Stephen L. Howell, CRNP
Contact
Stephen L. Howell, CRNP
CH19 219
1530 3rd Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35294-2041
Voice: 205.996.7454
Fax: 205.996.6873
slhowell@uab.edu
Profile
Stephen L. Howell, BSN, CRNP was born in Picayune, MS. He graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1999 with a Bachelors in the Science of Nursing degree. As a registered nurse he worked in a dual diagnosis unit for adults with psychiatric illnesses and chemical dependencies. He was then accepted into the United States Peace Corps where he served in Mongolia from 2001-2003. During his Peace Corps service, he developed a continuing education course for Mongolian nurses, taught health-based English, and lectured on preventative health issues to adolescents.
Upon returning to the United States, he worked as a staff nurse at University Hospital in Birmingham in the Medical Intensive Care Unit. In 2006, he graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a Master’s in the Science of Nursing degree. Throughout his graduate curriculum, he completed clinical work in various health arenas including internal medicine, indigent primary care, HIV/AIDS, pulmonology, women’s health, and cardiology. He recently joined the Palliative Medicine team at UAB as the first Nurse Practitioner.
Professional Memberships
Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Central Alabama Nurse Practitioner Association
Clinical/Research Interests
Palliative Medicine in the ICU patient, Role of men in nursing, Body image disturbances in HIV/AIDS patients, Continuity of primary care in indigent populations