Department of Surgery

Cherry Ballard-Croft, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Phone: (859) 323-1545
E-mail: ccrof2@uky.edu

Connie Dampier, RN
Research Protocol Manager
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Phone: (859) 323-1781
E-mail: dampier@uky.edu

Stacy Lee Ford, RN
Clinical Nurse Clinician
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Phone: (859) 257-1870
E-mail: slfrey2@uky.edu

Charles Hoopes, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Heart and Lung Transplant Program
Director, Heart Mechanical Circulatory Support
Phone: (859) 323-6494
E-mail: cwho223@email.uky.edu

Mark D. Plunkett, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Frank C. Spencer, M.D. Endowed Chair in Surgery
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Program
Kentucky Children's Hospital
Co-director, Linda and Jack Gill Heart Institute
Phone: (859) 323-6494
E-mail: mark.plunkett@uky.edu

Dongfang Wang, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director of Artificial Organ Laboratory
Phone: (859) 323-1545
E-mail: dnwang2@email.uky.edu

Xiaoqin Zhou, MD
Research Scientist
Phone: (859) 257-5616
E-mail: xzhou4@email.uky.edu

Joseph B. Zwischenberger, MD
Johnston-Wright Chair in Surgery
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Phone: (859) 323-6013
E-mail: jzwis2@uky.edu