it was, indeed, dr. clements who left UAB. he was my mom's dr., and she now sees the dr. who took his place. i don't recall the new dr.'s name, but he trained with dr. clements, and my mom likes him a lot.
Dr. Clements is a Vanderbuilt now and Dr. Richard Stahl took his place at UAB. He is a fantastic doctor and actually performed my husbands surgery last August. I also see him for my follow-up visits.