Department of Pediactrics
Dr. Steffane Battle
Assistant Professor of Pediactrics
Medical Director of the Pediactric Clinic
Pediactric Clerkship Coordinator
Dr. Steffane Battle has been a member of the Pediatrics faculty since August, 1996. She graduated from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in May, 1993; she then completed her internship at The Medical College of Virginia (1993 – 1994) and her pediatric residency at The University of Alabama at Birmingham (1994 – 1996). She is especially interested in providing patient education. She and her husband have three young children -- two sons and a daughter.
Dr. Lea Eiland
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediactrics
Lea S. Eiland, Pharm.D. is also an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice with the Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy. Lea graduated with her Doctor of Pharmacy from The University of Texas at Austin and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 2001. She completed a pediatric specialty residency at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Amarillo in 2002. Lea joined the Auburn faculty in August of 2002 and the UAB faculty in September of that year. Her interests include neonatology, critical care, and infectious disease. On a personal note, Lea's husband is also a pharmacist who works at Huntsville Hospital. She loves University of Texas football, enjoys the outdoors and is a voracious reader of mysteries.
Dr. Patrice Knight
Associate Professor of Pediactrics
Division Director of Pediactrics
Dr. Patrice Knight has been on the Pediatrics faculty since 1983. A 1980 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Medicine, she completed her pediatric internship and residency at The Children’s Hospital of Alabama in Birmingham from 1980 to 1983. A Neonatology Fellowship followed at University Hospital in Birmingham, from 1983 to 1985. She was Board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in 1985 and in Perinatal-Neonatal Medicine in 1987. Dr. Knight has been Medical Director of the North Alabama Perinatal Follow-Thru Program since January, 1983, and is active in the State Perinatal Program. Her outside interests include gardening; she is a Master Gardener. She has three youngsters and is an active member of Trinity United Methodist Church.
Dr. Maria Salazar
Assistant Professor of Pediactrics
Dr. Maria Lourdes Salazar joined the Pediatrics faculty at UAB in March, 2001. A 1985 graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine, she did a rotating internship at Philippine General Hospital (1985-86) and was a Research Associate in the Clinical Epidemiology Unit at Philippine General Hospital in 1987. She completed a pediatric residency at Philippine General Hospital (1988-90) and then another pediatric internship and residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, NY, from 1991 to 1993. Dr. Salazer was then was a Clinical Fellow in Pediatric Critical Care at Montefiore from July 1993 to June 1995 and a Clinical Fellow in Pediatric Cardiology at St. Louis Children’s Hospital from July to December 1995. Her special interests include acute care pediatrics, fluid and electrolytes, pediatric cardiology, and neonatal infections. Dr. Salazar is married and enjoys dance (choreography, ballet, jazz, cultural dances from the Philippines, ballroom dancing) and piano.
Dr. Debra Williams
Professor of Pediactrics
Dr. Debra Williams has been with the Pediatrics faculty since 1983. She received her M.D. degree from the Medical College of Georgia in 1979 and completed her pediatric internship and residency with the Pensacola Educational Program at Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital in Florida from 1979-82. Her special interests in medicine are public health and child abuse; she is the Assistant Medical Officer for the Madison County Department of Public Health, in charge of medical programs. Debra has one son. An avid clogger – she’s been a member of the Hoot N Holler Cloggers for many years, Debra also enjoys riding her motorcycle with Women on Wheels and is an active member of Weatherly Heights Baptist Church.
