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1717 6th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35233Phone+1 800-822-8816
Summary
- Chairman, Department of Surgery
Fay Fletcher Endowed Chair
Professor of Surgery and biomedical engineering
university of alabama at birmingham (UAB)
Surgeon in Chief, UAB health system
Education & Training
- Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1992 - 1999
- Duke University School of MedicineClass of 1992
Certifications & Licensure
- AL State Medical License 2015 - 2025
- WI State Medical License 2000 - 2025
- MD State Medical License 1994 - 2006
- NC State Medical License 1993 - 1995
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2011
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- Swallowing Function Before and After Surgery for Thyroid Goiter Start of enrollment: 2002 Apr 01
- Quality of Life (QOL) Following Parathyroid Surgery Start of enrollment: 2003 Jun 01
- Lithium for Low-Grade Neuroendocrine Tumors Start of enrollment: 2007 Jul 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Bibliometric Insight Into Thyroid Cancer Research: A Comprehensive Review and Future Directions.Christopher Wu, Sellers Swann, Michelle Holland, Julia A Kasmirski, Quince-Xhosa D Gibson
The American Surgeon. 2024-12-01 - 2 citationsFrom routine to rescue: Thyroidectomy for life-threatening thyrotoxicosis.Zhixing Song, Ramsha Akhund, Christopher Wu, Rongzhi Wang, Brenessa Lindeman
World Journal of Surgery. 2024-12-01 - Same-day parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism -an over 20-year practice.Chandler A Annesi, Andrea Gillis, Jessica M Fazendin, Brenessa Lindeman, Herbert Chen
World Journal of Surgery. 2024-12-01
Press Mentions
- UAB Honors Memory of Arnold Diethelm, Pioneering Transplant SurgeonJanuary 29th, 2021
- A Discrete Event Simulation Model for CoordinatingFebruary 24th, 2020
- Women Still a Rarity in High-Paying Surgical SpecialtiesJuly 30th, 2018
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