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In addition to providing health care services for more than 1.6 million patients annually, we are committed to educating medical professionals and advancing medical science through research.</p> <p>UAB Medicine is anchored by UAB Hospital, which has been named one of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals and the Best Hospital in Alabama, the No. 1 Best Large Employer for 2021 by Forbes magazine, and we received a Top Ten Consumer Choice Award from National Research Corp. The hospital provides care to the sickest patients in the state and offers many services not available at other medical centers in the region, including research trials for promising new treatments.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-hr-narrow"/> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:25%"> <div class="zn-card zn-provider-card"> <span class="zn-media" style="background-image:url('https://www.uabmedicine.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/05/Bulgarella-Dawn-600x899-1.jpg?w=600')"> <span class="zn-stage"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.uabmedicine.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/05/Bulgarella-Dawn-600x899-1.jpg?w=600" alt="S. Dawn Bulgarella, MSHA, CPA"></span> </span> <span class="zn-context"> <span class="zn-title">S. 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In her uniquely integrated role as CEO of both UAB Health System and the UAB/Ascension St. Vincent’s Alliance, Dawn is responsible for combined annual budgets in excess of $5 billion. She has a proven record of accomplishments in administration, financial management, organizational strategic planning, and senior-level recruitment.</p> <p>Dawn earned a Bachelor of Science in commerce and business administration from the University of Alabama and a Master of Science in health administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is a Certified Public Accountant who formerly served with Ernst & Young, a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Council of Teaching Hospitals Board, and active in the Healthcare Financial Management Association.</p> <p>Dawn participated in Class XXXI of Leadership Alabama. 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