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. 

Looking for something fun for yourself or your family to do outside the office? 

Team Surgery Shenanigans has got your back with two really fun events for you and your family to get involved. Proceeds from these events support will support either the Greater Bluegrass Chapter for the March of Dimes or the Markey Cancer Center’s ongoing effort to help Kentucky fight cancer.

One of the leading advocates for technological innovations in cardiothoracic surgery was a special guest speaker with the University of Kentucky Department of Surgery last week.

Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood, founder and director of the East Carolina Heart Institute (ECHI), was featured speaker for the weekly surgical grand rounds on Wednesday, April 6. His presentation, “Innovative Technology in Cardiac Surgery: The times they are a’changing” was an overview of next generation technology in the world of cardiac surgery.

Nearly 68,000 Kentuckians today are suffering from Alzheimer's disease, but the emotional and financial tolls are much higher. That's because, in the words of Linda Van Eldik, Alzheimer's is a "family disease."

"Alzheimer's affects the patient, of course, but as the disease progresses, it is also devastating for the people who love and care for that patient," said Van Eldik, director of the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging.