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UofL School of Medicine residency program fuels physician supply for smaller communities, while offering career options to new doctors

August 13, 2021

While Elizabethtown, Kentucky, native Dillon Pender was a medical student at the University of Louisville, he realized that life and medical practice in an urban setting were not a good fit for him.

UofL School of Dentistry taking over Home of the Innocents' pediatric clinic

August 6, 2021

In April, Home of the Innocents and Norton Children’s Medical Group announced a partnership to begin on Oct. 1, in which Norton will take over the operations of Open Arms Children Health, a service division of Home of the Innocents.

UofL School of Dentistry's first African American female student reflects on blazing the trail for others

July 19, 2021

When Madeline Maupin Hicks first entered UofL’s School of Dentistry in 1971, she did more than open the door to a building -- she opened the door to a career in dentistry for many who followed.