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There is a growing body of evidence that the development of a collaborative among Thoracic and Cardiovascular surgeons statewide has made a significant impact on positive outcomes and the overall quality of care in surgical procedures. Michigan is one of several states to establish such a collaborative network and demonstrate measurable success in its initiatives.
By Allison Perry
Original story at UKnow
Division Administrator Pete Rogers invites the staff and physicians of the Department of Surgery to discover what he and the world’s polar bears already know. There is nothing more refreshing and personally satisfying than a quick plunge into a pool on an early Saturday afternoon in February.
Of course, there is the added benefit of supporting Special Olympics Kentucky. The Polar Plunge is one of the organization’s largest and most popular fundraisers of the year, according to its website.
In the first of two special presentations in the "Hangin' With Zwisch" series of Research Colloquia, the office of Sponsored Research Administrative Services (SRAS) introduced staff members who are directly connected with the Department of Surgery. The presentation also included information on ASSIST, the on-line service created by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to make the process of applying for multiple research grants easier.
By Josh Shepherd,
Department of Surgery Publications Office
A UK Department of Surgery faculty member has been invited to make an oral presentation of research at the annual Academic Surgical Congress (ASC) in Jacksonville, Florida next February.
Crystal Totten, MD, who is both a departmental faculty member and a fellow in minimally-invasive surgery at UK, received the invitation from the ASC at the end of October.
By Elizabeth Adams
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You don’t have to know Margret Kates too long to appreciate her subtle sense of humor. Whether that playfulness is a result of her upbringing or a byproduct of almost three decades as a health education coordinator in the UK Department of Surgery is anyone’s guess.
Two residents and one former faculty member from the department of surgery received teaching awards from the College of Medicine during the 2015 Academic Convocation and Awards Day on Wednesday afternoon, October 14.
Zach Warriner, MD, a PG-4 General Surgery resident, was honored with the Resident Teaching Award.
By Kristi Lopez
(See original story at UKNOW)
Sabine Brouxhon, MD, a new member of the UK Department of Surgery research faculty, will present an overview of her findings into a promising cancer treatment strategy at the inaugural “Hangin’ With Zwisch” research colloquium at noon, Tuesday, October 20, in the MN 263 auditorium.
UK department of surgery faculty, along with a contingent of divisional chief residents, made many positive contributions to the American College of Surgeons annual Clinical Congress in Chicago during the first week of October. But few made as memorable an impression as surgery department chair Dr. Jay Zwischenberger during the Board of Governor’s dinner.
Among his many professional interests, Zwischenberger is an advocate of music therapy and well-known among peers and the UK campus for his prowess on the “blues harp.”
The 2015 edition of the CT Surgery Symposium covered a wide range of topics on Saturday morning, Oct. 3 for an audience of approximately 40 attendees.
Following welcome remarks from Sibu Saha, MD, MBA, chair of the division of CT Surgery, and Jay Zwischenberger, chair of the department of Surgery, 10 presentations were scheduled to follow. Unfortunately, the presentation on “Percutaneous Approaches to Structural heart Disease” had to be postponed due to Dr. John Gurley being called away.
A fellow and resident duo from the UK division of CT Surgery were named one of the top six two-person teams in the annual North American Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident “Jeopardy” competition sponsored by the Joint Council on Thoracic Surgery Education (JCTSE). The UK team will participate in the Jeopardy finals during the annual meeting of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA) in November.
The CT Surgery Symposium 2015, co-sponsored by the UK Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery (CT Surgery), UK HealthCare, and CE Central, will feature 10 presentations on advances in the surgical management of cardiothoracic disease on Saturday morning, October 3, in the Pavilion A auditorium of UK Hospital.
LEXINGTON, Ky , Sept. 21, 2015 – In response to the prevalence of cardiovascular disease in the Commonwealth, UK HealthCare announced the creation of the UK Vascular Medicine Clinic in the Kentucky Clinic.
The Exatherm Total Body Hyperthermia System heats the patient’s blood to potentially damage or kill lung cancer cells throughout the body. UK is the only site in the country approved to test this new treatment in advanced lung cancer patients.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 28, 2015) – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved clinical trials for an investigational cancer treatment pioneered by University of Kentucky researchers in the Department of Surgery.
The Exatherm Total Body Hyperthermia System (Exatherm-TBH) was developed at UK in a public-private partnership with Exatherm, LLC, explained medical researcher Cherry Ballard-Croft, Ph.D. The project received grant funding from the National Institutes of Health.
The 2015 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the American College of Surgeons, who is also of the nation’s leading voices in surgical education, will be offering his insights and commentary at the second annual Richard W. Schwartz Memorial Lecture and Symposium in the W.T. Young Library Auditorium on Thursday afternoon, October 22.