TUSCALOOSA, Ala. –Dr. E. Eugene Marsh III, dean of The University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences and associate dean of the UA School of Medicine, will be the featured speaker for the seventh annual Susan and Gaylon McCollough Medical Scholars Forum Jan. 30-31 in Shelby Hall on the UA campus.
The forum will be from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Jan. 30 and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 31. Marsh will speak at 4 p.m. Jan. 30 in Shelby Hall.
Marsh has been associated with the University and CCHS in several capacities since moving to Tuscaloosa in 1990. He has been director of the neurology clerkship since 1993 and was associate dean for academic affairs from 2001 to 2004. In July 2004, Marsh was named interim dean of The University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences and interim associate dean. In November 2005, he was named dean of the College of Community Health Sciences and associate dean of The University of Alabama School of Medicine.
He served as the medical director for the Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation, the Quality Improvement Organization for the state of Alabama from January 2004 to April 2006. He is the author of numerous publications and presentations, most dealing with cerebrovascular disease. He has received awards for his excellence in teaching from both medical students and residents, and he was awarded The Leonard Tow 2003 Humanism in Medicine Award.
Marsh received his bachelor’s degree cum laude from UA in 1975 and his M.D. from the University of South Alabama in 1979. After an internship in family medicine, he completed a neurology residency at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Upon completion of his military obligation, Marsh completed two additional years of training at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics as a fellow associate in cerebrovascular disease, or stroke.
The McCollough Medical Scholars Forum is designed to provide students with an understanding of the importance of the scientific and humanistic aspects of healthcare. High school students, UA pre-health professions students, and past forum participants will join UA faculty representing diverse disciplines for a series of lectures and discussions.
The forum was established by UA alumni Dr. Gaylon McCollough and his wife, Susan. Gaylon McCollough is an Alabaman physician, the president of the McCollough Plastic Surgery Clinic and the founder of the McCollough Institute for Appearance and Health in Gulf Shores.
A 1965 honors graduate of the College, he served as an offensive center for the Crimson Tide football team and was named to the All-American Football Team in 1964. Since entering practice, he has obtained recognition as a surgeon and teacher through his affiliation with the largest association of specialty plastic surgeons in the world.
For more information, contact Chris Hutt in the College of Arts and Sciences at 205/348-5902.
If you plan on attending dinner on Friday or lunch on Saturday, please RSVP by Jan. 28 to Victoria Dixon at 348-5970 or vldixon@as.ua.edu.
Contact
Sarah Colwell, Communications Specialist, College of Arts and Sciences, 205/348-8539, sccolwell@as.ua.edu