Dr. Michael Karpf to retire as head of UK hospitalHealthy Care

Dr. Michael Karpf, who has led the University of Kentucky Medical Center during a decade of major growth, announced Wednesday that he would retire in 2017.

"We have made considerable progress, and I feel that the original goals that we established have been achieved," Karpf said in a statement. "We have built a strong foundation for UK HealthCare," the medical center's brand. "Consequently, I think it is time for an organized transition to a new leader who has boundless energy to address the challenges of a rapidly evolving health care system."

During Karpf's 13 years at the helm, annual discharges from the hospital doubled to 37,789, and transfer of patients from other hospitals for sub-specialty care "astoundingly grew" from 1,000 to more than 18,000, annually, UK President Eli Capilouto said in a news release. "But numbers on tell part of the story."

Capilouto said Karpf "grew partnerships with hospitals and physicians in 180 clinical locations across the state. . . . I am convinced that UK HealthCare is the greatest success story in modern academic health center history. This is not grandiosity. The numbers show it."

The greatest manifestation of Karpf's work is the new Albert B. Chandler Hospital Pavilion A, which he said will be more than 96 percent complete with projects authorized in June.

"Although Pavilion A is as technologically advanced as any hospital in the country, it is also an exceptionally empathetic facility – comfortable and comforting for our patients, their families, visitors, and, just as important, for our faculty and staff," Karpf said. "We will also have refurbished/repurposed four of the seven floors in Pavilion HA (Kentucky Children’s Hospital). Over the next 18 months we will finally have a state-of-the-art neonatal ICU that appropriately supports a superb NICU staff and faculty."

Karpf, who came to Lexington from UCLA, said he and his wife Ellen will remain in the city, and he plans to "take a part-time faculty position working on health service and health policy issues."


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