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More than 65 faculty and 150 staff members in the UK Department of Surgery are committed to caring for patients, training the next generation of doctors and researchers, and seeking a better understanding of disease and injury. The UK Department of Surgery comprises six divisions and one section.

Faculty in a number of these specialties also play a role in multidisciplinary centers, which draw together faculty and staff from several departments to enhance patient care and research. For example, Surgery's Section of Transplantation, which handles kidney, liver, and pancreas transplants, and the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery play essential roles in UK Hospital's Transplant Center. In the Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS), faculty who specialize in laparoscopic surgery collaborate with engineers and specialists from other disciplines to improve instruments and training techniques.

In 2007-2008, Department faculty participated in 15,114 surgical procedures in the UK Hospital. They saw many patients during emergency service and in specialty, multidisciplinary, and regional office visits. They helped train 105 third-year and 69 fourth-year medical students and graduated 19 surgical specialists. And finally, some were devoted to basic research and many carried out clinical trials to improve current methods of treatment.

Departmental Events
General Surgery Grand Rounds - 11/11/2009 6:45:00 AM
Heather Wright, MD Co-Director of Comprehensive Breast Care Center will discuss Breast Cancer and Pregnancy
MN 363
General Surgery Conference - 11/9/2009 6:45:00 AM
Dr. Jon Hourigan will discuss Benign Anorectal Disease
Hospital Auditorium
General Surgery Conference - 11/16/2009 6:45:00 AM
Dr. Philip Chang will discuss the Spleen and Splenectomy
Hospital Auditorium

Departmental News

Zwischenberger and Wang Score Another Patent
Women Found Vulnerable After EVAR Surgery
Minimally Invasive Treatment for Craniosynostosis

 

An Interview with Zwisch

Chairman of the Surgery Department, Dr. Joseph Zwischenberger was recently featured in the WUKY public radio segment, "Dr. Greg Davis On Medicine". He spoke about his research on the artificial lung. Click here to hear the interview.

 

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