Kevin Leon, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education at UAB, remembers an internship episode that made him decide to stay at the Birmingham institution. “It was my first night as an intern at the ER. At two o'clock in the morning, a patient came in with a rare disorder I had never encountered. I didn’t know what to do, so I called the attending doctor at home. He was here in 20 minutes and treated the patient,” Dr. Leon said. “That told me so much about the faculty here. I had applied to ten other fellowship programs around the country, but I chose UAB. It was the best decision I ever made.”
The Heersink School of Medicine at the University of Alabama in Birmingham ranks among the best academic medical centers for research, education, and clinical care. Besides the rankings and numbers and all of the accolades the medical school continues to amass, there is something else driving over 1000 students and residents every year to call UAB their home.
