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Contacts:
Christina Kaufman PhD 502.562.0390 [email protected]
Sherry Woods 502.562.0310 [email protected]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery
To Honor Kosair Charities in a Fundraising Event
CMKI Hands-On Award Dinner to Honor Kosair Charities
Louisville, KY (April, 2, 2015) – The Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and
Microsurgery (CMKI) will honor Kosair Charities at the 2nd CMKI Hands-On Award Dinner.
The event will take place Thursday, April 2, 2015 starting at 6 p.m. at the Galt House Hotel &
Suites, Archibald Cochran Room, located at 140 N. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
“We are very pleased to honor Kosair Charities for their mission to protect the health and
well-being of children in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. There has been a long standing
collaboration between the Institute and Kosair Charities, and they have done so much to help
us achieve our mission of excellence in education and research in the field of hand surgery”
says Dr. Christina Kaufman, Executive Director of CMKI. “In addition our surgeons wanted
to express their gratitude to Kosair Charities for their unparalleled community service. Over
the years, many financially struggling families have had their children’s hand problems
corrected because of support through the Kleinert Kutz practice and Kosair Charities.”
Dr. Kleinert and Dr. Kutz received the coveted Roger Fox award for their work with children
from Kosair Charities in 2005. In 2012 and 2013, Kosair Charities generously awarded CMKI
a combined total of over $600,000 in direct and matching grants to perform research and
educate the hand surgeons of the future
About the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery
The CMKI is a world-renowned nonprofit education and research organization. The Institute
was founded by Doctors Kleinert and Kutz in 1980, and represents the largest accredited
hand surgery fellowship training program in the U.S. The CMKI, in cooperative effort with the
University of Louisville School of Medicine and the physicians of Kleinert Kutz Hand Care
Center, have trained over 1300 surgeons from 61 countries around the world. The physicians
are fully trained plastic, orthopedic, or general surgeons who come to Louisville for additional
training in hand and microsurgery.
Many research projects refining surgical techniques, testing new devices, and pushing the
frontiers of basic and clinical science in the field of hand surgery are currently underway. For
more information, please visit www.cmki.org or call 502.562.0310.
About Kosair Charities
Since 1923, Kosair Charities has had one primary mission – helping children in need. Kosair
Charities knows that the quality of a child’s tomorrow depends largely on the quality of health,
medical treatment, and support a child receives today. For more information please visit
http://kosair.org or call 502.637.7696.
Photo and interview opportunities are available upon request.
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