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UK HealthCare has been designated a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission (TJC) and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
UK HealthCare is one of 63 U.S. institutions and the only in Lexington to be awarded this designation, which is the highest honor The Joint Commission awards to stroke centers.
Dr. Rinker's manuscript, “The Use of Dermal Autograft as an Adjunct to Breast Reconstruction with Tissue Expanders”(Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 130: 1179, 2012) has won “BEST BREAST PAPER” in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery for calendar 2012.
Congratulations to Dr. Michael Lynch, PGY5 plastic surgery resident, who was named the recipient of the prestigious Glancy Award at the Black Tie Dinner of the Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (SEPSRS) in June. His paper entitled “Dermal Autografts as a Substitute for Acellular Dermal Matrices (ADM) in Tissue Expander Breast Reconstruction: A Prospective Comparative Study,” was selected from over 60 papers submitted from 11 accredited plastic surgery residency programs throughout the Southeast. Co-authors were 4th Year Medical Student Michael Chung and Dr.
Ms. Cheng's presentation was entitled: Long Term Outcomes of Carotid Endarterectomy with Primary Closure. This project was developed under the mentorship and guidance of Dr. Sibu Saha, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
The University of Kentucky will open one of the country's largest hybrid operating rooms — the first of its kind in the region — as well as eight new, state-of-the-art, multi-purpose operating rooms, in the next few weeks, as the most recent phase of construction and expansion at the UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital is completed.
The latest phase completed includes the unique hybrid operating room which combines the most advanced and high-quality imaging technology with surgical operative capabilities to create a unique operating room environment as well as:
From left: Michael F. Rotondo, MD, FACS, Chair of the ACS COT; winning presenters Drs. Hampton, Ali, Long, Turnbull, and Zargaran; and Dr. Coimbra.
Members of the UK HealthCare Transplant Team were recognized Jan. 7 during the men’s basketball game at Rupp Arena.
In the medical world, the best public relations initiative is a satisfied patient. Word-of-mouth is the number one, most influential marketing medium across all demographics. When someone speaks positively about an experience or product, we pay attention.
Dr. J. Scott Roth, who specializes in laparoscopic hernia repair, has many satisfied patients, but there is one who stands out. Carmen Patti from Chicago, Illinois had three hernias repaired by Dr. Roth and he’s talking about it.
In the medical world, the best public relations initiative is a satisfied patient. Word-of-mouth is the number one, most influential marketing medium across all demographics. When someone speaks positively about an experience or product, we pay attention.
Dr. J. Scott Roth, who specializes in laparoscopic hernia repair, has many satisfied patients, but there is one who stands out. Carmen Patti from Chicago, Illinois had three hernias repaired by Dr. Roth and he’s talking about it.
In their quest for perfecting the artificial lung, Department of Surgery Chairman Joseph B. Zwischenberger, MD and Director of the Artificial Organ Laboratory Dongfang Wang, MD, PhD have patented and received FDA approval of a new device which greatly improves the oxygenation of blood for patients who suffer from severe lung failure. The device, a two-channel catheter (in scientific terms, double lumen cannula or DLC) expands the potential application of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or ECMO.
In the winter of 2009, we reported that Surgery Department Chairman Joseph B. Zwischenberger, MD and Dongfang Wang, MD, PhD, director of the Artificial Organ Laboratory, were awarded a patent for the double lumen cannula. More recently [April 28, 2009], the team has been awarded another patent for a device and system that supports a failing heart.
The longer a laparoscopic colectomy for cancer takes, the less its advantages over an open colectomy in terms of morbidity and mortality, researchers reported at the annual meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
The da Vinci Surgical System is a highly technical robotic system that has been utilized over the past decade for a variety of surgeries. The robotic system advances minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures, providing surgeons with greater range of motion, more dexterity and greater clarity in the 3-dimensional view of surgical areas. The patient benefits from its precise incisions, less invasion to the surgical site, shorter operating time, and more accurate excision capabilities.
May 18-19, 2012
The Annual AASA Eastern and Southern Regions Combined Retreat will be held May 18-19, 2012 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, Baltimore, Maryland. We are holding 30 rooms for the special nightly rate of $159. See the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront for more information.
A new lab in the surgery department headed by Hiroshi Saito, PhD is investigating and discovering important clues to the effects of aging on sepsis and systemic inflammation. The lab has numerous studies funded by prestigious organizations such as the National Institute on Aging and the National Institutes of Health. Working with Dr. Saito are Hitoshi Takahashi, PhD and Marlene Starr, a third year graduate student in molecular biology. The lab is one of a number that came from Texas with Dr. B.
Hong-Bo Zhao, MD, PhD has received a grant from the Children’s Miracle Network to help define genetic mutations in children with hearing loss. It is known that mutation of the connexin gene, which encodes intercellular communication proteins in vertebrates, accounts for 70-80 percent of hereditary hearing loss in children. Recently, by application of genoinformatics, a new chromosome called pannexin has been found in human and mouse genomes. In recent studies conducted by Dr.