Since its inception, the University of Kentucky has produced leaders in their fields. Among the many honors achieved by UK's 170,000 alumni, there are two winners of the Nobel Prize and five Pulitzer Prize winners. Alumni are truly the pride of the University of Kentucky. They are our source of strength and one of the University's greatest resources. Their achievements illustrate not only the quality of student that the University attracts, but also the quality of graduate it produces. Worldwide, alumni are living testaments to UK's mission, its dedicated faculty and staff and the power of an outstanding education. For many of our alumni, their education at UK made a difference in their life and is now making a difference in the lives of others.
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Andres Chang |
Chemistry BS: University of Central Arkansas - 2006 Molecular and Cellualr Biochemistry PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2012 PhD Dissertation Project Title: "Early Events of Human Metapneumovirus Infection" MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2014 Current: Internal Medicine Resident: Emory University School of Medicine - Alanta, GA |
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Romulo Albuquerque, MD, PhD |
MS: Orofacial Pain Center, University of Kentucky - 2004 Physiology/Ophthalmology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2009 PhD Dissertation Project Title: "Soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2: an endogenous inhibitor of lymphangiogenesis" MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2011 Ophthalmology Residency: University of Kentucky Hospital - 2015 Current: Assistant Professor: Department of Ophthalmology – University of Kentucky |
J Ambati |
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Lucas Scott Broster |
BA Yale University, 2009 |
Dr. Yang Jiang |
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Dustin Brown | ||
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Chris Brown |
BA Washington University, 2011 |
Dr. Brian Gold |
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James Butler, MD, PhD |
Microbiology & Immunology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2009 Project Title: "Mechanisms governing the zonal activity of alpha-fetoprotein enhancer EIII" Mentor: BT Spear MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2011 Psychiatry Residency: UT Southwestern |
TC Vanaman |
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Gregory E Cooper, MD, PhD |
Biology/Chemistry BA: Hanover College Microbiology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 1992 MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 1994 Internal Medicine Internship: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Neurology Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience Fellowship: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Current: Baptist Neurology Center-Lexington, Kentucky |
MS Turker |
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Willie Craft Jr., MD, PhD |
Biochemistry PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2009 PhD Dissertation Project Title: "Investigation of the proteolytic processing of the hendra virus fusion protein" MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2011 Internal Medicine Residency: Hahnemann University, Pennsylvania Hospital, Pennsylvania Current: Upper Valley Medical Center Hospitalist - Troy, Ohio |
RE Dutch |
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Brian K Day, MD, PhD |
Anatomy & Neurobiology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2005 PhD Dissertation Project Title: "Microelectrode array studies of normal and disease-altered L-glutamate regulation in the mammalian central nervous system" MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2007 Neurology Residency: Washington University in St. Louis, MO Current: Attending Adult Epiletologist: Washington University in St. Louis, MO |
GA Gerhardt |
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Dena Dubal, MD, PhD |
Physiology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2001 Thesis Dissertation Project Title: "Estradiol Protects the Brain Against Stroke Injury: Potential Mechanisms of Action" MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2003 Internship: University of California, San Francisco Neurology Residency: University of California, San Francisco Fellowship: Clinical: Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco (Bruce Miller, MD); Postdoctoral: Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (Lennart Mucke, MD) Current: Staff Scientist, Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease; Assistant Professor, Neurology, University of California, San Francisco |
PM Wise |
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Zachary Fulkerson |
BA/BS: University of Kentucky Physiology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine Medical Student Research Award Internal Medicine Resident: Indiana University School of Medicine Current: Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine - Indiana University (Indianapolis, IN) Awards / Honors: Best Educational Video 2019 - American Thoracic Society: Waveform Capnography - BAVLS |
SS Smyth, MD, PhD |
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Karrie Grear, MD, PhD |
Physiology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2008 PhD Dissertation Project Title: "Uncoupling protein-2 splicing efficiency and human disease" MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2010 Neurology Residency: Wake Forest University Current: Neurology, NHRMC Physician Group, Wilmington, NC |
GS Estus |
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Gregory N Barnes, MD, PhD |
Biochemistry PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 1990 Phd Dissertation Project Title: "The role of Ca+2 dependent protein kinases and protein phosphatase 2A in the kindling model of epilepsy" Mentor: TC Vanaman MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 1992 Pediatrics Residency: Washington University/St. Louis Children's Hospital; Child Neurology and Pediatric Epilepsy, Children's Hospital of Boston/Harvard Longwood Neurology Residency Program Fellowship: Epilepsy, Duke University Past: Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Associate Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring , Vanderbilt University Current: Director of The University of Louisville Autism Center, Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, University of Louisville https://louisville.edu/medicine/departments/neurology/faculty/barnes |
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Christina S Hines, MD, PhD |
Biochemistry PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2003 PhD Disseration Project Title "X-ray crystallographic and functional studies on the neuropeptidase neurolysin" MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2005 Psychiatry Residency: Johns Hopkins University
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DW Rodgers |
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Joshua L Hood, MD, PhD |
Microbiology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2004 PhD Dissertation Title "The association of calpain and its regulatory proteins with the endoplasmic reticulum and golgi apparatus" MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2004 Clinical Pathology (Laboratory Medicine) Residency: Washington University, St. Louis Nanomedicine Fellowship, Postdoctoral: Washington University, St. Louis Faculty: Consortium for Translational Research in Advanced Imaging and Nanomedicine, Washington University, St. Louis - 2009-2014 Current: Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville; Associate Scientist James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville - 2015 to Present |
TL Roszman |
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Michelle Stephens Humeidan, MD, PhD |
Anatomy & Neurobiology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine -2009 PhD Disseration Project Title: "Glutamate regulation in the hippocampal trisynaptic pathway in aging and status epilepticus" MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2011 Anesthesiology Residency: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center - 2011 to 2015; Chief Resident - 2015/ Neuroanestheiology Fellow Current: Assistant Professor - Practice, Anesthesiology: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center - Columbus, OH |
GA Gerhardt |
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Eseosa Ighodaro, PhD |
PhD, Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, 2018 |
Dr. Peter Nelson |
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Carmen Kiper, MD, PhD |
Mathematics BA: Asbury College Physiology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2011 PhD Dissertation Project Title: "Strain-specific Cardiomyocyte Composition Regulates Cardiac Growth Potential." Mentor: Johnathan Satin MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2013 Pediatrics Residency: University of Louisville, Kosair Childrens Hospital - 2016 Current: Pediatric Cardiology Fellow: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center |
J Satin, PhD |
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Edita M Klimyte |
BA, BS Michigan State University, 2010 I completed my undergraduate education at Michigan State University with degrees in Spanish Language&Literature and Biochemistry&Molecular Biology. At the University of Kentucky, I am currently in the MD/PhD program. My graduate training is in the Department of Biochemistry studying respiratory viruses. I completed my PhD in 2016 and returned to medical school to graduate with the class of 2018. I am currently applying for a residency position in Dermatology. CCTS TL1 Predoctoral Fellowship (2014-2015) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellowship (F30) (2015-2018) ACTS Burroughs-Welcome Fund Trainee Travel Award (04/2015) American Society for Virology Travel Award (07/2015) |
Dr. Rebecca Dutch |
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Caitlin Latimer, MD. PhD |
Neuroscience BS: Vanderbilt University Pharmacology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2011 MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2013 Oustanding Medical Student in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Award presented by Dr. Sara Salles. Anatomic Pathology Residency: University of Washington Affiliated Hospital - Seattle, WA Pathology Physician Award Current: Neuropathology Fellow: University of Washington - Seattle, WA |
NM Porter, PhD |
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Mellani Lefta |
Biochemistry BS: Eastern Kentucky University Physiology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2012 MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2014 Current: Pediatrics Residency: Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters - Norfolk, VA |
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Kristin B Linscott |
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Dr. Joseph Chappell |
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Michael W Manning, MD, PhD |
Physiology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2002 PhD Disseration Project Title: "Differential effects of doxycycline, a broad spectrum inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases" MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2006 Surgery Internship: University of Kentucky Anesthesiology Residency: University of Kentucky Current: Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology: Duke University - Durham, NC http://anesthesiology.duke.edu/?portfolio=michael-manning-md-phd-2013 |
A Daugherty |
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Erin L Manning, MD, PhD |
Physiology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine -2002 PhD Disseration Project Title: "Regulation of telomere length in murine hematopoietic cells" MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2006 Anesthesiology Residency: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2010 Regional Anesthesiology Fellowship: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -2012 Current: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology/Anesthesiology-Regional Division: Duke University - Durham, NC https://scholars.duke.edu/display/per3156092
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GE Van Zant |
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Melisa W Mullins, MD, PhD |
Microbiology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine -1997 MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 1999 Residency: William Beaumont Hospital Fellowship: University of Michigan / Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Michigan State University Current: Pediatric Hematology & Oncology, Mercy Childrens Hospital, Toledo, Ohio
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Xuan Nguyen, MD, PhD |
Chemical Engineering BS: Princeton University - Princeton, NJ Anatomy & Neurobiology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2007 PhD Dissertation Project Title: "Aging and the dynorphinergic system: evaluation of memory and motor systems in prodynorphin knockout mice" MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2006 Internal Medicine Internship: The University Hospital, University of Cincinnati - 2007 Radiology Residency: Chief Resident, Diagnostic Radiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2011 Neuroradiology Fellowship: Duke University - Durham, NC - 2012 Current: Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology: Neuroradiology: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center |
G Bing |
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Mathew A Nicholls, MD, PhD |
Biochemistry PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine- 1997 PhD Dissertation Project Title: "MR studies of the acute response of the rhesus CNS to the neurotoxin MPTP" MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 1999 Orthopedic Surgery Residency: University of Kentucky College of Medicine Current: Orthopedic Surgery: Baptist Hospital - Lexington KY; Kentucky Orthopaedic & Hand Surgeons |
TC Vanaman |
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Shane W Rau, MD, PhD |
Physiology and Biophysics PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2003 PhD Disseration Project Title: "Mechanisms of estradiol-mediated protection against stroke-like injury" MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2004 Psychiatry Internship: University of Virginia Health System Psychiatry Residency: University of Virginia Health System Faculty Position: Assistant Professor (2008 – 14): UNC – Chapel Hill; Psychiatry Current: Psychiatrist, Acute Unit; The Pavilion at Williamsburg Place, Williamsburg, VA |
PM Wise |
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Nirmal Ravi, MD, PhD |
Biomedical Engineering PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2009 PhD Dissertation Project Title "Regeneration of damaged growth plate using IGF_I plasmid releasing porous PLGA scaffolds" MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2011 Family Medicine Residency: Providence Hospital, Georgetown, Washington D.C. |
DA Puleo |
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Janelle Reed, MD, PhD |
Anatomy & Neurobiology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2005 PhD Dissertation Project Title: "Alterations in proteasome subunit expression and influences on the inflammatory response" MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2009 Emergency Medicine Residency: University of Kentucky College of Medicine Current: Emergency Department Physician Liaison at Parkland Memorial Hosptial, Dallas, TX |
AJ Bruce-Keller and JN Keller |
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Abdelghaffar Salous |
Biomedical Engineering BS: Marquette University - 2004 HealthcareTechnology Management MS: Marquette University - 2006 Pharmacology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2013 PhD Dissertation Project Title: "Mechanism of rapid elimination of lysophosphatidic acid and related lipids from the circulation of mice" MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2014 Current: General Surgery Resident: Sinai Hospital of Balimore - Baltimore, MD |
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Scott Silva |
Biochemistry BS: University of Texas, Austin Biochemistry PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2011 PhD Dissertation Project Title: "A Novel Role for VEGF Signialling in Carcinoid Tumors" Mentor: Mark Evers MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2013 The Endocrine Society Award General Surgery Internship: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, TN Radiation Oncology Residency: Loyola University Medical Center, IL |
BM Evers, MD |
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Christopher Simmons |
Microbiology BS: Indiana University Physiology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2011 MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2013 Pediatric Residency: University of Kentucky College of Medicine Received the Outstanding Scholarship and Humanism in Internal Medicine Award presented by Andrew Hoellein, MD |
S Estus, PhD |
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Dustin B. Stephens |
Zoology BS: University of Texas at Austin Clinical & Translational Science PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2014 PhD Dissertation Project Title: “Primary and secondary prevention of hepatitis C virus among rural Appalachian people who use drugs” MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2016 Current: Psychiatry Resident: Harbor UCLA - Los Angeles, California |
Jennifer R. Havens PhD MPH; Jose de Leon MD |
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Natalie Wallis, MD, PhD |
Pharmacology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2010 MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2012 Pediatrics Residency: University of Kentucky College of Medicine |
MW Kilgore |
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Gregory J Wehner |
BS University of Cincinnati, 2011 |
Dr. Brandon Fornwalt |
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Erin Wolf Horrell |
Boston College, BS Biochemistry 2010 |
Dr. John D'Orazio |
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Mark A Wurth, MD, PhD |
Biochemistry PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2006 PhD Disseration Project Title: "Role of actin dynamics in paramyxovirus F mediated membrane fusion events" MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2008 Internal Medicine & Pediatrics Residency: University of Kentucky College of Medicine; Chief Resident, Pediatrics - 2013 Current: Allergy, Immunology, & Pediatric Pulmonary Fellow, Vanderbilt University - Expected Completion: 2018
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RE Dutch |
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Jeff Yates, MD, PhD |
Physiology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2006 PhD Dissertation Project Title: "The genetic regulation of the response of hematopoietic stem/ progenitor cells to the cytostatic agent hydroxyurea" MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2010 Internal Medicine - Pediatrics Residency: Indiana University - 2014 Current: Hospitalist Lexington Clinic, Lexington KY |
G Van Zant |
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Kristine S Ziemba, MD, PhD |
Zoology BS: Arizona State University Zoology MS: Arizona State University Physiology PhD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2007 PhD Dissertation Project Title: "Targeting axon growth from neurons transplanted into the central nervous system" MD: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - 2008 Neurology Residency: Mayo Clinic, Arizona - 2012 Clinical Neurophysiology/EEG Fellowship: Mayo Clinic, Arizona - 2013 Epilepsy Fellowship: Mayo Clinic, Arizona - 2014 Current: Florida Center for Neurology - St. Petersburg, FL |
GM Smith |