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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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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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Ankle Replacement Surgery

August 1, 2021October 18, 2021 Todd Hockenbury, MD adjacent joint, ankle, ankle motion, ankle replacement, ankle replacement surgery, arthritic change, arthritic joint surface, complete loss of tibiotalar, good walk ability, image001 photo, joint space, left show, malleolar, osteotomies, photo, protection of adjacent joint, radiograph, tibia, Todd Hockenbury, top set of X-ray photo, X-ray photo

Ankle replacement relieves pain by removing the arthritic joint surfaces. Ankle motion is maintained, leading to better walking ability and

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A Shoulder to Lean On

August 1, 2021October 18, 2021 Jim Kelsey ACL, ACL injury, Beliveau, chi, chi saint, Cincinnati, combination of stress, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, difficult healthcare decision, dinner, Dr. Jean-Maurice Page, Dr. Patrice Beliveau, elbow, elbow surgery, family trade, family trade of orthopedics, great mentor enter practice, happy work, hasty choice, image001 photo, image002 photo, image003 photo, importance of trusted guidance, injury, Jerry Magone, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, junior person, Kevin Magone, London ideal, Magone, Magone credit chi saint, non-surgical patient, NYU Langone, NYU Langone orthopedic hospital, orthopedic surgeon, orthopedics, pending birth, photo, practice go, prospect of surgery, question whirl, recruitment dinner, scope-related, scope-related procedure, shoulder, shoulder replacement, surgeon, surgery, trusted guidance

LONDON The prospect of surgery is at the least unsettling if not downright terrifying for many people. The questions whirl.

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New Horizons in Orthopedic Medicine

August 1, 2021October 18, 2021 MD-Update Staff arthritis, become department chair, big growth, bone, business side of the department, cartilage, chair, chair of the UK department of orthopaedic surgery, chief of orthopedics, clinical trial, complex revision, computer navigation, department chair, department of Orthopaedics, deterioration of the joint, Dr. Leo Whiteside, elbow, elbow surgery, FDA, field of orthopedics, four or five day hospital stay, Gil Dunn Jeffrey Brian Selby, growth of orthopedics, hospital stay, image001 photo, infirm patient, interim chair, Jeffrey Brian Selby, joint, joint replacement, joint replacement surgery, Kentucky, Lexington editor, Lexington editor 's intro, MDU, MDU Dr. Selby, MDU talk, medical administration, medical director, medical director of joint replacement, medical director of orthopedic trauma, medicine, MRI, narcotic, navigation, new UK hospital, old patient, orthopaedic surgery, Orthopaedics, orthopedic condition, orthopedic medicine, orthopedic research, orthopedic surgeon, orthopedic surgery, orthopedic trauma, orthopedics, outpatient, outpatient surgery, pain, patient back, pediatric orthopedic surgery, post-operative pain management, protein-rich, protein-rich plasma injection, Q&A, rehabilitation facility, replacement, replacement surgery, robotic, robotic surgery, simple joint replacement, six-member faculty, size of the new UK hospital, soft tissue, sport medicine, sport medicine center, sport medicine procedure, subspecialists, superb facility, surgeon, surgery, team approach, Texas tech school of medicine, tissue, trauma, tumor surgery, UK department, UK department of Orthopaedics

LEXINGTON Editor’s intro: Jeffrey Brian Selby, MD, has been chair of the UK Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine

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On Solid Footing

August 1, 2021October 18, 2021 Pat Henderson Achilles, ankle, ankle fellowship, ankle replacement, ankle replacement surgery, ankle surgeon, ankle surgery, ankle surgery trace, battalion aid station, choose orthopedics, classroom of Seneca high school, clinical professor of orthopedic surgery, college gymnast, Croatia, deformity, Denver child, Denver child 's hospital, Dr. Hockenbury, engineer background, experience take care, experience take care of people, Fitzsimons army, focus of Hockenbury 's, foot specialist, footing, fracture work, general orthopedics work, Gil Dunn Todd Hockenbury, Hockenbury, image001 photo, image002 photo, Kentucky 's early specialist, Louisville, Louisville native, Louisville native 's journey, Louisville wind, mash, mash unit, medical center, nation 's mash, OR nurse, orthopedic residency, orthopedic surgeon, orthopedics, orthopedics work, pediatric OR nurse, photo, podiatrist, podiatry, podiatry resident, protective force, referral, replacement, residency, solid footing, specialty, strange trip, surgeon, surgery, tendon, Todd Hockenbury, Ukrainian soldier, united nation 's mash, UofL, UofL health, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, war 's story, well-established foot, west point, world treat Soviet military officer, wound management, year-long foot, Zagreb

LOUISVILLE To say it’s been a long, strange trip for Todd Hockenbury, MD, might be an insult to long, strange

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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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