UAB Huntsville Internal Medicine

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the waiting room of UAB Huntsville Internal Medicine, a small boy named Timmy kept pointing and whispering, ‘Doctor lady, doctor lady, why is your stethoscope glowing?’ The receptionist shrugged it off as a child’s imagination until other patients started noticing too. Finally, one brave nurse asked the doctor gently if her stethoscope was really glowing. With a sheepish smile, the doctor explained she had accidentally left the night-light on in her office. Patients burst into laughter, realizing that sometimes grown-ups can be just as curious—and clumsy—as kids. Since then, whenever someone mentions the glowing stethoscope, everyone at UAB Huntsville laughs and remembers poor Timmy.

2. In the dead of night, when most hospitals are quiet, an unusual sound began drifting from UAB Huntsville Internal Medicine's parking lot—a gentle humming and tapping. A delivery driver noticed it first, thinking maybe someone had left their radio on. But as he approached, he saw nothing but empty cars and dim streetlights. Curious, he walked around the building until he found a small door leading to the staff entrance. Inside, amidst the quiet hallway, he heard a familiar voice singing softly: 'I'm a little teapot, short and stout...' Turned out, it was just a regular doctor practicing his karaoke skills before morning rounds.

3. In the middle of the night, a delivery driver pulled up to the loading dock with a crate marked ‘Special Order.’ As he opened it, a strange humming noise filled the air, and everyone in the building swore they saw a shadowy figure darting between the shelves. The next morning, when the doctor opened the crate, he found only a box of donuts labeled ‘Internal Medicine Specialty.’ Everyone had such a good laugh that from then on, whenever there was a mysterious delivery, someone would shout, ‘It’s probably just our secret donut shipment!’

4. In the early morning hours, a doctor’s office in UAB Huntsville Internal Medicine received an unexpected visitor. A neighbor knocked on the door and asked, ‘Is it normal for your receptionist to greet patients with “Welcome to our hospital—where miracles happen every day”?’ The doctor smiled and replied, 'Well, ma’am, she probably meant that here, miracles are just as likely as anywhere else—but without insurance claims!' The neighbor laughed, realizing it was just a friendly greeting, and left with a warm smile. From then on, whenever someone mentioned the office, people would say, “That place where they think every visit is a miracle.”