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By Katie Grace LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 27, 2020) – The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center’s Dr. Reshma Ramlal is a candidate for the 2020 Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Woman of the Year campaign. The LLS Man & Woman of the Year campaign is a 10-week philanthropic fundraising competition for leaders in local communities across the United States. The title "Man or Woman of the Year" is awarded to the candidate whose team raises the most funds during the competition.

As the worldwide coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic continues to play out, researchers are among those working to find innovative solutions to help flatten the curve.

One such researcher is Jamie Sturgill, assistant professor in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine. Sturgill's research focuses heavily on lung disease.

Three providers with UK HealthCare have been inducted as fellows by the American College of Critical Care Medicine.

Asha Shenoi, Ashley Montgomery-Yates and Alex Flannery have been named fellows in the American College of Critical Care Medicine, honoring their contributions to the field of critical care in the areas of professionalism, collaborative, multi-professional practice, scholarly activity, program development and leadership.

November 11, 2019
by Corporate Communications

The leading cause of cancer death in both men and women the United States is lung cancer. Unfortunately, Kentucky is home the highest incidence and death rate from lung cancer in the country. The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 4,900 Kentuckians will be diagnosed with a lung and bronchus cancer in 2019, with more than 3,200 succumbing to the disease.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 31, 2019) — The University of Kentucky College of Medicine is proud to share that two of our faculty members, Lindsay Ragsdale, MD, and Jessica McFarlin, MD, have been named Emerging Leaders in Hospice and Palliative Medicine by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). Dr. Ragsdale and Dr. McFarlin were among 40 health care professionals selected out of more than 120 nominations for the honor, which recognizes career accomplishments, involvement with the AAHPM, student and resident mentoring, and charitable work. Dr.

UK HealthCare has 154 physicians practicing medicine with University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital, Kentucky Children's Hospital and UK Good Samaritan Hospital who appear on the Best Doctors in America List for 2019-20 — more than any other hospital in Kentucky. 

The UK Polk Dalton Clinic is launching a new educational outreach program that will tackle tough topics, including a variety of issues identified as barriers to living healthy and happy lives.

The “First Fridays Family Education Series” will be held at the clinic on the first Friday of each month and will feature local experts who will speak on wide-ranging topics that influence individuals every day.

By Ryan Girves

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 25, 2019) — For the third consecutive year, the University of Kentucky has received INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine's highest honor — Diversity Champion. The oldest and largest publication and website in higher education today, INSIGHT Into Diversity had already recognized UK last week with a 2019 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award, also for the third year in a row.

By Ryan Girves

By Allison Perry

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 16, 2019) – A new study by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers provides new insight on targeted therapy for colorectal cancer metastasis.

By Allison Perry LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 17, 2019) — Despite the leaps and advances made in cancer treatments over the past few decades, sometimes patients still discover that they’ve exhausted all other available options. Tollesboro resident Jenn Highfield was far younger than most when she was diagnosed with colon cancer. With a strong family history of the disease – her father had been diagnosed with colon cancer at age 40 – she had been getting colonoscopies since age 30, decades before the recommended age of 50.

By Ryan Girves

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 16, 2019) — The University of Kentucky has been recognized as a "Great College to Work For" by The Chronicle of Higher Education for the second consecutive year.

Now in its 12th year, the Chronicle’s Great Colleges to Work For program recognizes colleges for best practices and policies based on a survey of faculty and staff. The annual survey is one of the largest and most comprehensive workplace recognition programs in higher education.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 6, 2019) — A true outpouring of human support — that is how Sen. Reggie Thomas described the treatment his wife received at the Markey Cancer Center. As she battled uterine cancer, alumna Lynda Morris Thomas was surrounded by people who cared about her and were invested in her recovery. “Everyone was so supportive of Lynda — she received outstanding care from the doctors and nurses — and they made her treatment more bearable,” Thomas said. “Everyone knows someone who has been touched by cancer.