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David B. Drake, MD

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859-257-5270
David.Drake@uky.edu
740 S. Limestone STE K443

Positions

  • Professor of Surgery and Orthopaedics
  • The William Stamps Farish Endowed Chair in Plastic Surgery
  • Director - Hand Surgery Fellowship
  • Medical Director of the Hand Service at UK HealthCare

College Unit(s)

Other Affiliation(s)
  • Surgery/Plastic

Biography and Education

Biography

Medical Degree: University of Kentucky
General Surgery Residency: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Plastic Surgery Residency: University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
Burn Critical Care Fellowship: University of Virginia Health Sciences Center

Education

David B. Drake, MD, a native of Kentucky, earned his medical degree from UK before completing residencies in general surgery at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, Minn., and in plastic surgery at the University of Virginia. He went on to complete a burn fellowship, a hand surgery fellowship and a microvascular surgery fellowship at the University of Virginia. He returned to Kentucky in 2018 to join the Division of Plastic Surgery to practice a broad range of Plastic Surgery including surgery of the hand and wrist.

HAND AND MICROSURGERY FELLOWSHIP
University of Virginia Health Sciences Center

BURN/CRITICAL CARE FELLOWSHIP
University of Virginia Health Sciences Center

PLASTIC SURGERY RESIDENCY 
University of Virginia Health Sciences Center

GENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCY 
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

MEDICAL DEGREE
University of Kentucky

Selected Publications

Pubmed Publications