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Repairing Brains, Reshaping Perceptions

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Donna Ison 3-D interactive model, 3-D model, ablation, anatomic malformation, blood vessel structure, brain, brain scan image, brain work, breakthrough technology, child 's brain, Christian look, Cincinnati child, Cincinnati child 's hospital, cognitive neuroscience, compassion, complete comprehension, complete comprehension of the patient 's condition, complicated patient, conception of Jerusalem, Corp, cut-and-dried concept, decision-analysis, detail of a specific patient 's surgery, director of the pediatric restorative neuroscience division, diseased brain tissue, electrode, engagement tool, epilepsy, gray matter, history of the disciple, Ian Mutchnick, integration of research-grade, Jerusalem, laser, malformation, MRI-guided, MRI-guided laser ablation technology, Muslim look, Mutchnick, Mutchnick 's main interest, neuroscience, neuroscience division, neurosurgeon, neurosurgery, neurosurgery patient, Norton, Norton child, Norton child 's hospital, Norton child 's neuroscience institute, Norton child 's neurosurgery, Norton Healthcare, Norton neuroscience institute, patient 's surgery, patient engagement tool, pediatric restorative neuroscience division, perception, photo, physician, point of view of neuroscience, pretty amaze stuff, prophet of the bible, radiographic information, range of brain injury, real-time guidance, reality, reality model, repair brain, scan, simulation, specific patient 's surgery, spine condition, spine tumor, surgery, surgical epilepsy patient, surgical theater, surgical theater 's function, theater, theater 's function, university of Michigan medical school, UofL, use of a virtual reality, use of Visualase, virtual reality model, virtual reality model of a patient 's brain, Visualase

…in which humans are unconsciously functioning inside a simulated reality, is closer to the truth than most think. According to Ian Mutchnick, MD MS, a neurosurgeon with Norton Children’s Neurosurgery…

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Functional Neurosurgeon Finds a Home at Norton Neuroscience Institute

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Tim Corkran accurate electrode placement, area of the brain cause seizure, brain, brain cause seizure, brain stimulation surgery, chronic pain, collaborative nature, cord, disorder, Dr. Rao, dynamic specialty, electrical stimulation, electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, electrode, emerge field of functional neurosurgery, end of life patient, epilepsy, essential tremor, example of the indication, excellent set, excise tumor, expansion of the role of functional neurosurgery, functional neurosurgeon, functional neurosurgeon focus, functional neurosurgery, good option, good professional opportunity, heart of functional neurosurgery, high risk, image001 photo, image002 photo, infuse medication, life concern, life-threatening brain, Louisville Abigail Rao, nation institute of health, neuroscience, neurosurgeon, neurosurgeon focus, neurosurgery, neurosurgery 's root, neurosurgery residency, non-emergent quality, non-emergent quality of life concern, Norton, Norton Healthcare, Norton Healthcare 's Norton, Norton Healthcare Abigail Rao, Norton Healthcare perform deep brain stimulation surgery, Norton neuroscience, Norton neuroscience institute, option, pain, patient hope, Rao, Rao find, Rao treat, specialty of functional neurosurgery, spinal cord, staple of functional neurosurgery, stereotactic, stereotactic frame, stimulation, surgery, surgery syndrome, targeted area of the brain, tremor, use of electrical stimulation, Warren Alpert, Warren Alpert medical school, Wisconsin family, Wisconsin family of physician

…concerns at the heart of functional neurosurgery. An example is the use of electrical stimulation, a staple of functional neurosurgery. Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord to treat certain types…

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News – Nov 2020

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 MD-Update Staff $, 5-star, 5-star rate, Amanda, Amanda Wilson, APRN, Bardstown, Berea, BEREA saint, breast, breast cancer, breast cancer patient, cancer, cancer patient, care unit, CEO Bruce Tassin, CEO Larry Schumacher, chemotherapy, chi, chi saint, CommonSpirit, CommonSpirit southeast division, COVID-19, Daisy, Daisy award, founder of hope scarf, good care, good possible care, group obstetrics, gynecology, hair, hair loss, Hannah, Hannah hall, Healthgrades, hope scarf, image001 photo, improved morale, infant, Joseph, Joseph Berea, Joseph east, Joseph health, Joseph hospital, Joseph London, Joseph London foundation, Joseph medical group obstetrics, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Lara MacGregor, Laura Matherly, Lauren, Lauren go, Lauren setter, Lexington, Lexington chi saint, Lexington saint, low risk, Markey, MCF, metastatic breast cancer patient, national recognition, new research, News, NICU, obstetrics, online seminar, operational stability, outcome, partnership, partnership program, photo, pneumonia, president of saint, private room, pulmonary service, recognition, renewed sense, renewed sense of energy, renewed sense of purpose, RN, scarf, sepsis, setter, southeastern Kentucky, stage IV, story of hope, strong leadership team, Tassin, Tassin image002, Tassin image002 photo, treatment of pneumonia, treatment of sepsis, type of cancer, UK Markey, UK Markey cancer center, UKMCC, woman 's health, Yanes

…outcomes in appendectomy and bariatric surgery derived from all-payer data provided by 16 states. This analysis shows that patients treated at hospitals receiving a 5-star rating have a lower risk…

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New Kid in (Bards)Town

October 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Pat Henderson APRN, Bardstown, Burnett, cancer, cancer center, Care, Care center, chi saint, COVID-19, D., Dr. Kristie Paris, Flaget, Flaget memorial, Flaget memorial hospital, image001 photo, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Kentucky hospital, Kentucky medical center, love of the state, metastasis, metastatic disease, Monte Martin, Murray native, new kid, new radiation oncologist, Nick Burnett, Nicolas Burnett, oligometastatic, oncology, radiation, Renee Abell, residency, side effect, Tara D. photo, therapy, university of Kentucky medical center, UofL‘s, UofL‘s school, UofL‘s school of medicine

…fewer sites of metastatic disease. “You can treat the patient almost as if they did not have the other sites by going in and ‘spot welding’ with local therapy—either surgery…

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A Transplant Known for His Transplants

October 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Pat Henderson -Victor, -Victor van, benign esophageal case, Berkel, Berkel 's time, Berkel 's work, cancer, cardiac intensive care unit, care of people, clinical trial, common patient, Dr. Mike Bousamra, fix-a-problem, general surgery residency, image001 photo, immediacy of see-a-problem, Jewish hospital, John lair, lair, late-stage case, Louisville Victor, Louisville Victor van, lung, lung cancer, lung cancer case, lung transplant, lung transplant van, Mark slaughter, Mexico native, new Mexico native, occasional rib malignancy, oncology, PhD, PhD portion, rib malignancy, Robin Guillory, robot, see-a-problem, self-proclaimed science geek, spinal mass, surgeon, surgery, surgery residency, then-fledgling transplant program, thoracic fellowship, thoracic surgeon, thoracic surgery, transplant, transplant total, typical patient, UofL, UofL health, van, Van Berkel, Washington university, WashU

…my hands. That was when I started thinking about surgery.” Van Berkel left the high desert and headed to the East Coast, attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and double…

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…Her first fellowship was in general vascular surgery at Maclaren Macomb Hospital in Mt. Clemens, Michigan; her second fellowship was in general and endovascular surgery at Arizona Heart Institute and…

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CHI Saint Joseph Health Cancer Center

October 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Gil Dunn affiliation, Bardstown, Bodager, Bruce Tassin, cancer, cancer care, cancer care center, cancer center, Caregivers, chi, chi saint, Cleveland, Cleveland clinic cancer center, clinic, COVID-19, financial navigator, Flaget, Flaget memorial, Greg Bodager, high quality care, image001 photo, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph health oncology operation, Joseph hospital, Lexington, Mark Mahan Greg Bodager, market director, MSN, need of a cancer patient, new affiliation, nurse navigator, OCN, oncology, oncology service line, patient encounter, RN, specialized cancer treatment, treatment plan

…or modality. It requires a coordination of care with surgery, radiation, infusion, and in-patient and outpatient, emotional, social, and spiritual care,” says Bodager. Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center Affiliation Asking for…

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Seek and Destroy

October 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Jim Kelsey 3D mammogram, 3D mammogram help, analyze image, ARNP, breast, breast cancer, breast image, breast image fellowship, breast image position, breast pain, breast tissue, Brian, cancer, CEO of Gastroenterology health partner, clinical exam skill, cut edge, dense breast tissue, diagnosis, diagnostic patient, director of breast, director of breast image, director of breast image position, exam skill, Gastroenterology health partner, image001 photo, image002 photo, Indiana, Indiana university hospital, James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Laura Tudor, life-changing diagnosis, Louisville, Louisville native, Louisville Older, Louisville Older sister, Louisville school, mammogram, mammogram help, MD 's old sister, oncology, radiology, screen mammogram, seek-and-find, seek-and-find puzzle, teach resident, test patient, tissue, Tom round, university of Louisville school of medicine, UofL, UofL health

…Graham Brown Cancer Center. The meeting includes leaders from surgery, radiology, pathology, oncology, and radiation oncology. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss those patients newly diagnosed with breast…

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Dr. Jones Speaks Again

October 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Whitney F. Jones, MD 33% mortality reduction means, advanced test platform, Alexandra Rogers Whitney, Alexandra Rogers Whitney F., amaze amount of change, ambulatory surgery center, Appalachian area, Appalachian area of the state, Appalachian puzzle, at-risk region, average CRC incidence, behavioral risk factor survey, cancer, Cologuard, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer prevention project, colon polyp family history, colonoscopy, colorectal, colorectal cancer screen, complete shutdown of ambulatory surgery center, COVID-19, CRC, CRC incidence, CRC screen rate, disparity, Dr. Jones Speaks, Dr. Thomas Tucker, dramatic disparity, edge of care, exact science, F., family history, fit take-at-home stool test, founder of the colon cancer prevention project, free screen program, free test, image001 photo, incidence, insurance issue, KCCSP, Kentucky, Kentucky colon cancer, Kentucky colon cancer screen program, Kentucky state government, low screen rate, manufacturer of Cologuard, Medicaid, Medicaid expansion, mortality reduction means, multiple state-based, mutation, national lockdown, peak month of the national lockdown, podcast, polyp, positive stool test, preventative service, prevention, prevention message, primary driver of low screen rate, regional challenge, risk factor survey, screen event, screen number, state-based, stool, successful Medicaid expansion, surgery, surgery center, take-at-home, take-at-home stool DNA stool test, take-at-home stool test, UK Markey, UK Markey cancer center, UK Markey cancer center 's associate director, under-gone, under-insured

…to the American Cancer Society, screening and preventative services were down 95% during peak months of the national lockdown due the complete shutdown of ambulatory surgery centers and elective procedures…

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Racing Against Time

October 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Jim Kelsey abdominal pain, Abdul Jabbar, cancer, common Hollywood story line, criminal kill, CT, CT scan, department of Gastroenterology, detective, detective race, diagnostic screen, dual fellowship, early stage, endoscopic, endoscopic ultrasound, five year survival, gastroenterologist of Gastroenterology health partner, gastroenterology, Gastroenterology health partner, Gastroenterology of Southern Indiana, Gil Dunn, happy Hollywood end, Hepatology, highest-quality care, Hollywood story line, image001 photo, internal medicine internship, Jabbar, Jabbar family, jaundice, late presentation of the disease, liver, liver cancer, Louisville school, louisville-based practice, lymph-nodes, medicine internship, mix of patient care, negative tumor, Nishtar, Nishtar medical college, nodes-positive, nodes-positive tumor, pain, Pakistan, pancreatic cancer, partner, resection, risk factor, risk of pancreatic cancer, scan, sleuth skill, survival, teenaged child, Time, tumor, ultrasound, university of Louisville school of medicine, variety of gastrointestinal disorder, weight-loss

…the disease, only 15 to 20 percent of the patients are candidates for surgical resection. The five-year survival following surgery is only 25 to 30 percent for a lymph-nodes negative…

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