2026 Honorees
The Hall of Fame Class of 2026 includes:
James Andrews, MD, orthopedic surgeon and founder of Andrews Sports Medicine.
Clarence M. Ball, Jr., LNHA, president and CEO of Ball HealthCare Services.
Benjamin Joseph Cumbus, DMD, pediatric dentist in Montgomery.
Carlos "Carl" O. Garner, PhD, vice president of global regulatory affairs for Eli Lilly.
L. Keith Granger, Alabama CEO for Community Health Systems.
The late J. Jack Kirschenfeld, MD, professor of UAB School of Medicine and director of the Montgomery Internal Medicine Residency Program.
The late Robert A. Kreisberg, MD, chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of South Alabama Hospital.
Wickliffe J. Many, MD, dean of medicine for the UAB School of Medicine Montgomery Regional Medical Campus.
Mark R. McIlwain, DMD, MD, oral surgeon and co-owner of Oral and Facial Surgery of the Shoals.
Dr. Dennis G. Pappas, MD, board certified physician in otolaryngology and neurotology and founder of Pappas Ear Clinic.
Maria Rodriguez Shirey, PhD, MBA, RN, dean of UAB School of Nursing.
Ray L. Watts, MD, president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.