General surgery is a broad field that encompasses a variety of procedures aimed at treating conditions affecting various parts of the body. Understanding the fundamentals of general surgery can help ...

To celebrate Women’s History Month this past March, UAB Surgery’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee member and General Surgery Research Resident Katherine McElroy, M.D., interviewed Jacqueline ...

Reconstructive surgery may be needed after a large tumor is removed. Reconstructive surgery helps to rebuild the area and restore how the throat works. Your surgeon will often take tissue and blood ...

What Is a Bariatric Surgeon? A bariatric surgeon is a doctor who performs gastric bypass and other types of surgeries that help you lose weight. They’re sometimes called metabolic surgeons. Your ...

Known as "the silent killer" due to its lack of symptoms and reliable screening tests, ovarian cancer remains one of the deadliest gynecologic cancers, claiming more than 12,000 lives annually.

Surgeons have called for more awareness of a preventative surgery that could save the lives of thousands of women from a "silent killer" that lacks both clear symptoms and reliable screening tests.

I have been a surgeon for 38 years. Three of those I spent as a general surgeon in the Navy, the remainder as a plastic surgeon in private practice. I have never been more alarmed about the state of ...

An exhibition shining a spotlight on women working in surgery includes two surgeons from the West Midlands. Nicola Mackay has ...