3Awarded Professor Emeritus Status Stephen Moser, M.D.
Dr. Stephen Moser received his certificate of Professor Emeritus status from George Netto, M.D., Chair, in February. Dr. Moser retired from fulltime service to the Department in November 2018. Among Moser’s noted achievements in service to the University are election to the UAB Faculty Senate for three terms, where he chaired both the Affairs Committee and Finance Committee. In service to the UA Health System, Dr. Moser served the UAB Hospital Clinical Microbiology Laboratory as Associate Director for nearly two decades and another seven years as Director, stepping down in 2018. He also worked on the Laboratory Information Systems committees and working groups to include installation of the Cerner Laboratory Module, and served eight years on the Infection Prevention Committee and Antibiotic Stewardship subcommittee of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. In addition, Moser provided research and service to MedMined, Inc., a medical information technology company he helped form with Stephen Brossette, M.D., Ph.D. whom he co-advised (defined the clinical topic) as an MSTP student earning his Ph.D. in computer science, which resulted in two patents. “This service has had great impact on the practice of infection prevention nationwide, and I consider it my most significant contribution,” Moser said. Brossette ultimately sold MedMined to Cardinal Health (CareFusion) in 2006 for $95 million. UAB has received more than $5 million from the sale and royalties to date, including some distribution to the Department of Pathology. Additionally, Moser has been principal or co-investigator on grants and contracts from NIH, foundations, and industry with total awards to UAB of more than $9 million. In 1999, he founded the UAHSF Fungal Reference Laboratory under the Department with grants from the HSF Endowment Fund. The laboratory participates in
both basic and applied science research with the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine; School of Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and industry. This is a CLIA certified, CAP-accredited, and licensed by the Alabama as an Independent Clinical Laboratory. Moser has authored or coauthored more than 100 peerreviewed manuscripts, 7 book chapters, 40 invited lectures, and over 120 presentations at national and international conferences. Beginning in 1992 and continuing through 2018, Moser participated in teaching Microbiology to medical, dental, optometry and graduate students, and Pathology residents. He is author of the Medical Student Microbiology Laboratory Manual, and served on the dissertation committees for and mentored Stephen Brossette (CIS), Daisy Wong (CIS) and Stephanie Momeni (Biology). Moser has received international recognition as editorial board member and editor of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology published by the American Society for Microbiology, considered a top-tier journal in the discipline of Diagnostic Clinical Microbiology and distributed worldwide.
STEPHEN MOSER, MD, (R) WITH GEORGE NETTO, MD, CHAIR, UAB PATHOLOGY.
Michael Conner, M.D.
Congratulations to Michael Conner, M.D., on earning emeritus status as professor, Anatomic Pathology. He held a secondary appointment in the School of Dentistry. Dr. Conner has spent his entire career at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, having earned his bachelor of science and doctorate of medicine degrees both at UAB. He diverged for a one-year pediatric internship at the University of Mississippi, before completing a residency program and then two fellowships, in hematopathology and surgical pathology, at UAB. CONTINUED NEXT PAGE
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