Know a Lexington Healthcare Hero?
It’s time to nominate your favorites for the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department’s Dr. Rice C. Leach Public Health Hero Award. The award, now in its 21st year, is for individuals who have demonstrated their dedication to improving the health of Lexington, KY residents. Criteria for the selection of the award include: Exemplary leadership and diligence in promoting public health; ...
UK Children’s Hospital opens Richmond Road location
UK Kentucky Children's Hospital Richmond Road will begin welcoming patients today, October 16, 2023. The facility officially opened last week with a ribbon cutting, celebrating the new home of four pediatric specialty clinics. This facility will offer a continuum of care to infants, children and adolescents with complex medical and behavioral needs. The four clinics include: Complex Care Clinic, which provides...
Appalachian Regional Healthcare opens in Lexington
Appalachian Regional Healthcare has opened its first facility in Lexington KY, and celebrated the occasion this week with a ribbon cutting. ARH Medical Associates is now open at Redding Road, off Tates Creek in Lexington. This is ARH's first Lexington location.
KNI Unveils New Inpatient Floor in UK Chandler Hospital Pavilion A
UK HealthCare’s Kentucky Neuroscience Institute (KNI) officially unveiled its new inpatient unit on the fifth floor of the Albert B. Chandler Hospital Pavilion A on Thursday. Patients will begin occupying the floor this weekend. “At UK HealthCare, we are focused on solving the health problems of Kentuckians,” said Mark F. Newman, M.D., UK executive vice president for health affairs. “With the opening of the...
Lexington’s new Health Commissioner resigns unexpectedly
On June 29, 2022 the Lexington Health Department announced that new Commissioner of Health, Dr. Joel McCullough, had resigned, with his resignation to be effective July 31, 2022. According to a spokesperson, "The Lexington-Fayette County Board of Health will begin a national search for a new commissioner in the coming weeks." Dr. Joel McCullough joined the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department on...