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Parlaying Personal Experience into Patient Care

October 1, 2021October 18, 2021 Donna Ison aesthetic surgery of the breast, alumnus fellow, board-certified, breast, breast cancer, breast reconstruction, breast reconstruction keep, breast reconstruction patient, cancer, care of the cancer, carpal tunnel, chief year, chief year of plastic surgery residency, Christine, Christine M. Kleinert institute fellowship, clinical professor, clinical professor of hand surgery, current president, current president of the Ohio valley society of plastic surgeon, expander, fat graft, fellow, fellowship, general surgeon, Gil Dunn Michelle Palazzo, good plan, graft, hand surgery, Harold Kleinert, image001 photo, incision, international alumnus fellow, Kentucky society, Kentucky society of plastic surgeon, Kleinert, Kutz, Louisville, LOUISVILLE/ new Albany, M., M. Kleinert, M. Kleinert institute fellowship, mastectomy, Michelle Palazzo, microsurgery, Ohio valley society, oncologist, Palazzo, patient care, plastic surgeon, plastic surgery residency, program director, realm of breast reconstruction, reconstruction, reconstructive surgery, Scott spear, St. Louis university, subsequent mastectomy, surgeon, surgery, surgery residency, tissue, top breast, university of Louisville

LOUISVILLE/ NEW ALBANY, IN Few physicians can say they have been both surgeon and patient for the same procedure. However,

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Making the Impossible Possible

October 1, 2021October 18, 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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Offering Options and Elevating Education

October 1, 2021October 18, 2021 Donna Ison anatomical representation, anatomical representation of the heart, Andrea Colton, artery, benign breast disease, big thing, breast, breast cancer, breast disease, breast surgery, breast tissue, cancer, church-goer, clinic, Colton, Colton care, Conemaugh memorial medical center, cosmetic result, Einstein medical center, fellow church-goer, five year general surgery residency, general surgery internship, Goldilocks, good outcome, grandpa, grandpa 's Open-Heart surgery, hand-drawn illustration, hidden scar-trained surgeon, image001 photo, incision, keep grandpa, Lexington, Lexington clinic, mammogram, mastectomy, master 's of public health, microchip, nipple spare mastectomy, offer option, oncologist, oncologist use compassion, oncoplastic, oncoplastic technique, open heart surgery, open-heart, option, outcome, partial mastectomy, patient protocol, Patti Anne Stefanick, Paul Martin Andrea Colton, person help, public health, radio-frequency, reconstruction, scar-trained surgeon, skin spare mastectomy, Stefanick, subcutaneous tissue, surgeon, surgery, surgery internship, surgery residency, surgical oncologist, surgical oncologist use compassion, surgical oncology, tissue

LEXINGTON In the third grade, Andrea Colton, MD, MPH, wrote a book titled “My Grandpa’s Open-Heart Surgery,” chronicling the observations

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The Evolution of Gynecological Cancer Care

October 1, 2021October 18, 2021 MD-Update Staff ablation, abnormal bleed, Alexandra Rogers Margarita Terrassa, all-female practice, American cultural mainstream, bladder, bleed, board-certified, Botox, breast, breast cancer, cancer, CDC, cervical cancer, cervical cancer awareness, comprehensive care, Denise Kirkham, diagnosis, educational act, endometrial, endometrial ablation, evolution of gynecological cancer, female cancer, Gil Dunn, gynecological care, gynecology, happy Rockefeller, HPV, HPV vaccine, hysteroscopy, image001 photo, image002 photo, in-house, in-office, in-office service, in-office surgery, in-office surgery suite, incontinence, Jamie Baldwin, Kim Aldridge, l-r, large surgery suite, Louisville, Louisville obstetrics, majority of doctor, mammogram screen, Margarita Terrassa, new sign of the time, OB-GYN generalist, OB-GYN practice, OB/ GYN, obstetrics, ovulation, pain, pap, pap smear, patient demand, Patient-Oriented, pelvic pain, phase of comprehensive care, physician, ponce, ponce school, ponce school of medicine, procedure, procedure suite, recognizable symbol promote mammogram screen, smear, Specialty-Focused, state-of-the-art equipment, suite, surgeon, surgery, surgical procedure, surgical solution, surgical suite, teal-colored, teal-colored ribbon, Terrassa, tissue, treatment of abnormal pap smear, Tulane university hospital, ultrasound, unique female perspective, urinary incontinence, uterus, vaccination, vaccine, wait room of the calm, well-known woman, woman enter medical school, woman provider

LOUISVILLE The years 1971-1972 were pivotal for cancer treatment for women in the U.S. Three prominent, well-known women, Betty Ford,

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CHI Saint Joseph Health Expands Cancer Care

October 1, 2021October 18, 2021 MD-Update Staff abnormal mammogram, active clinician, affiliate ofwith, application of biomedical engineer, area of sub-specialization, biomedical engineer, breast, breast cancer, breast cancer management, brief recap, cancer, cancer care, cancer patient, cancer team, cancer treatment, Care, Care center, chemotherapy, chi, chi institute, chi saint, CIRI, Cleveland, Cleveland clinic cancer center, Cleveland clinic cancer center breast cancer team, clinic, clinical focus, community cancer center, convenience of a community cancer center, Croley, cut cutting-edge treatment, cutting-edge treatment, editor 's intro, establish care, field of oncology, hematology, image001 photo, individual patient 's success, Jessica Croley, Jessica Jones Croley, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph health cancer, management of breast cancer, MDU, medical director, medical oncology, national research consortium, native Kentuckian, ofwith, oncologic condition, oncologist, oncology, patient 's success, patient navigator, personal philosophy, personal philosophy of care, professional life look, program strategy, provider, provider experience, quality process, radiation, radiologist, sub-specialization, survivorship care, suspicious mass, team of provider, time of abnormal mammogram, tumor, UK college of medicine, variety of hematologic

Editor’s Intro: Jessica Jones Croley, MD, is the medical director for CHI Saint Joseph Health Cancer Care, which launched an

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Knowledge Is Power

October 1, 2021October 18, 2021 Jim Kelsey Alexandra Rogers, baptist health, blood loss, calculated journey, cancer, cancer of the ovary, cancer patient, chemotherapy, clinical focus, common patient, decreased blood loss, disease process, Erica Takimoto, extreme precision, first-ever gynecology oncology program, Florida hospital cancer institute, gynecologic, gynecologic cancer, Gynecologic oncologist, gynecological oncologist, gynecological oncology, gynecologist, gynecology, gynecology oncology fellowship, gynecology oncology program, gynecology residency, high degree of compassion, high degree of medical knowledge, hometown of Scottsdale, hospital stay, image001 photo, length of hospital stay, Louisville, non-robotic, OB/ GYN, oncologist, oncology, ovarian cancer, ovarian mass, ovary, pediatric oncology, physician, pretty severe affliction, quality necessary, radical pelvic surgery, robotic, robotic gynecologic cancer surgery, robotic technology, room time, southeastern university college, southeastern university college of osteopathic medicine, St. Vincent Mercy, St. Vincent Mercy medical center, step of the way, surgery, surgical component, surgical component of OB-GYN, Takimoto, terrible disease process, treatment option, trophoblastic, trophoblastic disease, tube, tumor, uterine mass, western medicine approach

LOUISVILLE Growing up, Erica Takimoto, DO, was always skilled in science and math – two great strengths that could easily

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