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The Department of Surgery has many faculty members who are involved in a wide variety of investigations to not only improve clinical healthcare but also treat diseases that require surgical intervention.
CT Surgery
Cherry Ballard-Croft, Ph.D. studies the role of mitogen-activated Protein kinases in ischemia/reperfusion. For more information about CT Surgery research, click here.
General Surgery
The General Surgery division has internationally recognized gastrointestinal and endocrine surgeon who brings more than $13 million in research funding from the NIH and the American Cancer Society. With him are four labs are housed in the General Surgery division. Additionally, the General Surgery Clinical Research Program is a comprehensive program that supports every aspect of clinical research conduct. The program assists investigators in protocol development and grant submissions for competative clinical research grants. The program works in conjunction with pharmaceutical and device companies to conduct industry clinical trials. For more information, click here.
The basic science research program in the Division of General Surgery is in a well-equipped and staffed cellular and molecular laboratory with powerful collaborations and related core facilities. A full-time Laboratory Director with brood training and experience in cellular and molecular biology and immunology supports faculty investigators, residents and medical and undergraduate students in bench and translational projects.
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
http://www.mc.uky.edu/surgery/ENT/ENTResFac.asp
Plastic Surgery
The University of Kentucky Plastic Surgery research laboratory efforts are presently in the areas of wound healing including burns, breast cancer etiology, craniofacial growth, tendon repair and microvascular surgery. The Division operates two basic research laboratories which also houses our microsurgery-teaching laboratory.
Transplant Surgery
The University of KY transplant center has an active clinical research program.
Transplant team physicians are currently participating in numerous industry-sponsored multi-center as well as single and multi-center investigator-initiated trials.
Current trials include investigations of different immunosuppression medication regimens using FDA approved drugs, as well as investigational compound in liver and kidney transplants. For additional details please contact a member of the research team. For More information, click here.
Urology Research
The research efforts of Dr. Natasha Kyprianou's lab focus on the identification of the molecular changes in the apoptotic cell death signaling contributing to the development and progression of human prostate cancer.
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