[6] In the same period of 2005-2006, UAB Hospital achieved the Consumer Choice Award of the National Research Corp (NRC).

The award is given to institutions that receive the highest marks in terms of both quality and image from a nationwide survey of 200,000 households, representing 400,000 consumers.

The rapid growth of the Greater Birmingham area led the hospital to continue to expand to some 20 surrounding medical buildings.

The second floor serves as the main concourse into the UAB Hospital complex with its primary entrance on 4th Avenue South.

[9] In February 2010, a new Women and Infant's Center was completed and opened, adjacent to the new Children's of Alabama Russell Campus hospital.