Author: Tim Corkran

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Graduating from Chronic Pain: Every Patient’s Right

December 1, 2021December 10, 2021 Tim Corkran 24-session, 24-session course, biology of repair, body 's message, chronic pain, chronic pain sufferer, chronic pain treatment, clinician, cohort, comprehensive ultrasound, curriculum, cutting-edge clinic, Danesh Mazloomdoost, demystifying pain, diagnostic injection, endure physical, Gil Dunn Dr. Mazloomdoost, guidance of a diverse array of clinician, healthcare, healthcare professional, ideal vision of life, identity crisis, image001 photo, increase awareness of the biologic process, innovative new program, integrative response, integrative service, leverage repair mechanism, longitudinal framework, Mazloomdoost, Mazloomdoost 's work, Multi-Disciplinary, Multi-Disciplinary team, non-surgical repair, non-surgical repair of damage, optimal physical recondition, pain, pain map, pain map process, pain patient, pain sufferer, pain treatment, patient 's function, patient 's sense, patient 's sense of self, patient change, pharmacological element, potency of chronic pain, pre-injury, pre-injury baseline, psychological effect of chronic pain, Pt, quality of life, repair, socio-behavioral, socio-behavioral issue, source of chronic pain, States Mazloomdoost, sufferer, support of a cohort, traditional pain management, transitioning of traditional pain management, use pain, version of chronic pain treatment, Wellward, Wellward 's partnership, Wellward answer, Wellward program patient, Wellward understand, Wellward understand of chronic pain treatment

LEXINGTON How does chronic pain change a patient? How can a patient change their relationship to chronic pain? If you

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Making the Impossible Possible

October 1, 2021December 10, 2021 Tim Corkran associate professor, basic science colleague, bedside, bedside approach, blood cell, brand-new drug, Brown, brown cancer center, Brown cancer center 's Rebecca Redman, cancer, cancer cell, cancer patient, cancer treatment, care of cancer patient, checkpoint, checkpoint inhibitor, chemotherapy, chief administrative officer of UofL health, clinic, clinical research, clinical trial, clinical trial office, combination of exist drug, dedicated research coordinator, deputy director, deputy director of clinical research, devoted team, diagnosis, dietician, director of medical oncology service, ENT physician, entire team of dedicated research coordinator, first-time study, first-time study of the agent, fortuitous work study placement, function life, function treatment, gland cancer, HPV case, image001 photo, image002 photo, immune system, immunotherapy, informed bench, inhibitor, internal medicine residency, Jason Chesney, Kentuckian, lab, lab practice, life-giving tissue, lymphocyte, medical oncologist, medical oncology fellowship, medical oncology service, medicine, medicine residency, mix of lab work, multidisciplinary clinic, neck, neck cancer, neck cancer patient, neck cancer treatment, neck patient, oncologist, oncologist 's lab, oncology, oncology fellowship, oncology service, pediatric oncologist 's lab, phase 1, phase 1 trial, PhD, photo, possibility of a home run, quality of life-giving tissue, radiation, Rebecca Redman, Redman, Redman 's research, research coordinator, salivary gland cancer, science colleague, see patient, smart treatment, thoughtful way, throat cancer issue, tissue, treatment of head, trial offer two, trial offer two level, trial offer two level of hope, trial office, tumor, tumor infiltrate lymphocyte, UofL, UofL health, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, work study placement

LOUISVILLE The treatment of head and neck cancers has long had the potential to damage sensitive, quality of life-giving tissues.

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“It’s Just Scar Tissue, No Big Deal” Wrong!

August 1, 2021September 9, 2021 Tim Corkran achy jointed weekend warrior, active senior, big deal, bursitis, central Kentucky healthcare ecosystem, comfortable movement, connective tissue, Danesh Mazloomdoost, Dr. Danesh, effect of relieve constriction, elbow, fluid vibration, focused physical therapy, four-to-six, four-to-six week, Gil Dunn, Gil Dunn prior, high-pressure, hip, image001 photo, inter-fiber, inter-fiber scare, invasive procedure, joint pain, Kentucky healthcare ecosystem, length of the tendon, Mazloomdoost, micro-scar, micro-scar tissue, non-arthritic, outpatient, outpatient procedure, pain, patient year, patient year of comfortable movement, percutaneous tenotomy, physical therapist, physical therapy, procedure, reduce tendinitis, regenerative medicine specialist, regenerative treatment, relieve constriction, scar, scar tissue, shoulder, single-treatment, small area of tendon fiber, source of persistent pain, sufficient relief, surgery center, tendon, tendon debridement, tendon fiber, Tenjet, tenotomy, therapist, therapy, tissue, traumatized tendon, treatable area, treatable area of a tendon, ultrasound, use of percutaneous tenotomy, weekend warrior, Wellward, Wellward 's service, Wellward regenerative medicine

LEXINGTON The achy jointed weekend warriors and active seniors of our modern culture often need more than physical therapists and

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Moving Towards a More Hopeful Future for Pelvic Pain Sufferers

June 1, 2021September 9, 2021 Tim Corkran board-certified anesthesiologist, Camellia Shirazi, central element of the practice, combination of multiple organ system, complexity of pelvic pain, comprehensive ultrasound, consistent treatment philosophy, Danesh Mazloomdoost, Dr. Maz, dysfunction, dyspareunia, elusive condition, endure relief, founder of Wellward, Gil Dunn Dr. Danesh Mazloomdoost, GYNs, hand of Mazloomdoost, hopeful future, image001 photo, impact of pelvic pain, integrated practice, intimate concern, lack specific, Lexington 's wellward, Lexington pelvic pain, libido, live laboratory of translational science, Manoocher Mazloomdoost, Mazloomdoost, Mazloomdoost 's sister, Mazloomdoost observation, Mazloomdoost report, nerve, overlap realm, pain, pain drive behavior, pain map process, pain specialist, pain sufferer, parent 's practice, PCPs, pelvic affliction, pelvic dysfunction, pelvic pain, pelvic pain sufferer, potent innovation, psycho-emotional, psycho-emotional element, psychological overview, reliable treatment pathway, source of pelvic pain, straightforward cause, study report prevalence, symptom, Translational science, treatment pathway, under-acknowledged, under-discussed, underrepresentation of functional impairment, urogynecologist, vague diagnosis, Wellward, Wellward 's method

LEXINGTON Pelvic pain and dysfunction are one of the most elusive conditions a woman can experience. In a culture preoccupied

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The Patient-Centered Surgeon

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Tim Corkran achalasia, anti-reflux, anti-reflux procedure, associate professor of surgery, associate program director, combination of technical practice, creation of a swallow, daVinci, daVinci robot, duty of associate program director of the residency program, ENT collaborator, esophageal disease, esophageal procedure, esophageal surgical procedure, esophagus, Farid Kehdy, good solution, hernia, hiatal, hiatal hernia, image001 photo, Kehdy, Kehdy 's successful approach, Louisville UofL, Louisville UofL health surgeon, medical treatment, native of Lebanon, paraesophageal, patient population, patient recovery, Patient-Centered surgeon, PPIs, practice cardiologist, procedure, reflux, reflux center, reflux issue, surgeon, surgery, surgical management, surgical management of esophageal disease, surgical management of reflux, technical practice, UofL, UofL health, UofL health surgeon

LOUISVILLE UofL Health surgeon Farid Kehdy, MD, brings an approach to surgical management of esophageal diseases that makes his patients

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A Privilege to Serve

February 1, 2021April 14, 2021 Tim Corkran air traffic reporter, cardiothoracic, cardiothoracic surgeon, cardiothoracic surgery fellowship, chest, chest malady, chi, chi saint, coal mine 's decline, confident attitude, COVID-19, COVID-19 impact, early pediatric heart transplant, eastern Kentuckian, eastern Kentucky lifestyle, esophagus procedure, general surgery practice, general surgery residency, Hamid Mohammadzadeh, image001 photo, importance of early screen, incision, invasive surgery, invasive thoracic surgery, Jonathan Kiev, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph health 's cardiothoracic surgeon, Joseph health physician, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky lifestyle, Kiev, Leonard Bailey, Lexington radio station, Lexington surgeon, Loma Linda medical center, lung, mom, nodule, pack-a-day, pack-a-day smoker, patient care, pediatric heart surgeon, post-operative, pre-and post-operative walk, privilege, ravage of lung, reflux disease, Robert Salley, small incision, surgeon, surgery, surgery element, surgery practice, surgery residency, surgical ability, surgical work, thoracic surgery, thoracic surgery element, thorough information, Tulane university 's school, Tulane university 's school of medicine, typical chi saint

LEXINGTON Surgeons augment their surgical abilities with a confident attitude that reassures and empowers their patients. CHI Saint Joseph Health’s

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Functional Neurosurgeon Finds a Home at Norton Neuroscience Institute

December 1, 2020February 17, 2021 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

LOUISVILLE Abigail Rao, MD, was drawn to the neurosciences as an undergraduate, and her creative and collaborative nature has found

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UofL Health’s Ding Modestly Fills a Vital and Patient-Centered Role

December 1, 2020February 17, 2021 Tim Corkran abnormal tangle, abnormal tangle of blood vessel, aneurysm, Artemis, blood vessel, brain, catheter, catheter work, catheter-based, catheter-based endovascular procedure day, catheter-based procedure, cerebrovascular concern, clot, combination of clinical practice, common pathology, COVID-19, COVID-19 diagnosis, Dale, Dale ding, decision-making capacity, detailed catheter work, diagnostic angiograms, ding, ding estimate, ding note, disperse stroke induce clot, Dr. Dale, Dr. Dale ding, ease, educate patient, emergent care, emergent care of cerebrovascular concern, emergent stroke, ever-advancing technology, general neurosurgery call, go-to guy, good mentorship, hands-on element, image001 photo, IR, Joseph Neimat, malformed blood vessel, mastery of ever-advancing technology, member of the stroke team, neurologist, neurosurgeon, neurosurgeon appeal, neurosurgery, neurosurgery call, new device, new interventional radiology suite, non-emergent need, one-year catheter-based procedure, personality of the neurosurgeon appeal, prestigious barrow, procedure, prospect of good mentorship, putt patient, quality of the picture, radiology, radiology suite, sole practitioner, sole practitioner of vascular neurosurgery, spectrum of treatment, spectrum of vascular disorder, state-of-the-art stroke care, stroke, stroke neurologist, stroke program, stroke team, suite, surgical acumen, university 's valuable commitment, UofL, UofL health, UofL health 's ding, vascular abnormality, vascular abnormality of the brain, vascular neurosurgeon, vascular neurosurgery, vascular situation

LOUISVILLE As the only vascular neurosurgeon on staff at UofL Health, neurosurgeon Dale Ding, MD, is the go-to guy for

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Ahead of the Curve

May 1, 2015January 20, 2017 Tim Corkran age baby boomer, age of sub-specialization, Arghavani, baby boomer, big picture of woman 's health, bladder, boomer, boundary of the traditional OB, care provider, clinic, curve, da, great people provide great healthcare, GYN, GYN department, GYN practice, gynecologist, GYNs, healthcare, HPV, hysterectomy, incontinence, internal consultant, InterStim®, James, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Lexington clinic 's multi-physician practice, Lexington clinic 's OB, Lexington clinic 's powerful electronic health record system, Lexington clinic 's vision, multi-physician, multi-physician practice, multi-specialty group, need of the age baby boomer, Neurostimulator, OB, obscured pathology, on-call duty, patient outside, patient outside of the office, pediatrician, photo, physician, primary care provider, Ramon Thomas, right physician, robot, Stephanie, sub-specialization, Tamara James, Thomas, Tracy Arghavani, traditional OB, urge, urge incontinence, vaccine, Vinci®, Vinci® surgical robot, woman 's health, young group, young group of woman

LEXINGTON The OB/GYN department at Lexington Clinic is always looking ahead. Collaboratively perceiving new ways to advance women’s health, three

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Cancer Care Special Section 

Lung Cancer Screening Comes to Central Kentucky

March 1, 2015July 17, 2017 Tim Corkran A., cancer, care physician, colon, colon note, colon state, colonoscopies, common cancer, CT, CT scan, detection, detection program, early detection of lung mass, Joseph east, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne health 's new early detection program, KentuckyOne health 's program, Lexington lung cancer, long-time smoker, low-dose, lung, lung cancer mortality, lung cancer screen, lung nodule, malignant growth, malignant lung nodule, Medicare, mortality, mortality rate, national lung screen trial, new early detection program, NLST, nodule, nodule use limited radiation, physician, power of the national lung screen trial, preclinical, preclinical phase, Pulmonologist Eliseo, Pulmonologist Eliseo A. colon, Pulmonology, Pulmonology associate, radiation of standard CT scan, scan, screen, show sign of growth, smoker, standard CT scan, thoracic surgeon

LEXINGTON Lung cancer kills more Americans than the next four most common cancers combined, but for some Kentuckians, a new

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