Humbaugh Day

Lexington celebrated Dr. Kraig Humbaugh Day when Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton and the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council honored Dr. Kraig Humbaugh, who is retiring as Lexington’s commissioner of health after more than five years leading the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department.

Photo courtesy Mayor’s Office

“Dr. Humbaugh led the department to re-accreditation by the Public Health Accreditation Board, expanded the department’s harm reduction services and oversaw daily efforts to further the health department’s mission of helping Lexington be well,” said Mayor Gorton (pictured without her mask because she had just finished addressing the council). “Lexington will forever be grateful for Dr. Humbaugh’s life-saving leadership throughout the pandemic.”

 

Physician of the Year 

Saint Joseph East recently recognized Amy Carrillo, DO, as the 2021 Physician of the Year, and Karen Hillenmeyer, PA-C, as the 2021 Advanced Practice Provider of the Year.

Read more here.

 


This article also appears on page 12 of the January 2022 print edition of Hamburg Journal.

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