UK King's Daughters

Home
United States
Ashland, KY
UK King's Daughters

UK King's Daughters serves patients in eastern Kentucky, southern Ohio & western West Virginia. Our Mission: To Care. To Serve. To Heal.

Our Vision: World-Class Care In Our Communities

Our Five Key Priorities: Customer • Quality • Community • Finance • Culture

01/01/2026

Baby New Year 2026 has arrived at UK King’s Daughters! 🎉

Congratulations to the Horn family on the birth of their precious baby girl, Ella Ann. She weighs 7 lbs., 2 oz. and is 19.5 inches long. She was born at 8:38 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, delivered by Brian Frederick, M.D.

Thank you, Horn family, for letting us celebrate new beginnings with you 💙

12/31/2025

From start to finish, 2025 was packed with fun, connection, and celebration here at UK King’s Daughters—and every bit of it was for YOU, our incredible team.

Thank you for showing up, giving your all, and making 2025 unforgettable.

Happy New Year from all of us at UK King’s Daughters!

12/31/2025

UK King’s Daughters Maternal-Fetal Bereavement will host a Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Group on Wednesday, Jan. 14 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Health Education Center (lower level, Lexington Avenue parking garage).

This group provides support and resources to families who have lost a child due to miscarriage, stillbirth or early infant loss. We strive to provide a safe and supportive environment for families to share stories, receive comfort and heal.

Refreshments will be served. RSVPs are preferred, but not required. For more information, please contact Kelly Ingram at Kelly.Ingram@kdmc.kdhs.us or Leah Lands, RN, at Leah.Lands@kdmc.kdhs.us

12/31/2025

Now Hiring: Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT)

Enjoy science and detail-focused work? Join the laboratory team at UK King’s Daughters and play an important role in patient care.

This position performs and verifies laboratory testing, completes STAT results, supports quality control, and works closely with physicians and care teams to deliver accurate, timely information.

Requirements:
-Associate degree in laboratory science or medical laboratory technology, or CLIA-qualified equivalent
-ASCP MLT certification preferred

If precision matters to you and you want work that makes a difference, we would love to hear from you.
Apply online at MyKDCareer.com.

12/30/2025

Congratulations to Jewell Howard on recently celebrating your last day of chemotherapy at UK King's Daughters Tri-State Hematology/Oncology. It was our honor and privilege to provide care for you!

On behalf of everyone at KDTSHO, we wish you many days, weeks, months and years of good health and happiness!

12/30/2025

Our Wellness Center at the Pavilion, 2000 Ashland Drive in Russell, is closed for the remainder of Tuesday, Dec. 30. We apologize for any inconvenience to our members.

12/30/2025

Congratulations to Brian Easterling on recently celebrating your last day of chemotherapy at UK King's Daughters Tri-State Hematology/Oncology. It was our honor and privilege to provide care for you!

On behalf of everyone at KDTSHO, we wish you many days, weeks, months and years of good health and happiness!

12/29/2025

UK King's Daughters is proud to announce it has been awarded the Gold Well Workplace Award by the Wellness Alliance, recognizing us as one of the nation’s healthiest workplaces.

As a Well Workplace Award–winning organization, King's Daughters has demonstrated a commitment to protecting and enhancing the health and well-being of every team member. All Well Workplace Award winners have used the patented 7 Benchmarks™ model to help build and shape their wellness programs.

The 7 Benchmarks are:
1. Committed and Aligned Leadership
2. Collaboration in Support of Wellness
3. Collecting Meaningful Data to Evolve a Wellness Strategy
4. Crafting an Operating Plan
5. Choosing Initiatives that Support the Whole Employee
6. Cultivate Supportive Health Promoting Environments, Policies, and Practices
7. Conduct Evaluation, Communicate, Celebrate, and Iterate

"We are very mindful when it comes to balancing the needs of our team," Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Jamie Parsons said. "By investing in the wellness of our team, we also are investing in the great care our team provides our patients."

12/29/2025

Shout-out to Sarah Smith, AR collector, at UK King's Daughters for her dedication and hard work. She was recently recognized through the STAR (Special Thanks and Recognition) program by Vanessa Allison, AR collector, for going the extra mile. Thank you, Sarah, for all you do to support our team. We appreciate you.

12/26/2025

For today’s we are featuring the hiking trails at Carter Caves Park, located in Olive Hill. Carter Caves offers a total of 12 trails. From the 4Cs Carter Caves Cross Country Trail spanning 8.3 miles, to the 0.5-mile Natural Bridge Trail, there’s plenty of variety for hikers to choose from! For more information, go to bit.ly/3ouN9Xz.

12/26/2025

UK King’s Daughters welcomes nurse practitioner Heather Holton, APRN, to KDMS Nephrology & Hypertension Specialists, the practice of Hala Alshayeb, M.D., James Egel, M.D., J. Michael Kasey, D.O., Jonathan Kendall, M.D., Ryann Pangan, M.D., and Charbel Salem, M.D.

Holton joins the group from St. Mary’s Medical Center, where she held roles as cardiac implant coordinator, CVICU charge nurse, and staff nurse in the heart and vascular recovery unit.

Holton earned her master of science in nursing, acute care adult and gerontology nurse practitioner from Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota; her bachelor of science in nursing at Ohio University in Athens; and her associate degree in nursing at Shawnee State University.

Nephrology nurse practitioners provide primary care to patients with acute or chronic kidney/urologic disorders, those undergoing transplants, and those who are candidates for or have undergone kidney transplants.

KDMS Nephrology is in Suite 510, Medical Plaza B, 613 23rd St., Ashland, Ky. New patients are welcome. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call (606) 329-9335.

12/23/2025

We are celebrating two graduates of our Cardiac Rehab program this week, Robert Pasley of Wayne, WV and Patrick Burton of Olive Hill, Ky. Congratulations gentlemen!❤️

Address

2201 Lexington Avenue
Ashland, KY
41101

Telephone

+16064088999

Website

http://www.KingsDaughtersHealth.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when UK King's Daughters posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Want your practice to be the top-listed Clinic in Ashland?

King’s Daughters Health System

King’s Daughters Health System has several components designed to care for patients in our region:

King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland. Since 1899, we have cared for the people of this region as a private, nonprofit hospital. King’s Daughters Medical Center is a locally controlled, not-for-profit, 465-bed regional referral center, covering a 150-mile radius that includes southern Ohio, eastern Kentucky and western West Virginia. KDMC offers cardiac, medical, surgical, maternity, pediatric, rehabilitative, bariatric, psychiatric, cancer, neurological, pain care, wound care and home care services. KDMC operates nearly 50 outpatient locations in eastern Kentucky and southern Ohio.

King’s Daughters Medical Center also is the largest employer between Charleston, W.Va., and Lexington, Ky., with more than 3,000 Team Members.

King's Daughters Medical Center Ohio. Our second hospital, based in Portsmouth, Ohio, and opened in February 2013. This hospital offers 24/7 Urgent Care, as well as surgical specialties.

UK King's Daughters

01/01/2026

12/31/2025

12/31/2025

12/31/2025

12/30/2025

12/30/2025

12/30/2025

12/29/2025

12/29/2025

12/26/2025

12/26/2025

12/23/2025

Address

Telephone

Website

Alerts

Shortcuts

Share

Category

King’s Daughters Health System