Author: Jim Kelsey

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Early Detection and Straight Talk

November 1, 2018November 9, 2018 Jim Kelsey -David Dresner, 4.4 % lifetime risk, 4.4 % lifetime risk of develop colon cancer, active duty, adenoma, approach help patient fight colon cancer, bomb of Benghazi, cancer, colleague aim, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer mortality, colon cancer patient, colon cancer survival rate, colonoscopy, colorectal screen, combine resource, death rate of patient, decreased vegetable consumption, detection, detection rate, develop colon cancer, direct approach help patient fight colon cancer, division of Gastroenterology health partner, Dresner, Dresner stand, efficient quality, excessive red meat, false enthusiasm, fecal immunochemical test, five, five year survival rate, four year obligation, four year obligation of service, gastroenterologists, Gastroenterologists of Southern Indiana, gastroenterology, Gastroenterology health partner, Gastroenterology of Southern Indiana, GHP David Dresner, health profession scholarship program, high quality medicine, image001 photo, inactive reserve, incidence of colon cancer, Indiana, it‘s, left-sided colon cancer, Louisville Gastroenterology, Louisville Gastroenterology associate, Mayo, Mayo clinic, misplaced optimism, misunderstood aspect of colon cancer, new Albany, one-pound hole, polyp, program regulation, quality medicine, rectal bleed, right-sided colon cancer, Southern Indiana, stool, straight talk, survival, survival rate, Tennessee medical school, U.S. navy 's health profession scholarship program, U.S. navy prior, university of Tennessee medical school, vegetable consumption

NEW ALBANY, IN. David Dresner, MD, gastroenterologist with Gastroenterology Health Partners in New Albany, Indiana, speaks to his patients in

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Fixing the Unfixable

September 1, 2018November 9, 2018 Jim Kelsey ACF injury, anterior procedure, anterior total hip replacement, AO, AO fellow, AO Fellows, AO fellowship, AO site, AO trauma group, association of the study of internal fixation, bone, broken bone, collaboration of orthopedic traumatologist, complex fracture, David Waespe, fellowship, fix break bone, fracture, fracture of the pelvis, general orthopedics, Georgetown, good outcome, hard-playing, hard-playing shortstop, huge honor, internal fixation, Jim Hughes, Kentucky, Kentucky baseball team, Kentucky orthopedic associate, Kentucky orthopedics associate, Kentucky orthopedics associate 's David Waespe, knee, knee replacement, knee scope, KY David Waespe, labral injury, meniscus tear, Mississippi, opioids, orthopedic residency, orthopedic trauma, orthopedic traumatologist, orthopedics, Osteosynthesefragen, outcome, pain, pain management, prestigious six week AO fellowship, procedure, replacement, residency, shoulder scope, small difference, sport medicine procedure, surgeon, surgery, Switzerland, trauma, traumatologist, UK college of medicine, university of Kentucky baseball team, Waespe, Waespe practice

GEORGETOWN, KY David Waespe, MD, visited Switzerland twice in a 12-year span, but the trips could not have been more

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He Feels Your Pain

September 1, 2018November 9, 2018 Jim Kelsey ACL, ACL reconstruction, ACL surgery, ACL tear, arthritis, arthroscopic treatment, arthroscopic treatment of the shoulder, athlete, bone, bone block, college soccer player, cuff, cutoff, Dr. shah, Emory, Emory university, former college soccer player, general orthopedics, Georgia tech university, Georgia tech university 's athletic team, Gil Dunn, graft, image001 photo, image002 photo, Jay, Jay shah, joint preservation, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne orthopedic associate, knee, medicine, non-surgical, orthopedic associate, pain, patella, patellar, procedure, quad, quad tendon graft, reconstruction, regional flavor, repaired joint, rotator, shah, shah 's patient population, shah estimate, soccer, soft tissue reconstruction, sport medicine, sport medicine fellowship, sport medicine patient, sport medicine practice, sport medicine specialist, subspecialty, surgery, tendon, therapy, tissue reconstruction, UK college of medicine

LONDON/RICHMOND, KY It’s important for any physician to be able to communicate expectations to their patients. In some cases, that’s

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Thoughts That Count

June 1, 2018July 2, 2018 Jim Kelsey addiction, aggression, anger, anger issue, autism, autism spectrum disorder, complete picture, disorder, favorable specialty, fellow physician, general psychiatry, Gil Dunn Dr. Mohammad Afzal Mian, hard-to-treat, hard-to-treat patient, hospital 's director, image001 photo, inpatient, JEFFERSONVILLE, Louisville school, many physician, master 's level social worker, Mian, Mian point, Mian treat, Mohammad Afzal Mian, Mohammad Mian, outpatient, outpatient practice, Pakistan, patient assessment process, pediatric psychiatry, physician, practice psychiatry, private practice, psychiatrist, psychiatry, recent identification of the autism spectrum disorder, thought, threaten suicide, TMS, two year fellowship, university of Louisville school of medicine, Wellstone, Wellstone regional hospital

JEFFERSONVILLE, IN Many physicians follow their calling. Few, however, go to such lengths to do so as Mohammad Afzal Mian,

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Connect the Docs

May 1, 2018July 2, 2018 Jim Kelsey advancement, agent work, anorectal, anorectal motility, Barrett, Barrett 's esophagus, biologic agent, bowel, bowel disease, Brown, burdensome cost, C., capsule endoscopy, cause of liver transplant, centralized bill, clinical study, combine resource, complication, core of patient care, difficult presentation, disorder, docs, endoscopic, endoscopic procedure, endoscopy, Endoscopy unit, ERCP, esophageal motility, esophagus, Evans, gastroenterologists, Gastroenterologists deal, gastroenterology, gastroenterology health, Gastroenterology health partner, Gastroenterology of Southern Indiana, GI, GI motility, Gil Dunn Dr. Paul Brown, group 's patient base range, group treat, Harrell, heartburn, hepatitis, high quality of patient care, image001 photo, image002 photo, immune system, inflammatory bowel disease, inflammatory response of the body, infusion of drug, life-changing development, liver, Louisville, Louisville Gastroenterology, Louisville Gastroenterology associate, Louisville school, medication, merger, motility, motility disorder, neat combination, neat combination of procedure-oriented work, new oral medication, office-oriented, office-oriented work, pancreas, pancreatitis, partner, patient care, patient of the group 's, photo, pre-cancerous, president of Gastroenterology health partner, procedure, procedure-oriented, procedure-oriented work, provided large data, Steven Harrell, stool analysis, success rate percentage, swallow, therapeutic endoscopy, thorough care, track outcome, treatment of hepatitis C., trouble, trouble swallow, ultrasound, university of Louisville school of medicine, world of gastroenterology

LOUISVILLE & NEW ALBANY, IN As Steven Harrell, MD, says, “Gastroenterologists deal with everything from the esophagus to the anus

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Clearing the Path

March 1, 2018May 8, 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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