1990s
2000s
1991
2009
Spine
section
established
Number of residents
reaches 21
2013
Division of Neurosurgery
becomes Department of
Neurosurgery, marking
the 24th academic
department within the
UAB School of Medicine
1999
Functional
neurosurgery
& movement
disorders
section
established
James M. Markert, MD,
named inaugural chair
of the Department of
Neurosurgery
2015
First Comprehensive
Stroke Center in Alabama
2017
NIH funding reaches top
10 in nation
2018
Division of Pediatric
Neurosurgery
established, led by
Jeffrey P. Blount, MD
2004
Endovascular section
established
2006
Current director
James M. Markert, MD,
named division director
2019
Performed the first DBS
procedure for epilepsy in
Alabama
2020
Twenty-seven faculty
members
uabmedicine.org
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