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Media Contacts

UC Academic Health Center Public Relations and Communications is committed to serving the needs and interests of the media. We are accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

If you have a media inquiry or would like to arrange an interview with one our health experts, please contact the appropriate public information officer below, call our general office number at (513) 558-4553, or e-mail us at uchealthnews@uc.edu.

Consumers can learn more about Academic Health Center physicians and services by calling UC Physicians at (513) 475-8263 in Clifton and (513) 475-8000 in West Chester, or by visiting www.ucphysicians.com.


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Academic Health Center Media Contacts:

Richard Puff, Assistant Vice President
Phone: (513) 558-0448
Cell Phone: (513) 237-0005
E-mail: richard.puff@uc.edu

Dama Kimmon, Assistant Director
Phone: (513) 558-4519
Cell Phone: (513) 919-5312
E-mail: dama.kimmon@uc.edu
Beat/Focus: UC: Genome Research Institute (GRI), Obesity Research, Endocrinology and Metabolism (Diabetes/Bone Centers), Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Office of Research, UC Research Editor; University Hospital: Hospital Operations, JCAHO, Mobile Crisis, Food and Nutrition, Admitting, Physician Transfer Center, Patient Family Edu. Committee, Volunteers, Social Work, Patient Relations

Katy Cosse, Public Information Officer
Phone: (513) 558-0207
E-mail: kathryn.cosse@uc.edu
Beat/Focus: UC: Internal Communications, College of Allied Health Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Burn Surgery, Dermatology, Otolaryngology (ENT), Transplant Surgery, Trauma and Critical Care; University Hospital: Air Care/Mobile Care, Burn Center, Dental Center, Infection Control, Oral Surgery, Surgical ICU, Transplant, Trauma

Jill Hafner, Public Information Officer
Phone: (513) 558-4639
Cell Phone: (513) 300-6080
E-mail: jill.hafner@uc.edu
Beat/Focus: UC: Web Communications, Development & Alumni Affairs (Major Gifts), Health Sciences Library, NetWellness, Findings Editor, Dean’s List Editor, Web Site Editor; University Hospital: Foundation

Amanda Harper, Public Information Officer
Phone: (513) 558-4657
Cell Phone: (513) 604-3308
E-mail: amanda.harper@uc.edu
Beat/Focus: UC: Cancer Center, Cancer and Cell Biology, Environmental Health, Hematology-Oncology, Neuroradiology, Nuclear Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Cancer), Plastic Surgery, Radiation Oncology, Radiation Safety, Radiology, Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Urology, Vascular Surgery; University Hospital: Barrett Cancer Center (Cincinnati Cancer Consortium), Perioperative/Same-Day Surgery, Surgical,Radiology, Operating Room, Bariatrics

Keith Herrell, Public Information Officer
Phone: (513) 558-4559
Cell Phone: (513) 375-4679
E-mail: keith.herrell@uc.edu
Beat/Focus: UC: Neurology, Psychiatry (Except Obesity Group), Nicotine and Alcohol Research, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, MSB/CARE/Crawley Building Update Editor; University Hospital: Neuroscience (UCNI), Neuro Intensive Care Unit, Psychiatry

Angela Koenig, Public Information Officer
Phone: (513) 558-4625
Cell Phone: (513) 368-5801
E-mail: angela.koenig@uc.edu
Beat/Focus: UC: Anesthesiology, College of Medicine (Education), College of Nursing, Winkle College of Pharmacy, Orthopedics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Women’s Health Research Program, Emergency Medicine, Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Health Connections editor; University Hospital: Emergency Services, Nursing, Orthopedics, Women’s Services, Fetal Care, Neonatal ICU, Hyperbaric Medicine, Pharmacy

Katie Pence, Public Information Officer
Phone: (513) 558-4561
E-mail: katie.pence@uc.edu
Beat/Focus: UC: Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Family Medicine, Digestive Diseases, General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Hoxworth (Research), Infectious Diseases, Public Health Sciences, Nephrology, Ophthalmology, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, E-Health News Daily Editor; University Hospital: Cardiology, Endoscopy, Clinics, Cystic Fibrosis