Emergency Medicine

Andrew Edwards, Vice Chairperson

Andrew Edwards, Executive Vice Chair

Bobby Lewis, Director

David Pigott, Assistant Director

Derek Robinett, Director

Marie-Carmelle Elie, Department Chairperson

Michael Kurz, Vice Chair for Research

Dr. Michael Kurz is a Professor and Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and holds joint appointments with the Department of Surgery and the UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science. In addition, Dr. Kurz is the Director of the UAB Post-Cardiac Arrest Service providing comprehensive post-resuscitation care for cardiac arrest victims throughout Alabama.


Dr. Kurz attended the University of Virginia Schoo...

Sarah Nafziger, Director

Todd Peterson, Director

Adam Kessler, Associate Professor (P)

Alexander Le, Instructor - Clinical (P)

Andrew Bloom, Assistant Professor (P)

Andrew Edwards, Professor (P)

Ashton Kilgore, Instructor - Fellow (P)

Benjamin von Schweinitz, Assistant Professor (P)

Blakeley Hudson, Instructor - Clinical (P)

Bobby Lewis, Associate Professor (P)

Brendan Anzalone, Assistant Professor (P)

Charles Khoury, Associate Professor (P)

Christopher Greene, Associate Professor (P)

Christopher White, Assistant Professor (P)

Dag Shapshak, Associate Professor (P)

David Pigott, Professor (P)

Derek Robinett, Associate Professor (P)

Erin Shufflebarger, Assistant Professor (P)

James Booth, Associate Professor (P)

James Crosby, Assistant Professor (P)

Jaron Raper, Assistant Professor (P)

Jenna Johnson, Assistant Professor - Clinical (P)

Jennifer Hess, Assistant Professor (P)

Jessica Rivera, Assistant Professor (P)

Joel Evans, Assistant Professor - Clinical (P)

John Gullett, Associate Professor (P)

Jorge Alsip, Assistant Professor - Clinical (P)

Joshua Beckedorf, Assistant Professor (P)

Julie Brown, Assistant Professor - Clinical (P)

Kathleen Bowen, Assistant Professor - Clinical (P)

Kelly Roszczynialski, Instructor - Fellow (P)

Kevin Barlotta, Professor (P)

Kole Spaulding, Instructor - Clinical (P)

Lauren Walter, Associate Professor (P)

Marie-Carmelle Elie, Professor (P)

Marquita Hicks, Associate Professor (P)

Matthew DeLaney, Associate Professor (P)

Matthew Heimann, Assistant Professor (P)

Matthew Kelly, Associate Professor (P)

Maxwell Thompson, Assistant Professor (P)

Michael Kurz, Professor (P)

Dr. Michael Kurz is a Professor and Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and holds joint appointments with the Department of Surgery and the UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science. In addition, Dr. Kurz is the Director of the UAB Post-Cardiac Arrest Service providing comprehensive post-resuscitation care for cardiac arrest victims throughout Alabama.


Dr. Kurz attended the University of Virginia Schoo...

Patrick Siler, Assistant Professor (P)

Rachel Skains, Assistant Professor (P)

Robert Buckingham, Associate Professor (P)

Ryan Coute, Assistant Professor (P)

Samuel Burleson, Assistant Professor (P)

Sarah Nafziger, Professor (P)

Shannon Stephens, Instructor (P)

Shannon Stephens, Critical Care Paramedic, has worked in EMS for over 25 years. He is currently a faculty member in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Director of the Alabama Resuscitation Center. He also serves as a Research Scientist for the UAB Center for Cardiovascular Biology, and formerly with the UAB Center for Disaster Preparedness. He has served as Instructor in the Department of Emergency Medicine from 1998 - present.

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Sherell Hicks, Assistant Professor - Clinical (P)

Stacy Marshall, Assistant Professor (P)

Stephen Knight, Assistant Professor (P)

Sukhshant Atti, Assistant Professor (P)

Therese Medalle, Instructor (P)

Todd Peterson, Associate Professor (P)

Tommeka Archinard, Assistant Professor - Clinical (P)

Vance Rothmeyer, Instructor - Clinical (P)

Walter Schrading, Professor (P)

Whitney Turner, Instructor (P)

William Ferguson, Associate Professor (P)

William Ferrara, Instructor - Clinical (P)

William Rushton, Associate Professor (P)

Co-diretor, Office of Medical Toxicology, UAB

Medical Director, Alabama Poison Information Center, Children's of Alabama

Willie Gilford, Associate Professor - Clinical (P)

Zachary Pacheco, Assistant Professor (P)

Jeffrey Kerby, Associate Professor (S)

Dr. Kerby was named director of the Division of Acute Care Surgery in November 2014. A native of Missouri, Dr. Kerby received both his undergraduate degree and medical degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City in 1989. He completed his surgical residency in general surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1999, along with a postdoctoral research fellowship in 1996, earning a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics from UAB in 1997. Following residency, Dr. Kerby ser...

Sara Gould, Assistant Professor (S)

Shea Duerring, Assistant Professor (S)