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News – Dec 2021

December 1, 2021December 10, 2021 MD-Update Staff $36, 36 year healthcare veteran, 373-bed, 434-bed, 434-bed hospital, Agarwala, American college, American pathologist, Antonio Lopez, APRN, baptist health, breast, breed, Brown, brown cancer center, cancer, Care, central Kentucky, chi, chi saint, chief operate officer, Chris Roty, clinic, day-to-day leadership, diagnostics, diagnostics center, Dunlap, Emily Volk, family medicine, FCAP, fellowship, healthcare veteran, Hejazi, hospital 's leadership, ICU, image001 photo, inpatient, internal medicine, J., Jessamine, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Kamran Hejazi Kenari, Kentucky, Kiltinen, Kyaw, LA Grange, laboratory medicine, leadership, Leslye Jones, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Louisville, Louisville school, lung, lung cancer, lung disease, management of the 434-bed hospital, Matt Bailey, medical degree, medicine, Neal Dunlap, neck, neck cancer, Nessa Timoney, News, nurse, nurse practitioner, oncology, osteopathic medicine, Paducah, Paducah hospital, pathologist, pathology, pediatrics, photo, physician, post-graduate, president of baptist health, preventative, provider, Pulmonology, radiation, radiation oncology, radiology, residency, Roty, Roty 's leadership, S., Sanjay Agarwala, Siddiqui, Staten, Tennessee, treatment of lung, UofL, UofL health, Valerie, Valerie breed, vice president, Volk

Roty Named Chief Operating Officer at Baptist Health Lexington LEXINGTON After serving as president of Baptist Health Paducah, Chris Roty

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Searching for Answers

December 1, 2021December 10, 2021 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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News – Oct 2021

October 1, 2021December 10, 2021 MD-Update Staff $, $1 million investment, 1, Adele, Adele amine, amine, Arun Ummat, baptist health, cardiology, cardiovascular service, Care, Care 11600, care transport nurse, Care welcome, cath, cath lab, catheterization, central baptist hospital, central Kentucky, chi, chi saint, chief flight nurse, clinic, community health system, critical care transport nurse, disorder, doctor, Elizabeth, Elizabeth hospital, endocrinology, executive director, executive director of cardiovascular service, family medicine, guild, GYN, gynecology, health maintenance, healthcare leadership role, image001 photo, image002 photo, Jeevanjot Virk, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph hospital volunteer guild, Joseph medical group, Kentucky, KY 40243, lab, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Lexington Marc Manley, life-saving, life-saving care, local student, Louisville, Louisville Jeevanjot Virk, Louisville primary Care medical group, Manley, Marc Manley, Marina Saad, Mary, medical degree, medical director, medical director of cardiology, medical field, medical group, medical school, medicine, MSN, NE-BC, neurology, new physician, News, north Texas, nurse, Nwagbara, OB, obstetrics, Odago, osteopathic medicine, photo, physician, primary Care 11600 main street, primary Care welcome, Rebekah McDaniel, residency, Sarah Burress, scholarship, school graduate attend, south Louisville, STEMI, STEMI coverage, university of Kentucky, university of north Texas, UofL, UofL health, urgent condition, Virk, Virk 's practice, Virk 's service, volunteer

Baptist Health Primary Care Welcomes Jeevanjot Virk, MD, Family Medicine LOUISVILLE Jeevanjot Virk, MD, has joined Baptist Health Louisville Primary

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Special Section 

Knowledge Is Power

October 1, 2021December 10, 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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News News & Events 

News – Aug 2021

August 1, 2021October 18, 2021 MD-Update Staff $, $10.6 million partnership, 10.6, accreditation, American college, Aslam, Bahasa Indonesia, baptist health, baptist health team, Bardstown, Behnke, board-certified, cancer, cancer program, cardiology, Care, Care center, Care clinic, central Kentucky, chi, chi saint, chief executive officer, Cleveland, clinic, CoC, De La Cruz, Dimeling, Elizabeth, Elizabeth hospital, emergency, emergency room, ER, Flaget, Flaget memorial, Floyd, formal groundbreaking, freestanding ER, good care, group practice, gynecology, heart procedure, hospice, hospice center, hybrid emergency room, image001 image, innovation, intensive program, internal medicine, intuitive health, invasive heart procedure, J., Jefferson ridge development, JEFFERSONVILLE, Jewish hospital, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Kentucky, large group practice, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Louisville, Mary, MBA, medical degree, medical school, medicine, MedOne, MedOne hospital physician, Neltner, News, NSLI-Y, obstetrics, Ohio, onsite, patient care, photo, physician, primary care, procedure, provider, residency, Southern Indiana, Stephen J., stroke, stroke center, surgeon, surgery, TAVR, thoracic surgeon, thoracic surgery, transcatheter, undergraduate education, underserved, university of Virginia, UofL, UofL health, urgent care, urgent care clinic, Vasdev Lohano, year of experience

Baptist Health Teams Up with Intuitive Health, Breaks Ground on Southern Indiana’s First Freestanding ER and Urgent Care JEFFERSONVILLE, IN

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News News & Events 

News – Apr 2021

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 MD-Update Staff Aaron Stewart, advanced heart failure, affiliate, American college, Andy Powell, baptist health, baptist health foundation, Bellarmine, Bellarmine university, Breckenridge Lane, cardiologist, cardiothoracic, cardiovascular care, cardiovascular service, CEO, chairman, chairman of baptist health foundation, chief lend officer, clinic, clinical support, Dr. Toadvine, executive director, failure, family medicine, foundation board, foundation board chairman, fundraising, great Louisville, gynecology, Harrison, Harrison memorial hospital, health foundation, healthcare, heart disease, heart failure, heart failure patient, heart transplant, HMH, hormone-related, hormone-related program, image001 photo, image002 photo, Justin Leighty, K., Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kresge way, KY 40207, Larry Gray, leadership, Leighty, Lexington, lifesaving, Louisville, Louisville baptist health foundation, Louisville Louisville, Louisville Louisville baptist health, medical degree, medical director, medical group, medicine, member of the American college of obstetrics, new CEO, new foundation board chairman, News, Norton, Norton Audubon, Norton Audubon hospital, Norton Healthcare, Norton heart, obstetrics, photo, physician, physician specialty service, Powell, president of baptist health, republic bank, republic bank 's Andy Powell, residency, Riley, role of vice chairman, service line, specialty, Stewart, suite 134, suite 200, TOADVINE, transplant, treatment of disease of the female reproductive organ, UK Gill, UK Gill heart, UK HealthCare, UofL, UofL health, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, VAD, vascular institute, vice president, vice president of clinical support, wealth of board

Aaron Stewart, MD, Joins Baptist Health Medical Group LOUISVILLE Louisville Baptist Health Medical Group welcomed Aaron Stewart, MD, in January

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Special Section 

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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Cover Story 

One Heart, A Team of Doctors

February 1, 2021April 14, 2021 Donna Ison access technique, Ahmad, Ahmad khan, Alexandra Rogers, aortic valve replacement, aortic valve stenosis, baptist health, biophysics, Brian Kaebnick, cardiac anesthesiologist, cardiac catherization lab, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiothoracic, cardiothoracic surgeon, catherization, catherization lab, Christopher Semder, combined skill, coordinator, critical component of the team, director of the cardiac catherization lab, diverse train, ECMO, Emory, Emory university, fellowship, Flaherty, general surgery residency, good outcome, graduate of new York medical college, heart nurse coordinator, heart program, heart team, image001 photography, image002 Christopher Semder, image003 Sebastian Pagni, image004 William Dillon, individual skill set, interventional cardiologist, join physician, Kaebnick, khan, knowledge of a team of talented cardiac specialist, La Plata medical school, lead patient, leaflet, Louisville, Louisville 's structural heart team, medical degree, medicine, Michael Flaherty, Michael P., modality, necessary test, new York medical college, option, outcome, oxygenation, P., Pagni, physician, physician function, procedure, regurgitation, replacement, residency, Sebastian Pagni, Semder, service interaction, stenosis, stroke, structural heart nurse coordinator, structural heart program, structural heart team, structural heart team 's medical director, sub-team of cardiac anesthesiologist, surgeon, surgery, surgery residency, surgical director, surgical director of structural heart program, surgical director of the structural heart team, talented cardiac specialist, TAVR, TAVR-based, TAVR-based modality, team 's medical director, team approach, team of doctor, therapy, trained set, trained set of people, transcatheter, UofL, Valhalla, valve, valve repair, valve replacement, valve stenosis, William Dillon

LOUISVILLE Each Monday, the Structural Heart Team at Baptist Health Louisville brings its diverse training, accumulated experience, and individual skill

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OP/ED Q&A 

Physician Burnout: MD-Update Q & A with Dr. Shawn Jones

December 1, 2020February 17, 2021 Gil Dunn 41, 41 day shutdown, 41 day shutdown of elective service, 50 % range.1, 70 % range, â– , â–  MD-UPDATE, anxiety, average self-reported rate, average self-reported rate of burnout, baptist health, BHMG, burnout, burnout increase, burnout rate, charitable arm of the Kentucky medical association, Christina Maslach, compassion, COVID-19, COVID-19 era, COVID-19 mental stress, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic impacted physician, Dale Toney, depersonalization, dislocation, doctor, economics survey, effect of the stress, elective service, emotional exhaustion, employed physician, erosion, faith-based value, feel of burnout, financial health of physician, find heart, health issue, how/, increased burnout, increased sense of helplessness, independent doctor, Jones, Jossey-Bass, Kentucky, Kentucky foundation, Kentucky medical association, KFMC, KMA, KMA 's president, Leiter, Licensure, maintain physician wellness, Maslach, MD-Update Q, medical director, medical director of provider wellness, medical economics, medical economics survey, medical group, Medscape, mental health, mental health issue, mental health of physician, mental health problem, Michael P., midst of a global pandemic, moral injury, non-medical person, option, organization cause, P., pandemic, patient service volume, patient-centered care, personal stress, physician, physician burnout, physician burnout survey, physician wellness, president of the Kentucky foundation, president of the KMA, provider, provider wellness, psychological syndrome, range.1, return of joy, seek treatment, self-reported rate, service volume, Shawn Jones, simple step Kentuckian, step Kentuckian, stigma, stress, theme of KMA 's president, treatment option, value of baptist health, vision of wellness, wellness, work-related stress

Maintaining physician wellness is critical to our nation for surviving the COVID-19 pandemic. Physician burnout is not new, but it’s

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Complementary Care 

Cedar Lake Gets Creative to Serve a Vulnerable Population

December 1, 2020February 17, 2021 Thomas Pack array of unprecedented challenge, baptist health, basic safety precaution, BCBA, behavior service, cedar, cedar lake, cedar lake 's group, cedar lake 's medical director, cedar lake director, cedar lake director of therapeutic service, cedar lake lodge, combat isolation, coordinated emergency plan, COVID-19, difficult message, director of behavior service, Dr., Dr. wheeler photo, family medicine specialist, James wheeler, LBA, live skill, lockdowns, loneliness, Louisville many, Louisville parent, Louisville parent of people, McKenzie, McKenzie state, medical group, MS, off-site class, pandemic, photo, quarantine, scheduled class, Scott McKenzie, socially-distanced, socially-distanced engagement, specialist, staff member, suspended visitation, tell family member, therapeutic service, vulnerable population, wheeler, wheeler point

LOUISVILLE Many of us have trouble mentally processing the changes to daily life caused by the pandemic. For the individuals

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