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With the addition of two new faculty members in early November, the UK College of Medicine Department of Surgery has welcomed 12 new surgeons since the beginning of the new academic year. We are proud to welcome the following new faculty to the divisions of vascular surgery and surgery oncology:
Manda Maley, MD, RPVI - Division of Vascular Surgery
Rashmi Bharadwaj, a third-year medical student in the UK College of Medicine, took a first place award for a research e-poster presentation at the American College of Surgeons 2023 Annual Clinical Congress in Boston.
A third year University of Kentucky medical student was invited to present his research work at the 64th annual world congress of the International College of Angiology (ICA).
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine is excited to announce that Sandra Beck, MD, and Janna Neltner, MD, will join the Office of Graduate Medical Education (GME) leadership team.
Dr. Beck will serve as assistant dean for program development. Dr. Neltner will serve as assistant dean for accreditation.
The following individuals were honored at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Awards Convocation on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Winners included those in Bowling Green, Lexington, Morehead, and Northern Kentucky.
Biomedical EducationOutstanding Graduate Student Award:
Jamila Tucker, MS
Four new providers began practice as UK College of Medicine Department of Surgery faculty this October. These additions add up to 10 new surgeons so far starting at UK HealthCare since the 2023-24 academic year began. The department anticipates welcoming several more new surgeons in the coming months.
In the meantime, we are proud to welcome the following new faculty:
Burnout is a problem in any profession, but it is rampant in health care. This national problem has been evident recently as the COVID-19 pandemic pushed many learners, practitioners, faculty, and staff to the limit.
This September, the department of surgery is excited to welcome four new members to its faculty. In addition to new faculty that started in August, we anticipate adding about 11 total new surgery faculty to its ranks before the end of 2023.
Alejandro J. Cracco, MD – Division of Transplantation
The V Foundation for Cancer Research recently approved funding of a proposed study from a UK pediatric surgeon and researcher.
Morgan Jones, MD, assistant professor and the newest faculty member with the division of surgical oncology, was recently named a DREAM Scholar at the University of Kentucky (UK). As such, she will receive support for her long range plans to conduct an in-depth study of racial disparities in breast cancer treatment outcomes.
In a year of record-setting research funding at the University of Kentucky, the department of surgery contributed over $1.6 million in federal grants and industry awards, a 47 percent increase from fiscal year 2022.
The National Institutes of Health announced in August the award of a new R21 research grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to a UK multi-PI research team including Marlene Starr, PhD, Division Chief of Research and Preetha Shridas, PhD from Internal Medicine.
Registration is open for “Pediatric Emergencies: Early Assessment and Treatment of Children,” a daylong conference for all clinicians seeking to expand their knowledge and skills in the treatment of pediatric emergencies.
The UK College of Medicine Department of Surgery is excited to officially welcome Naureen Narula, MD, MBBS, and Brittany Wheelock, MD, to its faculty roster beginning in August 2023.
Kaitlyn Samuels, MD, is a recent graduate and now a first-year plastic surgery resident at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. She also earned her Bachelor of Science at UK. In the following Q&A, she shares how her mom is her inspiration, not only in her career but also in her interest outside of work – which, in “traditional Kentucky fashion,” is riding horses.
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine is excited to announce that faculty, staff, learners, and trainees will have free access to a leading online resource for medical Spanish proficiency.
CanopyLearn, a Spanish language training program for health care professionals, will be available to the UK College of Medicine community starting Aug. 1.
UK College of Medicine Department of Surgery welcomes new class of residents and fellows.
UK researchers Hiroshi Saito, PhD, and David Rodgers, PhD, were among the recipients of over three dozen funding awards from the Kentucky IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (KY INBRE). Both researchers received KY INBRE Electron Microscopy (EM) vouchers to assist them in diabetes and obesity research.
Today, the UK Gill Heart & Vascular Institute announces the opening of the new Comprehensive Vascular Clinic in UK HealthCare’s Kentucky Clinic.
Na’Tasha Evans, PhD, MEd, is a researcher, published author, champion for female empowerment, and our new vice dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. Learn more about her goals, her past work, and more in the following Q&A.
Q: What inspired you to pursue a career in research?