Surgery
Per the Kentucky Department of Public Health, please adhere to these requirements when entering our facility to ensure patient safety and reduce the risk of potential exposure and spread of COVID-19:
- You must wear a mask before entering. If you do not have a mask, one will be provided.
- All patients will be screened upon entrance to the facility. Screening will consist of temperature check and COVID-19 exposure questionnaire.
- Only patients receiving care may enter. Patients that require assistance (e.g. pediatric, etc.) will be permitted to be accompanied by one adult. All other visitors are asked to wait in their car. No one will be permitted to wait in lobbies, waiting areas, etc.
Rockcastle Regional’s state-of-the-art surgery area provides staff access to the latest technologies to serve our patients.
The surgical suite consists of a 3-bed pre-op area, 3-bed post-op area and a 2-room surgical suite consisting of a new operating room and minor procedure/endoscopy suite.
Procedures performed are general, plastic, endoscopic, orthopaedic, pulmonogy, and urology.
Surgeons performing procedures are:
Wallace Huff, M.D., with Bluegrass Orthopaedics
Malik Khurram Khan, M.D. with UK HealthCare Pulmonology
Christian Knecht, M.D. with Baptist Health General Surgery