USA Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center Announces Promotions

The University of South Alabama (USA) recently announced two leadership promotions at the Johnson M. Haynes Jr., M.D. Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center: Dr. Antwan Hogue was named the center’s medical director, and Dr. Ardie Pack-Mabien was named director. Both had been serving in interim roles since Haynes’ passing in December 2022. In addition, Hogue is a senior hospitalist and associate professor of internal medicine at USA’s Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine, where he completed medical school. After a residency at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Hogue returned to his hometown of Mobile and USA Health. Pack-Mabien, who was named director of the center, has served as a nurse practitioner specializing in pediatrics and internal medicine there since 1997. Pack-Mabien worked closely with Haynes. In 2012, they and others at the center developed the Pediatric to Adult Care Transition program, which helps younger patients learn the importance of continuity of treatment in their next stage of life.