Category: Physicians Giving Back

  • The Ministry of Rural Medicine

    The Ministry of Rural Medicine

    PINE APPLE – The town of Pine Apple lies about 20 minutes off I-65 South tucked in the southeast corner of Wilcox County along Alabama’s Black Belt. Driving through this farming community, you quickly notice the picturesque countryside dotted with the occasional farm house and antebellum home. This is an old and settled community with…

  • The Science of Food

    The Science of Food

    Vestavia Hills – Luis Pineda, M.D., MSHA, has been a practicing oncologist/hematologist for about 38 years. Like many in his field, he longed for a way to make the treatments for cancer easier for his patients. His life’s work took an interesting turn in 2003 during rounds as he began to notice the cans of…