Cahaba Medical Care-University of Alabama Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

Cahaba+UAB is a faith-informed, mission-driven family medicine program built around a Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum spanning four distinct tracks (Urban, Rural, Frontier, Highlands) that serve underserved, resource-poor communities in and around Birmingham and rural Alabama. The program's identity centers on full-spectrum family medicine—high-volume obstetrics, inpatient/ICU care, procedural breadth (endoscopy, POCUS, central lines, colposcopy), and community immersion—with an explicit expectation that residents relocate into the neighborhoods they serve. Career orientation is toward underserved and international/global health practice rather than subspecialty fellowship, reinforced by funded annual international rotations, an AIRE 4th-year concentration option, and dedicated post-residency Global Health and Hospitalist fellowships. Research is not a stated priority; instead the program explicitly values spiritual formation, community investment, pioneering new clinics/projects, and readiness for high-acuity, low-resource practice.