Internal Systems

Gastroenterology Internal Systems OB/GYN & Women's Health Special Section Women's Health 

That Feeling in the Pit of Your Stomach

July 1, 2017December 20, 2017 Jim Kelsey active bacterium, adherence, adherence molecule, adherence molecule result, antibiotic, bacterium, bowel, bowel bacterium, bowel disease, bowel syndrome, C., C. difficile infection, chicken noodle soup, chronic health issue, colitis, colon, contribute factor, diet, disorder, fecal microbiota transplant, fecal transplant, frozen pill, gallbladder, gallbladder disease, Gastroenterology associate, gastrointestinal disorder, IBD, IBS, indomethacin, inflammatory bowel disease, intestinal bacterium, introduced bacterium, irritable bowel syndrome, Joseph east, Kathleen Martin, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne health 's gastroenterology associate, Lori Haas, Martin, microbiota transplant, molecule, non-research set, noodle, NSAIDs, over-the-counter probiotics, Penn state health, pericarditis, presence of adherence molecule, probiotic, probiotics, refractory C. difficile infection, right mix of bacterium, S., small bowel bacterium, stomach, stool, stool bank, stool transplant, success rate of the fecal transplant, syndrome, tolerance, transplant, tried-and-true way, trustworthy treatment, tummy, tummy hurt, ulcerative colitis, unpleasantness of a stool transplant

LEXINGTON “My tummy hurts.” It’s not just a tried-and-true way for kids to get out of a day of school.

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Gastroenterology Internal Systems Special Section 

A Gut Feeling

February 1, 2017July 17, 2017 Jim Kelsey Abell, Abell 's path, Abigail Stocker, average primary care doctor, care doctor, chronic condition, chronic illness, clinic, complete residency, consortium, core of chronic illness, diagnosis, diarrhea, difficulty digest food, Dr. Thomas Abell, Dr. Thomas Abell 's team, failure, family medicine, gastroenterology, gastrointestinal motility clinic, good news, gut, gut failure, home health patient, hospital motility clinic, illness, Jewish hospital motility clinic, Lindsay McElmurray, Louisville, Louisville physician group, medical director, medicine, motility, motility clinic, nausea, NIH, Ohio state university college, Ohio state university college of medicine, physician, primary care doctor, primary doctor, right diagnosis, Sanford school of medicine of the university, statement hundred, statement hundred of time, strong relationship, Thomas Abell, U, university of Louisville physician group, university of Tennessee college of medicine

LOUISVILLE “I’ve got this problem, and it won’t go away.” Any physician dealing with chronic conditions has likely heard this

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Cancer Care Gastroenterology Internal Systems Special Section 

Hemophilia, Hodgkin’s Disease, and Multiple Myeloma

October 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Bob Baker absence of a clot factor, ARNP, B., bleed disorder hemophilia, blood cancer, blood product, cancer, clinic, clinic 's director, complication, condition day, coordinate effort of nurse practitioner, Croley, current research, cytotoxic, development of long-acting factor replacement, disorder, disorder hemophilia, effective treatment, extended team, extended team of physiotherapist, factor replacement, factor replacement regimen, good prophylactic factor replacement regimen, hematologist, hematology, hemophilia, hemophilia B., hemophilia case, hemophilia clinic, hemophilia foundation, hemophilia patient, hepatitis, Hodgkin, Hodgkin 's disease, human blood product, human genetic engineer, infusion, James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, Jessica Croley, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne health center, KentuckyOne health hemophilia clinic, Lexington, Lexington bleed disorder, Lexington focus, long-acting, long-acting factor replacement, Louisville, major direction, major direction of current research, medical oncologist, multidisciplinary treatment, Multimodality, Multimodality hemophilia clinic, multiple myeloma, myeloma, national hemophilia foundation, Nivolumab, oncologist, oncology fellowship, Patricia Ashby, R., regimen, replacement, Sharma, significant population of patient, special interest, specific treatment protocol, T, T cell, therapy, treat bleed disorder, treatment of hemophilia, U, Vivek, Vivek R.

LOUISVILLE & LEXINGTON Bleeding disorders and blood cancers are two areas in medicine where the dreams of a few years

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Gastroenterology Internal Systems Special Section 

Killing It Softly

November 1, 2015July 17, 2017 Jim Kelsey American society of hematology, antibody, awareness change, benign hematology patient, bone, bortezomib, cancer, cancer treatment, chemotherapy, chemotherapy cause patient, death sentence, Dr. Jessica Croley, experience nausea, hematologic malignancy, hematology, hematology patient, ibrutinib, Jessica Moss, joint practice, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne cancer center umbrella, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne health hematology, lenalidomide, Louisville medical school, lymphoma, machete, major splash, medical breakthrough, misconception, Moss, myeloma, nausea, new cancer treatment, oncologist, oncology, oncology associate, oncology fellowship, oncology patient, oncology rotation, outpatient-based, pediatrics practice, physician, plasma, plasma cell, prognosis, prominent discussion topic, protein, public awareness change, scalpel, scalpel analogy, small community practice, surface of cancer cell, targeted agent, targeted drug, toxicity, toxicity of chemotherapy cause patient, traditional chemotherapy, university of Louisville medical school, visit patient

LEXINGTON “It’s like using a scalpel instead of a machete.” We are used to seeing medical breakthroughs make a major

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Gastroenterology Internal Systems Special Section 

Much More Than Just the Standard Care

September 1, 2015July 17, 2017 Melissa Zoeller about 10 weeks post-op, additional robotic technique, band of rare earth magnet, base of the esophagus, bluegrass, bluegrass surgery, body 's natural barrier, colon, colon surgery, conventional medication, discussion of LINX, FACS, gallbladder, gastroenterologists, gastroenterology, Gastroenterology associate, GERD, GERD patient, Harris, help bluegrass surgery, hernia, independent practice, Jason, Jason P., Joseph, Joseph hospital, Joseph hospital 's robotic program, LINX, LINX procedure, P., patient cutting-edge treatment, procedure, reflux, robotic, robotic program, robotic technique, See MD-UPDATE #85, single-site, single-site gallbladder, standard care, surgeon, surgery, torax

LEXINGTON As the only surgeon in Kentucky certified to perform the state-of-the-art LINX® procedure, Jason P. Harris, MD, FACS, knows

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Gastroenterology Internal Systems Special Section 

Subspecializing in a General GI Practice

September 1, 2015July 17, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton abnormal tissue, advanced image, baptist baptist health, baptist health, Barrx™, Barrx™ RF ablation system, Beauerle, biopsy, Brian Beauerle, C., cholangiopancreatography, cure, duct, efficacy of traditional ERCP, efficient diagnosis, end of a soft plastic scope, endoscopic, endoscopic technology, endoscopy, ERCP, esophagus, EUS, EUS program, flexible endoscopy, gastroenterology, Gastroenterology augment, general gastroenterology, generalist, GI, GI tract, help of headhunter, hepatitis, hepatology patient, inflammatory stricture, internal medicine-based specialty practice, Kaplan, Kaplan 's specialty, limited release of Boston, liver, liver duct, Louisville, medical group, medicine-based, medicine-based specialty practice, Mitchell Kaplan, narrow of the liver duct, new provider, new SpyGlass™ DS direct visualization system, new therapeutic update, old impressionist paint, pancreas, pancreatic mass, pancreatic tumor, perfect treatment, physician, regular scope, retrograde cholangiopancreatography, scope, soft plastic scope, SpyGlass™ DS, stricture, subspecialist, Subspecializing, subspecialty technique, subspecialty technique bring advanced technology, therapeutic intervention of gallstone, tissue, tract, traditional ERCP, treat problem of the bile duct, two-dimensional image of three-dimensional structure, typical ERCP, ultrasound, UofL, virus, visualization system, wall layer

LOUISVILLE In many internal medicine-based specialty practices today, providers seem to follow one of two approaches: either the generalist, who

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Gastroenterology Internal Systems Special Section 

Modern Day Gastroenterology

September 1, 2015July 17, 2017 Sarah Wilder A., An-Yu Chen, Ashmun, at-risk patient, B., baby-boomer generation, C care, C., case of hepatitis C, celiac, celiac disease, chance of relapse, Chen, clinic, common hepatitis C, D., diarrhea, Dr. An-Yu Chen, gastroenterologists, gastroenterology, GI, GI disease, GI issue, head of Lexington clinic, hepatitis, hepatitis C, high relapse rate, lead cause of cirrhosis, lead provider of chronic hepatitis, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Lexington clinic gastroenterologists, Lexington Lexington, Lexington Lexington clinic, liver, Matthew D., Merkley, offer patient, positive patient, quality of life, relapse, rise disease, shared needle, Stephanie, symptom, treatment plan, unexpected weight loss, weight-loss

LEXINGTON Lexington Clinic Gastroenterology treats a wide variety of gastrointestinal (GI) issues. In recent years, two of the most common

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Gastroenterology Headlines Internal Systems 

Linx®, an Update

May 1, 2014July 17, 2017 Tim Corkran band of rare earth magnet, base of the esophagus, body 's natural barrier, discussion of LINX, earth magnet, esophagus, FACS, FDA indication, GERD, GERD relief, GERD sufferer, Harris, high degree of rare earth element, immediate post-op comfort level, intractable reflux, Joseph, Joseph hospital, Kentucky, Lexington Jason Harris, LINX, LINX device, LINX surgery, long-term use of proton pump inhibitor, Louisville resident, magnet, medication, middle-aged female, pain, permanent GERD relief, post-op, post-op comfort level, procedure, prohibitive medication side effect, rare earth magnet, reflux, remainder of a patient 's life, See MD-UPDATE #85, successful LINX® surgery, surgery, torax, uncomfortable with-long term medication, with-long, with-long term medication

LEXINGTON Jason Harris, MD, completed the first successful LINX® surgery in Kentucky on June 5, 2014 at Saint Joseph Hospital

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Gastroenterology Internal Systems Special Section 

Enterra® Therapy for Gastroparesis

March 1, 2014July 17, 2017 Barbara Mackovic additional therapeutic option, Arthur M. Schoen, chronic nausea, diabetes, diabetes epidemic, diabetes population, director of the Jewish hospital, disorder, enormity, enormity of the diabetes epidemic, Enterra, Enterra® therapy, gastric electrical stimulation therapy address complication, gastroenterology, Gastroparesis, GI, GI motility clinic, I, increased risk of gastroparesis, Jewish hospital, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Louisville, Louisville offering, M., M. Schoen, Medtronic Enterra, Medtronic Enterra therapy, motility, muscle, nausea, Neurostimulator, permanent device, serious digestive disorder, stimulation, stimulation therapy, stimulation therapy address complication, stomach, surgical procedure, symptom, therapy, Thomas Abell, university of Louisville, US diabetes population, vomit, weight-loss

LOUISVILLE A new complication for the rapidly growing US diabetes population[i] may be the significantly increased risk of gastroparesis,[ii] a

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