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Lexington Clinic Welcomes Two New ENT Physicians

November 1, 2019December 9, 2019 MD-Update Staff clinic, David Alexander, ear, Kentucky ear, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Mariel Osetinsky, Md., neck, neck surgery, new ENT physician, nose, otolaryngology, surgery, surgical service, throat, thyroid, UK college, UK college of medicine

LEXINGTON Two new physicians have joined Lexington Clinic: David Alexander, MD, and Mariel Osetinsky, MD. Alexander has joined Kentucky Ear,

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A Founding Member of Treating Pain

November 1, 2019December 9, 2019 MD-Update Staff addictive component, anesthesiologist, anesthesiologist relieve pain, Ballard Wright, behavioral medicine, behavioral medicine department, behavioral medicine specialist, bluegrass, care physician, CEO of the pain treatment center, CEO of the pain treatment pain medicine of the bluegrass, chronic pain, Dr. Wright, effective pain medicine, Engl, Engl J, found member of treat pain, Gil Dunn Heather Wright, Gil Dunn Jason Goumas, heather, help patient cope, image001 Goumas, image001 Goumas photo, image002 Goumas, image002 Goumas photo, interventional procedure, interventional technique, J., LCSW, magnitude of pain, management physician, medical specialty of pain management, medication, medicine, medicine department, medicine specialist, multiple modality, N., new England journal of medicine article, outpatient, pain, pain management, pain treatment center, pain treatment center of the bluegrass, pain treatment pain medicine, physical therapy, physician, physician practice, prevalence of chronic pain, Pt, rehab, specialist, specialty, surgery, surgery center, therapy, treatment plan

LEXINGTON For some people, acute or chronic pain is a fact of life. A New England Journal of Medicine article

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Peace of Mind

November 1, 2019December 9, 2019 Jim Kelsey ADHD, adult clinical neuropsychologist, Alzheimer, Alzheimer 's disease, Amelia Anderson-Mooney, Anderson-Mooney, Anderson-Mooney meet, baffle mystery, Bowling, brain, brain challenge, brain injury, brief office visit, clinic, clinical neuropsychology fellowship, clinical psychology internship, Colmery-O’Neil VA, Colmery-O’Neil VA medical center, crime drama police show, dementia, determine treatment, diagnosis, diagnostic process, differential diagnosis of multiple condition, early Alzheimer 's disease, electrode, extent of the condition, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert clinic, image001 photo, inner work of the human mind, Kentucky, Kentucky 's large city, lab professional, like detective work, medicine, memory loss, MRI, multiple condition, native of Glasgow, neuropsychologist, neuropsychology, neuropsychology fellowship, outpatient neuropsychology provider outside, outpatient neuropsychology provider outside of Kentucky 's large city, pain, paper task, Parkinson, Parkinson 's disease, patient 's medical issue, peace of mind, practical brain function, practical function of the brain, practical hindrance, psychology, psychology internship, psychotherapy, refer provider, referral, referral-only, referral-only service, rigidity, role of neuropsychologists, Sam Kirby Dr. Amelia Anderson-Mooney, sign of early Alzheimer 's disease, skilled detective, soft tissue damage, stimulation, study of practical brain function, therapy, tremor

BOWLING GREEN Sometimes, medical diagnosis is straightforward. An x-ray might clearly show a broken bone, an MRI will reveal soft

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Going to Great Pains

November 1, 2019December 9, 2019 Jim Kelsey anesthesiology, back pain, board-certified pain management specialist, Brandon Gish, chronic back pain, clinic, clinic see patient, common impression, commonwealth pain, cord stimulator, DRG, dual board-certified pain management specialist, epidurals, facet, facet rhizotomy, four-letter, four-letter word, Gil Dunn, Gish, good long-term result, good long-term solution, great pain, image001 photo, interventionalist, interventionalist operation, Kentucky, Kentucky native return, Kentucky surgery center, Lexington, Lexington surgery center, long-term pain solution, medication, medicinal short-term aid, medicine, minimalist, muscle, native of Owensboro, neuromodulation, neuromodulation device, non-opioid, opioids, pain, pain clinic, pain management fellowship, pain medication, pain solution, patient return, practice name, prescribe pain medication, pretty big impact, pretty powerful way, procedure room, quality of life, reason pain, rhizotomy, root cause of the patient 's pain, side effect, spinal cord stimulator, staple presentation of Gish 's patient population, university of Kentucky school of medicine, Vanderbilt university school, Vanderbilt university school of medicine, work counterintuitive

LEXINGTON There’s a reason pain is a four-letter word. No one likes it and it sometimes makes us say, well,

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The Scarlet Letter of Addiction

November 1, 2019December 9, 2019 Maggie McCombs 000, 000 square foot facility, 12-step, 12-step program, 15, A., accidental death, addiction, addiction clinic, addiction management, addiction susceptibility, board-certified endocrinology, business aspect of the medical field, case management, case management service, center 's emergency, chance, chance clinic, clinic, diverse train path, endless ambition, Gil Dunn Tuyen, Gil Dunn Tuyen T., image001 photo, influx of mass-market drug, intake office, internal medicine, internal medicine specialist, Kentucky, Kentucky medical association, Kentucky medical school, Kentucky school of medicine, Lexington, Lexington 's veteran affair, Lexington Kentucky, Lexington Kentucky 's opioid-related death, Lexington location, Marvin, Marvin A. bishop, mass-market drug, MBA, medicine, onslaught of negative press, opiate addiction treatment, Opioid, orthopedic surgery residency, pain, pain pill, physician, prestigious Kelley school, prestigious Kelley school of business, proactive treatment, psychotherapy, recovery, recovery service, Scarlet letter of addiction, surgery residency, T, targeted case management service, third-highest state, Tran, Tuyen, Tuyen T., university of Kentucky medical school, VA, VA medical center 's emergency, Vietnam native

LEXINGTON Kentucky’s opioid-related deaths have been increasing steadily, with few signs of slowing. Though largely ignored before the last decade,

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New Treatments Bring New Hope

November 1, 2019December 9, 2019 Donna Ison additional board certification, advanced psychiatric treatment, antidepressant, bespectacled gentleman, brain, Care, Care center, chief resident, clinic, cognitive test laboratory, cutting-edge solution, depression, esketamine, frontal-temporal, frontal-temporal dementia, function person, functional mental test, Gil Dunn Robert Granacher, Granacher, Granacher state, hospital outpatient clinic, illness, image of a patient recline, image001 photo, Joseph, Joseph east, Lexington, MBA, medical doctor, medical problem, medicine, mental process speed, MRI, MRI of the brain, Neuropsychiatrist Robert Granacher, NeuroStar™, NeuroStar™ system, new treatment, Opioid, opioid addict, opioid risk assessment, patient recline, pharmacogenomic, pregnant opioid addict, private psychiatric practice, probability of response, psychiatric medicine, psychiatry, psycho-pharmacology, resistant depression, resistant treatment, response rate drop, revolutionary FDA-approved treatment, Robert Granacher, serious mental illness, Spravato™, TCC, TMS, transformation, university of Kentucky college of medicine

LEXINGTON When people hear the word “psychiatrist,” many still conjure up the image of a patient reclining on a couch

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Sarah Todd, MD, Joins Gynecologic Oncology Team at UofL Physicians

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 MD-Update Staff abdominal cavity, cancer, cancer patient, chemotherapy, complete surgical resection of tumor, da, exceptional vision, gynecologic, gynecologic condition, Gynecologic oncology, gynecologic oncology team, heated chemotherapy, HIPEC, hot chemotherapy, intraperitoneal, intraperitoneal chemotherapy, Louisville native, malignant gynecologic condition, oncology, robotic, robotic surgery, Sarah Todd, select advanced ovarian cancer patient, surgery, Todd, tumor of the female reproductive tract, UofL, UofL James Graham Brown, UofL James Graham Brown cancer center, UofL physician, Vinci xi, Vinci® xi system, vulvar dysplasia

LOUISVILLE A Louisville native, Sarah Todd, MD, has joined UofL Physicians – Gynecologic Oncology at UofL James Graham Brown Cancer

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Stimulating the Immune System to Attack Cancer

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 MD-Update Staff antibody, associate VP, associate VP of health affair, brake, budget, cancer, cancer cell, cancer institute, cancer research, cancer-related, cancer-related death, carcinoma, cell carcinoma, checkpoint, checkpoint inhibitor, Chesney, Chesney 's research, cytotoxic, Cytotoxic T cell, defense budget, director of the UofL James Graham Brown cancer center, health affair, immune checkpoint inhibitor, immune system, immunotherapy, inhibitor, JGBCC, Louisville Jason Chesney, melanoma, national cancer institute, NCI, oncolytic, oncolytic virus, PhD, T, T cell, TVEC, U.S. budget, UofL, UofL Brown, UofL Brown cancer center, UofL James Graham Brown, UofL James Graham Brown cancer center, UofL researcher test, virus, VP

LOUISVILLE Jason Chesney, MD, PhD, is the director of the UofL James Graham Brown Cancer Center (JGBCC) and associate VP

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Unifying Force

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 Jim Kelsey cancer, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer prevention project, colon cancer prevention statistics, colorectal, colorectal surgeon, Colorectal surgery associate, commonwealth 's health, cost of cancer treatment, cost of prevention, decrease disparity, disparity, Gastroenterology health partner, Gil Dunn Wayne Tuckson, healthcare, healthcare disparity, healthcare outcome, healthcare system, high rate of incidence, Howard university college, Howard university college of medicine, humble colorectal surgeon, image001 photo, IQ, Jones, Kentucky, Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, Kentucky health, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, launch of the Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, Louisville, normal body function, ongoing work of the Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, outcome, people of low socio-economic status, prevention, send patient, surgeon, survivor support, Tuckson, unify force, Wayne Tuckson, Whitney, Whitney Jones

LOUISVILLE From the first moment that Wayne Tuckson, MD, colorectal surgeon at KentuckyOne Health Colorectal Surgery Associates in Louisville, speaks,

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Helping Women and Men Fulfill the Dream of Parenthood

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 Menisa Marshall budget sheet, cancer, cancer account, cancer treatment, certified woman 's health, childbearing age, crucial need, Devine, diagnosis, DNP, Dr. Devine, dream of parenthood, dual board certification, dual specialty, egg, embryo, endocrine associate, endocrinology, F&EA, F&EA team, F&EA treat, fertility, fertility preservation option, freeze egg, general OB-GYN set, Gil Dunn, Gil Dunn Drs., Gil Dunn Kit, Gil Dunn Kit S., Gil Dunn Robert, Gil Dunn Robert J., gynecology, gynecology residency, Homm, image001 photo, image002 photo, image003 photo, infertility, infertility case, infertility practice, IVF, IVF lab, J., Kit Devine, Kit S., Krause, less-than-good, less-than-good news, licensed advanced practice, licensed APRN, Louisville reproductive center, mainstream treatment, Miriam S., nurse, nurse faculty, nurse practice, nurse practitioner, OB-GYN set, OB/ GYN, obstetrics, Oncofertility, oncofertility experience, oncofertility specialist, oocytes, ovary, patient of childbearing age, photo, practice 's main provider, preservation, preserve egg, preserve embryo, preserve fertility, private IVF lab, private reproductive endocrinology, process of preserve egg, raise awareness, recognized specialty, reproductive endocrinology, Robert Homm, S., shock diagnosis, sono-guidance, specialty, sperm, start of treatment, successful pregnancy, uterus, way fertility, wide range of complex issue, woman 's health

LOUISVILLE In 1978 the world’s first baby conceived via in vitro fertilization (IVF) was born in Manchester, England. Fast forward

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