Current Special Section – MD Update

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The Naked Truth About Skin Cancers

October 1, 2019October 28, 2019 Donna Ison anesthesia, battalion surgeon, Bowling, Bowling green Dermatologic surgeon, cancer, clinic, complex skin cancer, cutaneous oncology, Dermatologic surgeon, dermatology, dermatology department, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert clinic, Guam, head of the dermatology department, image001 photo, Lumbang, Lumbang state, margin, MD 's career path, medicine internship, micrographic, Mohs, Mohs micrographic surgeon, Mohs micrographic surgery, Morgan Harris Wilfred Lumbang, naked truth, naval health clinic, non-melanoma, non-melanoma skin cancer, patient-focused philosophy, people person, shortage of dermatologist, skin, skin cancer, skin cancer statistics, skin cancer surgery, sober skin cancer statistics, solid organ transplant recipient, surgeon, surgery, surgical fellow, tiny little island, transplant dermatology clinic, university of Guam, university of Vermont college of medicine, Vanderbilt, Vermont college, Wilfred Lumbang

BOWLING GREEN Dermatologic surgeon Wilfred Lumbang, MD’s career path has taken him around the world, but he is pleased to

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Helping Women and Men Fulfill the Dream of Parenthood

October 1, 2019October 28, 2019 Menisa Marshall budget sheet, cancer, cancer account, cancer treatment, certified woman 's health, childbearing age, crucial need, Devine, diagnosis, DNP, Dr. Devine, dream of parenthood, dual board certification, dual specialty, egg, embryo, endocrine associate, endocrinology, F&EA, F&EA team, F&EA treat, fertility, fertility preservation option, freeze egg, general OB-GYN set, Gil Dunn, Gil Dunn Drs., Gil Dunn Kit, Gil Dunn Kit S., Gil Dunn Robert, Gil Dunn Robert J., gynecology, gynecology residency, Homm, image001 photo, image002 photo, image003 photo, infertility, infertility case, infertility practice, IVF, IVF lab, J., Kit Devine, Kit S., Krause, less-than-good, less-than-good news, licensed advanced practice, licensed APRN, Louisville reproductive center, mainstream treatment, Miriam S., nurse, nurse faculty, nurse practice, nurse practitioner, OB-GYN set, OB/ GYN, obstetrics, Oncofertility, oncofertility experience, oncofertility specialist, oocytes, ovary, patient of childbearing age, photo, practice 's main provider, preservation, preserve egg, preserve embryo, preserve fertility, private IVF lab, private reproductive endocrinology, process of preserve egg, raise awareness, recognized specialty, reproductive endocrinology, Robert Homm, S., shock diagnosis, sono-guidance, specialty, sperm, start of treatment, successful pregnancy, uterus, way fertility, wide range of complex issue, woman 's health

LOUISVILLE In 1978 the world’s first baby conceived via in vitro fertilization (IVF) was born in Manchester, England. Fast forward

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Unifying Force

October 1, 2019October 28, 2019 Jim Kelsey cancer, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer prevention project, colon cancer prevention statistics, colorectal, colorectal surgeon, Colorectal surgery associate, commonwealth 's health, cost of cancer treatment, cost of prevention, decrease disparity, disparity, Gastroenterology health partner, Gil Dunn Wayne Tuckson, healthcare, healthcare disparity, healthcare outcome, healthcare system, high rate of incidence, Howard university college, Howard university college of medicine, humble colorectal surgeon, image001 photo, IQ, Jones, Kentucky, Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, Kentucky health, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, launch of the Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, Louisville, normal body function, ongoing work of the Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, outcome, people of low socio-economic status, prevention, send patient, surgeon, survivor support, Tuckson, unify force, Wayne Tuckson, Whitney, Whitney Jones

LOUISVILLE From the first moment that Wayne Tuckson, MD, colorectal surgeon at KentuckyOne Health Colorectal Surgery Associates in Louisville, speaks,

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Current Special Section FRONT Special Section

Stimulating the Immune System to Attack Cancer

October 1, 2019October 28, 2019 MD-Update Staff antibody, associate VP, associate VP of health affair, brake, budget, cancer, cancer cell, cancer institute, cancer research, cancer-related, cancer-related death, carcinoma, cell carcinoma, checkpoint, checkpoint inhibitor, Chesney, Chesney 's research, cytotoxic, Cytotoxic T cell, defense budget, director of the UofL James Graham Brown cancer center, health affair, immune checkpoint inhibitor, immune system, immunotherapy, inhibitor, JGBCC, Louisville Jason Chesney, melanoma, national cancer institute, NCI, oncolytic, oncolytic virus, PhD, T, T cell, TVEC, U.S. budget, UofL, UofL Brown, UofL Brown cancer center, UofL James Graham Brown, UofL James Graham Brown cancer center, UofL researcher test, virus, VP

LOUISVILLE Jason Chesney, MD, PhD, is the director of the UofL James Graham Brown Cancer Center (JGBCC) and associate VP

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

October 1, 2019October 28, 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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Sarah Todd, MD, Joins Gynecologic Oncology Team at UofL Physicians

October 1, 2019October 28, 2019 MD-Update Staff abdominal cavity, cancer, cancer patient, chemotherapy, complete surgical resection of tumor, da, exceptional vision, gynecologic, gynecologic condition, Gynecologic oncology, gynecologic oncology team, heated chemotherapy, HIPEC, hot chemotherapy, intraperitoneal, intraperitoneal chemotherapy, Louisville native, malignant gynecologic condition, oncology, robotic, robotic surgery, Sarah Todd, select advanced ovarian cancer patient, surgery, Todd, tumor of the female reproductive tract, UofL, UofL James Graham Brown, UofL James Graham Brown cancer center, UofL physician, Vinci xi, Vinci® xi system, vulvar dysplasia

LOUISVILLE A Louisville native, Sarah Todd, MD, has joined UofL Physicians – Gynecologic Oncology at UofL James Graham Brown Cancer

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