As part of a $3.5 billion enterprise, members of the UK community conduct work across a range of disciplines, units, and areas of expertise; but a single idea unites us: Service. You see this idea through our teaching and learning; diversity and inclusion; and through our discovery, research and creativity. You see it through our promotion of health and our deep community engagement. In the Office of Finance and Administration, we aim to mirror that dedication and focus.


Dr. Anil Duggal begins his practice as a specialist in hand and plastic surgery with the UK Division of Plastic Surgery in February 2017.

“We’re very glad to welcome such an accomplished plastic and hand surgeon to UK HealthCare,” said Dr. Henry Vasconez, division chief of the UK Department of Plastic Surgery. “Dr. Duggal brings a wealth of experience to central Kentucky that will be a great benefit to our patients and residents.”

In 2015, identical twins Gardner and Jon Wes Adams, then in their mid-20s, both nearly died when their hearts suddenly stopped beating. The incidents happened months apart, but the cause was the same: Brugada syndrome, a rare, congenital heart rhythm disorder.

Working as a bedside nurse requires extensive physical effort — pushing wheelchairs and beds, twisting and lifting, and long periods on your feet. Jennifer Thomas, who's been a nurse at UK HealthCare for six years, can attest to this. In fact, it was while assisting a patient from a wheelchair that she badly injured the cartilage in her knee. "The pain was excruciating — a sharp, stabbing, burn," Thomas said. "It was constant regardless of sitting or walking.

The College of Medicine has announced its Wethington Award Policy for 2017.

The policy can be found on the COM Research webpage under Support.

Click here to read the full policy.

The University of Kentucky Wound Care Clinic and Department of Surgery recently added a new full time provider, Sharon Pelfrey, APRN, to its roster of specialized professional caregivers.

The URM Program was designed to provide students who receive minority fellowships with a mentor. The program was launched in Fall 2016 and will continue to grow and improve. The mentees are graduate students who either receive the Lyman T. Johnson Fellowship, the Southern Regional Education Board Fellowship, or the Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering Fellowship. The mentors are professors throughout the university who willingly volunteered to participate in the program.

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This funding mechanism provides a new opportunity and resources to support innovative, collaborative research projects that will identify, develop, test, evaluate and/or refine strategies to disseminate and implement evidence-based practices (e.g.