Faith Community to Tackle Diabetes in Appalachia
Watch how Dr. Nancy Schoenberg hopes to partner with communities in Southeastern Kentucky to help tackle the scourge of diabetes in Appalachia.
When It Looks Like Dementia But Isn’t: Epilepsy Not Just a “Children’s Disease”
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 5, 2019) — Last September, Guy Bradley began having episodes of severe and sudden confusion with night sweats and nausea.
"He'd wake up and not know where he was or what day it was," said his wife, Harriet.
Also troubling: the 69-year old suddenly could not find his way around the golf course he'd played all his adult life.
With each of the four episodes, Harriet and Guy would head to the closest emergency room. Each time, the diagnosis was scary – and yet didn't quite fit.
Hospital CEOs, emergency department leaders gather for training in Shelbyville
More than 40 hospital CEOs and emergency department (ED) leaders from critical access hospitals (CAHs) and other rural hospitals across the state met in Shelbyville on August 9-10 to learn about ways to improve ED processes.
Recent Faculty Publication: Serum Amyloid A Is an Exchangeable Apolipoprotein
Brittany Smalls, PhD Receives NIH-NIDDK Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01)
2018 IBS Orientation was held Friday, August 10th
Presentations and conversations.
Welcome to four of our new TOX students!
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Department of Surgery welcomes new class of Fellows
UK THORACIC SURGERY FELLOW
Mansi Shah, MD
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Residency: University of North Carolina
Surgical intern class for 2018-19
The new class of surgical interns for 2018 began their term with the University of Kentucky in July. In the Department of Surgery, there were six new categorical interns in general surgery, two new residents in Plastic Surgery, and a new resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery's I-6 program.
Click here for information on General Surgery Categorical Interns and Residents.
UKnow: UK HealthCare No. 1 in Kentucky; Top 50 ranks in four specialities; High Performing in Lung Cancer Surgery, Heart Bypass Surgery, Colon Cancer Surgery, and Urology
By Kristi Willett
(See story and other breaking news on UKnow)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 14, 2018) — UK HealthCare’s University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital remains the No. 1 hospital in Kentucky and the Bluegrass Region, according to the 2018 U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals Rankings released today.
Markey Earns Renewal of Prestigious 5-Year National Cancer Institute Designation
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center announced Friday that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) renewed its national cancer center designation for the next five years. The UK Markey Cancer Center remains one of only 70 NCI-designated centers in the country and the only one in Kentucky.
