UK is First in Lexington to Launch Kangaroo Care Program
The University of Kentucky is the first hospital in Lexington to implement "Kangaroo Care" practices, a special training program based on the widely held belief that "skin-to-skin" contact between mothers and infants promotes breastfeeding and bonding.
Read more...Louisville, Ky vascular surgeon provides "hands-on" support to Wounded Warriors
Society for Vascular Surgery member, Stephen Self, M.D., of Louisville, KY, volunteered to spend two weeks treating wounded American soldiers transported from Afghanistan to the U.S. Army’s Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) in Germany.
Edward Halperin Steps Down as Dean of School of MedicineEdward Halperin Steps Down as Dean of School of Medicine
Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., F.A.C.R., dean of the University of Louisville School of Medicine, has announced he is leaving UofL to become the chief executive officer and chancellor for health affairs of New York Medical College and provost for biomedical affairs at Touro College and University System. Dr. Halperin will assume his new duties May 1.