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UAB Medical Center
The UAB Medical Center is an area of constant growth
and development, ever improving to meet the needs of the
people it serves. Established in 1945 as a four-year
medical school in Birmingham, today the Medical Center
complex encompasses approximately twelve city blocks
and is ranked among the top academic medical centers in
the United States.
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University Hospital
 UAB
University Hospital is Alabama's major general/acute and
tertiary care center and the centerpiece of the UAB
Medical Center. A teaching hospital for more than 50
years, UAB Hospital is licensed for 908 beds.
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Children's Hospital
 Children's
Hospital is Alabama's only freestanding pediatric
hospital, and it is conveniently located just one block
from UAB Hospital. The close relationship between
the two facilities is evident in their frequent
collaboration. Children's Hospital serves as the
primary teaching hospital the UAB Department of
Pediatrics, and it is also where the Medicine-Pediatric
residents gain half their educational experience.
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
 The
Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center (BVAMC),
structurally connected to UAB Hospital through the VA
Research Wing, houses 135 beds 56 of which are assigned
to the medical service.
The BVAMC is a major site for the clinical teaching
activities of the Department of Medicine. BVAMC
physicians hold full faculty appointment at UAB,
providing educational services as attending physicians
the general medicine and consultative services.
Cooper Green Hospital
 The
municipal hospital for Jefferson County, Cooper Green
Hospital provides a broad range of primary, secondary,
and tertiary care. It is staffed by the Jefferson
Clinic, P.C., a multispecialty group of physicians
closely affiliated with UAB's training programs.
Eight active members represent the specialties of
general internal medicine, pulmonary medicine,
cardiology, rheumatology, hematology, oncology, and
infectious diseases. The hospital is adjacent to
the UAB Medical Center.
Cooper Green Hospital's internal medicine section
complements UAB Hospital's educational programs by
promoting efficient management of the complex social and
medical needs of a diverse group of patients.
Residents may also participate in the BIrmingham Health
Care for the Homeless program, which is linked with the
Cooper Green Internal Medicine section. This
outstanding program has established one of the nation's
premier models of service delivery for the socially
disadvantaged.
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