Entering the last month of their Chief year, the Department of Surgery’s 2016 class of residents and fellows shared their plans to continue their training or get into the professional ranks.

On Monday, May 16, 2016 Paul A. Mueller successfully defended his dissertation titled:

"PPAP2B EXPRESSION LIMITS LESION FORMATION IN MURINE MODELS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS”

Abstract of Dissertation

The annual University of Kentucky Markey Cancer CenterResearch Day not only provides researchers with the opportunity to share their work, but to get feedback from colleagues. An estimated 400 people were in attendance at the event, with about 50 staff members tasked with judging posters.

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.