burn Association, he remains active on its many committees.

John W. Benton, MD Iron Lung, Benton Crest, CDLD Dr. Dr. John W. (Bill) Benton was born in Enterprise, Alabama, and graduated from the UA School of Medicine in 1955. Interning in Birmingham, he studied pediatrics in Utah and Minnesota, before completing a neurology fellowship through the NIH and Harvard University. In 1960 he returned to Birmingham with simultaneous appointments in both disciplines. By the end of the decade, he was Director of the Department of Pediatrics, managing simultaneous positions as Chairman and Physicianin-Chief at The Childrens Hospital. He was instrumental in building the training program at TCH, and in the creation of the Center for Developmental and Learning Disorders (CDLD). In 1983 he left administration to focus on a strong academic practice in pediatric neurology. A National Board Examiner for both Pediatrics and Neurology, Dr. Benton was named Distinguished Alumnus in 1988. J. Durwood Bradley, Jr. MD Bradley Tank Dr. Durwood Bradley was born in Birmingham in 1935, earning his bachelors and medical degrees from Vanderbilt University (MD 1960). He interned at North Carolina Baptist Hospital, returning to the Birmingham medical center in 1961as an assistant resident. After military duty he served as Chief Medical Resident in 1965, and carried out administrative duties at both the VA and Jefferson Hospitals until his appointment as the first full-time Chief of Staff in 1970. He continued in this post for a quarter century, holding a faculty position in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine until 1995, and serving as UABs acting Vice President for Health Affairs in 1987. b.1935
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Ben V. Branscomb, MD Cue Ball, Lung Assn Trained at Duke University and the University of

Chicago Clinics, Dr. Ben Branscomb came from Vanderbilt in 1955, and remained in Birmingham for the remainder of his productive career. Easily identified by his shaven head and affable nature, Dr. Branscomb was assistant dean from 1957-62, and Clinical Director of the Spain Rehabilitation Center, in addition to positions on a number of state, national and international commissions. Retired in 1989, he is honored with the designation of Distinguished Professor, and the endowed Ben Vaughan Branscomb Professorship of Medicine and Respiratory Disease, established at UAB in 1990.

Harriet P. Dustan, MD Salt Carton Born in Craftsbury Common, Vermont, Harriet Dustan attended the University of Vermont for her undergraduate and medical degrees (1944), with postgraduate training in internal medicine at the Mary Fletcher Hospital and Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal. Dr. Dustan was a pioneer in antihypertensive therapy, developing research in renal arteriography and renin detection. While president of the American Heart Association from 1976 to 1977, she moved to Birmingham to direct the Cardiovascular Research and Training Center, where she became the inaugural editor of Hypertension. She was Distinguished Faculty Lecturer in 1984, retiring from UAB a year later. 1920-1999

Charles E. Flowers, Jr MD & Juanzetta Flowers, DSN, RN Speculum with Flowers A vibrant teacher and practitioner, Dr. Charles Flowers graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1944, where he trained in OB/GYN, and joined the faculty in 1950. Dr. Flowers came to Birmingham as the first full-time chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1969, a position that he held until 1985. He served as Professor and Chairman Emeritus until shortly before his death in 1999. He is remembered with an endowed departmental professorship, the Charles E. Flowers, Jr., Endowed Scholarship in Nursing, and the Charles E. Flowers Society. 1920-1999 Dr. Juanzetta Flowers, a Gadsden native, opened UABs first private outpatient GYN clinic at a time when Alabama lead the nation in cervical cancer deaths. Largely due to Dr. Flowers efforts, Alabamas

death rate fell to 49th. An associate professor in UABs School of Nursing, Dr. Flowers served as president of the Alabama Nurses Association, backing legislation that granted supervised prescriptive authority to nurse practitioners, and widely extending effective medical care throughout the state.
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Buris R. Boshell, MD Sugar bag with Bow, Shell Bo Boshell entered the Medical College of Alabama in 1949, transferring to Harvard where he graduated in 1953. Completing training in internal medicine at Peter Bent Brigham hospital in Boston, Dr. Boshell returned to Alabama, becoming a professor in the Department of Medicine by 1964. Chief of medical Service at the VA, and director of residency training, Dr. Boshell turned his attention to the treatment of diabetes and endocrine disorders, directing the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism from 1971 to 1983. As head of the Diabetes Trust Fund, he led a statewide effort to build the Diabetes Research and Education Hospital, completed in 1973. Dr. Boshell directed the facility until 1984, after which it was renamed the Boshell Diabetes Research and Education Building. He retired in 1989. 1926 1995

Arnold G. Diethelm, MD Transplant Seeds, Donor Matches. World-renowned transplant surgeon Dr. Gil Diethelm earned his MD from Cornell in 1958, training at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, site of the first kidney transplant. In 1966 he began a Harvard research fellowship under Dr. Joseph E. Murray (who won the Nobel Prize for transplant surgery). He came to Birmingham in 1967 at the request of John Kirklin, and performed Alabamas first renal transplant a year later. Under Dr. Diethelms leadership, UABs Renal Transplant Program became the worlds largest, with superior patient survival rates. Succeeding Dr. Kirklin in 1982, he served as chairman of the Department of Surgery at the UASOM for eighteen years. Past president of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and the

Southern Surgical Association, he has served in executive and advisory roles to numerous publications, certification boards, and professional associations. Skilled surgeon, author, medical historian, researcher and mentor, Dr. Diethelm was named Distinguished Faculty Lecturer in 1994. He has been honored with the Arnold G. Diethelm Lectureship in Surgical Sciences, the Diethelm Student Scholar in Surgical Sciences Program, and the Arnold G. Diethelm Endowed Chair for Transplantation Surgery.

Paul A. Palmisano, MD Cracker Jack Box, Palm Tree Dr. Paul Palmisano earned his MD from the University of Cincinnati in 1956. After a tour in the US Army Medical Corps, he served as assistant director of the Children's Hospital in Cincinnati, then in Washington, D.C. as a medical officer with the FDA. There he was responsible for removing potentially harmful toys from Cracker Jack boxes.
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Dr. Palmisano came to Birmingham in 1966 as an instructor in the Department of Pediatrics, where he built a lasting reputation as a dedicated academician and compassionate caregiver. During 25 years at the School of Medicine and The Childrens Hospital, a hands-on approach to patient care and education led to his appointment as Director of Student Affairs & Associate Dean of Medicine. Leading by example, he continued his own education, earning a Master of Public Health from UC-Berkeley. Today, Palmisano Teaching Rounds are still carried out in the halls of TCH, with staff physicians conducting informal bedside chats on pediatric illnesses, and their impact on patients and families. His dedication to academic excellence, and good-natured approach to patients, students, and resident staff have been memorialized in the annual Paul A. Palmisano Excellence In Pediatrics Award. 1929-2005

Albert D. Pacifico, MD Pax Heart Candy, Pacific O. Map "When I was 4 years old, I wanted to be a heart surgeon, literally." A surgical resident at the Mayo Clinic from 196566, Al Pacifico followed

his dream by following Dr. John Kirklin to Birmingham, where he completed his training in cardiovascular surgery. He then became professor of surgery in 1978, director of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery in 1984 and chief of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at The Children's Hospital in 1986. The Distinguished Faculty Lecturer of 1999, he is currently vice chairman of the Department of Surgery at UAB. On November 8, 2004, while this drawing was in progress, Dr. Pacifico performed the first surgical operation in the new University Hospital at UAB an 885,000 square-foot facility built largely to his specifications. He retired in 2006, after four decades of service to the medical center.

Henry B. Peters, OD Peterbilt Insignia Founding dean of the School of Optometry at UAB, Dr. Hank Peters followed in his fathers profession, earning his Optometry degree from Nebraska in 1939. Dr. Joseph Volker invited him to Birmingham from U.C. Berkeley, where he was clinical professor of optometry, and associate dean. An avid researcher and innovator, Dr. Peters Orinda Study paved the way for school-based vision screening, and is still discussed in universities today. In 1969 he recruited faculty and students for the new optometry program, which he developed and administered as first dean until 1986. The School of Optometry building, which he planned, now bears his name.
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Max D. Cooper, MD Barrel (Max Capacity) Dr. Max Dale Cooper was born in Hazelhurst, Mississippi, receiving his medical degree from Tulane Medical School, and postgraduate training from UCSF and the University of Minnesota. Since 1967, Dr. Cooper has been associated with UAB, serving as Director of the Division of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics since 1976. He was honored as a visiting scientist at the University of London and the Institut

Pasteur in Paris, as a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator, and with the 3M Life Sciences Award. The first UAB Faculty member elected to the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Cooper is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Institute of Medicine. He was the Distinguished Faculty Lecturer in 1982.

Roland L. Weinsier, MD Hi-Fiber, Lo-cal Wein A nationally acclaimed nutritional expert, Roland Weinsier directed the UAB nutrition sciences department for 11 years. An MD with a second Doctorate in Public Health, Dr. Weinsier joined UAB in 1975, building a Nutrition Clinic and Nutrition Support Service while also developing an outstanding first-year medical nutrition course the first of its kind in the nation. His research focused on the nutritional support of hospitalized patients, and attracted national attention after he reported two deaths from re-feeding syndrome after overzealous use of parenteral nutrition. While his status as an oenophile is poorly documented, Dr. Weinsier was known to be an avid gardener, and fully appreciated the health benefits of a well-grown grape. John R. Smythies Union Jack, Psi A native of Scotland who earned his MD from Cambridge in 1955, Dr Smythies was a pioneer in establishing the biochemical basis of schizophrenia a development that revolutionized psychiatric care. He has since worked to advance awareness of psychiatric illness in academia and the popular press, authoring several books in brain chemistry and mental illness. Dr. Smythies joined the staff of UAB in 1971, serving until his retirement in 1989. He currently heads the Neurochemistry division of the Brain and Perception Laboratory, UC San Diego. He is also senior research fellow at the Institute of neurology in London, and a consultant to the World Health Organization.

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Kathleen Nelson, MD Commodore Hat, String of Toy Ducks A New York native, Dr. Nelson attended Womens Medical College of Pennsylvania, graduating from New York Medical College in 1971. Following internship at Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles and residency at YaleNew Haven Hospital, she trained as a fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at Yale, coming to Birmingham in 1976 as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. Professor of Pediatrics and the former Associate Dean for Students at the School of Medicine, Dr. Nelson is highly regarded as a Mother to all patients (and medical students) under her care. An avid traveler, she boasts a nine-foot blue marlin in her office - evidence of deep-sea fishing excursions to Mexico, and her adventurous spirit in general. In a long list of academic and administrative duties, she is currently Sr. Associate Dean for Faculty Development.

George S. Hand, Jr. Ph.D Microscope Slide Picky, Picky, Tricky, Tricky, Minutia George (as he was known to his students), the affable George Hand earned his Ph.D. in embryology from UNC Chapel Hill in 1967, joining the UAB faculty in 1969. Professor of Histology and Microanatomy, and later named Associate Dean of Admissions, he has inspired and frustrated medical students for over thirty years with his exacting standards. Dr. Hand now serves as Admissions Consultant and Professor Emeritus of Cell Biology.

Suzanne Oparil, MD Hypertension Pill: Oparil Htn Earning her MD from Columbia University in 1965, NY native Suzanne Oparil is currently Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics and Director of the Vascular Biology and Hypertension program in the Division of Cardiovascular Disease at UAB. Named among "The Nation's Top 20 Women in Health Leaders, Dr. Oparil's clinical expertise and research accomplishments have made her one of the top MDinvestigators in cardiovascular medicine today. Past President of the American Heart Association, and of the American Federation of Clinical Research, she is a member of the prestigious Institute of Medicine

(IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Oparil has also held advisory positions with the National Institutes of Health. Her numerous honors include the Young Investigator Award of the International Society of Hypertension, the Founder's Award of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, the Distinguished Faculty Lecturer award (1997) and the UAB President's Achievement Award.

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William J. Koopman, MD NIH Brand Joint Compound Internationally acclaimed in the field of rheumatic disease, Dr. William Koopman is credited with helping establish UAB as a world-renowned academic medical center. With a medical degree from Harvard in 1972, he completed his residency at Massachusetts General, and a fellowship in the Laboratory of Immunology and Microbiology at the National Institute of Dental Research. In 1977 he joined the departments of Medicine and Microbiology at UAB, and was appointed deputy director of the Multipurpose Arthritis Center. He is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at UAB, director of the Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, and founding director of the UAB Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Center. Past president of the American College of Rheumatology, and a member of the Institute of Medicine, heserved as editor-in-chief of the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism, and is editor of the 14th edition of Arthritis and Allied Conditions. In 2004 he received the UAB Presidents Medal, and the Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Award, the highest honor bestowed a UAB faculty member by the UAB Academic Health Center. Ralph E. Tiller, MD - 65 Roses Dr. Tiller came to Birmingham in 1968 from private pediatric practice in Georgia. Director of inpatient teaching at The Childrens Hospital, Dr. Tiller was called the Soul of

the Pediatrics Department at UAB. He developed the Division of Pulmonology, directed the Pediatric Pulmonology Center, and established the Cystic Fibrosis Center at TCH. He is remembered with the Ralph E. Tiller Teaching Award in Pediatrics.

Lawrence J. DeLucas O. D., Ph.D. Space Shuttle Stamp Member of the crew of NASAs Columbia for STS-50 (June 25-July 9, 1992), the United States Microgravity Laboratory-1 SpaceLab mission, Dr. DeLucas was the first optometrist to fly in space. With BS and MS degrees in chemistry at UAB from 1972 and 1974, he earned another bachelors in physiological optics in 1979, and doctorates in optometry (1981) biochemistry (1982). Since 1994 he has been the director of the Center for Biophysical Science and Engineering at UAB. Named by The Sunday Times of London as one of The Brains Behind the 21st Century, he has published over 100 journal articles and 2 books, and is named on 25 patents. He received the Distinguished Faculty Lecturer award in 2000.
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Marlon Priest, MD Backboard w/ Clerical Collar, Air Transport Dr. Priest graduated from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 1977, completing his Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine training at UAB and the Baptist Health System before joining the university medical center staff. Formerly director of the UAB Emergency Department, Dr. Priest is nationally known for innovative treatment models in emergency care. He is currently Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical director of The Critical Care Transport program. In 1997 he was the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship from the Institute of Medicine, and has offered expert assistance to Congressional leaders on healthcare legislation.

Nancy Dunlap, MD, PhD Kirklin Clinic Dr. Nancy Dunlap came to UAB in 1981 after finishing medical school at Duke University. She completed her Internal Medicine residency and Pulmonary Critical Care fellowship training at UAB, followed by a PhD in Microbiology in 1992. For a decade, Dr. Dunlap worked with the Alabama Department of Public Health in the field of tuberculosis control and prevention. She has long been interested in improving systems for care delivery and using information technology to enhance patient care. Dr. Dunlap became Chief of Staff of the Kirklin Clinic in 2001. She is also a Vice President of the UAB Health System and Department of Medicine Vice Chairman for Clinical Services. Gail Cassell, MS, PhD Castle with Lillies Previously professor and chairman of the Department of Microbiology at the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry in Birmingham, this Alabama native led a department that ranked first in research funding from the NIH. Member of the Institute of Medicine, past president of the American Society for Microbiology, and former member of the NIH and CDC Directors Advisory Committees (among many other national appointments), she has been an advisor to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and has participated in Congressional hearings on bi biomedical research and public health.. Serving on the editorial boards of several scientific journals, she has authored over 250 articles and book chapters, receiving multiple honors, awards and an honorary degree for her work. She retired from UAB in 1997, and is currently Vice President of Scientific Affairs at Eli Lilly and Company.
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Michael S. Saag, MD Aids Stamp Completing his internship, residency and Infectious Disease fellowship at UAB in 1987, Dr. Saag has worked

tirelessly to establish UAB as one of the worlds leading centers in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Internationally renowned pioneer in HIV research and treatment, and director of the UAB Center for AIDS Research, Dr. Saag is also the founding director of the 1917 Clinic providing medical and social services to approximately 1,200 HIV/AIDS patients. Named among the nations top 10 AIDS researchers in 1996, he remains a tireless advocate for AIDS funding, research, treatment, and awareness.

Harold J. Fallon, MD Liver Tonic Dean of the UASOM from 1993-1997, Dr. Harold Fallon graduated from Yale Medical School with residency in Internal Medicine at Chapel Hill. The NY native was Clinical Associate at the National Cancer Institute of the NIH from 1959-1961, specializing in liver research. Past president of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation and the American Association of Physicians, Chairman of the American Board of Internal Medicine, the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians, the Residency Review Committee in Internal Medicine, and President of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 1989. Dr. Fallon is currently Home Secretary of the Institute of Medicine. James K. Kirklin, MD Heart Transplantation Renowned cardiac surgeon and UAB Cardiothoracic Transplantation Program Director James K. Kirklin is the son of pioneering heart surgeon Dr. John Kirklin. Earning his degree from Harvard Medical School in 1973, Dr. Kirklin completed a residency in general surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, and served as Chief Resident of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Childrens Hospital in Boston. He then returned to Birmingham and completed an additional cardiothoracic surgery residency at UAB. Professor of surgery and director of Cardiothoracic Transplantation at the UASOM, Dr. Kirklin currently serves as editor of the Journal of Heart and Lung

Transplantation, the American Heart Journal, and Graft. Along with UAB colleague David McGiffin, MD and James Young, MD, he recently penned the comprehensive reference Heart Transplantation.

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William B. Deal, MD Full House (Staff) Earning his MD from the University of North Carolina, Dr. Deal joined the staff at UAB in 1991, and was Senior Vice President and Dean of the University of Alabama School of Medicine from 1997 to 2004. The ratio of Queens to Kings in the hand demonstrates the proportion of female medical students at the UASOM, which grew to 40% under Dr. Deals guidance.

Kirby I. Bland, MD The Breast Former professor and chairman of the department of surgery at Brown University, Dr. Bland is an Alabama native who received his medical degree from UAB, where he now is surgeon-in-chief of UAB Hospital and The Kirklin Clinic, deputy director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center, senior scientist in the division of gene therapy, and director of the division of general surgery and its training program. The renowned cancer surgeon is author of textbooks, including his work on surgical treatment of breast disease, and has made important contributions to the surgical literature in the areas of surgical oncology, shock, trauma, and metabolism.

Carol Z. Garrison, PhD. Garrison Cap UAB alumna and former faculty member, Dr. Carol Garrison returned to serve as UAB president in 2002. Administrator, researcher and educator, she holds a masters degree and a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certificate from the School of Nursing at UAB, and a Ph.D. in epidemiology from the University North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where she was an assistant professor. Dr Garrison became professor and chair of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of South Carolina, where in 1994 she was named associate provost

and dean of the graduate school. In 1997 she became provost and later acting president at the University of Louisville.

David Hoidal Rubiks Cube Known for multiple facets, talents and interests, and his ability to find solutions working with diverse groups within and beyond the academic community, David Hoidal is currently CEO of the UAB Health System. Hoidal joined UAB in 2000 as executive director of The Kirklin Clinic and president of the Callahan Eye Foundation, rising to COO for clinical programs in 2002. He holds a bachelors degree in psychology, and a masters in health administration. Listed in Birmingham Business Journals Whos Who in Healthcare, Hoidal serves on the board of the EyeSight Foundation of Alabama and is president of the Operation New Birmingham City Art Connection.
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Robert C. Bourge, MD Monogram from Palais du Coeur, Bourge, France. Trained at LSU Medical Center in New Orleans, Dr. Bourge came to UAB as a resident in Internal Medicine, followed by fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease (Chief Fellow 1980-82), and Nuclear Medicine. He obtained board certification in all three disciplines, and joined the UAB faculty in 1984. By 1987, he was head of the Section of Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation, establishing clinical and clinical research programs in advanced heart failure and pulmonary vascular disease, including pioneering studies of. ventricular assist devices. In 1990, he founded the Cardiac Transplant Research Database, a multi-center prospective compilation of the heart transplant experience across North America. Dr. Bourge is currently director of the Division of Cardiovascular Disease, and co-director of the UAB Heart and Vascular Research Center. Michael Waldrum, MD Top 100 Most Wired Hospitals Former CIO, now COO, Dr. Waldrum has overseen information services for the UAB Health

System since 1997. He earned his medical degree from UASOM in 1989, followed by a Master of Science degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. After completing a residency in internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, he returned to UAB to complete fellowships in pulmonary medicine and critical care. Dr. Waldrum is now Board certified in all three fields. In addition to his administrative duties, Dr. Waldrum continues to see patients in intensive care, and works tirelessly to shepherd the entire Health System into the digital age.

Loring Rue III, MD Rue SICU Current Chief, Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Dr. Rue graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1983, completing his surgical training at UAB in 1988. After a year in private practice, followed by a tour of military service in the first Persian Gulf conflict, he returned to Birmingham to focus on trauma care and prevention. A professor of Surgery, Dr. Rue also holds secondary appointments in the Anesthesiology and Environmental and Civil Engineering. He was instrumental in developing new IT systems that direct patient transports to appropriate medical facilities, leading to a significant reduction in mortality. Dr. Rue is a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
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David C. McGiffin, MD Kangaroo Crossing Sign. A native of Australia, Dr. McGiffin graduated from the University of Queensland in Brisbane in 1975, where he interned before completing residencies at princess Alexandra and Prince Charles Hospitals. Moving to Birmingham in 1982, he served a surgical fellowship at UAB, specializing in adult and pediatric cardiac and lung transplantation. Dr. McGiffin has

been called the primary architect of UABs highly successful lung transplant program. Author of numerous articles, he co-authored the comprehensive text Heart Transplantation with Dr. James Kirklin.

Scott E. Buchalter, MD AQI. Leading pulmonologist, and chief of staff at University Hospital, Dr. Buchalter is a product of UASOM and University Hospital training programs, completing his residency in 1983. Triple-Board Certified in Critical Care, Pulmonary, and Internal Medicine, he is noted for his expertise in treating acute lung injury, nosocomial
pneumonia, and multisystem failure. His efforts to advance outcome-based

IT applications and procedures have led to improved quality care throughout the medical center which makes us all breathe a little easier.

Robert R. Rich, MD Money Bag, T-Cell A Kansas native who earned his MD from the University of Kansas Medical School and graduate medical training at University of Washington, followed by clinical & research fellowships at NIH. He served at the Baylor College of Medicine 1973-1998, lastly as the vice president and dean of research. Most recently the executive associate dean for research and strategic initiatives at Emory University School of Medicine, Dr. Rich became UAB vice president and dean of the School of Medicine on October 1, 2004. Thomas E. Terndrup, MD Toms Tern-Drups cough medicine (For emergency use only) Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine , and Director, Center for Emergency Care and Disaster Preparedness at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His interests include resuscitation research, and bioterrorism disaster preparedness, a topic on which he has briefed the United States Congress.

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Ellen Witt, DC C-Spine Twice named the Alabama Young Chiropractor of the Year, and the first chiropractor to officially practice at UAB, Dr. Witt was originally affiliated with the Clinic for Neurosurgical Spine Medicine in 1998. She joined the medical staff as an assistant professor in the Dept of Neurosurgery, and began seeing patients at the Kirklin Clinic in July 2004. A native of Dallas, Texas, Witt earned her undergraduate degree from Samford University in 1992, and her Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Life University in 1996. She currently maintains a private practice in Birmingham. Timothy L. Pennycuff R-Kives CD (a Medical Record) University Archivist & Assistant Professor in the Lister Hill Library, Tim Pennycuff knows everything that happened, and who did it. Tim is responsible for the majority of the information that eventually found its way into this drawing. Errors in translation and liberties taken thereafter are the sole responsibility of the artist. Kay Moore, RN, MPH Medical Record Having spent more time with patient charts than any other nurse in the system, Kay Moore is an expert on medical history in the most literal sense. Beginning as a nurse assistant at Jefferson Hospital in 1969, Ms. Moore was honored repeatedly for nearly thirty years of exemplary service to the medical center. As Director of Medical Records, she was tasked with organizing a half-century of accumulated patient data, scattered over dozens of locations (official and otherwise) across the medical campus. Her remarkable success prepared the way for the current transition toward computerized medical records.

Deidre Downs, Miss America 2005 Crown A native of Pelham, this former Miss Alabama postponed her entrance to medical school for two years while she reigned first at the state and then the national level as goodwill ambassador. Consistent with her desire to become a pediatrician, she instituted a specialty license plate program to raise money for pediatric cancer research at The Childrens Hospital in Birmingham - efforts which helped earn her the Miss America pageants Quality of Life award. Upon retiring her crown, she took her place among the UASOM Class of 2010.

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1945 Departments & Chairmen:

Medicine Pathology Anatomy Bacteriology & Clinical Pathology Physiology & Pharmacology Preventive Medicine & Public Health Obstetrics Gynecology Hematology Pediatrics Biochemistry Carmichael Orthopedic Surgery Surgery John D. Sherrill James M. Mason James S. McLester Roger Denio Baker James O. Foley Ralph McBurney John M. Bruhn, Robert S. Teague Geo. A. Dennison W. Nicholson Jones James Garber Roy R. Kracke Dr. Kendrick Hare (1951) Emmett B.

Anesthesia Otolaryngology & Bronchoscopy Ophthalmology Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry Urology Radiology Medical Library 78) Registrar

Alice McNeal Gilbert S. Fisher Charles P. Grant Stephen J. Kelly J. Garber Galbraith Bruno Barelare Melson Barfield-Carter Mildred Crowe (1945-55) Sarah Cole Brown (1955Virginia Baxley

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Deans List:

Roy Kracke, 1944-50 Tinsley Harrison (Acting) 50-51 James J. Durrett 51-55 Report Robert C. Berson 55-62 at Mid Century S. Richardson Hill, Jr. 62-68 Battery Clifton K. Meador 68-73 etc.

Hematology Text Harrisons Medicine Text, Duckett Jones Medical Education Endocrinizer M.I.S.T. Program

James A. Pittman, Jr. 73-92 License, etc Charlie W. Scott (Interim) 92-93 Harold J. Fallon 93-97 William B. Deal 97-04 Robert Rich 2004 Present

Airplane, TRH Deputy Dean Star Liver Tonic Full House Money Bag, T-Cells

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Books:
Latin Grays Anatomy Homeopathy (A miniscule volume) Samuel Thompson, New Guide to Health (1822) Charles T. Mohr, Plant Life in Alabama (1860) Arthur M. Brown, MD Under Fire.(1899)

William Osler, An Alabama Student, and Other Biographical Essays. (1908) Dr. E. P. Hogan, Physiology Text (1910) John Allan Wyeth,, With Sabre and Scalpel (1914) James McLester, Nutrition and Diet in Health and Disease (1927) National Standard Dispensatory, (1935) Seale Harris, Pellagra (1941) Krackes Color Atlas of Hematology (1947) Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine (1950) Roger Denio Baker, Essential Pathology & Postmortem Examination (1951) Partlow, An Imaginary Biography Progress Notes Student Annual (1960) Robert C. O'Brien, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1971) Physicians Desk Reference (1985) John Kirklins Cardiac Surgery (1985, 2003) Max Heldman, The First Forty Years UASOM (1988) Virginia Fisher, Building on a Vision (1995) James Kirklins Heart Transplantation (2002) Kirby Bland, The Breast (2004)

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Misc Items:
Plow (primary
professional tool of early Alabama physicians)

Flintlock Rifle

Mobile Medical College Nott Hall

Kirklin Clinic Eye Foundation Hospital Microscope Military Transport Bus Craniotome Cotton Bale Chloroform Flask Quinine Tonic Carpet Bag Rabbits Foot Urine Flask Scale Phrenology Head Heart Model Smallpox Model Medicine Bottles Lydia Pinkhams Tonic Lamp of Learning Barber Pole Snake Oil Midnite Oil Elbow Grease Iron Lung Hillman Nurses Pin UAB Nurses Hat Mercury Thermometer Jefferson Nickels, 1938, &2005 Flexner Report Hippocratic Oath Christmas card, 1823 Leeches, x ii VFW Buddy Poppies Christmas Seals March of Dimes Medal Black Bag

Stethoscopes Scalpels Needle Holder Needle & Suture Percussion Hammer Exam Mirror Blood Bags (AOA) Study Carols M-CAT Short white coats Gunners insignia Headache Tablets Progress Notes Prescription Pad Coffee Fast Food Patient Chart Examination Form #2 Pencil NBME Match Origami Crane
(proxy for the steel & cable variety)

Contact lens Case Glasses Palette (Ars Medica) Laboratory Equipment Biohazard Sign Postage Stamps:
The Doctor Red Cross William Gorgas Steel Industry Dentistry Aids Breast Cancer

Round-the-Clock Donuts The Hole Medical Records Cigarettes No Smoking Sign Huntsville & Tuscaloosa License Plates Celestial Cancer Chart Air Transport Backboard DNA ECG Strip Eye Chart Eye Drops

Electron Microscope Abacus Calculator Computer Computer Chip Laptop Keyboard Palm Pilot Emergency Bracelet Digital Thermometer Scalpel Nasal speculum Otoscope Shriners Fez Surgical mask Molar Key Piano Keys (ivories) Toothbrush and 2th paste Dental Mirror Milk Carton Mobile Dental Clinic Sugarless Gum and Lifesavers

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Time Line Highlights (BP Column): 1719: First surgeon assigned to French Fort Toulouse, Alabama interior 1823: Alabama legislature passed medical licensure law, Christmas Eve 1848: First meeting of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama 1851: Dr. P.M. Shepard opened Graefenburg School of Hydropathic Medicine in Dadeville 1859: Dr. Josiah Clark Nott, et al founded Mobile Medical College 1860: Alabama Legislature chartered Medical College of Alabama; closed later that year due to Civil War. 1868: Medical College of Alabama reopened after the Civil War 1888: Hospital of the United Charities, a precursor to Hillman Hospital, opened in Birmingham, operated by state chartered Board of Lady Managers. 1894: Birmingham Medical College was founded. 1902: Cornerstones were laid for the new Birmingham Medical College and Hillman Hospital buildings. 1905: Hillman Hospital Training School for Nurses graduated first class. 1920: Medical College closed in Mobile, moves to Tuscaloosa

1938: Groundbreaking for Jefferson Hospital 1943: Gov. Chauncey Sparks signed the Jones Bill, establishing a 4-year Medical College of Alabama in Birmingham; Roy Kracke named Dean in 1944 1945: First medical students attended classes in Birmingham 1946: Congress passed P.L. 79-725, the Hospital Survey and Construction Act, widely known as the (Lister) Hill-Burton Act
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1948: Joe Volker arrived in Birmingham to establish Dental School, seating his first class in 9 months. 1950: Tinsley Harrison became Interim Dean, Chair of Internal Medicine 1951: Combined Medical Center Library established under control of Chief Librarian Mildred R. Crowe 1952: Dr. Lawrence Reynolds donated his personal library and collection of rare medical texts and manuscripts to the Medical Center. (Reynolds Historical Library dedicated in 1958.) 1954: "Duckett Jones Report," released, ushering much needed administrative improvements. 1958: VA Hospital opened, the first associated with a medical school 1959: Groundbreaking for new psychiatric clinic, a gift from Joseph and Bertha Smolian. 1960: Worlds first clinical use of commercial fiberoptic endoscope, developed by Dr. Basil Hirschowitz at University Hospital.

1962: Dr. Joseph F. Volker named VP for Health Affairs; Dr. S. Richardson Hill, Jr., Dean of the Medical College; and Dr. Charles A. McCallum, Jr., Dean of the School of Dentistry. 1964: Dr. Tinsley Harrison delivered first Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Witches and Doctors." 1965: Desegregation complete. of University Hospital reported

1965: Surgical Department Chair Champ Lyons died. 1966: Dr. John Kirklin moved from Mayo Clinic to Birmingham, named Chairman, Department of Surgery. 1968: Dr. Arnold Diethelm performed Alabamas first successful kidney transplant.

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1969: The University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB) became one of three distinct universities in the new three-campus UA System; Dr. Joseph F. Volker named first president. Medical College of Alabama renamed University of Alabama School of Medicine. 1970: Richard Charles Dale and Samuel William Sullivan, Jr. became the first African-American graduates of the School of Medicine. Diabetes groundbreaking Research and Education Hospital

1975: J.L. Stewart appointed Executive Director of the UAHSF.

1976: Dr. Joseph F. Volker named the first chancellor of three-campus University of Alabama System. 1977: Dr. S. Richardson Hill became the second president of UAB. 1980: Center for Advanced Medical Studies (CAMS) dedicated. 1981: Dr. Robert B. Karps surgical team performed the first heart transplant at UAB. Artist and local comic ventriloquist Donald B. Stewart enrolled in the UASOM. 1984: The first liver transplant at University Hospital performed. The first U.S. use of color Doppler echocardiograph visualizes internal cardiac structures at University Hospital. 1986: Dr. Charles A. McCallum, Jr., vice president for Health Affairs, became acting president of UAB during the one-year sabbatical of President S. Richardson Hill, Jr. In 1987 he was named UABs third president. 1987: Smoking banned in all indoor public areas of the Medical Center. World's first genetically engineered mouse-human monoclonal antibody used to treat cancer at University Hospital. 1988: Dr. Max D. Cooper becomes first UAB faculty member elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Michael Saag established the Center for AIDS Research.
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1992: The Kirklin Clinic was dedicated.

Dr. Lawrence J. DeLucas flew in NASA mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. 1993: Dr. J. Claude Bennett succeeded Dr. Charles A. McCallum, Jr. as the fourth president of UAB. 1995: UAB celebrated Academic Health Centers 50th anniversary. Drs. David C. McGiffin and David Laskow performed first simultaneous heart-kidney transplant in the Southeast at UAB. 1996: UAB President J. Claude Bennett named Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the second UAB physician to be so honored. Science named UAB faculty Drs. Michael Saag, George Shaw, and Beatrice Hahn, among nations top 10 AIDS researchers 1997: W. Ann Reynolds named first non-medical president of UAB. Drs. James K. Kirklin and David McGiffin performed UAB's 500th heart transplant. 1998: 500th liver transplant conducted at University Hospital. 1,000th laser vision correction procedure performed at Eye Foundation Hospital. 1999: Drs. Beatrice H. Hahn, George M. Shaw, and Feng Gao announced discovery of (HIV-1), the virus that causes AIDS 2000: Groundbreaking for North Pavilion, the new University Hospital. 2002: Carol Garrison named sixth UAB President. First set of sextuplets in Alabama born at University Hospital. 2004: David Hoidal became interim CEO of UAB Health System.

Dr. Robert Rich named UAB VP, Dean of School of Medicine

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About the Artist:

Don Stewart earned a bachelors degree in biology from Birmingham-Southern College in 1981, where he enrolled in art classes as a brief respite from the rigors of premedical studies. Here he encountered the process of composite imagery, and began exploring techniques in ballpoint drawing. Stewart continued to pursue artistic interests as a hobby during medical training at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham. After receiving his M.D. in 1985, Dr. Stewart moved to Minnesota, to complete an internship in surgery at the Mayo Clinic. The lifestyle of a surgical resident proved, however, to be at odds with his creative side. By year's end, he discontinued his medical studies, after accepting awards for both short fiction and poetry, and publishing his first two composite drawings. For the last twenty years the self-styled visual humorist has made his living drawing intricate and entertaining images, designed to reconnect the brain to the funny bone. Don Stewart and his wife, portraitist/illustrator Sue Ellen Brown, own the DS Art Studio Gallery in Birmingham.