News
By Allison Perry for UKnow
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center is teaming up with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®), the American Cancer Society (ACS) and other leading cancer organizations across the country to endorse the resumption of cancer screening and treatment during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
By Hilary Brown for UKnow
For Mark Patton of Louisville, there was bad news, followed by more bad news. But then, a spark of hope.
By Mallory Olson
Click here to see the UKnow story and other UK news
It takes a village.
You generally hear this phrase used to describe raising children. UK HealthCare surgeon Dr. Rajasekhar Malyala uses it to describe saving a patient from COVID-19. “It is hands-on, intensive care,” he said. “It is a labor of love, especially on the part of the nursing and respiratory staff who are putting their lives at risk doing this.”
In addition to earning his Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Gatton School of Business and Economics at UK at the end of 2020, Dr. Henry Vasconez, professor of surgery in the division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, was invited to apply his new degree as panel member reviewing marketing proposals from fellow Gatton school students promoting UK’s Cosmetic Surgery service line.
By Allison Perry
Click here for UKnow article
By Kim Klimek
He will work to enhance the medical education experience and serve as a liaison between leadership and the surgery team.
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine and UK HealthCare are pleased to announce that William Barlow (Barry) Inabnet III, MD, MHA, FACS, the Johnston-Wright endowed professor and chair of surgery, will take on an additional role as surgeon-in-chief of UK HealthCare.
By Allison Perry
Dr. B. Mark Evers, professor of surgery in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and director of the UK Markey Cancer Center, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
By Emily Domer, UKNow.
Click Here for UKnow Story
UK HealthCare's Kentucky Children’s Hospital and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Joint Heart Program is opening an outreach clinic at PrimaryPlus-Ashland. Beginning Oct. 9, pediatric cardiologists Louis Bezold III and Bradley Keller will see pediatric and adult congenital heart patients patients on the second and fourth Fridays of every month.
A research abstract from a University of Kentucky third year medical student, Jacob Hubbuch, was awarded first place in the Education, Innovation, and Outcomes category of the American College of Surgeons’ (ACS) Medical Student research program. The research was among three top finishers featured at the ACS 2020 Virtual Clinical Congress on Saturday morning, October 3.
Sandra Beck, MD, FASCRS, FACS, and Jitesh Patel, MD, FASCRS, FACS were inducted into membership of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Academy of Master Surgeon Educators during a virtual ceremony the ACS hosted on Friday, September 25. The ceremony inducted 50 new members in the third cohort of this prestigious academy.
Rosalind Ritchie, MD, is a professor in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and was recently named chair of the college’s Faculty of Color Network, an organization with a vision of being undeniable, uncompromising, and unstoppable in pursuing diversity and inclusion. She enrolled in the first class of UK’s Women’s Executive Leadership Development Program and is the medical director of UK Chandler Hospital’s Center for Advanced Surgery.
By Hilary Brown
(Click here for UKnow article)
It is with great sorrow that I share with you the passing of two vital members of the UK College of Medicine’s history, both of whom were former chairs.
Ward O. Griffen, MD, PhD, former chair of the department of surgery, passed away Tuesday, July 21, at the age of 92, and Jacqueline Noonan, MD, former chair of the department of pediatrics, died on July 23 at the age of 91. The College of Medicine community will miss both deeply.
Ward O. Griffen, MD, PhD
The UK Department of Surgery mourns the passing of Ward O. Griffen, MD, PhD, 92, chair of the department from 1968 – 1984 and one of the giants in the world of American surgery. He died on Tuesday morning, July 21.
The UK Department of Surgery will welcome eight new faculty members for the 2020 academic year. The first, Dr. Carl Backer, a national leader in pediatric heart transplants and cardiac surgery, began his practice and leadership role at UK HealthCare in June. The remaining faculty members will begin practicing in August, September, and October.
By Josh Shepherd
With the beginning of a new academic year this July, Dr. William B. Inabnet III, The Johnston-Wright Endowed Professor and Chair of Surgery implemented a re-organization of the UK Department of Surgery that expands its divisional structure, reflecting the significant growth the department has experienced over the last decade.
The first recipients of the Zwischenberger-Rounsavall Fund for Innovation in Surgical Research and Education were announced during the annual presentation of the Department of Surgery Teaching Awards on Wednesday morning, June 10. Dr. William B. Inabnet III, Department Chair, and Dr. Jay Zwischenberger, former department chair and the fund’s sponsor, were co-presenters of the fund’s inaugural year.
Three UK Department of Surgery researchers, Dr. Hiroshi Saito, Dr. Marlene Starr, and Dr. Dongfang Wang, were again named Wethington Award recipients for 2020.
Wethington Awards, administered and funded by the College of Medicine’s Dean’s Office, annually recognizes the achievements of UK research faculty in securing major grants and support for their clinical and scientific research endeavors.
All three researchers have been multiple year recipients of Wethington Awards.
CLICK HERE FOR STORY AND VIDEO COVERAGE FROM THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER
By Josh Shepherd
The University of Kentucky Department of Surgery is committed to treat every individual with dignity and respect. We do not tolerate racism or discrimination in any form by faculty, residents, patients, families, or staff; whether it is in the form of an action, words, or attitudes. We do not tolerate harassment, subjugation, suppression, or discrimination based on a person’s ethnicity, race, social-economic status, sex, creed, or religion. We affirm that every person has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Racism and discrimination are deeply rooted in our society.