Author: Gil Dunn

Current Special Section SLIDER Special Section 

OrthoBiologic & Regenerative Medicine: The Future of Healing Is Here, Now.

August 1, 2020September 4, 2020 Gil Dunn A2M, acute inflammatory stage, alpha-2-macroglobulin, Anderson cancer center, anesthesiology residency, area of damage, Arthroscopy, biologics, blood vessel course, body 's organic repair process, breadth of topic, capillary disruption, caustic inflammatory mediator, cellular composition, clinic, clinician, concentration of growth factor, current topic of discussion, customized lab, customized PRP mixture, Danesh Mazloomdoost, efficacy of PRP therapy, exosomes, founder of Wellward regenerative medicine, full-time clinician, growth factor, ideal mix of factor, image001 photo, immune system start, inflammation, injection, injury, interventional orthopedics date, invasiveness, John Hopkins medical institute, kinetic chain, large reservoir of exosomes, Lexington protein, Mazloomdoost, Mazloomdoost serve, medical director, medical director of Wellward regenerative medicine, medicine, migration of mesenchymal stem cell, non-surgical, non-surgical technique, open surgery, orthobiologic, orthobiologics, orthopedics, orthopedics date, outcome, pain, pain clinic, pain medicine fellowship, physician, platelet, platelet stop move, post-fellowship, post-fellowship train, Prolotherapy, PRP, PRP injection, PRP mixture, PRP solution, PRP therapy, reactive repair process, regenerative biologics, regenerative medicine, release process, remove leukocyte, repair, repair process, requirement of tissue repair, rich plasma, Rich plasma therapy, scope of practice, skillset, slow release process, specific region of the body, start coagulate, state-of-the art laboratory, steroid, striation, subsequent post-fellowship train, supra-physiologic, supra-physiologic expression, supra-physiologic expression of growth factor, surgery, tear, tendon, therapy, tissue, tissue repair, untrained clinician, unviable cell, variety of growth factor, Wellward, Wellward regenerative medicine

LEXINGTON Protein rich plasma, PRP, is a current topic of discussion. To gain more insight, we spoke with Danesh Mazloomdoost,

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Headlines-OP/ED 

COVID-19: Reflections, Remembrances and Recollections

May 1, 2020September 4, 2020 Gil Dunn adoption of virtual visit, affected staff, Bardstown, Becky CAROTHERS, boredom of the nurse home resident, broad adjustment, Cady Brown, CareFirst, chi, chi saint, clinical deterioration, colleague, COVID-19, COVID-19 's arrival, COVID-19 case, COVID-type, COVID-type symptom, creation of electronic medical record, Dav Doodnauth, disruptive change, downtown Drs., Drs., early patient, even prior, FACP, fear of the unknown, Flaget, GHP, Gil Dunn, Gil Dunn image003, Gil Dunn image003 photo, great travesty, great travesty of the pandemic, Grow-A-Frog, Grow-A-Frog tadpole, healthcare, home infection, image001 photo, image002 photo, image004 photo, image005 photo, importance of nourishment, incredible high, incredible work, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph M. Flynn, Joseph medical group, Kentuckiana physician, long day, loved-one 's hug, M., M. Flynn, medicine, memes, minute-to-minute evolution, minute-to-minute evolution of information, moment, mortality rate, new environment, non-COVID, Norton, Norton child, Norton child 's medical associate, Norton Healthcare, Norton medical group, nurse home community, nurse home infection, nurse home resident, organized parade, pandemic, past couple month, patience, patient 's compromised vision, pediatrician, photo, physician, physician owner, potential hospital visit, rehab patient, routine clinical care, routine clinical care of resident, safe care, SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-2 virus, singular change, son 's Christmas present, specialist, tadpole, tadpole 's adaptation, teachable moment, telemedicine, tradeoff, UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, video visit capability, virtual visit, virus, zoom visit

“What will you remember? What would you like to forget?” We asked Kentuckiana physicians and administrators to share their thoughts

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Special Section 

Kentucky Orthopaedics & Spine Opens in Central Kentucky

September 1, 2019October 28, 2019 Gil Dunn addition of foot, ankle specialist, Clark regional medical center, conservative joint pain management, David Waespe, F., general orthopedics, Gil Dunn, Grau, Gregory F., image001 photo, Kentucky, Kentucky college, Kentucky Orthopaedics, medical degree, medicine, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication, orthopaedic care, orthopedic practice, orthopedic surgery residency, orthopedic trauma, orthopedics, photo, physician member, Rice, spine, sport medicine, surgery, surgery residency, total joint reconstruction, trauma, university of Kentucky college of medicine, W., Waespe

WINCHESTER A new partnership for a long-standing medical practice in Central Kentucky began in July 2019. Kentucky Orthopaedics & Spine,

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Special Section 

The 21st Century Nurse-Midwife: Different Than You Might Think

June 1, 2019October 28, 2019 Gil Dunn American college, American midwifery certification board, Appalachian Kentucky, associate dean, associate dean of midwifery, birth center, care nurse practitioner, certified midwife, certified nurse-midwives, childbirth, childbirth care, clinical study experience, CNM, cost of healthcare, course program, didactic course program, distance curriculum, DNP, doctor of nurse practice degree, emotional connection, FNU, frontier, frontier nurse university, frontier nurse university student, good nurse school, graduate build, graduate build last relationship, Kentucky, midwife, midwifery, midwifery care, midwifery certification board, midwifery education, newborn care, Nicholson, nurse, nurse degree, nurse midwife, nurse practice degree, nurse-midwife 's full scope, nurse-midwife 's full scope of practice, Nurse-Midwives, OB-GYNs, OB/ GYN, outcome, population of woman, post-graduate certificate, practice degree, practitioner, psychiatric-mental, psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner, rural midwifery school, strong time, study experience, Tonya, Tonya Nicholson, treatment of male partner, woman 's health, woman 's life

VERSAILLES In 2019, a nurse-midwife’s full scope of practice includes primary care, family planning services, care for mother and baby

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Cover Story 

Code Sepsis

May 1, 2019June 21, 2019 Gil Dunn A., acute hemispheric stroke, adopt code sepsis, antimicrobial lab, antimicrobial stewardship, antimicrobial stewardship program, asp, bedside staff, blood culture, BS, bug-to-drug, bug-to-drug mismatch, care emergency facility, care unit, cath lab, certification, certification award, chi, chi saint, CIC, clinical parameter, clinical pharmacy specialist, code sepsis, code sepsis protocol, commission 's sepsis, commission sepsis certification, control committee, Dana Stephens, detection, disease consultant, draw blood culture, early detection, effective marker, emergency, emergency room, epidemiologist, ER door, FAPIC, hospital epidemiologist, image001 photo, inadequate tissue profusion, infection, infection control, infection prevention, infectious disease, joint commission 's sepsis, joint commission sepsis certification, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph hospital, Judd, Kennedy, Kentucky, lactic acid level, Lexington, Lexington infectious disease consultant, market director, MDRO, MDROs, MT, patient 's therapy, patient mortality rate, patient outcome, pharmacy, pharmacy specialist, PharmD, photo, prevention, protocol, rapid administration of antibiotic, reaction time response, resistant organism, result of year of plan, RMD, rooftop, sepsis, sepsis certification, sepsis committee, septic shock, severe sepsis, stewardship, stewardship program, suspected site of infection, tertiary care emergency facility, Tim Webb Charles, Tim Webb Charles A., tissue profusion, university of Washington school of medicine, volume resuscitation

LEXINGTON About ten years ago, Charles A. Kennedy, MD, hospital epidemiologist at Saint Joseph Hospital, queried, “If we can take

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Headlines 

Lexington Medical Society Foundation Distributes Grants to Area Charities

March 1, 2019May 13, 2019 Gil Dunn active LMS member, adventure experience, baby health service, central Kentucky 's charitable organization, chrysalis house, confidential counsel session, Faith pharmacy, Gil Dunn, Gil Dunn Peggy, god 's pantry, golf, Horsin, image001 photo, image002 photo, income adult, John Collins, Lexington, Lexington eleven, Lexington eleven of central Kentucky 's charitable organization, Lexington Free, Lexington Free clinic, Lexington medical society foundation, Lexington medical society physician, LMS, LMS member, LMSF, LMSF president, low income adult, low-income patient, McDowell house museum, medically-related, mission of the LMSF, outdoor camp adventure experience, phone app, physician leadership, radio eye, Ronald McDonald house charity of the BG, smart phone app, society foundation, society physician, special radio, support of Lexington area, tournament, underinsured individual, visually-impaired adult, Wellness commission, woman overcome substance abuse

LEXINGTON Eleven of Central Kentucky’s charitable organizations received a total of $20,000 in grant money from the Lexington Medical Society

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Special Section 

A Wake-Up Call for Cardiovascular Health

March 1, 2019May 13, 2019 Gil Dunn AASM inter-scorer reliability board member, advanced pap, andenotonsillar, andenotonsillar hypertrophy, apnea, Apnea test, arrythmia, Bowling, Bowling green Michael Zachek, care of OSA, care specialty, CPAP, CPAP data, craniofacial abnormality, critical care specialty, current paradigm of obvious OSA, dental device, dentist, disorder, evolution of sleep medicine, fibrillation, GGC, Gilbert clinic, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert clinic, great acceptance, great acceptance of telemedicine, high tobacco use, home sleep, hypertension, image001 photo, inter-scorer, Kentucky, Kentucky sleep society, medicine, Michael Zachek, month of patient, multi-specialty practice, obstructive sleep apnea, obvious OSA, Ohio county hospital, OSA, OSA treatment, overnight sleep study, Owensboro health sleep center, pap, pap device, pap prescription, past president of the Kentucky sleep society, patient-based, patient-based overview, patient-based overview of the specialty, patient-rich, patient-rich environment, payer requirement, pediatric sleep apnea, permit modification, phone app, physician center, pre-certification, pulmonary problem, remote evaluation, simple home breathe record, sleep, sleep apnea, sleep center staff, sleep disorder, sleep medicine, small town of Bowling, smart pap device, specialty, standard scorer, surgery, telemedicine, third-party payer requirement, timeless advice, timeless advice of the benefit, timely care, TJ Samson, TJ Samson hospital, treatment of sleep disorder, typical patient, US air force commitment, vascular issue, Wake-Up call, young pulmonologist, Zachek, Zachek recall join

BOWLING GREEN Michael Zachek, MD, has seen the evolution of sleep medicine from the 1990s until today. He has a

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Letter from the Publisher 

Welcome to the Orthopedic, Sports, and Physical Medicine Issue

September 1, 2018 Gil Dunn atmosphere of social concern, Ballard D., ben Kibler, bluegrass, bluegrass harvest, comprehensive shoulder repair, cost-effective health care, CSA, D., David Waespe, Gil Dunn, Jason Goumas, Kentucky, Kentucky anesthesiologist, Kibler 's team, legendary central Kentucky anesthesiologist, Luke 's word, Luke 4:24, orthopedic surgeon, pain, pain treatment center, pain treatment center of the bluegrass, pain treatment center state, physical medicine issue, rehabilitation department, Rick Pellant, shoulder, shoulder center, shoulder center of Kentucky, shoulder repair, surgeon, surgeon W., visionary orthopedic surgeon W., W., Wright 's mission

“Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown. Luke 4:24 It was 35 years ago, in 1983,

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Letter from the Publisher 

From the Publisher

June 1, 2018July 2, 2018 Gil Dunn advance care, advanced diagnostics, ancient therapy, child neurologist, community counsel, dysfunctional home environment, Elizabeth Doll, Gil Dunn, gynecologic, Gynecologic oncologist, gynecologic robotic surgery, hormone change, implant embryo, infertility specialist, instance of implant embryo, Kelly Padigas, MD-UPDATE, Metzinger, Mohammad Mian, new generation of resident, Norton child, Norton child 's hospital, physician employ cutting-edge, publisher, remarkable advancement, S., specialty, troubled adolescent, U, utilize technology, Wellstone regional hospital

Welcome to MD-Update, the Women and Children’s Health issue! Remarkable advancements are being made every day in Kentucky in the

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Complementary Care 

Counseling Is the Extra Ingredient

May 1, 2018July 2, 2018 Gil Dunn area outside of the emotional support system, bariatric, bariatric experience, bariatric patient, bariatric surgery, behavioral weight management specialist, boredom, counsel, counselor, emotional support system, extra ingredient, head hunger, head hunger trigger, hunger, image001 photo, LCSW, mental relationship, moody point, moody see, nonsurgical bariatric patient, nonsurgical patient, nonsurgical program, nonsurgical weight management program, Norton, Norton 's weight management center, Norton weight management center, physical hunger, post-op counsel, recognize trigger, role of the counselor, stomach surgery, stress, surgery, thyroid imbalance, trigger, weight management, weight management program, weight management specialist, weight-loss

LOUISVILLE “It’s not brain surgery; it’s stomach surgery,” says Melissa Moody, LCSW, behavioral weight management specialist at Norton Weight Management

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