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Our goal really is to be the best cancer center in southeast and Eastern Kentucky.” — Don Stacy, MD

Returning to His Roots

HAZARD The famous line from the twentieth-century American novelist Thomas Wolfe that says “you can’t go home again” is often misunderstood. The “home” that Wolfe

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As He Builds It, They Will Come

Omar M. El Kawkgi, MD, leads the building of UK Healthcare’s Markey Cancer Center’s thyroid cancer program LEXINGTON Endocrinologist Omar M. El Kawkgi, MD, joined

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Two Surgeons, One Mission

At Norton Healthcare, Tiffany Berry, MD, and Brian Thornton, MD, are leading breast cancer surgery through multidisciplinary integration LOUISVILLE Breast cancer care has advanced rapidly

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The Problem Solver

Orthopedic surgeon finds his home in the mountains with mountain people PAINTSVILLE Eric Dennis, MD, orthopedic surgeon at Appalachian Regional Healthcare in Paintsville, Kentucky, played

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Thumbs Up!

Antony Hazel, MD, hand specialist at Norton Arm & Hand Institute, specializes in unique thumb surgery LOUISVILLE People commonly ask a friend or neighbor if

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Craftsmanship and Compassion

Carter Cassidy, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon and department chair, leads the UK HealthCare Orthopedics team LEXINGTON Ryan Carter Cassidy, MD, says leading the UK HealthCare

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