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The University of Kentucky College of Medicine is excited to share the winners of the fourth annual Mission, Vision, Pillar, and Enabler (MVPE) Awards.
Tessa London-Bounds, MD, MPH, and Amanda Crabtree, RN, have been honored as the 2025 Advocates of the Year by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).
The UK Department of Surgery is pleased to welcome Danny Bonn, an experienced operations leader in healthcare management, as its new department administrator. He officially joined the department on March 31, 2025.
By Alexis Baker (Click here to view article on UKNow)
To begin 2025, Sibu Saha, MD, a professor in the division of cardiothoracic surgery, established a new research award for College of Medicine medical students or residents who demonstrate excellence and promise in the field of cardiovascular research.
Coming from a hardworking family, Avinash S. Bhakta, MD, originally didn’t plan to become a doctor, but providing care is his passion.
Chair of the University of Kentucky Departments of Surgery (1985-1996) and Neurosurgery
Legacy Obituary
On Dec. 13, the University of Kentucky College of Medicine hosted a premiere event that was much more than a film screening—it was a celebration of the dedication, innovation, and human spirit driving health care and education in Kentucky.
Josh Steiner, MD, FACS, FASMBS, director of weight loss surgery at UK HealthCare, announced that the program has received national accreditation under the Metabolic an
Five of the department of surgery’s nine clinical divisions welcomed new faculty at the beginning of September. Among them are three UK College of Medicine alumni, two of whom also attended surgery residency programs, who chose to return to the university to teach residents and serve the needs of UK’s patients.
Danielle Walsh, MD, professor of surgery, was recently selected as a new fellow of the International Surgical Society (ISS). Dr. Walsh was one of eight surgeons selected worldwide for this prestigious fellowship, and the only woman among this year’s inductees.
By Ashley Scoby Monday, September 9
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University of Kentucky Markey Cancer CenterDirector B. Mark Evers, MD, has been elected to the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) Board of Directors.
Alongside news of a second record-setting year of grant awards and contracts at the University of Kentucky, the UK Department of Surgery’s Research Division reported a 94.3% increase in funding from FY23 to FY24.
A University of Kentucky surgery resident and researcher has been selected to participate in the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Regional Entrepreneurship Development
With more than two decades of experience at the University of Kentucky, Michelle Zupancic has become the go-to person for all things related to recruiting and retaining international physicians at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and UK HealthCare.
New UK Department of Surgery faculty starting their practice in August include a University of Kentucky-trained vascular surgeon and the first clinical instructor in the inaugural year of the General, Endocrine, and Metabolic Surgery (GEMS) Division Fellowship.
Morgan Jones, MD, assistant professor and researcher in the University of Kentucky Division of Surgical Oncology, was selected as a recipient of a Career Development Award from the Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Award Program.