Dawn serves in a dual capacity as the Chief Financial Officer for the UAB Health System, and the Senior Associate Dean for Finance and Administration for the University of Alabama School of Medicine. In her uniquely integrated role, she is responsible for oversight, coordination and direction of financial matters across UAB Medicine, a $2.6 billion health system inclusive of an 1,157 bed public teaching hospital, the only specialty hospital in the state focusing on eye care, and a faculty practice plan of an estimated 1,300 employed physicians. She additionally has responsibilities for the administrative and financial oversight of the research-intensive University of Alabama School of Medicine, currently ranked 23rd in National Institutes of Health funding for schools of medicine. Dawn is a graduate of the University of Alabama and holds a master's degree in Healthcare Administration from UAB. She has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare and has served in various administrative and financial leadership roles across the organization. Dawn is licensed as a certified public accountant with previous experience with Ernst & Young, LLP.
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