Fay Fletcher Kerner Professor of Surgery and Chair of UAB's Department of Surgery Kirby I. Bland, MD, and Loring W. Rue III, MD, UAB professor and chief, Section of Trauma/Burns and Surgical Critical Care, announce the appointment of Donald A. Reiff, MD, as assistant professor.

Dr. Reiff graduated magna cum laude from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, and completed his MD degree at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. At UAB, he completed a general surgery internship and residency, serving as chief administrative resident, and a surgical critical care fellowship.

During his surgical residency, he completed 2 years of research evaluating the effect fibroblast growth factor plays in the repair of orthopaedic injuries. In addition to being a diplomate of the American Board of Surgery, Dr. Reiff was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha prior to completing his trauma/critical care fellowship.

In addition to several book chapters and abstracts, Dr. Reiff has coauthored numerous manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Archives of Surgery, Shock, and The Journal of Trauma.

His clinical interests include trauma surgery and care of the critically injured. His current research focuses on combining information gained at scenes of motor vehicle collisions with the clinical presentation of injured patients to predict life-threatening injuries. Additionally, since 1998, he has worked with the Birmingham Regional Emergency Management System as a certified American College of Surgeons Advanced Trauma Life Support instructor.

Dr. Reiff may be reached at 976-4044 for academic and administrative calls and at 934-6840 for patient appointments; e-mail dreiff@uab.edu.