Dr. Mark Hadley was born and raised in Napa, California. Mark was active in sports, scholastics, and student government through high school. Dr.Hadley graduated from Stanford in 1978 with a BA in Economics and he began his medical education at Albany Medical College in upstate New York. Dr.Hadley received his MD degree in 1982.
Dr. Hadley completed his general surgery internship at the University of California under F. William Blaisdale, MD, and began his post-graduate neurosurgical training in 1983 at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, under mentors Robert F. Spetzler, MD, Volker K.H. Sonntag, MD, Andrew E. Shetter, MD, John R. Green, MD, and others. Upon graduation in 1988, Dr. Hadley served three years as a neurosurgeon in the United States Air Force. In 1991 Dr. Hadley accepted the position of Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery under Richard B. Morawetz, MD, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, in Birmingham, Alabama. His main areas of clinical and scientific interest are disorders of the human spine and spinal cord. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1993 and Professor in 1997. He has been actively involved in medical student, resident, and fellow education at UAB and serves as the Director of the Residency Training Program, and the Director of the Neurosurgical Spinal Surgery Fellowship program. He has served as the Medical Director of an active regional Think First Injury Prevention Program and has served as Team Physician to the University of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham athletic programs.
Dr. Hadley has authored over 170 scientific articles and chapters in medical textbooks. He has authored or edited several compilations in Neurological Surgery, including Self Assessment for Neurological Surgeons (SANS) VI for the AANS and CNS in 1997, multiple educational videotapes, Video Perspectives in Neurological Surgery, the comprehensive Guidelines for the Management of Acute Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord Injuries published as a supplement to NEUROSURGERY in March 2002, and most recently, the Guidelines for the Performance of Fusion Procedures for Degenerative Disease of the Lumbar Spine published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, in June 2005. Dr. Hadley serves editorial roles for Spine, Nutrition, and several foundations, and serves on the Editorial Board of NEUROSURGERY (1999 to present). He has been a visiting professor at major universities throughout the United States and has received a variety of honors including the inaugural Frank H. Mayfield Award of the AANS/CNS Spine Section in 1984 and induction into the honorary medical society, Alpha Omega Alpha. Dr. Hadley has been active in organized Neurosurgery since his residency training. He has served on the Executive Committees of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (1994-2004) and of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves (1992-1999). He has served as the Secretary of the CNS (1997-2000), as CNS Vice President (2001), President-Elect (2002) and as the President (2003). He has also served as a member of the AANS/CNS Washington Committee (2001- 2003).
Dr. Hadley sees patients on Tuesdays and Wednesdays each week, at the Kirklin Clinic. Appointments and referrals can be made by calling 205-934-1439 .
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