Dean Selwyn Vickers: UAB Medicine Building On Rapid Growth To Achieve Lofty Goals
By Jerry Underwood – University of Alabama System
Over the past five years, Dr. Selwyn Vickers has seen the UAB medical enterprise build on a powerful growth spurt that began more than a decade ago. It’s a continued evolution that has further lifted UAB’s reputation and thrust it onto the national stage for research, patient care and education.
In this time frame, UAB has established new institutes and research centers, while also deepening its leadership bench by adding top-notch experts in fields ranging from biomedical engineering to precision medicine.
Surgeries have increased nearly 20 percent in five years. Outpatient clinic visits have jumped more than 30 percent to nearly 1.5 million last year. The overall reach of UAB’s medical enterprise, meanwhile, has expanded with new programs and through its network of new regional campuses.
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