Dr. Mark Evers, director of the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, gave his annual "State of the Cancer Center" address Wednesday at Markey Research Day, highlighting the center's major accomplishments in patient care, recruitment, research and outreach from the past year.

For its annual Andrew M. Moore, Sr. Visiting Professor lecture, the UK Division of Plastic Surgery welcomed Frank Papay, MD, chair of the Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute at Cleveland Clinic, to update regional practitioners on the research and ethics of face transplants. The Grand Rounds presentation is scheduled for Saturday morning from 9:30 – 10:30am in the Pavilion A auditorium of A.B. Chandler Hospital.

Following the weekly Surgery Grand Rounds presentation last Wednesday, May 4, the UK Department of Surgery named the 2016 recipients of the Ward O. Griffen Award and the Ben Eiseman Award. In addition, the Department presented 10 faculty members amd 12 residents with Excellence in Education awards.

The 2017 Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine recently issued a call for nominations.  The Harrington Prize honors an investigator for notable achievements in innovation, creativity, and potential for clinical application.   Nominations are sought for physician-scientists who will be highly competitive for this important recognition.

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