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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Written by Dr. Sean Skinner, pediatric surgeon at Kentucky Children’s Hospital.
Not many first-grade science curriculums include hands-on surgical training, but that’s exactly the lesson I taught to my daughter’s class earlier this year.

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A 2016 UK College of Medicine graduate was awarded second place in the annual scholarship competition of the International Congress of Surgeons, (ICS), United States Section, over a weekend in early June.

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The University of Kentucky’s Division of Plastic Surgery retained possession of the coveted Glancy Cup for a second consecutive year and for the third time in four years, when Dr. William North, a fifth-year resident, was named winner of the prestigious Glancy Award at the 59th annual scientific meeting of the Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (SESPRS).

The Glancy Award recognizes residents for excellence in Plastic Surgery research.

As one of the 15 UK HealthCare teams participating in the annual March for Babies event, UK Surgery Shenanigans did its part to ensure that the organization exceeded its goal of raising $20,000 to support the March of Dimes Foundation.
With a team roster of six persons, Team Surgery Shenanigans raised a grand total of $709. Added to the contributions of others, UK HealthCare raised $20,127.

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Dr. Hiroyuki Hirasawa, a research scientist and pioneer in blood purification therapy in Intensive Care Units, will be the featured presenter in the regular “Hangin’ With Zwisch” medical research series on Thursday, June 9 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm in the MN 463 auditorium.

Dr. Hirasawa comes to the University of Kentucky College of Medicine as a special guest of Dr. Hiroshi Saito, a member of the UK Department of Surgery research faculty.

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In addition to those completing their chief year this June, several Department of Surgery staff members are celebrating the completion of their academic endeavors this year, and some the beginning of a program. The Department of Surgery offers its well wishes to the following:

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Entering the last month of their Chief year, the Department of Surgery’s 2016 class of residents and fellows shared their plans to continue their training or get into the professional ranks.

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For its annual Andrew M. Moore, Sr. Visiting Professor lecture, the UK Division of Plastic Surgery welcomed Frank Papay, MD, chair of the Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute at Cleveland Clinic, to update regional practitioners on the research and ethics of face transplants. The Grand Rounds presentation is scheduled for Saturday morning from 9:30 – 10:30am in the Pavilion A auditorium of A.B. Chandler Hospital.

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Following the weekly Surgery Grand Rounds presentation last Wednesday, May 4, the UK Department of Surgery named the 2016 recipients of the Ward O. Griffen Award and the Ben Eiseman Award. In addition, the Department presented 10 faculty members amd 12 residents with Excellence in Education awards.

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The UK Office of Work Life awarded Angela Dalton, practice manager in the Department of Surgery, as one of its two Supervisors of the Year for 2016. Kristy McMillan, radiology technical manager in Imaging Services, also received the Supervisor of the Year honor which was presented at a special awards program in the Hilary Boone Center on Friday, April 26.

Linda Combs, Academic Support Services Director for The Department of Surgery, was nominated for the award and given recognition at the program as well.

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The “Holy Grail” for vascular surgery technology in the next five to six years will be the fusion of three-dimensional CT images to robotic navigation in a hybrid operating room, said Dr. Alan B. Lumsden, chair of the Houston Methodist Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, who delivered the inaugural lecture for the Gordon L. Hyde Lectureship in Vascular Surgery.

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By Josh Shepherd

After listening to the praises and recognitions from peers and colleagues prior to the inaugural presentation of the Gordon L. Hyde Lectureship in Vascular Surgery Wednesday morning, a very grateful Dr. Gordon Hyde commented that the advances that have been made since his retirement barely 19 years ago makes him hunger to be back in surgical residency once more.