DR. DEMASI’S IMPACT WILL LIVE ON AT UK COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Left to right: Bhaswanth Dhanireddy, MD; William St. Clair, MD, PhD, professor of radiation medicine; and John DeMasi, MD.
The UK College of Medicine Department of Radiation Medicine honored the memory of former resident John DeMasi, MD, with an endowed lectureship. A young John DeMasi foreshadowed his career at 5 years old when he chose his first Halloween costume. Wearing green scrubs from a teddy bear and a stethoscope so big it dragged as he walked, he proudly impersonated a doctor. John would eventually carry on that childhood dream, powering through nine years of medical training to become Dr. DeMasi. His family wasn’t surprised. John’s father, Jim DeMasi, MD, opened John to a world of caring
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for others. And according to one of his mother Ginny DeMasi’s friends “if there were two magic markers and two coloring books, and three boys in the room, he would always let them go first.” John simply cared about other people, and a job as a doctor was a perfect fit. John’s career path led him to the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Radiation Medicine Residency Program, where he made a profound impact on his mentors and fellow trainees through his compassionate nature, intense focus on work, and innate ability to connect with patients.
