Biosketch
Rank: Professor
Division: Hematology & Oncology
Campus Address: MCLM 798
Phone: (205) 934-9640
Email: sorscher@uab.edu
Departmental Affiliation(s):
Primary: Medicine
Secondary: Physiology & Biophysics
Biosketch:
Dr. Sorscher is originally from Flint, MI and graduated summa cum laude with honors in biology from Yale University in 1979. He completed his medical degree from Harvard University in 1984 following a one year leave of absence to study cystic fibrosis. He trained as a resident at Massachusetts General Hospital, and completed two postdoctoral fellowships, one at Massachusetts General, the other at UAB. In 1989, Dr. Sorscher was recruited to UAB to the position of Assistant Professor of Medicine and Physiology and Biophysics, and Associate Scientist at the Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Center. In 1994, Dr. Sorscher was appointed to the position of Associate Professor of Medicine and Physiology and Biophysics as well as Director of the UAB Cystic Fibrosis Research Center. In 1998, Dr. Sorscher was promoted to the position of Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Physiology and Biophysics. In 2003 he became the recipient of the Gwaltney Endowed Chair for cystic fibrosis research at UAB.