Department of Surgery providers featured in UK HealthCare “Making the Rounds” featurettes
“Making the Rounds” is an innovative series of short videos produced by UK HealthCare marketing to profile physicians, nurses, and allied health providers at work with the University of Kentucky. The project has been ongoing since September 2016.
Among the profiles are four surgeons affiliated with the UK Department of Surgery.
To access the entire archive of “Making the Rounds” videos, visit the UK HealthCare blog.
Zwischenberger and Wang granted their fifth US patent
By Josh Shepherd
The United States Patent Office granted inventors Dr. Dongfong Wang and Dr. Jay Zwischenberger their fifth patent for a medical device in October of 2016.
Dr. Wang, Director of the Artificial Organ Laboratory at the University of Kentucky, and Dr. Zwischenberger, chair of the UK Department of Surgery, have collaborated on the invention of a number of medical devices in the course of their long professional association.
Surgery Shenanigans duo take polar plunge, raise over $400 for Kentucky Special Olympics
By Josh Shepherd
The UK Surgery Shenanigans team increased its participation and fundraising to Kentucky Special Olympics for the annual 2017 Polar Plunge on Saturday morning, February 18. Three team members raised over $400 in charitable contributions, but only two went the distance and jumped into the pool.
UK College of Medicine to Host Match Day Ceremony on March 17, 2017
On Friday, March 17, the UK College of Medicine will host a Match Day Ceremony for the Class of 2017 at the Keeneland Entertainment Center. The ceremony is part of the National Match Day when graduating medical students across the country learn where they will go for residency training, which can last anywhere between three to seven years. Students will learn where they have matched surrounded by their family, friends, faculty members and fellow students.
UK Radiology Team Enriches International Radiology Education
UK Sports Medicine’s Performs First MACI Cartilage Repair in Kentucky and Midwest
Dr. Nathan Vanderford Named Recipient of UK Alumni Association 2017 Great Teacher Award
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 1, 2017) ― Six University of Kentucky educators were named recipients of the UK Alumni Association 2017 Great Teacher Award Tuesday night.
The recipients are:
UK Celebrates its 2017 Great Teacher Award Winners
Six University of Kentucky educators were named recipients of the UK Alumni Association 2017 Great Teacher Award Tuesday night.
The recipients are:
UK Psychiatry Walks for Warmth to Support Homeless Community in Lexington
University of Kentucky to Develop Medical School Regional Campus in Partnership with NKU and St. Elizabeth Healthcare
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine announced Monday plans to develop a regional medical school campus in Northern Kentucky for four-year medical education. The program is the third regional medical school campus announced by UK designed to increase the overall number of physicians in the Commonwealth. Four-year regional campuses have been proposed in Bowling Green and Morehead; the campus at Bowling Green is projected to begin enrolling students in 2018, and Morehead sometime thereafter.
