Author: Jim Kelsey

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Clearing the Path

March 1, 2018March 23, 2018 Jim Kelsey cardiologist, cardiology, catheter, coherence, cut edge, Danville, Danville interventional cardiologist, director of the cardiac catheterization lab, Dr. Hussam, Dr. Hussam N., early adoption of new technology, EMRMC, endovascular, endovascular specialist, Ephraim McDowell, Ephraim McDowell regional medical center, FACC, field of vascular medicine, FSCAI, Gil Dunn Dr. Hussam Hamdalla, good long-term outcome, Hamdalla, Hussam, Hussam N., image001 photo, immediate resolution, interventional cardiologist, invasive technique, Kentucky, Koul, large medical facility, late technology, lumen, medical center, microdissection, N., new technology, occlusion, ocelot, ocelot device, optical coherence, outcome, Pantheras, Pantheras device, passion, path, peripheral arterial disease, procedure, radiation, radiation exposure, remove blockage, Sharat Koul, shared passion, success rate, support of the hospital, surgery, university of Kentucky, vascular institute, vascular medicine, vascular patient, vessel

DANVILLE Interventional cardiologists specialize in removing blockages. When something impacts a patient’s blood flow, they clear the way and fix

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Breeding Success

January 1, 2018March 23, 2018 Jim Kelsey $, $25 million nonprofit operation, based clinic, behavioral health professional, boy scout aid, breed, breed 's vision, breed serve, breed state, breed success, care doctor, care pulmonology, clinic, clinical affair, colonoscopy, community health center, comprehensive health corporation, comprehensive healthcare, country doctor, critical care pulmonology, director of clinical affair, doctor, doctor leader, eastern Kentucky, example of MCHC 's connection, family practice, family practice residency, Farmacy, four-and-a-half hour drive, full array of primary healthcare service, good healthcare, health corporation, healthcare, internal medicine, Kentucky, large black lung clinic, little clinic, local family doctor, lung clinic, Malcolm Wilson, MCHC, MCHC 's connection, MCHC patient, medical degree, non-profit corporation of clinic, OB/ GYN, optometry, Pauletta, pediatrics, people of eastern Kentucky, personal cell phone number, photo, primary care doctor, primary healthcare service, quality healthcare, quality of patient care, specialist, unduplicated patient, university of Kentucky, Van breed, Whitesburg, Whitesburg Van, Whitesburg Van breed, wide range of service

WHITESBURG Van Breeding, MD, has always been an early riser. He gets up at 4:30 am every day, arrives at

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No Pain? Big Gain!

December 1, 2017February 9, 2018 Jim Kelsey anesthesia portion, average age of the patient present, bad misperception, baptist health, BHMG, BHMG pain management practice, big gain, Botox, chronic pain, cord stimulation, epidural, epidural space, generalized pain medication, genicular, genicular nerve block, good option, good solution, group pain management, head pain, injection, knee, Kristal Wilson, large joint pain, location of the pain, Louisville, Louisville school, medical group pain management, medication, migraine, nerve, Opioid, opioid medication, opioid therapy, opioid therapy remains, opioids, pain, pain clinic, pain management, pain psychologist, pain relief, people need help, pill mill, psychological component, psychologist, referral, scope of the BHMG pain management practice, source of the pain, spinal cord stimulation, steroid, steroid injection, therapy, type of psychological component, university of Louisville school of medicine, Wilson

LOUISVILLE “Where does it hurt?” That’s the common question asked of someone in pain. Medical professionals naturally follow up with

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The Quiet Cancer

October 1, 2017 Jim Kelsey advanced endocopy, aggressive tumor, bile, bile duct, biopsy, bluegrass, bright side, cancer, cancer 's insidious nature, cancer 's spread, cancer remains, Case, Case 's role, common secondary site, duct, endocopy, endoscopic ultrasound biopsy, gastroenterologist, gastroenterology, gastroenterology fellowship, Georgetown, Georgetown community hospital, Georgetown community hospital 's Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Hepatology of the bluegrass, insidious onset, jaundice, Justin Case, level of optimism, lymph, lymph node, native of Grant county, obstruction of the bile duct, painless jaundice, pancreatic cancer, pancreatic cancer remains, pancreatitis, patient suspect, quiet cancer, stage technique, sudden presentation, sudden presentation of diabetes, symptom of pancreatic cancer, technology produce, tissue diagnosis, tumor, unexplained pancreatitis, university of Cincinnati college of medicine

GEORGETOWN We all try to look on the bright side, and, in modern medicine, that’s relatively easy as advanced techniques

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When Less is More

October 1, 2017 Jim Kelsey benefit first-hand, blood supply detection, cancer, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer patient, colon surgery, colonoscopy, colorectal, colorectal surgeon, CSGA, degree range of motion, Dvorak, early robotic, even mix of minor procedure, excessive manipulation, excessive manipulation of normal tissue, gastroenterology, Gastroenterology associate, general surgery residency, get infection, hospital stay, invasive laparoscopic surgery, John Dvorak, laparoscopy, Lexington, long learn curve, long line of medical professional, low chance of hernia, low infection rate, major abdominal operation, multi-quadrant, multi-quadrant surgery, multiple area of the belly, new robotic machine, Ng, Ng tube, obvious reduction, oncologist, oncology, outpatient colon surgery, pathologist, procedure, quick return, quick return of patient, rectal surgery, reduce hospital stay, repetitive use injury, robotic, robotic procedure, robotic surgery, shorten hospital stay, single-site surgery, surgeon, surgeon 's standpoint, surgery, surgery residency, syndrome, use robotic surgery, vessel seal device, Vinci xi, Vinci xi surgical system

LEXINGTON There’s a lot to be said for shortening hospital stays. Besides the obvious reduction in expense, there are other

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Just an Arm’s Length and a Day Away

August 1, 2017 Jim Kelsey 23, 23 hour hospital stay, 23 hour stay, anesthesia, arm 's length, arthritis, Arthroscopic, athlete, baseball, comfortable discharge, cuff, day of lengthy hospital stay, elbow, elbow injury, elbow procedure, extremity, extremity procedure, extremity surgery, Florida orthopedic institute, Harreld, hospital stay, incision, infection drop, injury, joint replacement, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Kevin Harreld, large open incision, lengthy hospital stay, Louisville, Louisville school, majority of orthopedic surgeon, orthopedic associate, orthopedic surgeon, orthopedic surgical residency, orthopedics, outpatient, pain, physical therapy, pithy phrase, procedure, regional nerve, repair, replacement, reverse total shoulder, revision surgery, risk of infection drop, rotator, rotator cuff repair, rotator cuff tear, select orthopedic surgery, shoulder, shoulder fellowship, shoulder replacement, surgeon, surgery, surgical procedure, therapy, university of Louisville school of medicine, upper extremity procedure, upper extremity surgery

LOUISVILLE The days of lengthy hospital stays for surgical procedures are long gone. Much of this is fueled by payers,

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A Joint Effort

August 1, 2017 Jim Kelsey adult reconstruction surgeon, adult reconstructive fellowship, average age, BSN, bundled payment care initiative, bundled payment structure, care of the patient, clinic, CMS, cost save, CRRN, director of total joint replacement, Dr. Tharun Karthikeyan, effective orthopedic patient care, expectation, Famer, flat amount, flat payment, former Pittsburgh steeler, Gil Dunn, hall of Famer, hip, hip replacement, hospital stay, Jerome Bettis, joint effort, joint replacement, Joseph, Joseph hospital, Joseph hospital orthopedics, Karthikeyan, knee, knee center, knee replacement, leader of a cohesive team, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Lexington clinic orthopedics, Lexington repair, OrthoCarolina, OrthoCarolina hip, orthopedic surgeon, orthopedic surgery residency, orthopedics, outcome, patient navigator, payment, payment care initiative, photo, physical therapy, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh steeler, positive patient outcome, posterior approach, procedure, provider, quality of care, reconstruction surgeon, replace knee, replacement, replacement program, RN, seminar, significant cost save, sport medicine, steeler, surgeon, surgery residency, Tharun Karthikeyan, therapist, total joint replacement, total joint replacement program, total knee replacement, trauma fellowship, unfair shift, university of Pittsburgh school of medicine

LEXINGTON Repairing and replacing knees and hip joints is what Tharun Karthikeyan, MD does for a living. He’s well trained

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Gastroenterology Internal Systems OB/GYN & Women's Health Special Section Women's Health 

That Feeling in the Pit of Your Stomach

July 1, 2017December 20, 2017 Jim Kelsey active bacterium, adherence, adherence molecule, adherence molecule result, antibiotic, bacterium, bowel, bowel bacterium, bowel disease, bowel syndrome, C., C. difficile infection, chicken noodle soup, chronic health issue, colitis, colon, contribute factor, diet, disorder, fecal microbiota transplant, fecal transplant, frozen pill, gallbladder, gallbladder disease, Gastroenterology associate, gastrointestinal disorder, IBD, IBS, indomethacin, inflammatory bowel disease, intestinal bacterium, introduced bacterium, irritable bowel syndrome, Joseph east, Kathleen Martin, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne health 's gastroenterology associate, Lori Haas, Martin, microbiota transplant, molecule, non-research set, noodle, NSAIDs, over-the-counter probiotics, Penn state health, pericarditis, presence of adherence molecule, probiotic, probiotics, refractory C. difficile infection, right mix of bacterium, S., small bowel bacterium, stomach, stool, stool bank, stool transplant, success rate of the fecal transplant, syndrome, tolerance, transplant, tried-and-true way, trustworthy treatment, tummy, tummy hurt, ulcerative colitis, unpleasantness of a stool transplant

LEXINGTON “My tummy hurts.” It’s not just a tried-and-true way for kids to get out of a day of school.

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Cardiology Heart & Lung Special Section 

Perfecting Prevention

April 1, 2017July 17, 2017 Jim Kelsey 100 % quality score, ACOs, biventricular, Bowling, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiovascular care, care organization, care plan, care rate, Chhabra, clinic, defibrillator, devised treatment plan, Dr. Graves, effort of the clinic, electrophysiology, engaged patient, forefront of medicine, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert 's preventative, Graves Gilbert clinic, health of the community, high risk, high-risk procedure, important intervention, integration of the primary care, intervention, interventional cardiologist, interventional cardiology, Lin, low cost care, Medicare, Medicare accountable Care organization, Medicare cost, minute of conversation, MRI, Mt. Sinai hospital, multispecialty, ounce of prevention, perfect prevention, photo, physician, physician-owned, physician-owned multispecialty clinic, pound of cure, preventative, preventative population medicine, prevention, prevention plan, preventive treatment plan, procedure, quality of care rate, quality score, rehab, rehab center, Roy, Sandeep Chhabra, tangible save, TAVR, team approach, treatment plan, unique structure of Graves Gilbert, value of prevention, worth thousand

BOWLING GREEN The saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” A more practical way of

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Gastroenterology Internal Systems Special Section 

A Gut Feeling

February 1, 2017July 17, 2017 Jim Kelsey Abell, Abell 's path, Abigail Stocker, average primary care doctor, care doctor, chronic condition, chronic illness, clinic, complete residency, consortium, core of chronic illness, diagnosis, diarrhea, difficulty digest food, Dr. Thomas Abell, Dr. Thomas Abell 's team, failure, family medicine, gastroenterology, gastrointestinal motility clinic, good news, gut, gut failure, home health patient, hospital motility clinic, illness, Jewish hospital motility clinic, Lindsay McElmurray, Louisville, Louisville physician group, medical director, medicine, motility, motility clinic, nausea, NIH, Ohio state university college, Ohio state university college of medicine, physician, primary care doctor, primary doctor, right diagnosis, Sanford school of medicine of the university, statement hundred, statement hundred of time, strong relationship, Thomas Abell, U, university of Louisville physician group, university of Tennessee college of medicine

LOUISVILLE “I’ve got this problem, and it won’t go away.” Any physician dealing with chronic conditions has likely heard this

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