UAB School of Health Professions

As part of a year-long 40th anniversary celebration, the school honored 40 alumni who personify the school’s mission, vision and values. This distinction highlights the diverse talents, notable accomplishments and outstanding service of SHP alumni. The alumni selections were based on significant accomplishments in their field of study, contributions to their respective department through program involvement and service and significant financial support for their programs or departments. A dinner in honor of the outstanding alumni was held at the Birmingham Museum of Art on Friday, November 6, 2009

School of Health Professions Magazine.

The 40 outstanding alumni are:

Patricia Barr

Retired, co-owner – The Laboratory, Inc.

Medical Technology (1959, 1962)

Neeysa Biddle

President & Chief Operating Officer, St. Vincent’s Birmingham

Health Sciences (1989)

Health Administration (1992)

Cynthia Brumfield, M.D.

Chief of Staff, University Hospital (UAB)

Health Administration (2002)

James Burkhart

President & Administrator, Shands Jacksonville Medical Center

Health Administration (1979)

Randall A. Carpenter

Senior VP & CIO, HealthSouth Corporation

Health Informatics (1997)

John Casey

Retired, Chairman & CEO of MedCath, Inc.

Health Administration (1972)

Robert C. Chapman, LFACHE

Retired, President & CEO of Eastern Health System

Health Administration (1972)

Richard Clendaniel, Ph.D.

Asst. Professor, Duke University Medical School

Physical Therapy (1982)

Charles A. Faulkner, FACHE

Retired, Baptist Health System

Health Administration (1975)

George Farr, FACHE

Retired, President & CEO, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas

Health Administration (1968)

I. William Ferniany, Ph.D.

CEO, UAB Health System

Health Administration (1975)

Administration-Health Services (1984)

Michael E. Garrigan

Retired, Navigant Consulting

Health Administration (1975)

Gary Glasscock, FACHE

President & CEO, Noland Health Services

Health Administration (1974)

Donald Hensrud, M.D.

Chair, Division of Preventive, Occupational and Aerospace Medicine, Mayo Clinic

Nutrition Sciences (1972)

S. Robert Hernandez, DrPH

Professor & Director, UAB Administration-Health Services Doctoral Programs

Health Administration (1972)

Joan Hicks

Chief Information Officer, UAB Health System

Health Information Management (1986)

Health Informatics (1994)

Larry G. Hornsby, CRNA

Senior Executive VP, Amsol

Nurse Anesthesia (1985)

Narendra Kini, M.D.

President & CEO, Miami Children’s Hospital

Health Administration (1988)

Rica Lewis-Payton

Medical Center Director/CEO, Birmingham VA Medical Center

Health Administration (1983)

Richard Lind

Retired, CEO, Memorial Health Systems (Florida)

Health Administration (1971)

Rick Moore

Chief Information Officer, National Committee for Quality Assurance

Health Informatics (2003)

Sarah Morgan, M.D.

Professor, UAB Department of Nutrition Sciences and Associate Dean, UAB School of Medicine

Nutrition Sciences (1986)

Larry Sanders, FACHE

Chairman & CEO, Columbus Regional Healthcare System (Georgia)

Health Administration (1975)

James E. Shmerling, DHA, FACHE

President & CEO, Children’s Hospital (Denver)

Health Administration (1980)

Donna Slovensky, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, UAB School of Health Professions

Health Information Management (1975)

Administration-Health Services, (1996)

S. Douglas Smith, Ph.D., LFACHE

Principal, Evergreen Investments and Management

Administration-Health Services (1999)

Bonnie Alston Spear, Ph.D.

Professor, UAB Department of Pediatrics

Dietetic Internship (1977)

Clinical Nutrition (1978)

Michael E. Stephens

Principal, S. Enterprises, Inc.

Health Administration (1975)

Janet Perry Stewart

Retired, VP of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama

Health Administration (1981)

Charles D. Stokes, FACHE

COO, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System (Houston, TX)

Health Administration (1983)

Michael C. Tarwater, FACHE

Chief Executive Officer, Carolinas HealthCare System

Health Administration (1978)

Jessie Tucker, Ph.D., FACHE

Senior VP & Administrator, Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital

Administration-Health Services (1998)

Sherri Van Pelt

Senior Director of Development, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center

Occupational Therapy (1977)

Jon Vice

Retired, President and CEO of Children’s Hospital and Health System (Milwaukee, WI)

Health Administration (1974)

Nancy White

Associate Director of Practice, American Physical Therapy Association

Physical Therapy (1979)

Elizabeth Whitehead

Principal, Health Actions

Physical Therapy (1972)

Ronnie Whorton

Director of Anesthesia Services, UAB Hospital & UAB Highlands

Nurse Anesthesia (1985, 2008)

Nancy Wooldridge

Associate Professor, UAB Department of Pediatrics

Clinical Nutrition (1981)

Sheree Chapman York

Director, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Department, Children’s Hospital (Birmingham)

Physical Therapy (1977, 1983)

Robert J. Zasa, FACMPE

Founder/Principal, ASD Management

Health Administration (1975)