Timothy Mullett, M.D., a University of Kentucky professor of cardiothoracic surgery and the medical director of the UK Markey Cancer Center Affiliate and Research Networks, joined Gov. Andy Beshear and a number of lung cancer advocacy groups at the state Capitol to recognize November as Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
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Faculty from the UK Departments of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering provided general reviews of past and ongoing collaborative research initiatives at a special Surgery Grand Rounds presentation in November.
Roberto Gedaly, MD, and Francesc Marti, PhD, investigators in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Department of Surgery, have noticed a year-over-year increase in liver transplants at UK HealthCare.
“Not only has our volume gone up significantly,” Dr. Gedaly said, “we’re actually going to break a record of liver transplant patients this year.”
The Society of University Surgeons (SUS) is Pleased to Honor
the 2021 SUS Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
B. Mark Evers, MD
The award will be presented at the SUS Academic Surgical Congress on February 1, 2022, in Orlando, Florida.
He is the true embodiment of the type of individual that this award seeks to recognize.
By Josh Shepherd
After being postponed in 2020, the annual Richard W. Schwartz Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium returns to the UK Department of Surgery on Friday, November 5 to celebrate surgical education. The seventh edition of the Schwartz Lecture on Surgical Education will feature a presentation from Richard Bell, MD, FACS, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the University of South Carolina and UK Surgery faculty alumnus.
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.
The Saha Aortic Center presented awards recognizing excellence in clinical service, research, and education at the University of Kentucky as it pertains to aortic health and treatment.
The Saha Aortic Center Award in Clinical Care
Dr. Congqing Wu, assistant professor of Surgery in the Division of Research, will be the premiere presenter at the first RESEARCH FORUM on Thursday, Sept 30, 2021.
The event is a casual forum for Surgery faculty to share and discuss new and ongoing basic science and clinical research at the University of Kentucky Department of Surgery, hosted by the Division of Research.
By Allison Perry
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A recent publication in the journal Cells demonstrated the benefit of utilizing drugs to promote radiation sensitivity in models of a rare tumor subtype.
By Grace Colville for UKnow
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Deciding to make cosmetic enhancements to the face or body is a personal decision that cannot be made lightly. UK Healthcare is making this experience as stress-free as possible with the opening of the new location of the Aesthetics Center at the Turfland campus.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 24, 2021) — Early in the evening of May 30, 2020, UK HealthCare trauma surgeon Dr. Zachary Warriner prepared an emergency operation to figure out the cause of a bowel obstruction. His patient, a 27-year old man, had come into the emergency department earlier that day with the vague symptoms of severe belly pain and nausea.
By Hilary Brown
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It seemed like nothing at first. Dave Hoover thought he had a sinus infection.
Zwischenberger – Rounsavall Fund for
Innovation in Surgical Research and Education
Research Support for faculty and/or eligible residents
UK Department of Surgery
When Abi Recktenwald graduates from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, she will officially start a career she never imagined possible thanks to a combination of hard work, skill, and a strong faculty support system.
Going into her third year, Recktenwald had a wide range of interests across medicine and surgery. However, on her pediatric rotation early that year, she encountered a child who needed a complex plastic surgery procedure to cover a skin defect. It was through the experience she realized plastic surgery was her calling.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 10, 2021) – Early mornings. Late nights. A full-time job, full class load, and two young sons at home all day throughout the pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic may have forced a delay in awarding academic honors for the 2019-20 Academic Convocation, but it did not diminish the accomplishments of UK College of Medicine faculty, residents, and students during that challenging academic year. An announcement of award winners in medical education, released in April 2021, included three UK Department of Surgery faculty and a general surgery resident.