Dr. Black is originally from Monroeville, Alabama. He graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and worked for a short time as engineer before deciding to go into medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2013, and then he and his wife Meghan couples matched into general surgery and internal medicine, respectively, at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Dr. Black completed his general surgery in 2018 and returned to UAB for his surgical critical care fellowship. He joined the Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery as an assistant professor in August 2019. His wife Meghan is an assistant professor in the Department of General Internal Medicine.
Faculty Appointment
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Trauma resuscitation, whole blood transfusion, process improvement
Memberships
Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Society of Critical Care Medicine