Emergency Physician – Academic & Specialized Programs, UAB Medicine

This is an exciting time to be a part of UAB, we are expanding again … the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine has experienced rapid growth and will be moving into a new Emergency Department this year. Additional physicians are needed for the State’s only ACS Level 1 Trauma Center and the nation’s first accredited ACEP Level 1 facility.

Diverse clinical and academic opportunities go beyond traditional emergency care:

• Geriatric Emergency Program specifically designed to meet the needs of older patients
• Events Medicine provides coverage for all major events in the area including concerts, football, baseball, racing, etc.
• 30-bed Observation Unit
• Comprehensive Snakebite Program (first in the nation)
• Global health initiatives supporting BLS, EM skills, ultrasound training in Kenya, Nigeria, the Dominican Republic, and Cameroon
• Expanding hyperbaric wound care program
• Critical Care Transport utilizing avenues by air and ground
• Point-of-care ultrasound using Butterfly technology

We take pride in INVESTING IN OUR PEOPLE with the motto of “train well, treat well”. Our educational programs offer challenging, hands-on patient care experience across three distinct emergency departments—UAB Hospital, UAB Highlands, and community facilities. Faculty have opportunities to develop expertise in joint specialties including emergency medicine-sports medicine, emergency medicine-geriatrics, and emergency medicine-toxicology. Fellowship training in these and related areas is highly valued.

UAB Medicine is the nation's third-largest public academic medical center, with more than 1,900 beds. Our recent acquisition of Ascension St. Vincent's Health System includes an additional 409 beds, and extensive outpatient facilities throughout Alabama.

Birmingham, located in the heart of the Southeast, is within a short drive of Atlanta, Nashville, Chattanooga, New Orleans, Memphis, and Gulf Coast beaches. Surrounded by beautiful suburbs, the city has earned recognition as an "All American City". The area is a great place to live and work, as well as a top entrepreneurial and job growth hotspot. The combination of pleasant weather, diverse culture, abundant activities, and family-friendly lifestyle makes Birmingham an exceptional place to live, raise a family, and practice medicine. ALL WE ARE MISSING IS YOU.

2025 UAB Medicine and Emergency Department Facts and Figures:

• ACS Level 1 Trauma and Burn Center
• Nation’s first accredited ACEP Level 1 facility
• 139,059 Emergency Department patients visits
• 4,108 babies delivered
• 1,650+ active physicians
• UAB Hospital is among the 20 largest and best equipped in the nation
• UAB Medicine is the nation's third-largest public academic medical center
• UAB Medicine – six times Magnet Designated
• 8 nationally ranked medical programs
• More than 350 UAB physicians are ranked among the Best Doctors in America
• 95,879 patient discharges
• 5 million medical clinic visits
• More than 30,000 patients were enrolled in clinical trials in