UKnow: UK HealthCare Doctors Take Drastic Measures to Save COVID-19 Patient
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.”
Program Director, Dr. Brett Comer, served as moderator for the OPDO/SUO/AADO webinar on "Post-COVID Otolaryngology Resident Education."
Dr. Desai Featured in ALiEM’s State of the (Residency Application) Season Newsletter
Dr. Brian Stevenson Receives Two Major Grants to Study Lyme Disease
Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne bacterial disease in the U.S., with 200,000 new cases each year. While incidence in Kentucky typically has been relatively low, the incidence of the tick vector, lxodes scapularis, has increased over the past five years, even spreading to areas it did not previously live.
Dr. Craig van Horne Named Chair of Neurosurgery
Following the excellent and long-tenure of leadership by Phillip A. Tibbs, MD, the UK College of Medicine has announced Craig G. van Horne, MD, PhD, as the new chair for the department of neurosurgery effective Dec. 1.
Publications for the month of November 2020
The Department had seven publications listed in PubMed for the month of November 2020.
1: Guo W, Li K, Sun B, Xu D, Tong L, Yin H, Liao Y, Song H, Wang T, Jing B, Hu M, Liu S, Kuang Y, Ling J, Li Q, Wu Y, Wang Q, Yao F, Zhou BP, Lin SH, Deng J. Dysregulated Glutamate Transporter SLC1A1 Propels Cystine Uptake via Xc- for Glutathione Synthesis in Lung Cancer. Cancer Res. 2020 Nov 23:canres.0617.2020. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-20-0617. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33229341.
Alzheimer's Awareness Month Q&A with Dr. Daniel Lee
Daniel Lee, PhD, is an associate professor at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Department of Neuroscience and a researcher at the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, an internationally recognized Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. He joined the UK College of Medicine in August 2019. He is also a member of the Faculty of Color Network and currently serves as co-director for the Research Education Component (REC) of the UK-ADRC.
Special Seminar in Hypertension and Round Table in Diversity and Inclusion
Special Seminar followed by Diversity Roundtable
Location: https://uky.zoom.us/j/81146001530
Friday, December 4, 2020
CHET Speaker Series: Brandy N. Kelly Pryor, Ph.D.
Dr. Marilyn Duncan Elected to Serve on University Senate Council
Marilyn Duncan, PhD, a driven researcher and well-regarded professor in the department of neuroscience, has been elected to serve on the University Senate Council, the executive body of the University Senate.
Dr. Duncan is serving a third term on the University Senate. During her tenure she has been part of the Advisory Committee for Prior Service, the Academic Programs Committee, the Academic Area Committee for Promotion and Tenure in the Biological Sciences, and the Library Committee.
Her term on the Senate Council will run from Jan. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2023.
