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BiFocal: The Dual Preoccupations of the COVID Era Pulmonologist

April 1, 2022April 19, 2022 Tim Corkran acute respiratory issue, advocate of early screen, bifocal attention, biopsy, bronchoscopy, cancer, Care medicine, career-long focus, cat scan, chi, chi saint, clot, colon, COVID, COVID-19, critical Care medicine, detection, develop clarity, develop clarity of the dynamics of long COVID-19, distant region, distant region of the lung, dual preoccupation of the COVID era, early screen, eastern half of the commonwealth, Eliseo, Eliseo colon, emphysema, endo-bronchial, evolve field of long COVID, FDA, gas trap, high risk, high-risk patient, hyperinflation, illness, image001 endo-bronchial valve, joined chi saint, Joseph, Joseph medical group, lesion, long COVID, long COVID-19, lung, lung cancer, native of Puerto Rico, new set of preoccupation, nodule, pandemic, patient population, point of concern, practice leader, pre-pandemic, pre-pandemic practice, pulmonologist, pulmonologists, scan, screen, severe emphysema, severe respiratory illness, sufferer of severe respiratory illness, suite of symptom, symptom, time of COVID-19, valve

LEXINGTON As a pulmonologist in the time of COVID-19, Eliseo Colon, MD, has had a busy two years. The practice

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Serving the Underserved

April 1, 2022April 19, 2022 Pat Henderson acute visit, ben Neltner, broad cross-section of patient, bud pediatrician, Caitlyn, chain 's tagline, Charlottesville, chi, chi saint, chronic disease management, clinic, commonwealth pediatrics, couple match, Covington catholic high school, dependable transportation, first-time dad, general practitioner, Gil Dunn ben Neltner, great train, hard Rock café, image001 photo, implementation of telemedicine, Joseph, Joseph health, Kentucky, Lexington, Louisville school, medical group, motto of the hard Rock café, Neltner, new Job, northern Kentucky native, popular chain 's tagline, practitioner, primary care, primary care practice, primary thing, refugee clinic, see patient, St. Elizabeth 's hospice center, teamwork, telehealth, telehealth visit, time talk shop, underserved, underserved population, uninsured patient, university of Louisville school of medicine, UofL, way doctor, wellness exam, wide scope of patient, wide variety of patient

LEXINGTON If you spend very much time talking shop with Ben Neltner, MD, the word “under-served” is likely to come

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Bringing Pioneering Procedures to Kentucky

April 1, 2022April 19, 2022 Donna Ison abnormal liver test, advanced procedure, advanced therapeutic endoscopy, age 45, Alexandra Rogers Nathan Liu, bile, bile duct, bowel, camera visualization, camera visualization of lesion, cancer, colon, colon cancer, colonoscopies, colonoscopy, complex condition, complicated colon polyp, curative resection, duct, Emily Billingsly, endoscopic, endoscopic procedure, endoscopic submucosal dissection, endoscopic therapy, endoscopy, ERCP, ESD, esophagus, extensive higher-risk polyp, field of gastroenterology, full range of gastrointestinal cancer, gastroenterologist, gastroenterologist arsenal, gastroenterologists, gastroenterology, gastrointestinal cancer, GI, GI wall, high-risk procedure, higher-risk polyp, image001 photography, intermittent right upper quadrant pain, interventional gastroenterologist, invasive surgery, Kawasaki 's disease, late therapeutic agent, Liu, Louisville, medical movement, myotomy, Nathan Liu, natural GI wall, new tool, obesity, ongoing treatment, pancreatography, pediatric surgeon, Peter Draganov, pioneer procedure, polyp, pre-oral, pre-oral endoscopic myotomy, procedure, quadrant pain, quick diagnosis, remove stone, required open surgery, retrograde pancreatography, revolutionary endoscopic therapy, screen colonoscopies, single layer of the colon, small bowel, submucosal, submucosal fellowship, surgery, suture, third-space endoscopy, three year fellowship, university of Florida, UofL, UofL health

LOUISVILLE In the field of gastroenterology, innovations in endoscopy and minimally invasive surgery have led to much improved results and

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Knowledge Is Power

February 1, 2022April 19, 2022 Jim Kelsey Ain sham university, artery, Baylor, blockage, blocked artery, cardiac catheterization, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiology fellowship, cardiovascular doctor, cath lab, catheterization, chest, chest pain, chief medical resident, clinic, clinical investigation science, duPont manual high school, El-Refai, environment reward, graduate of duPont manual high school, healthcare decision, heart attack, heart disease, image001 photo, internal medicine train, interventional cardiologist, interventional cardiology fellowship, investigation science, Louisville, Louisville school, medical train, medicine train, Mostafa Osman El-Refai, need procedure, nice perspective, Non-Invasive, non-invasive thing, Norton, Norton Healthcare, Norton Healthcare Mostafa Osman El-Refai, Norton heart, outpatient, outpatient clinic set, overall physician-patient, pain, physician, private suburban hospital, procedure, stable set, Texas heart institute, university of Louisville school of public health, VA, vascular institute, wide variety of clinical experience, young patient

LOUISVILLE To borrow from Spider-Man, with great power comes great responsibility. Another way to say that is, just because you

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Heart Care Takes a Multidisciplinary Village

February 1, 2022April 19, 2022 MD-Update Staff administrative time, appointment, artery monitor, assistant chief of medicine, baptist health, baptist health 's Louisville heart failure, baptist heart failure clinic, battery, battery technology, big disease, blood clot, cardiologist, cardiology, CardioMEMS, cardiothoracic, cardiovascular disease fellowship, care of patient, catheterization, clinic, clinical trial, clot, COVID, CRT-P, disease fellowship, echocardiograms, ER, ER visit, excite option, FACC, failure, flare state, heart disease, heart failure, heart failure clinic, heart failure program, heart failure trial, heart transplant, Heatherly, HF, HF clinic, HF patient, Honor 's college, Honor 's college of western Carolina university, hypertension, hypertension clinic, implantable pulmonary artery monitor, inpatient hospital stay, J., Kentucky, life look, Louisville, Louisville heart failure, Louisville Steven, Louisville Steven J., lung, LVAD, LVADs, MD-UPDATE, MD-Update Q, MDU, MDU Kentucky, medical director, medical school, medication, misconception, monitor, multidisciplinary village, need defibrillator, new PAH clinic, new treatment plan, out-patient, out-patient arena, PAH, PAH clinic, PAH patient, patient population, PH, PH clinic, PhD, physician, principal investigator, procedure, professional life look, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary hypertension clinic, randomized clinical heart failure trial, religion major, remote patient monitor, research meet, solid schedule, special pacemaker, specialized area, STEP-HFpEF, Steven Heatherly, surgery, surgical procedure, Uber, valve, varied background, wake forest, WiFi scale

LOUISVILLE Steven J. Heatherly, MD, PhD, FACC, is the system medical director for heart failure and pulmonary hypertension for Baptist

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When Your Mission Is Healthy Hearts, Failure Is Not an Option

February 1, 2022April 19, 2022 Menisa Marshall advanced heart failure center, advanced heart failure program, advanced heart therapy program, advanced therapy, assist device, cardiologist, cardiology, cath lab procedure, clinic, collaboration drive, collaborative teamwork, coordinator, director of the program 's heart, effectiveness of advanced therapy, emerge information, excite prospect, expert work, failure, failure clinic, familial hyper-cholesterolemia, good quality life, hallmark of UofL health, healthy heart, heart disease, heart failure, heart failure center, heart failure hospitalization, heart failure program, heart pump, heart therapy program, human transplant, hyper-cholesterolemia, importance of prompt referral, innovative heart pump, invasive cath lab procedure, lifestyle, lifestyle choice, lot of option, Louisville NASA, Louisville NASA control director, max-imize, medicine, minimal need, mission of UofL health, modified pig heart, Moore, option, pacemaker-like, pacemaker-like device, pharmacist, pig heart, positive outlook, power of a positive outlook, prevention peg heart disease, program 's heart, program 's transplant, prompt referral, pump, quality life, recent news of a human transplant, referral, related department work, Stephanie Moore, therapy, transplant, transplant coordinator, transplant work team, treatment of valve disease, typical transplant work team, UofL, UofL health, Utah, valve disease, ventricular assist device

LOUISVILLE NASA control director Gene Kranz is often credited for saying, “Failure is not an option.” He claims those exact

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A Lifetime Commitment for Both Doctor and Patient

February 1, 2022April 19, 2022 Donna Ison Alberto Zarak, bariatric, bariatric surgery, bariatric surgery fellowship, bariatrics, benefit of Bariatric surgery, blood pressure medication, bypass, chi, chi saint, common misconception, common thing, comorbidity resolution, compel medical reason, completed surgery residency, CWLS, dedicated team help patient, desired weight, diabetes medication, effective tool, FACS, fetal pig, follow-up, gastric bypass, gastric sleeve, Gil Dunn, gold standard of bariatric surgery, grade science, hormonal effect, image001 photo, impact surgery, Inova Fairfax medical center, Joseph, Joseph health, lifetime commitment, magic bullet, magic fix, Mathis, Mathis state, misconception, obese counterpart, option, patient last, pig 's brain, portion size, prestigious Lahey clinic, Rachel Mathis, sensation of fullness, severe acid reflux, sleeve, specialty, surgeon, surgery, surgery residency, surgical specialty, team help patient, tool, toolbox, vitamin level, weight loss surgery, weight-loss

LEXINGTON How many surgeons can say their career began with a dare? Rachel Mathis, MD, FACS, can. While dissecting a

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Finding Purpose After Prognosis

December 1, 2021February 15, 2022 Donna Ison American spinal injury association, Asia 's americas committee, Asia 's americas committee target sci education, bowel, Camillo Castillo, Camilo Castillo, Castillo, Castillo serve, Castillo state, cervical injury, challenge disease, combination of compassion, cord, cord injury, cord injury medicine, cord injury program, Corpas, director of spinal cord injury program, E., Federico Montero, find purpose, Frazier Rehab, Frazier Rehab institute, Frazier rehabilitation institute, image001 photo, image002 photo, image003 photo, improve sci care, injury, injury association, inpatient, interdisciplinary approach, Isaac Hernandez Jimenez, level of compassion, limb, limb functionality, medicine, member of the American spinal injury association, N., native Colombia, new potential, nurse, outpatient, outpatient therapy, pediatrician father, photo, physical medicine, physician, PMR, prognosis, rehab, rehabilitation, rehabilitation doctor, rehabilitation technology, sci, sci care, sci education, Spanish translation of material, spinal cord injury, spinal cord injury medicine, spinal cord injury program, thoracic injury, traumatic spinal cord injury, type of spinal cord injury, understand people, Universidad Juan, Universidad Juan N., UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, Virginia commonwealth university school of medicine

LOUISVILLE Despite spending a decade as a physical medicine and rehabilitation doctor specializing in spinal cord injury (SCI), Camilo Castillo,

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The Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Professionals: Occupational Hazard, Unique Opportunity

December 1, 2021February 15, 2022 Miriam Silman, MSW $2, A., affective disorder, anxiety, burnout, C., check-in, compassion, compassion fatigue, confidential mental health coverage, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, crisis response, critical driver, current pandemic leave healthcare provider, D., E., EAP resource, elevated self-reports, elevated self-reports of depression, emotional exhaustion, evidence-informed, evidence-informed way, exception, exposure, fabric of healthcare system, fatigue, Frankfort, G., health concern increase vulnerability, health impact, healthcare, healthcare professional, healthcare provider, healthcare system, healthcare work, healthcare worker, huddle, I, image002 Miriam Silman, international journal, J., journal, journal of affective disorder, K., L., leadership, leave healthcare provider, level of healthcare, level of transformative change, M., mental health, mental health concern increase vulnerability, mental health impact, mental health impact of COVID-19, mental health of healthcare professional, mental health of healthcare worker, meta-analysis, moral distress, MSW, multi-tiered system, multi-tiered system of support, N., negative psychosocial response, occupational hazard, P., pains.1, pains.1 emerge data, pandemic, past pandemic, physician, plethora of negative psychosocial response, positivity, pre-pandemic, provider, psychosocial impact, public awareness, R., resilience-building, resilience-building practice, resilient workforce, robust body of literature, S., screener, secondary trauma, secondary traumatic stress, self-care, somatic ache, staff meet, staff well-being, stress, supervision, sustainable healthcare system, symptom of traumatic stress, system responsibility, toll, toll of healthcare work, transformative change, trauma, traumatic stress, unpredictability of the current pandemic leave healthcare provider, well-being

FRANKFORT The ferocity, duration, and unpredictability of the current pandemic leave healthcare providers particularly vulnerable to negative psychosocial impacts: COVID-19

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Searching for Answers

December 1, 2021February 15, 2022 Gil Dunn absence seizure, adjunct clinical associate professor, adjunct clinical associate professor of neurology, adult grand mal seizure, answer, baptist health, Bill Robertson, brain, brain malfunction, brain play, broad combination, cafeteria, clinical neurophysiology fellowship, comfortable treat, dementia, disorder, diverse patient population, doctor, EEG, Elliott Sherr, epilepsy, epileptic person, FAAN, fellow of the American academy of neurology, focal epilepsy, frontal lobe seizure, gratis clinical faculty, group neurology, Henry Clay high school, hospital cafeteria, image001 photo, Indiana, Indiana university methodist hospital, Indiana university school, Indiana university school of medicine, Jeffery Winer, lab mouse, Louisville, Louisville school, medical degree, medical group neurology, medical knowledge of epilepsy, medication, medicine, Mehrizi, Mehrizi 's EEG, Mehyar Mehrizi, member of the gratis clinical faculty, midst of the lengthy interview, migraine, migraine increase, Morton middle school, Mrs. Jacobs, multiple little absence seizure, nerve, nervous system, neuralgia, neurological disorder, neurologist, neurology, neurology residency, neurology student, Neurophysiologist, neurophysiology, neurophysiology fellowship, neurophysiology monitor, pathway of nerve stimulation, patient started yell profanity, profanity, scream profanity, seizure, small shock wave, social creature, specific neurological disorder, stimulator, stroke, study of epilepsy, subspecialty, subspecialty fellowship, surgical neurophysiology monitor, test nerve pathway use electroencephalography, treatment of epilepsy, trigeminal, trigeminal neuralgia, uncontrollable episode, underperforming student, understand brain seizure, university of Kentucky college of medicine, university of Louisville school of medicine department, UofL, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, visual evoked potential, VNS

LOUISVILLE Every doctor has had an unusual case, right? A good story to tell. Mehyar Mehrizi, MD, FAAN, neurologist at

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