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Invisible Capes

June 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Jim Kelsey adult congenital cardiac surgery, Afghanistan, Alexandra Rogers, Alexandra Rogers baby, Alsoufi, Alsoufi 's patient population, anticipated treatment, associate professor of surgery, baby, baby 's congenital heart abnormality, Bahaaldin Alsoufi, Brian J., cardiologist, cardiology, cardiothoracic, Cardiothoracic surgery, care unit physician, CCRN, chief of the division of pediatric cardiac surgery, CICU, complex neonatal cardiac surgery, congenital cardiac surgeon, congenital heart disease require heart surgery, congenital heart surgery, Dawn Williamson, defect, detection, director of pediatric cardiac surgery, early detection, empowered mere mortal, expect parent, family need cardiac surgery, fellowship, group of superheroes of vary superpower, heart condition, heart defect, heart disease, heart institute, heart problem, heart surgery, Holland, Hudson Hogue, image001 photography, image002 Dr. Holland, invisible cape, J., Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Lawrence cardiac intensive Care unit, Louisville, Louisville division, Louisville school, medical team, Megan Boone, multiple appointment, NCHI, neonatal intensive care unit physician, new team of superheroes, Norton, Norton child, Norton child 's heart institute, nurse, nurse manager, nurse practitioner, PCU nurse educator, pediatric cardiac surgery, pediatric cardiac surgery subspecialty, pediatric cardiologist, pediatric cardiology, pediatric valvular heart disease, pediatrician, photography, physician, post-operative care, RN, single ventricle palliation, singular foe, specific heart defect, super parent, superheroes, superheroes don, superpower, surgeon, surgery, surgery subspecialty, Syria, take care, Toronto 's hospital, ultrasound, university of Damascus, university of Louisville division of pediatric cardiology, university of Louisville school of medicine, university of Toronto 's hospital, vary superpower, ventricle, ventricle palliation

LOUISVILLE In the movies, the Avengers are a group of superheroes of varying superpowers and talents. They come from countries

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Keeping Women Well for Life

June 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Donna Ison Amy Baker, baby, Baker, Baker 's practice, Baker state, beloved home state, beloved home state of Kentucky, chi, chi saint, common ache, delivery, early teenage year, emotional support, extra knowledge, extra knowledge of the musculoskeletal system, family plan, female reach middle age, Grandview, Grandview medical center, gynecologic, gynecologic care, gynecological health, gynecology, holistic gynecologic care, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, keep woman, medicine, menopause, mom, muscle energy technique, OB/ GYN, obstetric patient, obstetrics, osteopathic advantage, osteopathic medicine, osteoporosis care, pain, pain issue, pain of pregnancy, past menopause, Pikeville, Pikeville college, Pikeville college of osteopathic medicine, portion of Baker 's practice, postpartum care, postpartum depression, pregnancy, pretty even mixture, reproductive year, sciatic leg pain, symptom, teenage year, vaccine, whole-person

LEXINGTON During her third year at Pikeville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Amy Baker, DO, underwent a life-changing experience— she helped

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Moving Towards a More Hopeful Future for Pelvic Pain Sufferers

June 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Tim Corkran board-certified anesthesiologist, Camellia Shirazi, central element of the practice, combination of multiple organ system, complexity of pelvic pain, comprehensive ultrasound, consistent treatment philosophy, Danesh Mazloomdoost, Dr. Maz, dysfunction, dyspareunia, elusive condition, endure relief, founder of Wellward, Gil Dunn Dr. Danesh Mazloomdoost, GYNs, hand of Mazloomdoost, hopeful future, image001 photo, impact of pelvic pain, integrated practice, intimate concern, lack specific, Lexington 's wellward, Lexington pelvic pain, libido, live laboratory of translational science, Manoocher Mazloomdoost, Mazloomdoost, Mazloomdoost 's sister, Mazloomdoost observation, Mazloomdoost report, nerve, overlap realm, pain, pain drive behavior, pain map process, pain specialist, pain sufferer, parent 's practice, PCPs, pelvic affliction, pelvic dysfunction, pelvic pain, pelvic pain sufferer, potent innovation, psycho-emotional, psycho-emotional element, psychological overview, reliable treatment pathway, source of pelvic pain, straightforward cause, study report prevalence, symptom, Translational science, treatment pathway, under-acknowledged, under-discussed, underrepresentation of functional impairment, urogynecologist, vague diagnosis, Wellward, Wellward 's method

LEXINGTON Pelvic pain and dysfunction are one of the most elusive conditions a woman can experience. In a culture preoccupied

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‘It Is Such a Rewarding Career’

June 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Pat Henderson big myth, care doctor treat low-complexity case, chief resident, Chris Witzke image002, Chris Witzke image002 photo, Chris Witzke Louisville, Chris Witzke Louisville native Traci Edwards, client 's treatment, COVID, COVID-19, doctor, Dr. Edwards, dread come, dream job, Edwards, Edwards 's patient, family medicine, family medicine doctor, family medicine physician, family medicine practice, family practice doctor, family practice matter, family practice plan, family practitioner, healthcare, high-deductible, hometown doctor, image001 photo, impact care, impactful, Impactful lifestyle choice, importance of lifestyle, in-person gather, Kentucky, lifestyle, Louisville, Louisville 's west end, major diagnosis, medication cost, medicine, next kidney failure, office visit, physician, practitioner, primary care doctor treat low-complexity case, provider, reward career, reward scale, rise medication cost, south end of Louisville, specialty practice, St. Elizabeth, St. Elizabeth 's medical center, telehealth, top of the reward scale, Traci Edwards, traditional office visit, university of Kentucky college of medicine, UofL Health-Medical, UofL Health-Medical center, variety of specialty, vast body of knowledge, Wagner high school

LOUISVILLE While it may be debated as to whether the “dream job” actually exists or is just a fantasy, Traci

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Today’s VBAC Options Make ‘Once a C-section, Always a C-section’ Old News

June 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Menisa Marshall ACOG, Ann Grider, approved VBAC candidate, attempted VBAC, baby, birth plan, c-section, c-section delivery, candidate 's delivery, care nursery, cesarean, cesarean birth, cesarean history, cesarean section, childbirth-related, childbirth-related complication, common operate room procedure, comparable risk, complication, critical element of a successful VBAC delivery, delivery, emergency c-section, Grider, labor, laborists, legal factor, long-time assumption, Louisville, low rate, low risk, low-risk woman, maximize safety, mom, mom 's overall health, multiple c-section, national success rate, neonatal intensive care nursery, neonatal staff, OB/ GYN, online risk calculator, patient 's plan, personal birth plan, personal worry, personalized birth, personalized birth plan, physician, plan 's component, potential VBAC risk, procedure, reasonable option, repeat, repeat c-section, risk factor, room procedure, scar-related, scar-related risk factor, significant VBAC risk factor, success rate, successful VBAC, successful VBAC delivery, trial of labor, vaginal birth, VBAC, VBAC candidate, VBAC delivery, VBAC risk, VBAC risk factor, VBAC success rate

LOUISVILLE When Ann Grider, MD, joined Women First of Louisville in 1998, the pendulum had gone from the long-time assumption

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Improved Sexual Activity After Bariatric Surgery

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Meredith Sweeney, MD 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.1162, et_al. change, frequency of sexual activity, hormonal change, improved self-esteem, improved sexual activity, increased satisfaction, JAMA Surg, JAMA surgery study, libido, sexual activity, Steffen K, surgery, weight-loss

“Most patients experience improved quality in their sexual activity and libido after bariatric surgery. A JAMA Surgery study published in

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The Patient-Centered Surgeon

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Tim Corkran achalasia, anti-reflux, anti-reflux procedure, associate professor of surgery, associate program director, combination of technical practice, creation of a swallow, daVinci, daVinci robot, duty of associate program director of the residency program, ENT collaborator, esophageal disease, esophageal procedure, esophageal surgical procedure, esophagus, Farid Kehdy, good solution, hernia, hiatal, hiatal hernia, image001 photo, Kehdy, Kehdy 's successful approach, Louisville UofL, Louisville UofL health surgeon, medical treatment, native of Lebanon, paraesophageal, patient population, patient recovery, Patient-Centered surgeon, PPIs, practice cardiologist, procedure, reflux, reflux center, reflux issue, surgeon, surgery, surgical management, surgical management of esophageal disease, surgical management of reflux, technical practice, UofL, UofL health, UofL health surgeon

LOUISVILLE UofL Health surgeon Farid Kehdy, MD, brings an approach to surgical management of esophageal diseases that makes his patients

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Finishing and Starting: A New Fellow Joins Large, Established GI Practice

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Pat Henderson awesome professor, biologic medication, bowel, bowel disease, broad range of disease, C., care coordination, care decision, care-coordination loop, colitis, contribute member of the practice, Crohn, Crohn 's disease, Dr. Luckett, Dr. Luckett join, excite time, expert care, family prosthetics business, fellowship, full-scope of GI-related service, gastroenterology, gastroenterology health, Gastroenterology health partner, general GI, genetics, GHP, GI, GI fellowship, GI-related, GI-related service, GI-related test, GI-subspecialty, Gil Dunn Tyler Luckett, group 's Southern Indiana facility, help build rapport, hepatology fellowship, image001 photo, inflammatory bowel disease, inhibitor, Jak, Jak inhibitor, Kentuckiana region, large spectrum of gastrointestinal condition, Louisville, Luckett, medication, medicine, new Albany, new fellow, pediatric rotation, physiology class, quality outcome, rapport, refer provider, residency rotation, Robert Tyler Luckett, Southern Indiana, Southern Indiana facility, superior quality outcome, Tyler Luckett, ulcerative colitis, university of Louisville, UofL

NEW ALBANY/LOUISVILLE As Robert Tyler Luckett, MD, stands at a crossroads in his medical career, he has both finishing and

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Making the Case for Care Continuity

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Donna Ison blood pressure, cancerous lesion, Care continuity, care physician, chi saint, continuity, continuity of care, diabetes, doctor, doctor reach, Gil Dunn Nancy Morris, heart disease, high blood pressure, home patient, image001 photo, inpatient, internal medicine, internal medicine physician, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Laurel, Laurel county, lesion, medicine, medicine physician, Morris, Morris state, Nancy Morris, nurse home patient, outpatient, outpatient set, patient 18, patient advocacy, patient advocate, physician, preteen year, prevalent presentation, prevention, primary care, primary Care associate of London, primary care of London, primary care physician, rarer disease, Sherisa Warren, skin lesion removal, university of Kentucky college of medicine, wide range of complaint

LONDON When primary care physician Nancy Morris, MD, recently met her new colleague, vascular surgeon Sherisa Warren, DO, she was

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Louisville Travel Guide

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Jim Kelsey advanced laparoscopic, aggressive follow-up, bariatric, bariatric surgery, bariatric surgery patient, based practice, beaten path of traditional surgeon, effectiveness of the procedure, extra tool, follow-up, follow-up visit, food choice, general surgery residency, good choice, high malnutrition risk, hour of podcasts, image001 photo, journey, life-shortening condition, Louisville surgeon, Louisville travel guide, malnutrition risk, Meredith Sweeney, multiple conference, necessary vitamin, Norton Healthcare, Norton Healthcare Meredith Sweeney, Norton weight management, overall mental health, patient 's healthcare, patient 's long-term health, patient jog, patient make, poor food choice, revisional bariatric surgery, safety of bariatric surgery, self-development journey, sound counter, stigma, stigma of Bariatric surgery, stress, surgeon, surgery, surgery residency, surgery table, Sweeney, telehealth, traditional surgeon, tricky operation, university of Louisville hospital, wellness

LOUISVILLE Surgeons often say they enjoy surgery because they like to fix things. Not surprisingly, that’s what drove Meredith Sweeney,

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