Five graduating residents and fellows from the UK Department of Surgery will continue serving Kentucky patients as new UK surgery faculty members or in private practice. In addition to the graduates joining UK in Lexington, one graduate is joining the team at Ephraim McDowell Regional Hospital in Danville and another will remain at the UK-affiliated General Surgery group practice at UK St. Claire Hospital in Morehead.
Other graduating residents have joined group practices or matched into advanced surgical fellowships at other prestigious hospitals and cancer centers in the nation.
"The UK Department of Surgery has a very storied history of educational excellence," said Melissa R. Newcomb, MD, vice chair for education within the department. "These graduates are continuing that tradition. We are all proud of every single one of them."
The department extends its sincere congratulations to the Class of 2026 and offers best wishes for their continued success!
RESIDENCY:
General Surgery
Madeline Anderson, DO, will join the UK Plastic Surgery Residency program as a PGY-4.
Brittany Levy, MD, will enter into the Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship program at Cleveland Clinic.
Hannah McDonald, MD, PhD, will enter the Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship program at the Moffitt Cancer Center.
Tejas Nandurkar, MD, will enter the Hand Surgery Fellowship program at the University of Oklahoma.
Mackenzie H. Prewitt, MD, accepted an offer to establish a general surgery practice with Ephraim McDowell Hospital in Danville, Ky.
Kyle Ridlen, MD, will enter the Advanced Thoracic Surgery Fellowship program at the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Wash.
Morgan Sindall Burrows, MD, accepted an offer to join the UK St. Claire General Surgery group in Morehead, Ky.
Plastic Surgery
Susan "Tucker" Kornegay, MD, will enter the Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Fellowship program in Rutgers, New Jersey.
Evan Lynch, MD, PhD, will enter the Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship program at the University of Michigan.
Garrett Minor, MD, will enter the Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Fellowship program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Andrew Gorton, MD, accepted an offer to join the UK Cardiac Surgery faculty.
FELLOWSHIPS
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Erin McAtee, DO, accepted an offer to join the UK Colon and Rectal Surgery faculty.
Orthopedic Hand Surgery
Alexander Rosinski, MD, accepted an offer to enter professional practice with Proliance Pacific Rim Orthopaedics in Bellingham, Wash.
Surgical Critical Care
Elizabeth Bittner, MD, accepted an offer to join the UK Acute Care Surgery - Trauma - Surgical Critical Care faculty.
Megan White, MD, will serve as an instructor with UK Acute Care Surgery - Trauma - Surgical Critical Care.
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Charles Renner, MD, accepted an offer to enter professional practice as a vascular surgeon with the Regional Vascular and Vein Institute in Canton, Ohio.
GI Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship
Kyle Murphy, MD, will be going into private practice as a bariatric and general surgeon in his hometown of Casper, Wyo.
