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Team Surgery Shenanigans is several hundred dollars short of its $850 goal to support Special Olympics Kentucky, but team leader Pete Rogers is optimistic that the goal will be met before he takes a dive - or cannonball, he hasn't decided - on Saturday, February 20.
Rogers, division administrator for Urology, Pediatric Surgery, and ENT, established Team Surgery Shenanigans as a way for the UK surgery departments to band together and participate in charitable outreach programs. The Polar Plunge is the inaugural event for the team.
The Dermatology Clinic at the University of Kentucky will soon relocate to the first floor of UK HealthCare Clinics at Turfland on Harrodsburg Road. The clinic will open on February 15, 2016.
Jennifer Lackey, RN, Ambulatory Services Director for UK HealthCare’s Department of Surgery clinics, said that relocating the Dermatology clinic to Turfland from its space in the Good Samaritan medical office building on Maxwell Street will allow for department growth and improved access for patients.
Ishmael Hibbard, 56, was just reaching for the television remote control when sharp pains across his shoulder blades drove him down to one knee. He bit his lip so hard, it drew blood. Hibbard didn’t think it was a heart attack, but the Manchester, Kentucky native knew he needed to get to the emergency room right away.
His wife, Judy, was at work so it fell to his teenage son, Ben Hibbard, to drive him to the Manchester Memorial Hospital emergency room for treatment.
After well over two decades into practice, it’s sometimes difficult for physicians to recall what led them to their particular specialty. Dr. Alan Fleischer, Jr., however, can recall the exact moment when he decided to specialize in Dermatology.
It was during a rotation in the field while a medical student at the University of Missouri-Columbia. His professor and another visiting dermatologist examined a patient suffering from a condition that no one had yet correctly diagnosed.
By Josh Shepherd
Department of Surgery Publications Office
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.