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UK & Heart Association to Lexington: START! Walking

Published 11-02-2009 1:37 PM | Mark D. Birdwhistell

Last week I was invited to speak at one of the kick-off events for the annual American Heart Association (AHA) walk, this year chaired by one of UK's great friends, Luther Deaton. Joey Maggard is the head of AHA for this region and was one of the...

Filed under: community partners, UK HealthCare, President Lee Todd, Dr. Alan Daugherty, American Heart Association, Gill Heart Institute

"Mini-Med School" Brings Legislators from all parts of Kentucky to UK

Published 10-21-2009 12:12 PM | Mark D. Birdwhistell

On Monday, I had my first Halloween scare at UK --- state legislators wearing "white coats" and taking classes at the UK College of Medicine! 20 state legislators, the Mayor of Lexington, and the Secretary of the Cabinet for Health & Family...

Filed under: Dr. Karpf, Dean Perman, UK College of Medicine, Provost Kumble R. Subbaswamy, President Lee Todd