Lexington, Ky. (May 13, 2021) - Eula Hall, age 93, of Craynor, KY, widow of McKinley Hall, passed away Saturday, May 8, 2021 at her residence. She was born October 29, 1927 in Greasy Creek, Pike County, KY, a daughter of the late Lee and Nannie Keene Riley. She was a member of the Little Rosa Old Regular Baptist Church (Indian Bottom Association).

Second Year Residents Charles Myers, Leslie Nelson, Katherine Copely, Timothy Waits and Luke Flood have begun a Resident Journal Club 

Our primary goals for the resident lead Journal Club are to create a single repository of high yield educational review articles and prominent scientific papers, enhance resident medical knowledge, refine skills necessary to critically analyze research, and engage in an open scholarly discussion between residents and faculty about current evidence-based radiology practices.

The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is causing unprecedented challenges and hardships for the 1.39 billion people in India. More than 400,000 daily cases for the first time were reported on Saturday, May 1, 2021, and a record-high number of deaths were reported May 3, 2021.

The U.S. has already started shipping valuable vaccine components, oxygen, and masks to India, and other countries are lending help as well, but in view of the magnitude of the problems, the demand for life-saving oxygen supplies by far will outstrip supply.

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine’s 58^th commencement ceremony will take place at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 15, 2021.

This will be a ticketed event and has a strict capacity limit, so guests will be unable to attend in-person. However, you may view the ceremony virtually through our YouTube livestream.

Click here to watch the ceremony on the UK College of Medicine’s YouTube page.

Dr. Yvonne N. Fondufe-Mittendorf, Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry, is one of the 14 UK faculty awarded 2021-2022 University Research Professorships.

Congratulations Dr. Fondufe-Mittendorf!

Read full story here: https://uknow.uky.edu/research/14-faculty-named-2021-2022-university-research-professors

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 11, 2021) — Dr. Jay Avasarala, professor of neurology and director of the University of Kentucky’s Multiple Sclerosis Clinic, and co-authors, conducted a retrospective study in which they evaluated approximately 96.5 million enrollees in a database. More than 200,000 of the enrollees had inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The research focused on looking at the effect of TNF-alpha inhibitors, biologic agents, used in IBD treatment on the probability of developing Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

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.

I am excited to announce that after an extensive national search by a committee of your peers and broad faculty input, Zaki-Udin Hassan, MBBS, MBA, FASA, has officially accepted the role of chair of the department of anesthesiology. This appointment will take effect July 1.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 10, 2021) — The University of Kentucky Office of Nationally Competitive Awards has announced that 10 students and recent graduates have been selected to receive government-funded National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships. In addition, a UK doctoral student and four alumni received honorable mention recognition from the NSF. 

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.