UAB Awards & Recognition

Eleven University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital medical specialties - three more than in 2009 - are among the nation's top 50 in the 16 categories evaluated at 4,852 U.S. hospitals this year by U.S. News & World Report, and six specialties are in the top 25.

UAB Hospital has again won the National Research Corporation (NRC) Consumer Choice Award based on consumer perceptions of quality and image. UAB, which has won this award every year since 2000, is the only hospital in the Birmingham Metropolitan Statistical Area listed among the NRC's 250 top hospitals.

More than two-thirds of the best doctors in Alabama practice at UAB, according to the 2009-10 edition of The Best Doctors in America. The new edition recognizes 297 UAB physicians among the nation’s best doctors, a total of 67 percent of the 446 physicians selected from the state of Alabama.

The Scientist magazine has ranked UAB as 5th in the “Top 15 U.S. Academic Institutions,” up from 47th in 2007. The dramatic jump coincides with UAB’s cross-collaborative culture in which researchers collaborate with other departments to create a truly multi-disciplinary setting.

The American Alliance of Healthcare Providers ranks accredited hospitals based their consumer friendliness, care-related performance and other professional standards.

The Kirklin Clinic, a member of the UAB Health System, received a Level 2 - Progress Towards Excellence Award during the Alabama Quality Award Annual Conference and Award Ceremony on November 29, 2007.

The UABHS recently won competitive Web communications awards from two organizations, Web Health Awards and eHealthcare Leadership Awards.