News at USA Health

In November, Gregory W. Bouska, M.D., M.P.A., will join USA Health from Huntsville Hospital, where he serves as chair of the Department of Anesthesiology.

Ramani is board certified in general pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics. He completed a fellowship in neonatology at UAB and a pediatric residency at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas.

The robot-assisted surgical system allows for a single point of entry with the potential for less pain and shorter hospital stays for prostatectomy patients at USA Health.

The event, being held as part of Child Passenger Safety Seat Week, is sponsored by USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital and Tobias & Comer Law.

“Our preliminary studies make strong suggestions for a pathobiological involvement of nicotine exposure in prostate cancer aggressiveness and therapy resistance.”

USA Health is the first health system in Alabama and the upper Gulf Coast region to earn the three-year accreditation.

The Samuel Hassenbusch Young Neurosurgeon Award is given to the top socioeconomic abstract selected from among the thousands of abstracts submitted to the Congress of Neurological Surgeons annual meeting.

The gift includes $23,900 in proceeds from the recent Piggly Wiggly Golf Tournament in Mobile and a matching donation from longtime MCI supporter Abraham A. Mitchell.

Radiation oncologist Joseph Jones, M.D., works with a multidisciplinary team to deliver the most advanced therapies for cancer patients.

All four locations have been performing continuously since 2018 to sustain recognition as Patient-Centered Medical Homes, meeting standards that ultimately translate to better experiences and outcomes for patients.

USA Health is teaming with Jeffrey St. John, M.D., of Vision Partners to provide high quality care using state-of-the-art equipment.

“Our ultimate goal for this research is to make clear the biological and molecular mechanisms that are critical to rickettsial transmission by fleas so we can better understand the epidemiology of flea-borne rickettsial diseases and identify novel points of intervention,” Macaluso said.