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Robert Dabal

Robert Dabal, MD

Cardiothoracic SurgeryCongenital Cardiac SurgeryThoracic SurgeryCardiac Surgery

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Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Pediatrics
  • Teenagers
  • Adults

Languages

  • English

About Robert Dabal

Biography

Dr. Dabal is a professor of surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and chief of the section of pediatric cardiac surgery. Dr. Dabal received his B.A. from the University of North Carolina with Honors and Distinction. He attended medical school at Duke University, graduating in 1996. He then completed general surgery residency at Columbia, followed by a cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at the University of Washington. Dr. Dabal then completed a pediatric cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at University of Colorado and Boston Children’s Hospital. His first faculty position at the University of Florida, and he was then recruited to UAB.

Title

Chief, Section of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery; A.D. Pacifico, M.D., Endowed Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery

Faculty Appointment

Professor

Research Interests

quality improvement and clinical outcomes research including improving surgical care to decrease morbidity following neonatal cardiac surgery

Memberships

American Medical Association
American College of Surgeons
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
Jefferson County Medical Society
Medical Association of the State of Alabama

Expertise

Education

  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital Boston, 2005
  • Fellowship: Denver Children's Hospital, 2004
  • Residency: University of Washington Medical Center, 2003
  • Residency: New York Presbyterian, 2000
  • Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine, 1995

Board Certifications

  • Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery: American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 2004