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The Patient-Centered Surgeon

April 1, 2021April 14, 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, 2021April 14, 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, 2021April 14, 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, 2021April 14, 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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Improved Sexual Activity After Bariatric Surgery

April 1, 2021April 14, 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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Norton Heart & Vascular Institute Expands Heart Failure Program

February 1, 2021April 14, 2021 Lynne Choate accreditation, advanced heart failure, Allen Cheng, assist, assist device, assist device accreditation, DNV GL Healthcare, excellence, executive director, failure, heart failure, image001 photo, implantation, Kelly McCants, Louisville Norton, Louisville Norton heart, mechanical circulatory support program, Medicaid, Medicaid service, medical director, Medicare, Norton, Norton Audubon, Norton Audubon hospital, Norton Cardiothoracic, Norton Cardiothoracic surgery, Norton Healthcare, Norton Healthcare Bassel Alkhalil, Norton heart, people need ventricular assist device, placement, provider, recovery, recovery program, Rounsavall, support program, surgery, VAD, VAD program, VADs, vascular institute, ventricular assist device accreditation, W.

LOUISVILLE Norton Heart & Vascular Institute has expanded services for patients with advanced heart failure to include surgical implantation of

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Healthy at Home

February 1, 2021April 14, 2021 Jim Kelsey angioplasty, angioplasty procedure, Asymptomatic presentation, atrial fibrillation, atypical pain, atypical presentation, Bob Valvano, bunch of doctor, cardiac cath lab, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiology fellowship, cardiology residency, CardioMEMS, cath lab, Chandhiran Rangaswamy, congestive heart failure, COVID, COVID-19, expected presentation, failure, fibrillation, general cardiology, geriatrician, heart disease, heart failure, hospitalization, image001 photo, interventional cardiologist, kid call, Louisville, Louisville native, Louisville resident, Louisville school, manage condition, medical influence, mislead presentation, muscle pull, pain, patient call, physician, pillow, presentation, procedure, quality of life, Rangaswamy, Rangaswamy 's career path, Rango, reflection of people, shortness, shortness of breath, symptom, textbook presentation, textbook presentation of heart disease, time patient present, university of Louisville school of medicine, UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, will present

LOUISVILLE It is 3:00 am, and Chandhiran Rangaswamy, MD, an interventional cardiologist at UofL Health, is about to begin his

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Baptist Health Bariatric Surgeon Reaches Milestone

February 1, 2021April 14, 2021 MD-Update Staff 000th lap, 1, baptist health, bariatric, bariatric surgeon, Bariatric surgeon reach milestone, bariatric surgery procedure, bariatrics, clamp, cm, gastric sleeve, gastric sleeve procedure, lap, lap bypass, LAP-BAND, Louisville John, Louisville John S., Oldham, procedure, S., sleeve, sleeve procedure, standard Bariatrics, standard clamp, surgery, U.S. Oldham

LOUISVILLE John S. Oldham, Jr, MD, reached a major milestone at Baptist Health Louisville having performed his 1,000th Lap Gastric

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Cardiology Runs in the Family

February 1, 2021April 14, 2021 David Steen Martin Armand H., artery, blood flow, calcium buildup, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiology run, cardiology train, challenge case, complex intervention, dangerous calcium buildup, Daniel Rothschild, Dr. Armand Rothschild, Dr. Daniel Rothschild, image001 photo, interventional cardiologist, Louisville, Louisville cardiologist, medical residency, Norton, Norton Audubon, Norton Audubon hospital, Norton Healthcare Norton, Norton Healthcare Norton heart, Norton heart, patient 's artery, Rotablator, Rothschild, stent, TAVR, tiny drill, valve replacement, vascular institute, young Rothschild

LOUISVILLE Not long after joining Norton Heart & Vascular Institute, interventional cardiologist Daniel Rothschild, MD, was working on a challenging

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A Privilege to Serve

February 1, 2021April 14, 2021 Tim Corkran air traffic reporter, cardiothoracic, cardiothoracic surgeon, cardiothoracic surgery fellowship, chest, chest malady, chi, chi saint, coal mine 's decline, confident attitude, COVID-19, COVID-19 impact, early pediatric heart transplant, eastern Kentuckian, eastern Kentucky lifestyle, esophagus procedure, general surgery practice, general surgery residency, Hamid Mohammadzadeh, image001 photo, importance of early screen, incision, invasive surgery, invasive thoracic surgery, Jonathan Kiev, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph health 's cardiothoracic surgeon, Joseph health physician, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky lifestyle, Kiev, Leonard Bailey, Lexington radio station, Lexington surgeon, Loma Linda medical center, lung, mom, nodule, pack-a-day, pack-a-day smoker, patient care, pediatric heart surgeon, post-operative, pre-and post-operative walk, privilege, ravage of lung, reflux disease, Robert Salley, small incision, surgeon, surgery, surgery element, surgery practice, surgery residency, surgical ability, surgical work, thoracic surgery, thoracic surgery element, thorough information, Tulane university 's school, Tulane university 's school of medicine, typical chi saint

LEXINGTON Surgeons augment their surgical abilities with a confident attitude that reassures and empowers their patients. CHI Saint Joseph Health’s

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