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First-in-World Heart Implant at UofL Health – Jewish Hospital

October 1, 2021October 18, 2021 MD-Update Staff –third, –third implantation, aeson, Aeson device, Aeson® bioprosthetic, artificial heart, bioprosthetic, biventricular, cardiothoracic, CARMAT, clinical trial procedure, early feasibility study, female patient, First-in-World heart, French medical device company, heart implantation, heart organ transplant, heart transplant, hospital team, image001 photo, implantation, investigational device, Jewish hospital, Jewish hospital team, Mark slaughter, novel type of artificial heart, Pahwa, pump blood, Siddharth Pahwa, slaughter, surgery, surgical director, surgical director of heart transplant, thoracic surgery, Tom round, total artificial heart, total artificial heart implantation, Trager transplant center, transplant, UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, world-class

LOUISVILLE The cardiothoracic surgical team at UofL Health – Jewish Hospital performed the world’s first Aeson® bioprosthetic total artificial heart

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W. Ben Kibler, MD, the Cy Young of Shoulder Surgeons

August 1, 2021October 18, 2021 MD-Update Staff acute knee injury surgery, American orthopedic society, AOSSM, arthroscopic surgery of the knee, athletic train service, ben Kibler, clinic, complex shoulder surgery, comprehensive sport medicine program, consensus conference, disease fellowship, disorder of the scapula, dyskinesis, fame, hall of fame, head team physician, high honor, Kentucky, Kibler, kinetic chain, knee injury surgery, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Lexington long time, medicine, multiple professional achievement, neuromuscular disease fellowship, orthopedic surgery, realm of medical innovation, renowned orthopedic surgeon, role of the scapula, scapula, scapular, scapular disorder, scapular dyskinesis, scapular kinematics, shoulder, shoulder center, shoulder center of Kentucky, shoulder surgery, specialty 's society, specialty society 's hall, specialty society 's hall of fame, sport medicine, sport medicine program, sport medicine surgeon W., surgeon, surgery, tennis medicine, UK HealthCare, UK Healthcare orthopedic surgeon, Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt university school, Vanderbilt university school of medicine, W.

LEXINGTON Long time Lexington Clinic orthopedic and sports medicine surgeon W. Ben Kibler, MD, received the highest honor from his

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CHI Saint Joseph Health Welcomes New CEO, Anthony Houston, Fache

June 1, 2021September 9, 2021 MD-Update Staff A., affiliation, Anthony Houston, Bardstown, based industry, CEO, CEO Anthony, CEO Anthony A., chi, chi memorial, chi saint, commitment, CommonSpirit, CommonSpirit health, doctor, FACHE, grandfather, grandson of a Kentucky dairy farmer, health service administration, healthcare, healthcare leadership experience, hospital-only, Houston, Houston 's grandfather, investiture, investiture service, joined chi saint, Joseph, Joseph east, Joseph health, Joseph health foundation, Joseph hospital, Kentucky, Kentucky dairy farmer, lead chi saint, MD-UPDATE, meet people, new CEO Anthony A., new role of CEO, pandemic, president of chi, president of saint, right skill set, Rockcastle, Rockcastle county, senior Anthony Houston, southeast division of CommonSpirit health, special ministry, St. Vincent, Sterling, Tony Houston, treatment plan

LEXINGTON On April 28, 2021, CHI Saint Joseph Health officially welcomed new CEO Anthony A. Houston, FACHE, during an investiture

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Kentucky’s Top Doc, Steven J. Stack, MD, MBA, FACEP: His Finest Hour

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 MD-Update Staff 48, 48 hour shift, AMA, amaze amount of collaboration, anger boil, appointed public servant, bring organization, childhood well-being, colon cancer screen, commissioner, commissioner 's job, commissioner of the Kentucky department, communicable disease prevention, core mission of the department of public health, coronavirus epidemic, COVID, COVID test, COVID-19, dedicated team of civil servant, diabetes prevention, Dr. Connie White, early childhood well-being, emergency, emergency physician, enormous logistical undertake, epidemic, explosive public health crisis, full human potential, good interest of the people of Kentucky, great deal of hardship, groundhog, groundhog day, health crisis, health reference lab, healthy delivery, idea of the magnitude of the virus, image001 photo, important public health, incredible crisis, inject vaccine, J., Kentucky, Kentucky 's top, Kentucky commissioner, Kentucky department, Kentucky Perinatal, Kentucky Perinatal quality, Kentucky program, KY department, MDU, mobile lab, must-see TV, people of Kentucky, pharmaceutical distribution company, PPE, president of the AMA, press conference, public health, public health initiative, public health reference lab, radon inspection, recent ice storm, Remdesivir, restaurant safety, sick life, Sir Winston Churchill, stack, state commissioner of public health, statewide distribution, statewide distribution of the vaccine, Steven J. stack, Steven stack, sweep array, sweep array of public health initiative, tobacco, tobacco cessation, transformational experience, use tobacco product, vaccination, vaccine, virus, WIC program

“To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered

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COVID Long-Term Effects & Care

February 1, 2021April 14, 2021 Lynne Choate Care clinic, chief administrative officer, clinic, community-based test, COVID Care, COVID Care clinic, COVID long-term effect, COVID-19, COVID-19 long-term care clinic, F., FACP, long-haulers, long-term COVID Care clinic, Louisville Norton Healthcare, M., M. Flynn, multidisciplinary adult, Norton, Norton cancer institute, Norton Healthcare, Norton medical group, ongoing treatment, past COVID-19, patient 's ongoing health need, pediatric specialist, physician-in-chief, post-COVID, post-COVID care, side effect, specialist, symptom, team of multidisciplinary adult, virus

LOUISVILLE Norton Healthcare launched an outpatient COVID-19 long-term care clinic for adult and pediatric patients who continue to experience side

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The 14th Annual UofL Depression Center Conference Goes Virtual

December 1, 2020February 17, 2021 Jan Anderson, PSYD, LPCC anxiety disorder program, Beck, Beck image003, Beck image003 photo, Boadie Dunlop, boost psychotherapy modality 's effectiveness, breakthrough therapy, CBT, clinical practice, COVID-19, current drug therapy, current psychedelic craze, depression, depression center conference, director of the mood, disorder, Dunlop, Dunlop 's presentation, Dunlop image002, Dunlop image002 photo, endure complete relief, essential component of treatment, fast lane of psychiatric drug treatment, FDA, image001 photo, importance of the set, intolerable side effect, market approval, MDMA, MDMA-assisted, MDMA-assisted therapy, medication-assisted, medication-assisted psychotherapy model, medication-assisted psychotherapy model of care, party drug ecstasy, PhD, photo, presentation, professor, psilocybin, psychedelic, psychedelic craze, psychedelic research, psychedelic trip, psychiatric disorder, psychiatric drug treatment, psychiatry, psychotherapy, psychotherapy modality 's effectiveness, rampant abuse, resilience, stand-alone treatment, therapy, treat depression, treatment-resistant, UofL, UofL depression center, UofL depression center conference, virtual event, weak experimental design, weak experimental design of psychedelic research

LOUISVILLE After weak experimental designs of psychedelics research in the 1950s, rampant abuse in the 1960s, and a global ban

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UofL Receives $11.5 Million to Advance Cancer Immunotherapies

October 1, 2020December 1, 2020 MD-Update Staff biomedical research excellence, brown cancer center, cancer, cancer cell, cancer center, cancer immunology, cancer immunotherapy, cancer patient, cancer research, cancer treatment, charity, checkpoint, chemotherapy, Chuanlin, Chuanlin ding, clinical trial, CoBRE, deadly challenge, development of new immunotherapy, ding, director of the brown cancer center, director of the UofL center, exist strength, field of immunotherapy, five, five year grant, forefront of the clinical development of a new generation, health-designated, health-designated center, image001 photo, immune cell, immune system, immunology, immunotherapy, inhibitor, investigator, James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, Jason Chesney, Kosair, Kosair charity, Louisville, Louisville cancer, lung, million of cancer patient, national institute of health-designated center of biomedical research excellence, Neeli Bendapudi, new center, new immunotherapy, new investigator, PhD, PhD student Anne, PhD student Anne geller, power of the immune system, researcher, survival of cancer patient, T, T cell, therapy, Tom Fougerousse, Trent, university 's grand challenge, university of Louisville, UofL, UofL center, UofL health, UofL Kosair, UofL Kosair charity, UofL president, Yan, young investigator, Yunke Wang

LOUISVILLE Cancer remains one of the most difficult and deadly challenges in human health, affecting Kentuckians at a higher rate

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CHI Saint Joseph Health Cancer Center

October 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Gil Dunn affiliation, Bardstown, Bodager, Bruce Tassin, cancer, cancer care, cancer care center, cancer center, Caregivers, chi, chi saint, Cleveland, Cleveland clinic cancer center, clinic, COVID-19, financial navigator, Flaget, Flaget memorial, Greg Bodager, high quality care, image001 photo, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph health oncology operation, Joseph hospital, Lexington, Mark Mahan Greg Bodager, market director, MSN, need of a cancer patient, new affiliation, nurse navigator, OCN, oncology, oncology service line, patient encounter, RN, specialized cancer treatment, treatment plan

LEXINGTON In October 2019 CHI Saint Joseph Health announced a new affiliation with the Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center. The purpose

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Jackie Noonan, Pioneer in Pediatric Heart Care, Passes Away

August 1, 2020October 19, 2020 MD-Update Staff Albertus Magnus college, B., breaker of barrier, cardiology, chair of the department of pediatrics, Cincinnati child, Cincinnati child 's hospital, critical care, Dr. Noonan, everlasting impression, field of pediatric cardiology, former chair of the department of pediatrics, image001 photo, image002 photo, Iowa stead family child, Iowa stead family child 's hospital, Jackie Noonan, Kentucky, Kentucky child, Kentucky child 's hospital, Lexington Jacqueline, long-time faculty member, medicine, Noonan, pediatric cardiologist, pediatric cardiology, pediatrics, photo, physician-in-chief, rare heart defect, Scottie B. day, UK HealthCare, UK Healthcare image003, UK Healthcare image003 photo, university of Iowa stead family child 's hospital, university of Kentucky college of medicine, university of Vermont, Vermont

LEXINGTON Jacqueline (Jackie) Noonan, MD, long-time faculty member at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and former chair of

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Surplus Supplies Save Lives Worldwide — And in Our Own Backyard

August 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Thomas Pack Bellarmine, Bellarmine 's Lansing, Bellarmine college department, Bellarmine college department of nurse, board council, board council of the woman 's global cancer alliance, cancer alliance, care facility, clinical nurse specialist, COVID-19, COVID-19 crisis, Davis, Davis draw, Davis serve, dean of Bellarmine 's Lansing, donation coordinator, Edd, garbage truck, great Louisville medical society, healthcare, image001 photo, impoverished community, Kentucky, Kentucky hospital, landfill, large portion of the surplus, local donation coordinator, long term care facility, Louisville, Louisville metro police department, Mary manse college, medical supply, medical surplus, member of the great Louisville medical society, Norton Healthcare, nurse, office of adult service, organization collect, pandemic, plastic surgery practice, PPE, responder, right supply, RN, St. Vincent hospital school, Sue Davis, sure surplus, surgery practice, surplus, surplus supply, value of donated item, wide range of experience, woman 's global cancer alliance

LOUISVILLE Nearly 430,000 garbage trucks — that’s what it would take to haul medical surplus from U.S. hospitals each year,

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