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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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
By Allison Perry
Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Alberto de Hoyos has joined the thoracic oncology team at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center.
De Hoyos’s clinical interests include treatment of lung and esophageal cancers, neuroendocrine tumors and mediastienal tumors, with specialties including minimally invasive and robotic surgery.
De Hoyos earned his medical degree from the Universidat Autonoma de Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Mexico. He then completed his residency in cardiothoracic surgery at Northwestern University in Chicago.
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One of the leading advocates for technological innovations in cardiothoracic surgery was a special guest speaker with the University of Kentucky Department of Surgery last week.
Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood, founder and director of the East Carolina Heart Institute (ECHI), was featured speaker for the weekly surgical grand rounds on Wednesday, April 6. His presentation, “Innovative Technology in Cardiac Surgery: The times they are a’changing” was an overview of next generation technology in the world of cardiac surgery.
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When asking friends about their vacation to South America, one doesn’t expect stories about ear reconstructions, cleft lip and palate repairs, or accounts of people with severe burn scars finally getting treatment. But those are the memories that several UK physicians and residents brought back with them after a week of volunteer medical service with Medical Mission Ecuador (MME) last March. And while they weren’t typical vacation memories, each one was worth keeping and sharing.
Editor’s note: Because his English is weak, Dr. Kaoru Sasaki opted to write his responses to interview questions for this article.
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Located near the intersection of the Western Kentucky and Pennyrile parkways, Madisonville is one of jewels of west-central Kentucky.
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During a special President’s Day version of the “Hangin’ with Zwisch” medical research lecture series, Dr. Stuart Tobin discussed how the decisions and actions of world leaders may have been influenced by their mental and/or physical health.
Specialists in cardiovascular care and surgery at the University of Kentucky will be the featured speakers in a comprehensive continuing medical education symposium on Saturday morning, April 23 in the historic Keeneland Sales Pavilion and Limestone Cafe.
Arguably, conditions could not have been more perfect for Pete Rogers, representing Team Surgery Shenanigans, to take the annual Polar Plunge for Special Olympics of Kentucky on Saturday afternoon, February 20.
Two years ago, when Pete made his first plunge into the swimming pool located in the parking lot of the Texas Roadhouse on Richmond Road, the temperature was in the 30s. “It was truly ‘polar’ that time,” Pete said.
In 2015, the event was cancelled due to a pending blizzard.
By Kristi Lopez
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One of the leaders in the field of endovascular surgery will be the special guest lecturer at the inaugural Gordon Hyde Lectureship in Vascular Surgery on Wednesday, April 13 at UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital.