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When Abi Recktenwald graduates from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, she will officially start a career she never imagined possible thanks to a combination of hard work, skill, and a strong faculty support system.
Going into her third year, Recktenwald had a wide range of interests across medicine and surgery. However, on her pediatric rotation early that year, she encountered a child who needed a complex plastic surgery procedure to cover a skin defect. It was through the experience she realized plastic surgery was her calling.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 10, 2021) – Early mornings. Late nights. A full-time job, full class load, and two young sons at home all day throughout the pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic may have forced a delay in awarding academic honors for the 2019-20 Academic Convocation, but it did not diminish the accomplishments of UK College of Medicine faculty, residents, and students during that challenging academic year. An announcement of award winners in medical education, released in April 2021, included three UK Department of Surgery faculty and a general surgery resident.
By Hilary Brown
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The UK HealthCare Hand Center at Turfland, a dedicated center for the diagnosis and treatment of hand, wrist, and forearm concerns is open for patients. Whether the result of trauma, overuse, or traumatic issues, patients of all ages can be seen by a team of specialty-trained hand surgeons and hand therapists.
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Larry Dukes of Frankfort was living the retirement life to the fullest.
He retired from a career in sales in 2011, and since then, his days have been full of golfing, gardening, bowling and traveling with his wife Shirley to rock concerts. He even bought his dream car, a Porsche Boxster S, and traveled the backroads of Kentucky with the local Porsche club.
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UK HealthCare has earned the Go Clear Award for its achievement in eliminating hazardous smoke from its surgical procedures.
By Mallory Olson
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Kyle Groves is rooted in the farm. He took over his family’s fifth-generation dairy farm business in 1969.
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UK HealthCare is more than a hospital.
It’s a living, breathing network of determined doctors and nurses, researchers and staff, patients and families.
With the goal of improving wellness and reducing burnout during surgical training, the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Department of Surgery has adopted a General Surgery Resident Wellness Program. The wellness program curriculum is modeled on pioneering wellness programs around the country, and it addresses the mental, physical, professional, and social well-being of UK’s surgery residents.
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The Academy of Medical Educators named Sibu Saha, MD, MBA, professor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, as a recipient of its annual Excellence in Medical Education Award in the area of Mentorship on February 5.
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King’s Daughters Health System and UK HealthCare, the clinical health care system of the University of Kentucky, announced today their intent to enter into a significant partnership that will create new opportunities for both organizations to better serve patients throughout Kentucky, southern Ohio and West Virginia.
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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.
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For Mark Patton of Louisville, there was bad news, followed by more bad news. But then, a spark of hope.
By Mallory Olson
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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.”