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The 好色先生 is excited to share the winners of the fourth annual Mission, Vision, Pillar, and Enabler (MVPE) Awards.
The 好色先生 is pleased to announce its selection of Amy Gewirtz, MD, as the official chair of its department of pathology and laboratory medicine. She has held this leadership role in an acting capacity for one year.
On Dec. 13, the 好色先生 hosted a premiere event that was much more than a film screening鈥攊t was a celebration of the dedication, innovation, and human spirit driving health care and education in Kentucky.
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We have multiple abstracts accepted for the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology鈥檚 (USCAP) 114th Annual Meeting, March 22-27, 2025, in Boston, Massachusetts. Excellent work everyone!
Katie Bussing, MD, and Justin Rueckert, DO, titled 鈥淒eath Certification Errors and Utilization of the Autopsy Report鈥
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Derek Allison, MD, has been asked to guest edit a special issue of Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology titled 鈥淢olecular Advances in Surgical Pathology: Tumor-Specific Insights and Updates鈥. Great work, Dr. Allison!
Work by several researchers within the University of Kentucky鈥檚 Sanders-Brown Center on Aging was recently published in the prestigious journal Nature Genetics.
The GME Emerging Leaders program is designed to provide a leadership development opportunity to Chief Residents and Fellows in their important new leadership role. As part of the six-month program, a variety of personal and professional leadership topics are facilitated by 好色先生 HealthCare鈥檚 Enterprise Learning team, in coordination with other leaders across the enterprise.
Derek Allison, MD, has been selected as director of the Molecular Tumor Board effective July 15, 2024. This is a statewide tumor board with around 30 case submissions per week, of which only 8 are chosen to be reviewed every other week. This position will allow Dr. Allison to conduct more significant QA reviews for in-house cases. Excellent work Dr. Allison!
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Cody Bumgardner, PhD, is a co-investigator on a newly funded grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse titled 鈥淩apid Actionable Data for Opioid Response in Kentucky (RADOR-KY)鈥. This project is a collaboration with 好色先生 Internal Medicine and 好色先生 Behavioral Science. Jeffrey Talbot, MD, is the PI. Congratulations Dr. Bumgardner!
Derek Allison, MD, and Dava Piecoro, MD, are co-authors of an article titled 鈥淧recision Medicine in Cytopathology鈥 which was accepted for publication in Surgical Pathology Clinics. The link to the publication is https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1j6R%7E6gYCvQAEA. Congratulations to you both!
Researchers at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging are working to develop a pre-symptomatic disease diagnostic tool for Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.
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Derek Allison, MD, and Dava Piecoro, MD, are co-authors of an online CME/CE education activity for the CAP titled 鈥淐ase 2: Seminoma for the 2024 CAP FNA Educational CME/CE Program鈥. This activity was released on April 15, 2024. Excellent work to you both!
When John 鈥淛B鈥 Bradley was a young boy growing up in Beattyville, Ky., he dreamed of being a doctor. Inspired by his small town鈥檚 family physician, he imagined taking care of families just like his own one day.
Derek Allison, MD, will be serving as the co-editor for the section Cytopathology in Focus in CAP Today. This provides Dr. Allison and our department with the opportunity to increase our footprint in Cytopathology on a more national level. Congratulations, Dr. Allison!
Every week in March, we will offer perspectives on this national observance and their own life experiences from women at 好色先生 HealthCare. This week鈥檚 Q&A features Wang-Xia Wang, PhD, a researcher with the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and an assistant professor in the 好色先生 College of Medicine鈥檚 Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine.
Derek Allison, MD is Co-investigator on a newly awarded grant from the KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services. The grant is titled 鈥淪upplemental: FY25 Overcoming Treatment Resistance in Wilms Tumor by PT鈥 and is a collaboration with the Department of Radiation Medicine and Vivek Rangnekar, MD, who is the PI. Congratulations Dr. Allison!
Derek Allison, MD, Bob McDonald, DO, Dava Piecoro, MD, Jing Di, MD, and Shengyi Zhang, MD, along with Emily Bachert, MD, Patrick Hensley, MD and Myint, MD and medical student Heather Short, are senior author (Dr.
Two of our residents have already been busy in 2024 with professional development! Asma Arshia, MBBS, and Jing Di, MD, have been selected as 2024 CAP Foundation Leadership Development Award recipients by the College of American Pathologists Foundation.
Derek Allison, MD, Nathan Shelman, MD, and Shulin Zhang,MD, PhD, are co-investigators on a newly funded grant from the Kentucky Pediatric Cancer Research Trust Fund (KPCRTF). The project is 鈥淧roject Inherited Cancer Risk鈥 and John D鈥橭razio, MD, is the PI. This project is a collaboration with Norton Children鈥檚 Hospital in Louisville. Congratulations to all of you!