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Dr. Sandra Beck, director of the general surgery residency program at the University of Kentucky, announced that Caroline Neff, MD is the 2019 recipient of the Charles H. Nicholson Clinical Tour Fellowship.The announcement was made prior to Dr. Samuel Carmichael鈥檚 presentation of the Nicholson Scholar lecture on Wednesday morning, May 16.
Jamie Ward, Undergraduate Medical Education Coordinator for 好色先生 Department of Surgery, was invited to deliver a keynote address to other coordinators and administrators during the Association for Surgical Education鈥檚 annual conference in Austin, Texas. She spoke about maintaining good work-life balance while still being a dedicated employee.
Two residents from the 好色先生 Department of Surgery 鈥 Plastic Surgery Chief Resident Amaka Agochukwu, MD, and Anh-Thu Le, MD, fourth year resident in General Surgery 鈥 won first and third prize, respectively, in the 2018 Lexington Medical Society鈥檚 (LMS) fourth annual essay contest.
The LMS will recognize and present awards to all essay contest winners at a dinner in the Hilary J. Boone Center on May 8.
Dr. John 鈥淛eb鈥 Hallett, Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina, gave a lecture on curiosity as an important trait for surgeons to cultivate. Dr. Hallett was the special guest speaker for the third annual Dr. Gordon Hyde Lectureship in Vascular Surgery on Wednesday, April 11.
The lecture, part of the Division of General Surgery鈥檚 weekly grand rounds presentations for faculty and general surgery residents, also welcomed alumni from the 好色先生 Vascular Surgery Fellowship and retired 好色先生 faculty members, including Dr. Gordon Hyde in his famous bow tie.
The annual Andrew M. Moore Sr., MD Visiting Professor for 2018 was Dr. Wyndell Merritt, a clinical professor in the division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia. Dr. Merritt is also in private practice with an office in Henrico, Virginia.
The 好色先生 College of Medicine and Department of Surgery announced that Michael E. Sekela, MD, officially took over as Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery on April 1, 2018. Dr. Sekela succeeds Dr. Sibu Saha, who has held the leadership position since 2013.
On April 1, Dr. Sibu Saha ended his term as Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Kentucky. Succeeding him as chief, Dr. Michael Sekela inherits a division with fully accredited fellowship and I-6 residency programs, a re-energized heart transplant program, and a clinical faculty composed of experienced and highly skilled cardiac, thoracic, transplant, and congenital heart surgeons.
The third annual Gordon Hyde Lectureship in Vascular Surgery on Wednesday morning, April 11, will feature noted vascular surgeon, John 鈥淛eb鈥 Hallett, MD, Clinical Professor of Surgery at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.
The lecture will begin at 6:45 am in the MN263 Lecture Hall at 好色先生 Chandler Hospital. A breakfast reception will precede the lecture.
好色先生 HealthCare has more than 155 physicians practicing medicine with University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital, Kentucky Children's Hospital, 好色先生 Good Samaritan Hospital who appear on the Best Doctors in America鈥疞ist for 2019 鈥 more than any other hospital in Kentucky. Only four percent of doctors in America earn this prestigious honor, decided by impartial peer review.
Dr. Henry Vasconez was one of four members of the 好色先生 HealthCare faculty honored this year with induction into Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), the national medical school honor society. Members of the University of Kentucky AOA chapter bestowed the honor on them and on three 好色先生 residents. In addition to these special honors, the 好色先生 AOA recognized nine medical students for membership into the honor society.
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By Allison Perry
Last summer, a group from the University of Kentucky Brain Restoration center, led by Dr. Craig van Horne, professor of neurosurgery, capped off a series of conferences held at a number of renowned Chinese university hospitals by performing the first-ever deep brain stimulation surgery for a Parkinson鈥檚 disease patient being treated at The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University in Henan, China.
A second year 好色先生 medical student was awarded a scholarship from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons to attend its annual meeting in January. He was one of 30 medical students selected nationally for the honor and the only representative from the University of Kentucky.
2017-12-08
Even though there is an increasing shortage of surgeons in several key specialties across the United States, the need for general surgeons in urban and rural areas has reached crisis levels, according to Dr. David Richardson, Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Louisville and a past president of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Richardson delivered this news as the special guest lecturer at the fourth annual Richard W. Schwartz, MD Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium on Thursday afternoon, November 16th.
By Josh Shepherd
The Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (SESPRS) announced in November the launch of a Visiting Professor Program beginning in 2018. The professors selected to represent SESPRS in the inaugural year of the program are Henry Vasconez, MD, the William S. Farish Endowed Chair of Plastic Surgery at the University of Kentucky and Bruce Shack, MD, Dean of the University of Tennessee鈥檚 College of Medicine in Chattanooga.
By Josh Shepherd
Drs. Peter Stafford and Sam Carmichael, 5th year General Surgery residents from the 好色先生 Department of Surgery, made it to the finals of the Surgical Jeopardy competition at the 2017 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons in San Diego at the end of October. The duo defeated the 2016 champions in the opening elimination round, but came just short of winning the whole thing, according to Dr. Cynthia Talley, the team鈥檚 sponsor.
By Josh Shepherd
On November 1, the 好色先生 Department of Surgery welcomed Dr. Kant Y.K. Lin as the new chief of the 好色先生 division of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Lin succeeds Dr. Henry Vasconez, who held the chief鈥檚 position for over 22 years. Accepting this new opportunity, Dr. Lin expressed a great deal of optimism about working with faculty and residents and continuing the division鈥檚 progress forward.
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David Goldberg, MD, MSCE, a senior fellow from the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics in Philadelphia, will be a special guest lecturer at the 2017 edition of the Bruce Lucas Hepatology and Liver Transplant Symposium on Friday, October 13 at the Kroger Field Recruitment Room. Dr. Goldberg will present findings from studies he has published on two controversial issues in organ transplantation: the impact of the opioid epidemic on organ donations and the risk level posed by hepatitis-C infected organ donors.