UAB Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics Sergio Stagno, MD, and Professor and Director of General Pediatrics Carolyn S. Ashworth, MD, announce the appointment of Jennie Andresen, MD, as assistant professor. Dr. Andresen joins UAB from The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, where she served as assistant clinical professor of pediatrics for 7 years. Before moving to North Carolina, Dr. Andresen was medical director of the Wetumpka Pediatric Clinic, Wetumpka, Alabama, for 2 years.

A graduate of Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, and the Alberto Hurtado School of Medicine, Dr. Andresen completed a pediatrics internship and residency at Children's Hospital of Michigan/Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, where she also completed a pediatric infectious diseases fellowship. She is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.

Dr. Andresen's clinical activities will center on The Newborn Nursery at University Hospital and the Primary Care Clinic at Children's Hospital. She may be reached at 934-4531.