Dr. John Porterfield

My academic and clinical interest focuses on surgical education and the surgical treatment of disorders of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands.

[Dr. John Porterfield @PorterfieldJohn]

@DanielleKayMD @UABGISurgery @djgunnells @rhhollis @DChu80 @Cannon76MD I’m not surprised! :) Strong training!!

[Adam Lucy, MD MSHQS @adamtlucy]

Tell me you’re a proud surgery parent without telling me you’re a proud surgery parent. Much love for the Shao’s and the new @UABSurgery elevator wraps! @shao_connie @AsianAcadSurg

[Dr. John Porterfield @PorterfieldJohn]

@AuburnTFXC War Eagle!! Way to go Hal!!

[Auburn Track & Field @AuburnTFXC]

Shaved a minute off your PR?

Two thumbs up from us 👍😄👍

#WarEagle

[Margaux Mustian @margauxnmustian]

Graduating UAB general surgery chief class of 2021- we made it! Congrats to all and so proud to be part of this class (Quince Gibson missing from the pic)@UABSurgery @britneycoreymd @herbchen @grmartens @lstafman @vanessamarieMD

[Dr. John Porterfield @PorterfieldJohn]

@ahsaaradio @DriveSafeAL Congratulations Hallie!!! Well deserved!! @WestminKnights

[AHSAA Radio Network @ahsaaradio]

Congratulations to Hallie Porterfield from The Westminster School at Oak Mountain for being named the Birmingham Area Athlete of the Week! Sponsored by @DriveSafeAL

[Dr. John Porterfield @PorterfieldJohn]

A special thanks to @IntuitiveSurg as our platinum sponsor and all of our industry partners that are making a difference sponsoring our annual American Association of Endocrine Surgeons conference! @TheAAES @UABSurgery

[Dr. John Porterfield @PorterfieldJohn]

@DrVickersUAB @nytimes Thankful for a strong honest dean @DrVickersUAB to bring to light @nytimes misinformation!

[Selwyn M. Vickers @DrVickersMSK]

This morning, the @nytimes presented inappropriate COVID-19 data that conflates and combines clinical and college data. Data was inconsistently and not accurately collected, and does not give a transparent overview of UAB’s cases. Read more: https://t.co/Mur0pk1PLH

[Dr. John Porterfield @PorterfieldJohn]

Dr. Tyler Wahl presenting @UABSurgery Grand Rounds: Surgical Readmissions: The Elusive Quality Metric @tylerswahl @MelanieMorrisMD @maryhawn @DChu80 @herbchen

[Dr. John Porterfield @PorterfieldJohn]

Faculty and fellows teaching advanced endoscopy skills at citywide course. @UABSurgery @herbchen @bostonsci @getolympus @ERBEUSAINC

[Dr. John Porterfield @PorterfieldJohn]

ACS Committee on Education Meeting with Hal on a chilly weekend in the windy city!! @AmCollSurgeons @UABSurgery

[Dr. John Porterfield @PorterfieldJohn]

@PeterAbraham92 wins Southeastern Educational Consortium robotics competition today! @UABSurgery @IntuitiveSurg

[Dr. John Porterfield @PorterfieldJohn]

What a good night with GREAT people!!! #ASC2020 @UABSurgery

[Dr. John Porterfield @PorterfieldJohn]

#ASC2020 Join us at 7pm for the final 3 rounds of the Robotic SimNow Games! @OSUSurgery @UPMC @MayoSurgEd @CleClinicMD @UABSurgery @IntuitiveSurg

[Dr. John Porterfield @PorterfieldJohn]

Robotic simulation competition heating up #ASC2020 @UABSurgery @IntuitiveSurg

[Dr. John Porterfield @PorterfieldJohn]

Great partnering with Dr. @thirulakshman at Southeastern Surgical Educational Consortium Resident Robotic training course @IntuitiveSurg @WakeSurgEd @UMJMHSurgery @DukeSurgery @VUMCSurgRes @UABSurgery

[Dr. John Porterfield @PorterfieldJohn]

@DChu80 discussing management of metastatic colorectal cancer in the urgent setting, leads of the Alabama Chapter of the @AmCollSurgeons annual meeting!! @UABSurgery

[Dr. John Porterfield @PorterfieldJohn]

The sauce is HOT for an early burn conference/competition @UABSurgery with Dr. James Hwang @margauxnmustian