Medical residents from the University of Kentucky Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery recently won the 2017 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) Academic Quiz Bowl at the AAO-HNS Annual Meeting held in Chicago Sept.10 to 13.

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St. Elizabeth Healthcare has provided a gift of $2.5 million to support a tuition scholarship program for the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Northern Kentucky. Through this gift, scholarships will be awarded to medical students enrolled at the Northern Kentucky campus, which is scheduled to open in the fall of 2019.

The affiliation between the University of Kentucky, Northern Kentucky University and St. Elizabeth Healthcare was announced in February. This scholarship program is the next step in the development of a regional medical college in Northern Kentucky.

Charles Marshall Selected for 2017 Academic Leadership Academy Program Offered by Bluegrass Higher Education Consortium

Charles Taylor Marshall, PhD, associate professor at the University of Kentucky (UK) Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) in Hazard, is among 41 faculty and professional staff from nine Kentucky colleges and universities selected as fellows for the fourth Academic Leadership Academy sponsored by the Bluegrass Higher Education Consortium.

Mark Fritz, MD, joined the University of Kentucky Department of Otolaryngology in August 2017.  As a laryngologist, Dr. Fritz specializes in diagnosing and treating orders of voice and swallowing.  He has capabilities of treating many conditions in the clinic so that patients do not have to undergo general anesthesia.  Dr. Fritz earned his medical degree from the Vanderbilt University, completed residency at New York University, and completed fellowship at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University under Dr. Greg Postma.  Welcome, Dr. Fritz!

Nikita Gupta, MD, joined the University of Kentucky Department of Otolaryngology in September 2017.  Dr. Gupta specializes in facial plastics and reconstructive surgery.  Dr. Gupta earned her medical degree from Vanderbilt University, completed residency at Mt. Sinai, and completed fellowship at Boston University Medical Center.  Welcome, Dr. Gupta!

Kristan Alfonso, MD, Mitch Dobberpuhl, MD, and Michael Kaufman, MD, competed against teams from Stanford University, the University of Maryland, and Yale University on September 10, 2017, in the American Academy of Otolaryngology Resident Academic Quiz Bowl.  After being tied at the end of regulation with Stanford and University of Maryland, the UK residents pulled out the win on the 10th overtime question.  UK Otolaryngology was chosen to participate in the quiz bowl from approximately 105 programs nationwide based on Home Study Course scores over the preceding year.