Melanie Morris, MD

Dr. Melanie Morris joined the faculty at University of Alabama at Birmngham as an associate professor of surgery in 2010. In 2016, she was named the chief of general surgery for the Birmingham VA hospital. A native of Tennessee, she completed her undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt University and her medical degree at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She completed her surgical residency in general surgery at Oregon Health and Science University and a colon and rectal surgery fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Dr. Morris is a specialist in colon and rectal surgery who is dedicated to improving surgical outcomes and surgical education. She is the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project surgeon champion for UAB Hospital and actively improved in quality improvement projects to ensure the safest surgical care possible is delivered to our patients. She serves as an associate program director for the General Surgery Residency Program and mentors many residents and students