J. Scott Roth, MD, FACS
Division Chief
General, Endocrine, and Metabolic Surgery
Chief of Surgery, UK Good Samaritan Hospital
Commonwealth Professor in Minimally Invasive Surgery
Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery - UK HealthCare
Director of the Center for Advanced Training & Simulation (CATS)
Welcome to the Division of General, Endocrine, and Metabolic Surgery (GEMS)
ENDOCRINE SURGERY
Located at Good Samaritan Hospital, our Board Certified fellowship-trained team has clinical expertise in surgical diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands. The UK HealthCare Endocrine Surgery Team is dedicated to and entirely focused on the diagnosis, treatment, and study of surgical endocrine disease.The American Association of Endocrine Surgeons provides helpful information about endocrine disease for both patients and physicians.
ENDOCRINE SURGERY FACULTY
William B. Inabnet III, MD
The Johnston-Wright Endowed Professor
and Chair of Surgery
University of Kentucky
Residency: Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
Fellowship: Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
Cortney Y. Lee, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director - 3rd Year Medical Student Surgery Clerkship
Residency: University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Fellowship: Scott & White Clinic / Texas A&M University College of Medicine
David Sloan, MD, FACS, FRCSC
Warren H. Proudfoot Professor of Surgical Oncology
Residency: Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Fellowship: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
University of Sydney, Australia
METABOLIC SURGERY
The metabolic surgical team specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. We have extensive experience in treating diseases of the esophagus, the stomach, the duodenum, the gallbladder, the biliary tract, the spleen and the pancreas (the upper GI tract). The GI team emphasizes a multi-disciplinary approach at the Digestive Health Care Clinic and the Markey Cancer Center.
There is a special concentration in minimally invasive surgery of the gastrointestinal tract and the abdominal solid organs. Our Center for Advanced Training & Simulation (CATS) is developing and training physicians in innovative strategies for managing a host of surgical problems using minimally invasive techniques.
Dr. J. Scott Roth explains minimally invasive surgery and hernia repair on Channel 27, WKYT.
METABOLIC SURGERY FACULTY
Erik Ballert, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Vice Chair of VA Affairs
Chief of Surgical Services, Lexington VA Medical Center
Residency: University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville
Melissa R. Newcomb, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Assistant Dean for Assessment and Evaluation - UK HealthCare
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Section Chief of General Surgery, VA Medical Center
Residency: University of Kentucky
