Senior VP, Dean
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D., FACS, has been Senior Vice President of Medicine and Dean of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine since October 2013. As dean, Dr. Vickers leads the UAB School of Medicine’s main campus in Birmingham as well as the school’s regional campuses in Montgomery, Huntsville, and Tuscaloosa. UAB School of Medicine is part of UAB Medicine, one of the 10 largest public academic medical centers and the third largest public hospital in the U.S. Dr. Vickers holds the James C. Lee Jr. Endowed Chair at the School of Medicine and is board chair of the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, a faculty practice plan with over $1.4 billion in revenue. He also serves as chair of UAB Medicine’s Joint Operating Leadership Committee (JOLC).
A world-renowned surgeon, pancreatic cancer researcher, and pioneer in health disparities research, Dr. Vickers is a member of the National Academy of Medicine (Institute of Medicine) and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. He has served on the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Board of Trustees and Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees. In addition, he has served as president of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract and the Southern Surgical Association, and is President-Elect of the American Surgical Association, the oldest and most prestigious surgical society.
Dr. Vickers earned baccalaureate and medical degrees from Johns Hopkins University and completed surgical training there, including a chief residency and surgical oncology fellowship. He completed two post-graduate research fellowships with the National Institutes of Health and training at John Radcliffe Hospital of Oxford University, England, and was an instructor of surgery at Johns Hopkins for one year.
Friday, March 24, 2023
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose