The clinic provides a host of services including dermatology, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, ENT, ophthalmology, as well as others. The medical staff includes 785 physicians with 1,988 associates. St. Vincent s is a member of the Daughters of Charity National Health System. By combining services into coordinated programs, St. Vincent s often takes a multidisciplinary approach to treating patients. The new Comprehensive Breast Center takes a multidisciplinary approach to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.
Services range from education and treatment to support groups and follow-up care.
Two radiologists independently read all mammograms for increased accuracy. Other notable areas at St. Vincent s include the Women s and Children s Center, cardiology, neuroscience and oncology services in the Bruno Cancer Center. In 1945, the University of Alabama School of Medicine moved from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham, where two major hospitals were located within a single block. The Hillman Hospital, founded in 1902 by the United Daughters of Charity, and the Jefferson Hospital, opened in 1940, provided a large number of patients and, thus, ample teaching and learning opportunities. The School of Medicine was given responsibility for the Jefferson Hillman complex, which would later become the UAB Hospitals and Clinics.