Dr. Lee Grimm Jr. Dr. Grimm is associate professor of surgery in the division of colon and rectal surgery and serves as program director of general surgery residency at the USA College of Medicine. One of three colorectal surgeons at USA Health, Dr. Grimm began the region’s only tumor board dedicated to colorectal cancer.
The USA College of Medicine has honored him with nominations to the USA chapter of the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society and the USA chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He also serves on the board of the Christian Medical Ministry of South Alabama, where he leads a month-long medical mission trip in Rwanda, Africa.
Dr. Grimm earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He completed a general surgery residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a colon and rectal surgery residency at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.
Dr. Moh’d KhushmanDr. Khushman is assistant professor of interdisciplinary clinical oncology and serves as a hematologist and oncologist at USA Mitchell Cancer Institute.
Dr. Khushman is especially committed to outreach for cancer patients in rural areas. He sees patients at a USA Mitchell Cancer Institute office at Monroe County Hospital, allowing patients in Monroeville to receive quality care closer to home. His work has expanded the hepato-pancreato-biliary and colorectal groups at USA Mitchell Cancer Institute and helped reach the goal of developing disease-specific teams for cancer care.
He earned his medical degree from the University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan. He completed his residency training in internal medicine at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and a fellowship in hematology-oncology at University of Miami Leonard Miller School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Melanie RoseDr. Rose is a vascular and endovascular surgeon at Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgical Associates, PC. An alumna of the USA College of Medicine, she serves as an adjunct assistant professor in the department of surgery and a clinical mentor for first- and second-year medical students.
Board certified in general and vascular surgery, Dr. Rose is the first female vascular surgeon in Alabama and the only female vascular surgeon along the Gulf Coast. She serves on the peer review committee for both Mobile Infirmary and Thomas Hospital and is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the Vascular and Endovascular Surgical Society, the Alabama Vascular Society and the Association of Women Surgeons.
After earning her medical degree, Dr. Rose completed her residency training in surgery at USA, followed by a two-year vascular surgery and endovascular therapy fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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