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Alumni Association Board of Directors

President
Betty Ruth Speir, M.D., ’63 – Point Clear

President-Elect
Theodis Buggs Jr., M.D., ’80 – Birmingham

Secretary/Treasurer
Alan R. Dimick, M.D., ’58 – Birmingham

Past President
Albert J. Tully Jr., M.D., ’64 – Birmingham

The Caduceus Club President
Lucian Newman III, M.D., ’88 – Gadsden

Vice Presidents (by district)
Gerhard Boehm, M.D., ’71 – Mobile
James H. Alford, M.D., ’63 – Montgomery
Stephen L. Chastain, M.D., ’88 – Dothan
Scott A. Grumley, M.D., ’96 – Birmingham
James G. Chambers III, M.D., ’74 – Huntsville
Kenneth W. Bramlett, M.D., ’81 – Birmingham
Rufus C. Partlow Jr., M.D., ’62 – Tuscaloosa
Thomas N. Lewis, M.D., ’86 – Marietta, Ga.
Michael McBrearty, M.D., ’73 – Fairhope
F. Martin Lester, M.D., ’63 – Mobile
John C. Rochester, M.D., ’59 – Knoxville, Tenn.
Norman McSwain Jr., M.D., ’63 – New Orleans
Norman F. McGowin III, M.D., ’80 – Greenville
Don Stewart, M.D., ’85 – Birmingham
Katrina Skinner, M.D., ’06 – Daphne

House Staff Representative
John Everett Blake, M.D. – Birmingham

Senior Class President
Matthew Purcell – Birmingham

Senior Vice President and Dean
Robert R. Rich, M.D. – Birmingham

Executive Secretary
Elaine O. Chambless – Birmingham

Administrative Secretary
Toni Sewell – Birmingham

School of Medicine Development

Executive Director
Rebecca J. Gordon

Department of Neurology
Tom Brannan

Special Projects
Meredith Burns

Comprehensive Diabetes Initiative
Erica Hollins

Department of Surgery
Jeannie Horton

School of Medicine
Evelyn S. Jones

Department of Ophthalmology
Lindsay M. Knox

Annual Giving
Sabrina Latham

Department of Medicine
Virginia Gilbert Loftin

Department of Psychiatry
Eve Rhea

Women and Infants Initiative
Roberta Shapiro

Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sherri S. Van Pelt

Department of Medicine
Samika Williams

UAB Medicine Staff

Executive Editors
Pam Powell
Matt Windsor

Managing Editor
Charles Buchanan

Editor, Alumni Affairs
Elaine O. Chambless

Editor, Development Office
Meredith Burns

Editorial Advisory Board
C. Bruce Alexander, M.D.
J. Noble Anderson Jr., M.D.
Pam Bounelis, Ph.D.
H. Hughes Evans, M.D.
Wayne H. Finley, M.D.
Amie B. Jackson, M.D.
Laura B. Kezar, M.D.
Robert Kimberly, M.D.
Rebecca W. Miller, M.D.
Kathleen G. Nelson, M.D.
Loring W. Rue III, M.D.
Sharon A. Spencer, M.D.
Carlton J. Young, M.D.

Executive Art Director
Ron Gamble

Art Director
Elizabeth Dowlen Whatley

Production Assistants
Claire L. Burgess
Jennifer Ghandhi
Wendy Sowell

Writers
Lisa C. Bailey
Charles Buchanan
Caperton Gillett
Troy Goodman
Matt Hooper
Nick Patterson
Dale Short
Roger Shuler

Photography
Michael Griffin
Steve Wood

School of Medicine Webmaster
Arielle Pentes

Programming
Derick Lawley
Allen Oakman

Multimedia
Cynthia Gooch Cardwell
Stanley Holditch

Editorial Contributors
UAB Media Relations
UAB Medical Publications