Directory of Pediatric Services: 2023-2025

Neonatology

Physicians: Namasivayam Ambalavanan, M.D. Professor

Viral Jain, M.D. Assistant Professor Tamas Jilling, M.D. Associate Professor Nazia “Zia” Kabani, M.D. Assistant Professor Jegen Kandasamy, M.D. Assistant Professor Director, Rare Disease Program and Congenital Anomalies Program Andrea Kane, M.D. Assistant Professor Virginia A. Karle, M.D. Professor Associate Director of Community Programs Charitharth Vivek Lal, M.D. Associate Professor Director, Golden Week Small Baby Program, Regional NICU, UAB Chair, Fellowship Scholarship Oversight Committee

Virginia Walker Jones Endowed Chair in Neonatology Program Director, Neonatal-Perinata Fellowship Program Director, Sergio B. Stagno Research Endowment Director, Division of Neonatal Research Director, Translational Research in Normal and Disordered Development (TReNDD) Program, UAB Waldemar A. Carlo, M.D. Professor Edwin M. Dixon Endowed Chair in Neonatology Director, Chronic Lung Disease Prevention Program, Home Readiness Program and Early Developmental Intervention Program Hope E. Arnold, M.D. Assistant Professor Nitin Arora, M.D., MPH Assistant Professor Kathryn Ann Barkett-Buchan, M.D. Assistant Professor Associate Medical Director, NICU, Children’s of Alabama Director, Division of Pediatrics, Grandview Medical Center NICU Medical Director, Grandview Medical Center Dean Bruce, M.D. Associate Professor Carl H. Coghill, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics Waldemar A. Carlo Endowed Professor of Clinical Neonatology NICU Medical Director, Children’s of Alabama Medical Director, Community Programs Director, Business Development – Neonatology Samuel J. Gentle, M.D. Assistant Professor Chair, Fellowship Clinical Competency Committee Chair, Fellowship Education Committee Hannah B. Hightower, M.D. Assistant Professor Medical Director, Shelby Baptist NICU Terry Bierd, M.D. Associate Professor Allison Black, M.D. Associate Professor

Neonatology

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