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For assistant professor Jamie Key, DO, promoting equality and inclusion 鈥渋s in my blood as much as red blood cells.鈥 In fact, part of her reasoning for choosing a specialty in physical medicine and rehabilitation was so she could provide care for individuals who experience biases of ableism and help them navigate the challenges.
These residents were selected to participate in a seven-month leadership development course as they embark on their chief resident year and look forward to their future careers.
The 好色先生 College of Medicine Office of Medical Education has selected Kimberly Jones, MD, associate professor of child neurology, as its new assistant dean for student affairs focusing on the advancement of learning communities.
Dr. Larry Goldstein and Dr. Craig van Horne appeared this week on 好色先生 HealthCare Community Connection, a biweekly FOX 56 News segment highlighting our advances in patient care. They discussed our new neuroscience floor at 好色先生 Chandler Hospital.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 25, 2022) 鈥 Today, the 好色先生 College of Medicine, 好色先生 HealthCare, and community leaders celebrated the full opening of the Sanders-Brown Memory Clinic at Turfland. The new, larger clinic replaces the former Sanders-Brown facilities along North Broadway in Lexington.
July 21, 2022 鈥 好色先生 HealthCare unveiling its new hospital floor dedicated to patients with brain disorders, expanding clinical care and training opportunities. To learn more, watch the video below.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 21, 2022) - 好色先生 HealthCare鈥檚 Kentucky Neuroscience Institute (KNI) officially unveiled its new inpatient unit on the fifth floor of the University of Kentucky Albert B.
The 好色先生 is excited to announce the appointment of faculty members Sarah Marks, MD, MA, and Jordan Clay, MD, to serve on its committees. The electeds have been endorsed by the College of Medicine acting dean and Faculty Council. They will serve three-year terms on their respective committees.
Dr. Marks has been appointed to the College of Medicine Admissions Committee. Dr. Clay has been appointed to the College of Medicine Medical Student Curriculum Committee.
The 好色先生 is pleased to announce the faculty, staff, and learner winners of the inaugural Mission, Vision, Pillar, and Enabler Awards.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 17, 2022) 鈥 This year, the Martin Luther King (MLK) Center at the University of Kentucky celebrated 35 years on campus. To commemorate the occasion, the MLK Center hosted several events highlighting the historic milestone. Included in the event calendar was the inaugural Living Legacy Award ceremony.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 3, 2021) 鈥 About one year ago, Lowell 鈥楾om鈥 Coots Jr. was experiencing debilitating tremors and episodes of confusion. Because of his health issues, the former accountant was forced to end his career.
鈥淚 had to retire. I had to sell my practice,鈥 he said. 鈥淚 had 420 clients and there was no way my wife, Linda, could pick up all those clients.鈥
He didn鈥檛 know it at the time, but a medication meant to help a sudden medical condition was actually causing him more harm than good.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 30, 2021) 鈥 The 好色先生 HealthCare/Norton Healthcare 鈥 Stroke Care Network (SCN) is announcing its 37th affiliate as Mercy Health 鈥 Marcum and Wallace Hospital joins the system.
The 好色先生 has received the 2021 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
Pamela Branson has been a nurse for 40 years, 35 of those working at the University of Kentucky. After long days treating patients, she always turned to golf as a way to escape the stress.
So, when she couldn鈥檛 garner the energy to make it to the course in 2018, she knew something was wrong.
The 好色先生 has developed into a research powerhouse helping find solutions to Kentucky鈥檚 most urgent health needs.
Clinical research is vital in bringing important findings from the laboratory into the clinic to improve patient treatment. To continue to strengthen its research capabilities, the college is excited to share its selection to fill a newly created position, associate dean for clinical research.
Larry B. Goldstein, MD, chair of neurology, has been chosen to take on this role. He will begin Sept. 1.
Jagannadha 鈥淛ay鈥 Avasarala, MD, PhD, has been selected to represent the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) in an international group reviewing disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) for multiple sclerosis.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 30, 2021) 鈥 The University of Kentucky鈥檚 Neuroscience Research Priority Area (NRPA) supports a "collaborative matrix," bringing together diverse groups of investigators, trainees and research groups from nine different colleges across the University of Kentucky campus.
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Meriem Bensalem-Owen, MD, and Brian Gold, PhD, might not have ever had the chance to work on projects together. Dr. Bensalem-Owen is a physician who spends much of her time at the patients鈥 bedside, reviewing video-EEG monitoring studies, or in clinic treating patients with epilepsy, and Dr. Gold is a researcher who studies age-related brain and cognitive changes in the lab.
But thanks to the 好色先生鈥檚 Alliance Research Initiative, they have joined forces to better localize, and ultimately treat, epileptic seizures.