UAB opens seven specialty clinics at UAB Medical West, accepting new patients

Residents of West Jefferson County can now receive care from UAB Medicine closer to home. The University of Alabama Birmingham Medicine is now accepting adult patients of all ages for non-emergency care at UAB Medical West. The Specialty Clinics of UAB Hospital at UAB Medical West are staffed by experienced and compassionate UAB Medicine doctors, nurses and other professionals. These new clinics are located on the sixth floor of the UAB Medical West medical office building, 5000 Medical West Way, Bessemer, AL 35022.

"We are excited to offer specialty care to patients in and around the West Jefferson County area," said Lou Baverso, chief operating officer of UAB Health System. "Expanding our services to this community will allow them to receive the same world-class treatment closer to home."

The following clinics are open and accepting new patients:

• Cardiology Clinic
• Endocrinology Clinic
• Neurosurgery Clinic
• Pain Treatment Clinic
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic (PM&R)
• Pulmonary Clinic
• Rheumatology Clinic

UAB Medical West, an affiliate of the UAB Health System, completed its replacement facility and began seeing patients at its new location in August 2024. Please visit uabmedicine.org/medicalwest to learn more.