Author: Jim Kelsey

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Broad Scope of Practice

March 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Jim Kelsey abdominal pain, bacterium, bad bacterium, big advancement, biologic medication, bowel, broad scope of practice, child pediatrics, colon, colonoscopies, difficulty swallow, disease process, endoscopy, endoscopy center, fellowship, gastroenterology, Gastroenterology health partner, Gastroenterology health partner 's Louisville location, GI, GI issue, good understand, good understand of the microbiome, high risk, IBD, IBD present, image001 photo, Krease, Louisville, Louisville location, Louisville school, medication, medicine, Michael Krease, Microbiome, outpatient scope, partner, procedure, reflux, reflux disease, scope, scope junkie, scope monkey, scope procedure, stool, swallow, trouble swallow, university of Louisville school of medicine, upper endoscopy, wide array of patient, wide range of patient

LOUISVILLE “Scope Junkie.” “Scope Monkey.” He’s heard them all, and he gets the joke, but Michael Krease, DO, wants to

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A Thinking Man’s Game

March 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Jim Kelsey Alex Rogers, aspect of internal medicine, Belmont, Belmont racetrack, bluegrass community hospital, care spectrum, career course change, CareFirst, Christine, Christine 's Chinese family, cord stem cell, creation of lifeline genetics, dad, Davanand Doodnauth, disciplinarian, doctor, Doodnauth, Doodnauth serve, early stage of the company, family of nurse, get patient, Hematology-Oncology, HIV-AIDS research, hospitalist, Howard university college, Howard university college of medicine, human virology, image001 photo, image002 photo, institute of human virology, internal medicine, internal medicine internship, internal medicine residency, Joseph east, Kentucky, Lexington, lifeline genetics, long-term care, Man, medical director, medication, medicine, medicine internship, medicine residency, mountainside hospital, multiple disease process, nurse, nurse home, pageantry of the sport, passion, patient encounter, personal aspect of care, photo, physician, post-acute, post-acute stint, practice administrator, practice hospitalist, private practice hospitalist, problem-solving aspect, problem-solving aspect of research, PSC, racetrack, retired horse, scholastic disciplinarian, shortage, SNF, Stanton, subspecialist, think man 's game, thoroughbred, thoroughbred race performance, umbilical cord stem cell, Victor Tovar

LEXINGTON In a time when physicians are in demand across the country, doctors tend to have multiple options on where

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First in the Fight

March 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Jim Kelsey Brian mulberry, Care associate, CDC, CDC 's guideline, CDC guideline, chairman of the HMH board of director, clinic, cough, cough clinic, COVID-19, COVID-19 case, COVID-19 virus, Currans, Cynthiana, employee, family medicine physician, family medicine physician of family, flu, given day, Harrison memorial hospital, HMH, HMH board, HMH Brian, HMH Brian mulberry, HMH CEO Sheila Currans, HMH chief, HMH chief of medical staff, hospital staff, image001 photo, Kentucky public health department, medical staff, medicine, mulberry, multiple staff, pediatrics, photo, physician, positive COVID test, self-quarantined, state lab, symptom, tabletop, tabletop drill, tertiary facility, thought of COVID-19, united state of COVID-19, virus

CYNTHIANA On January 21, the first confirmed case in the United States of COVID-19 was reported in the state of

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Teachable Moments

March 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Jim Kelsey Abdul Jabbar, acid reflux come, advanced GI procedure, Albany, Barrett, Barrett 's esophagus, big deal, chief medical resident, comprehensive GI care, cut edge treatment, edge treatment, endoscopy, esophageal cancer, esophagus, fecal incontinence, Gastroenterologist Matthew McCollough, gastroenterology, gastroenterology fellowship, Gastroenterology health partner, GHP, GI, GI care, GI procedure, Gil Dunn Matthew McCollough, good GI care, help people 's quality, help people 's quality of life, image001 photo, incontinence, Indiana location, internal medicine residency, InterStim®, life change, Louisville, Louisville school, Matthew McCollough, McCollough, McCollough 's fellow partner, medicine residency, new Albany, obesity, one-on-one conversation, pathology lab, people 's quality, presence of a former colleague, reflux, scope of care, Southern Indiana resident, tailbone, teachable moment, university of Louisville school of medicine

NEW ALBANY, IN Like all physicians, Matthew McCollough, MD, completed years of education and training before reaching his current position

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Close to His Heart

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Jim Kelsey Avi Eres, balloon technique, become co-owner, become co-owner of Kentucky cardiology, begin of the story, blockage, busy hospital, cardiology, cardiology fellowship, central Tel Aviv, co-owner, co-owner of Kentucky cardiology, Daniel Boone clinic, drug-coated stents, early balloon technique, early love of medicine, end of the story, endovascular technique, Eres, groin, heart care, heart disease, high prevalence, high prevalence of coronary disease, high prevalence of obesity, improvement of cardiac care, interventional cardiology fellowship, Kentucky, Kentucky cardiology, Lexington, Md., medical school, Mubashir Qazi, obesity, open heart surgery, open-heart, patient-centered, PLLC, prevalence, prevalence of extreme case, preventative, preventative therapy, private practice, single blockage, stent, stents, Stents offered good expansion, Stents offered good expansion of the vessel, surgery, technology of drug-coated stents, trans-radial

LEXINGTON You could say it was in his blood. With a mother who was a nurse, Avi Eres, MD, was

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Setting the Pace

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Jim Kelsey angioplasty, Avi Eres, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiology fellowship, cath, catheterization, Eres, Gil Dunn Mubashir Qazi, good available service result, good care, good outcome, heart catheterization, image001 photo, intervention, interventional cardiologist, Kentucky, Kentucky cardiology, Khyber teach hospital, mom, Mubashir Qazi, one-twentieth, pace, physician, PLLC, poor reimbursement, practice present challenge, private practice, private practice present challenge, procedure, Qazi, radial approach, reimbursement, service result, stent, stress test, trans-radial, trans-radial approach, unnecessary procedure, Virginia university school, west Virginia university school, west Virginia university school of medicine

LEXINGTON When it comes to the latest advancements and equipment for his patients, interventional cardiologist Mubashir Qazi, MD, doesn’t miss

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Breathing New Life

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Jim Kelsey additional treatment method, aggressive disease, air sack, asthma, biopsy, breath, bronchoscope, cancer, care physician, chi, chi saint, chronic lung disease, COPD, COPD cause inflammation, COPD cause inflammation of the airway, critical Care medicine, critical care physician, cure, Daliresp, diagnosis, effective treatment start, eight week program, Ephraim McDowell, Ephraim McDowell regional medical center, high rate of smoker, ICU deal, inhaler, internal medicine residency, Iram Nawaz, join chi saint, Joseph, Joseph east, Joseph medical group, Lexington, lung, lung cancer, lung cancer screen, lung disease, medicine residency, mom 's inhaler, Nawaz, nebulized form, new life, option, outpatient, patient breathe exercise, physician, pneumonia vaccination, prevalence of COPD, primary treatment option, procedure, proper diagnosis, pulmonary rehab, pulmonologist, Pulmonologist Iram Nawaz, quality of life, seasonal allergy sufferer, shortage of patient, shortness, shortness of breath, smoke, smoker, sufferer, SUNY downstate medical center, third-leading cause, third-leading cause of death, treatment option, university hospital of Brooklyn, valve, vaping, young patient

LEXINGTON Originally from Pakistan, Iram Nawaz, MD, attended medical school there before coming to the United States for her internal

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Going to Great Pains

November 1, 2019February 21, 2020 Jim Kelsey anesthesiology, back pain, board-certified pain management specialist, Brandon Gish, chronic back pain, clinic, clinic see patient, common impression, commonwealth pain, cord stimulator, DRG, dual board-certified pain management specialist, epidurals, facet, facet rhizotomy, four-letter, four-letter word, Gil Dunn, Gish, good long-term result, good long-term solution, great pain, image001 photo, interventionalist, interventionalist operation, Kentucky, Kentucky native return, Kentucky surgery center, Lexington, Lexington surgery center, long-term pain solution, medication, medicinal short-term aid, medicine, minimalist, muscle, native of Owensboro, neuromodulation, neuromodulation device, non-opioid, opioids, pain, pain clinic, pain management fellowship, pain medication, pain solution, patient return, practice name, prescribe pain medication, pretty big impact, pretty powerful way, procedure room, quality of life, reason pain, rhizotomy, root cause of the patient 's pain, side effect, spinal cord stimulator, staple presentation of Gish 's patient population, university of Kentucky school of medicine, Vanderbilt university school, Vanderbilt university school of medicine, work counterintuitive

LEXINGTON There’s a reason pain is a four-letter word. No one likes it and it sometimes makes us say, well,

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Peace of Mind

November 1, 2019February 21, 2020 Jim Kelsey ADHD, adult clinical neuropsychologist, Alzheimer, Alzheimer 's disease, Amelia Anderson-Mooney, Anderson-Mooney, Anderson-Mooney meet, baffle mystery, Bowling, brain, brain challenge, brain injury, brief office visit, clinic, clinical neuropsychology fellowship, clinical psychology internship, Colmery-O’Neil VA, Colmery-O’Neil VA medical center, crime drama police show, dementia, determine treatment, diagnosis, diagnostic process, differential diagnosis of multiple condition, early Alzheimer 's disease, electrode, extent of the condition, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert clinic, image001 photo, inner work of the human mind, Kentucky, Kentucky 's large city, lab professional, like detective work, medicine, memory loss, MRI, multiple condition, native of Glasgow, neuropsychologist, neuropsychology, neuropsychology fellowship, outpatient neuropsychology provider outside, outpatient neuropsychology provider outside of Kentucky 's large city, pain, paper task, Parkinson, Parkinson 's disease, patient 's medical issue, peace of mind, practical brain function, practical function of the brain, practical hindrance, psychology, psychology internship, psychotherapy, refer provider, referral, referral-only, referral-only service, rigidity, role of neuropsychologists, Sam Kirby Dr. Amelia Anderson-Mooney, sign of early Alzheimer 's disease, skilled detective, soft tissue damage, stimulation, study of practical brain function, therapy, tremor

BOWLING GREEN Sometimes, medical diagnosis is straightforward. An x-ray might clearly show a broken bone, an MRI will reveal soft

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Dr. Jones Speaks: “Going on Offense Against Cancer”

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 Jim Kelsey advanced fellowship, Alexandra Rogers, American cancer society achievement award, Ashok Kapur, biliary endoscopy, bulb moment, cancer, cancer society achievement award, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer prevention project, colon cancer prevention statistics, colorectal, colorectal cancer screen, colorectal screen, cost of cancer treatment, cost of prevention, dad, detection, diverse group of leader, Dr. Jones Speaks, early detection, early screen, embrace preventative, endoscopic, endoscopy, Endoscopy associate, esophageal cancer, family risk, gastroenterology, gastroenterology fellowship, Gastroenterology health partner, gastroenterology physician practice, genetic test, GHP, GI-related, health insurance, health system change, healthcare, high rate of incidence, history of community involvement, image001 photo, image002 photo, impact of the colon cancer prevention project, improved state, Jones, Kentucky, Kentucky cancer foundation, Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, large private gastroenterology physician practice, Laszlo Makk, lifestyle issue, light bulb moment, Louisville, Midwest Gastroenterology, Midwest Gastroenterology associate, mix of healthcare, obvious passion, partner, photo, polyp, practice model, preventative, prevention, project 's advisory committee, purpose of the Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, screen, single great behavioral lifestyle issue, small independent practice model, state 's improvement, survivor support, Texas southwestern medical school, therapeutic biliary endoscopy, university of Texas southwestern medical school, Whitney Jones, work of the state

“We spend a lot of money on healthcare and health insurance. The problem is, we’re not spending enough on prevention.”—

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