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Students, Alumna of Rural Physician Leadership Program Share Passion for Rural Medicine
For those in the Commonwealth who live in rural areas, access to quality health care isn’t always convenient, and in some places, not readily available due to physician shortages.This year, 42 medical students...
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Posted - Nov 21Read More
Navy Officers Find Bond as 'Wildcats'
Capt. Eric Stedje-Larsen, MD, and Cmdr. Ryan Phillips, MD, had worked with one another in the Navy for years, but on opposite sides of the country, Dr. Stedje-Larsen on the east coast in Portsmouth, Va., and...
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Posted - Nov 8Read More
College of Medicine Faculty Named 'Emerging Leaders' by AAHPM
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine is proud to share that two of our faculty members, Lindsay Ragsdale, MD, and Jessica McFarlin, MD, have been named Emerging Leaders in Hospice and Palliative...
Tags - Palliative Medicine, Pediatrics, Neurology
Posted - Oct 30Read More
Future Physicians Participating in Global Health Challenge Video Competition Ask for Your Vote
Three first-year medical students from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine who have a passion for expanding health care access have produced an original and creative video, “Nosotros Para Vosotros...
Tags - Medical Education, Global Health
Posted - Apr 7Read More
Markey Cancer Center Director Speaks to Alumni
The Greater Louisville University of Kentucky Alumni Club, in corporate partnership with Central Bank and sponsored by UK HealthCare, presents an evening with Dr. Mark Evers, director of the UK Markey Cancer...
Tags - Markey Cancer Center, Alumni
Posted - Apr 7Read More
Behind the Blue: Conversation With College of Medicine Dean DiPaola
In the spring of 2016, the University of Kentucky hired Dr. Robert DiPaola as the new dean for the UK College of Medicine. He had previously been the director of the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and...
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Posted - Nov 16Read More
New Dean of the UK College of Medicine
University of Kentucky Provost Tim Tracy and Executive Vice President for Health Affairs Dr. Michael Karpf announced Monday that Dr. Robert DiPaola, director of the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and...
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Posted - Jan 4Read More
Hoven Elected First Female Chair of World Medical Association
Retired University of Kentucky professor Dr. Ardis D. Hoven was elected the first female chair of the World Medical Association (WMA) at the organization’s 200th council meeting in Oslo, Norway. Hoven has...
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Posted - Jun 16Read More
Kentucky Surgeon is American College of Surgeons President-Elect
Dr. J. David Richardson, a 1970 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, was elected president-elect of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) last month during the College’s Annual Business...
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Posted - Nov 19Read More
Trustees Say UK Must Invest in Research to Address State's Most Pressing Needs
The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees Saturday adopted a sweeping statement of principles, directing President Eli Capilouto to focus on the "most pressing" needs of Kentucky by determining how best to...
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Posted - Oct 31Read More
College of Medicine Students Go West for Clinical Rotations Through New Initiative
When University of Kentucky medical student Callie Dowdy tells fellow students she delivered four babies in one month during her obstetrics rotation in Western Kentucky, she emphasizes that fact that she was a...
Tags - Western Kentucky initiative, Students
Posted - Aug 21Read More
UK's Arts In Healthcare Program Announces Holiday Programming
Everyone wants to be home for the holidays. Unfortunately, hospital patients don't have that luxury. For those who are unable to enjoy the comforts of a holiday at home, the UK Arts in Healthcare program has...
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Posted - Dec 2Read More
Alzheimer’s Disease Trial at UK is First of its Kind Worldwide
A new clinical trial being conducted at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) and the UK Alzheimer’s Disease Center (ADC) may signal new hope in the future for those who might be...
Tags - UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Alzheimer's research
Posted - Dec 2Read More
Dr. Ronan Tynan to Speak, Perform at Sanders-Brown Dinner Nov. 11
Singer, physician, athlete and inspirational speaker Dr. Ronan Tynan is no stranger to adversity. When Tynan was 20, his legs had to be amputated below the knee after an auto accident caused serious...
Tags - UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, 490, Invited Speaker Seminar
Posted - Nov 5Read More
Ambati Receives Junius-Kuhnt Award
Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, professor and vice chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, received the Junius-Kuhnt Award from the University of...
Tags - Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Posted - Nov 1Read More
UK HealthCare Named ‘Rising Star’ Hospital by University HealthSystem Consortium
University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), an alliance of the nation’s leading nonprofit academic medical centers, has named UK HealthCare among the 2013 recipients of the Rising Star Award during the UHC...
Tags - UK HealthCare, Clinical
Posted - Oct 18Read More
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