UK HealthCare Hosting 50th Anniversary Transplant Symposium on Oct. 24
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 15, 2014) – UK HealthCare will host a special symposium to mark a major anniversary: 50 years of transplantation on Friday, Oct. 24,
The UK Transplant Center is celebrating its five decades of transplant innovation, expertise and patient-centered compassionate care at UK with presentations by some of the top transplant specialist in the country.
The following featured speakers will give presentations:
- Dr. Ronald Busuttil, Dumont Professor of Transplantation Surgery at UCLA, who is internationally known as a leading expert in liver transplantation, will be the keynote speaker and discuss the evolution of transplantation.
- Dr. James Wynn, professor of surgery at the University of Mississippi, who previously served as president of United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) and chair of the UNOS Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Committee, will share some of his experiences at UNOS.
- Dr. Bruce Lucas, UK professor emeritus of transplant surgery, and one of the first UNOS presidents, will end the day sharing historical moments from the UK Transplant Center's history.
Presenters will be joined by speakers from the UK medical staff including Dr. Roberto Gedaly, chief of abdominal transplant surgery; Dr. Charles Hoopes, director of the Transplant Center; and Dr. Jay Zwischenberger, chair of the Department of Surgery.
The symposium begins at 7:30 a.m. with a continental breakfast and concludes at noon. All remarks will be held in the Pavilion A auditorium of UK Chandler Hospital.
This event is free, but registration is required. To register, please contact Debbie Cruse at debbie.cruse@uky.edu or call (859) 218-4021 for more information.