Richard M. Allman, MD, UAB professor and director of the Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, the UAB Center for Aging, and the Birmingham/Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinic Center, announces the appointment of Sara R. Rahman, MD, as assistant professor. Dr. Rahman is currently a geriatric consultant at the recently opened McDonald Clinic located at 1521 11th Ave S.

A graduate of the University of Washington in Seattle, Dr. Rahman completed her MD degree at Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. She then completed an internal medicine internship and residency at UAB, as well as a geriatric medicine fellowship.

Dr. Rahman's clinical interests center on dementia, behavioral disturbances of the elderly, and support of the caregiver. Her current research focuses on long-term care options and the utility of the geriatrician as a consultant.

She may be reached at 934-3259 for academic and administrative calls and at 996-2770 for consultation appointments; e-mail srahman@uab.edu.