Directory of Pediatric Services

Hospital Medicine

In addition to direct patient care, Pediatric Hospital Medicine faculty supervise and teach resident Physicians/Medical students serving inpatient clerkships. Members of the Division serve leadership roles in medical education at UAB and in graduate medical education for the Department of Pediatrics. Hospitalists also work closely with leaders at Children’s of Alabama to improve functionality of the EMR, enhance the patient experience of care, improve patient safety and promote family-centered care. Pediatric Hospital Medicine also trains hospitalists. A two-year fellowship program started in 2012 was accredited in 2020, when accreditation was first offered. All fellows who have completed the program are currently working as hospitalists in academic pediatric departments/children’s hospitals (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Colorado and Missouri). Research activities of Pediatric Hospital Medicine are aimed at achieving more efficient use of health care resources, developing clinical pathways for specific conditions, measuring and improving quality of care and improving use of evidence-based medicine.

More information on Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Children’s of Alabama is available at: uab.edu/medicine/peds/hospital-medicine

Physicians: Erin Shaughnessy, M.D., MSHCM Professor Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Executive Vice-Chair, Operations Beth Gordy Dubina Endowed Chair in Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Madeline Eckenrode, M.D. Associate Professor

Samantha Hanna, M.D., MPH Assistant Professor

Meghan Harrison, M.D., MSHA Assistant Professor

Stephanie Berger, M.D. Professor

Meghan Hofto, M.D., MPH Associate Professor

Ariel Carpenter, M.D. Assistant Professor

Caroline Lambert, M.D. Instructor

Emily Casey, M.D. Associate Professor

Jordan Lim, M.D., CLC Assistant Professor

Teresa Cornelius, M.D. Assistant Professor Hospital Medicine

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