Thursday, April 15, 2010
Markey Doctor Receives Award
KENTUCKY....
Dr. B. Mark Evers, a gastrointestinal and endocrine surgeon specializing in cancer treatment and director of the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, has been awarded the 2010 Flance-Karl Award from the American Surgical Association. The award consists of $40,000 and a plaque and is given each year to a U.S. surgeon who has made a major contribution to laboratory research that is applied to clinical surgery. Before coming to Kentucky in 2009, Evers was director of the University of Texas Medical Branch Comprehensive Cancer Center in Galveston. Evers is a director of the American Board of Surgery, a past president of the Society of University Surgeons, and secretary of the Southern Surgical Association.
Dr. B. Mark Evers, a gastrointestinal and endocrine surgeon specializing in cancer treatment and director of the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, has been awarded the 2010 Flance-Karl Award from the American Surgical Association. The award consists of $40,000 and a plaque and is given each year to a U.S. surgeon who has made a major contribution to laboratory research that is applied to clinical surgery. Before coming to Kentucky in 2009, Evers was director of the University of Texas Medical Branch Comprehensive Cancer Center in Galveston. Evers is a director of the American Board of Surgery, a past president of the Society of University Surgeons, and secretary of the Southern Surgical Association.