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The fifth annual International Conference on Opioids, founded by Dr. Paul Sloan, professor and vice chair of research in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, will be June 5 - 7 at the Joseph B.

The “Holy Grail” for vascular surgery technology in the next five to six years will be the fusion of three-dimensional CT images to robotic navigation in a hybrid operating room, said Dr. Alan B. Lumsden, chair of the Houston Methodist Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, who delivered the inaugural lecture for the Gordon L. Hyde Lectureship in Vascular Surgery.

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By Josh Shepherd

After listening to the praises and recognitions from peers and colleagues prior to the inaugural presentation of the Gordon L. Hyde Lectureship in Vascular Surgery Wednesday morning, a very grateful Dr. Gordon Hyde commented that the advances that have been made since his retirement barely 19 years ago makes him hunger to be back in surgical residency once more.

Erica Littlejohn (PhD candidate, Saatman Lab, SCoBIRC), along with Ese Ighordaro (MD/PhD candidate, Nelson lab, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging) received the Shane Carlin & Annie Sit Inclusion Award (see below) at a recent conference for Interracial Education at Berea College. Erica is President of the University of Kentucky Black Graduate and Professional Student Association (BGPSA), and Ese is Vice-Preisdent. Ese also received the John T. Smith Award.

By Allison Perry

Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Alberto de Hoyos has joined the thoracic oncology team at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center.

De Hoyos’s clinical interests include treatment of lung and esophageal cancers, neuroendocrine tumors and mediastienal tumors, with specialties including minimally invasive and robotic surgery.

De Hoyos earned his medical degree from the Universidat Autonoma de Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Mexico. He then completed his residency in cardiothoracic surgery at Northwestern University in Chicago.

Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Alberto de Hoyos has joined the thoracic oncology team at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center. De Hoyos’s clinical interests include treatment of lung and esophageal cancers, neuroendocrine tumors and mediastienal tumors, with specialties including minimally invasive and robotic surgery. De Hoyos earned his medical degree from the Universidat Autonoma de Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Mexico.

Registration for the Sixth Annual Barnstable Brown Obesity and Diabetes Research Day is now open.  The deadline for abstract submissions is April 22, 2016.  Details of the event, including registration and program schedule, can be found on the Barnstable Brown Obesity and Diabetes Research Day web site.