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We are incredibly happy to announce our incoming class of residents, and the results of Match Day 2023!

 

The incoming residents are as follows:

Olivia Henderson, who will be joining us from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.

Nearly three years ago, the University of Kentucky College of Medicine launched the Alliance Research Initiative to promote collaboration and mentorship through interdisciplinary research teams. With members spanning across UK departments and colleges, these teams were established to address Kentucky’s most urgent health needs.

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine is pleased to announce the faculty, staff, and learners who were winners of the annual Mission, Vision, Pillar, and Enabler Awards.

We are happy to announce that Heather Madison has joined ENT as the new Practice Manager. Heather has been with the University of Kentucky HealthCare team for 14 years and the practice manager for CT Surgery for 8 years. Heather has an extensive history in Healthcare operations to include CT Surgery, Dental practices, and on the payer side.

The UK College of Medicine is excited to welcome Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD, as the visiting professor delivering this year’s Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Humanities Lecture. 

The University of Kentucky’s ninth annual Healthy Hearts for Women Symposium will bring in nationally recognized experts to raise awareness about the dangers of heart disease and educate attendees on prevention techniques.

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine’s Salvation Army Clinic is a student-run, free clinic that serves as a learning environment for medical, pharmacy, and social work students while providing acute onsite health care for uninsured patients at the Salvation Army of Central Kentucky.

Dr. Thiel and Dr. Comer attended the Resident Update in Rhinology: Techniques in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery at the St. Louis University’s Practical Anatomy and Surgical Education lab on December 3.  The course consists of morning and afternoon didactic sessions, and each session was followed by hands-on cadaver dissection.  Faculty from institutions such as St.

Our College of Medicine community,

During Indigenous Peoples’ Month, the UK College of Medicine is highlighting historical figures who paved the way for an equitable future in medicine.
 

For the second consecutive year, the University of Kentucky College of Medicine has received the 2022 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.

To enable the University of Kentucky College of Medicine to succeed in its mission for a healthier Kentucky, leadership must prioritize the wellness and well-being of faculty, staff, and learners. Lisa Williams, MSSA, is serving in the college’s new leadership position, associate dean for wellness and well-being, to help us excel in this goal.

Nearly two years ago, with funding from UK HealthCare and the vice president for research, the College of Medicine launched the Alliance Research Initiative. It has a mission, Vice Dean for Research Rebecca Dutch, PhD, explained, “to help spur on transdisciplinary research by pairing clinical and basic scientists together to answer new questions in new ways.”

The UK College of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery recently celebrated the graduation of Dr. Christopher Rayle, Dr. Kaitlin July O'Brien, and Dr. Robin Pappal. Each of our residents will be moving on to some incredible opportunities. 

Dr. Christopher Rayle will be going to Johns Hopkins for a laryngology fellowship.

For more than two decades, Michael Cecil, MD ’00, R ’05, has served the Lexington, Ky., community as a physician committed to advancing the health and well-being of the Commonwealth.

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine has received the 2021 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.

Caitlin Fiorillo, MD, recently coordinated the UK Otolaryngology Resident Teaching Series for pediatric otolaryngology. As part of the 8-week curriculum, UK Otolaryngology residents participated in several simulation scenarios in the UK Simulation Center. The scenarios included rigid endoscopy setup to foreign body removal to microscopic laryngeal surgery. UK Oto resident physicians routinely praise the integration of simulation into the curriculum, as the hands-on experience serves to better prepare for the OR or to polish skills. Dr.

The University of Kentucky Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery recently celebrated the graduation of Nicole Starr, MD, MPH, Bryce Noblitt, MD, and Ben Lehmkuhl, DO. Dr. Starr will be starting a Facial Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery fellowship with Russell Kridel, MD, of Facial Plastic Surgery Associates in Houston, Texas. Dr. Noblitt is joining Mercy Health- St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. Dr. Lehmkuhl is joining Florida Gulf Coast Ear, Nose, and Throat in Naples, Florida.

UK Otolaryngology recently hosted a cadaver dissection course for its residents and its neurosurgery colleagues. Partnering with Stryker Corporation, the lab spanned April 12-13, 2021, and involved endoscopic sinus and anterior skull base dissection, as well as facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. UK Otolaryngology residents received nearly 12 hours of hands-on dissection experience and teaching to augment what is being taught in the operating rooms and clinics.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 19, 2021) — One out of three individuals in the U.S. complain of sleep disturbances in their lifetime and 10% of the general population meet the diagnostic criteria of chronic sleep disorders. That number has risen among elderly individuals to 48% and over 50% among pregnant women.