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“Making the Rounds” is an innovative series of short videos produced by UK HealthCare marketing to profile physicians, nurses, and allied health providers at work with the University of Kentucky. The project has been ongoing since September 2016.
Among the profiles are four surgeons affiliated with the UK Department of Surgery.
To access the entire archive of “Making the Rounds” videos, visit the UK HealthCare blog.
By Josh Shepherd
The United States Patent Office granted inventors Dr. Dongfong Wang and Dr. Jay Zwischenberger their fifth patent for a medical device in October of 2016.
Dr. Wang, Director of the Artificial Organ Laboratory at the University of Kentucky, and Dr. Zwischenberger, chair of the UK Department of Surgery, have collaborated on the invention of a number of medical devices in the course of their long professional association.
By Josh Shepherd
The UK Surgery Shenanigans team increased its participation and fundraising to Kentucky Special Olympics for the annual 2017 Polar Plunge on Saturday morning, February 18. Three team members raised over $400 in charitable contributions, but only two went the distance and jumped into the pool.
The UK Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery is pleased to welcome thoracic surgeon Dr. Jordan Miller as the newest member of its faculty. He began his clinical and academic work in February 2017.
“Dr. Miller is a bright young man with energy, ideas, and advanced surgical skill,” said Dr. Sibu Saha, division chief of UK CT Surgery. “In addition to his thoracic fellowship, he also completed a minimally invasive thoracic surgery fellowship with Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Please join me and welcome Jordan to our family at UK HealthCare.”
The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery recently named Melissa Banks as its new residency and fellowship coordinator. Though she had already been handling some of the job duties of the position as a STEPS employee, Banks assumed the position officially on Friday evening, January 20.
Dr. Anil Duggal begins his practice as a specialist in hand and plastic surgery with the UK Division of Plastic Surgery in February 2017.
“We’re very glad to welcome such an accomplished plastic and hand surgeon to UK HealthCare,” said Dr. Henry Vasconez, division chief of the UK Department of Plastic Surgery. “Dr. Duggal brings a wealth of experience to central Kentucky that will be a great benefit to our patients and residents.”
The University of Kentucky Wound Care Clinic and Department of Surgery recently added a new full time provider, Sharon Pelfrey, APRN, to its roster of specialized professional caregivers.
Thanks to the adoption of new video-conferencing technology at UK, a record number of Kentucky high schools were able to participate in the annual interactive broadcast of a live surgery at UK Hospital last November.
Team Surgery Shenanigans at the University of Kentucky will once again take the Polar Plunge this February in support of Special Olympics Kentucky.
Pete Rogers, team captain of Surgery Shenanigans, is recruiting members throughout the UK surgery departments and divisions to join him for the annual fund raiser. It will be Pete’s fourth year of participation in the event, his third plunge, the second for Team Surgery Shenanigans, and the first to feature more than one “plunger.”
In a panel presentation at the Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons last October, two UK medical students talked about how their generation values immediate and constructive feedback and a “sense of belonging” in the surgery clerkship experience.
By Josh Shepherd, UK Department of Surgery
Click this link to go to a Soundcloud presentation of Dr. Dunnington's Lecture and review the Powerpoint presentation
By Josh Shepherd
University of Kentucky Department of Surgery
The 2016 Greater Bluegrass Signature Chefs Auction set a new fundraising record for this event on Friday night, Nov. 4, at the Marriott Griffin Gate Resort, according to Dr. Joe Iocono, division chief of UK Pediatric Surgery, who served as the event chair this year.
A leading researcher and analyst of surgical resident training will deliver the annual Richard Schwartz Memorial lecture at the W.T. Young Library Auditorium on Thursday evening, November 10.
Gary Dunnington, the Jay L. Grossfeld Professor and Chair of Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine, has been an author and contributor to numerous publications regarding operative performance assessments of surgeons during general residency and fellowship training.
Dr. Jay Zwischenberger was one of 12 specialists inducted into the 2016 class of Fellows of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (FELSO) during a special awards ceremony at the ELSO Annual Conference on September 17, 2016 in San Diego.
Several faculty members, residents, and fellows from the UK Department of Surgery will be featured speakers at the 2016 edition of the annual statewide Trauma and Emergency Medicine Symposium, scheduled for October 26 – 28 at The Campbell House in Lexington.
Dr. Daniel Kenady was recognized for 36 years of service as a faculty member with the UK Department of Surgery with a reception held in his honor at the Lexington Country Club on Sunday evening, August 28.
The UK division of Cardiothoracic Surgery will host its annual CME symposium for primary care providers on Saturday morning, Oct. 8, beginning at 7 am in the UK Hospital Pavilion A Auditorium.
The symposium will provide updates on the full spectrum of clinical services in which CT Surgery plays a primary role. The range of topics for discussion will include a major update on lung cancer treatment strategies, heart and lung transplants, foregut surgery, trans-aortic valve replacement (TAVR), and minimally invasive surgical techniques.
During a brief trip back to his home country of Ecuador in July, Dr. Henry Vasconez visited communities along that country’s Pacific coast which are struggling to recover from damage inflicted by powerful earthquakes this past spring.
