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UofL Health’s Ding Modestly Fills a Vital and Patient-Centered Role

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Tim Corkran abnormal tangle, abnormal tangle of blood vessel, aneurysm, Artemis, blood vessel, brain, catheter, catheter work, catheter-based, catheter-based endovascular procedure day, catheter-based procedure, cerebrovascular concern, clot, combination of clinical practice, common pathology, COVID-19, COVID-19 diagnosis, Dale, Dale ding, decision-making capacity, detailed catheter work, diagnostic angiograms, ding, ding estimate, ding note, disperse stroke induce clot, Dr. Dale, Dr. Dale ding, ease, educate patient, emergent care, emergent care of cerebrovascular concern, emergent stroke, ever-advancing technology, general neurosurgery call, go-to guy, good mentorship, hands-on element, image001 photo, IR, Joseph Neimat, malformed blood vessel, mastery of ever-advancing technology, member of the stroke team, neurologist, neurosurgeon, neurosurgeon appeal, neurosurgery, neurosurgery call, new device, new interventional radiology suite, non-emergent need, one-year catheter-based procedure, personality of the neurosurgeon appeal, prestigious barrow, procedure, prospect of good mentorship, putt patient, quality of the picture, radiology, radiology suite, sole practitioner, sole practitioner of vascular neurosurgery, spectrum of treatment, spectrum of vascular disorder, state-of-the-art stroke care, stroke, stroke neurologist, stroke program, stroke team, suite, surgical acumen, university 's valuable commitment, UofL, UofL health, UofL health 's ding, vascular abnormality, vascular abnormality of the brain, vascular neurosurgeon, vascular neurosurgery, vascular situation

LOUISVILLE As the only vascular neurosurgeon on staff at UofL Health, neurosurgeon Dale Ding, MD, is the go-to guy for

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Repairing Brains, Reshaping Perceptions

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Donna Ison 3-D interactive model, 3-D model, ablation, anatomic malformation, blood vessel structure, brain, brain scan image, brain work, breakthrough technology, child 's brain, Christian look, Cincinnati child, Cincinnati child 's hospital, cognitive neuroscience, compassion, complete comprehension, complete comprehension of the patient 's condition, complicated patient, conception of Jerusalem, Corp, cut-and-dried concept, decision-analysis, detail of a specific patient 's surgery, director of the pediatric restorative neuroscience division, diseased brain tissue, electrode, engagement tool, epilepsy, gray matter, history of the disciple, Ian Mutchnick, integration of research-grade, Jerusalem, laser, malformation, MRI-guided, MRI-guided laser ablation technology, Muslim look, Mutchnick, Mutchnick 's main interest, neuroscience, neuroscience division, neurosurgeon, neurosurgery, neurosurgery patient, Norton, Norton child, Norton child 's hospital, Norton child 's neuroscience institute, Norton child 's neurosurgery, Norton Healthcare, Norton neuroscience institute, patient 's surgery, patient engagement tool, pediatric restorative neuroscience division, perception, photo, physician, point of view of neuroscience, pretty amaze stuff, prophet of the bible, radiographic information, range of brain injury, real-time guidance, reality, reality model, repair brain, scan, simulation, specific patient 's surgery, spine condition, spine tumor, surgery, surgical epilepsy patient, surgical theater, surgical theater 's function, theater, theater 's function, university of Michigan medical school, UofL, use of a virtual reality, use of Visualase, virtual reality model, virtual reality model of a patient 's brain, Visualase

LOUISVILLE From the point of view of neuroscience, the film The Matrix, in which humans are unconsciously functioning inside a

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Moving Parts and Minds

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Pat Henderson academic standpoint, aspect of Parkinson 's, brain, brain stimulation, care of old patient, career arc, case of Justin T., chronic problem, constipation, DBS, deep brain stimulation, disorder, early sign, emergence of Nourianz, gut, gut check, hairdresser wind, image001 photo, institute 's resource, istradefylline, Justin Phillips, Justin T., levodopa, levodopa pump, Louisville, love of neuroscience, medication, move part, movement disorder, movement disorder fellowship, nervous system, neuroscience, Norton, Norton Healthcare Justin, Norton Healthcare Justin T., Norton neuroscience institute, Norton neuroscience institute 's medical director, Norton neuroscience institute 's medical director of movement disorder, nose, Nourianz, old standby, outpatient practice, Parkinson, Parkinson 's disease, Parkinson 's disease specialist, Parkinson 's treatment, Parkinson 's work, pathology, Phillips, polio, promise option, psycho-biology, son of an auto mechanic, symptom, T, therapy, tried-and-true medication, UK medical center, UofL, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, variety of medical therapy

LOUISVILLE How did the son of an auto mechanic and a hairdresser wind up as a movement disorders and Parkinson’s

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Functional Neurosurgeon Finds a Home at Norton Neuroscience Institute

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Tim Corkran accurate electrode placement, area of the brain cause seizure, brain, brain cause seizure, brain stimulation surgery, chronic pain, collaborative nature, cord, disorder, Dr. Rao, dynamic specialty, electrical stimulation, electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, electrode, emerge field of functional neurosurgery, end of life patient, epilepsy, essential tremor, example of the indication, excellent set, excise tumor, expansion of the role of functional neurosurgery, functional neurosurgeon, functional neurosurgeon focus, functional neurosurgery, good option, good professional opportunity, heart of functional neurosurgery, high risk, image001 photo, image002 photo, infuse medication, life concern, life-threatening brain, Louisville Abigail Rao, nation institute of health, neuroscience, neurosurgeon, neurosurgeon focus, neurosurgery, neurosurgery 's root, neurosurgery residency, non-emergent quality, non-emergent quality of life concern, Norton, Norton Healthcare, Norton Healthcare 's Norton, Norton Healthcare Abigail Rao, Norton Healthcare perform deep brain stimulation surgery, Norton neuroscience, Norton neuroscience institute, option, pain, patient hope, Rao, Rao find, Rao treat, specialty of functional neurosurgery, spinal cord, staple of functional neurosurgery, stereotactic, stereotactic frame, stimulation, surgery, surgery syndrome, targeted area of the brain, tremor, use of electrical stimulation, Warren Alpert, Warren Alpert medical school, Wisconsin family, Wisconsin family of physician

LOUISVILLE Abigail Rao, MD, was drawn to the neurosciences as an undergraduate, and her creative and collaborative nature has found

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Mental Wellness 

Suicidal Thoughts? They’re Not a Good Predictor of Suicide

August 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Jan Anderson, PSYD, LPCC area of the brain, big risk factor, brain, client, client 's shoe, client stop, client stop think suicidal thought, clinician, constricted think, counselor-client, counselor-client relationship, counterintuitive part, crisis counselor, crucial connection, drown person, good clinical train, good predictor of a suicide attempt, good predictor of suicide, helpful person, hotline, inner critic, internal negotiation, judgment, Kentucky right, life jacket, live buffer, local crisis counselor, local suicide hotline, major national public health issue, Marsha Linehan, mental constriction, Muzak queue, near-critical, near-critical car accident, normal human suffer, option, person contemplate suicide, powerful protective factor, problem-solving impairment, psychologist call, psychology nerd, rational thought, resourceful lady, safety plan, severe mental strain, Sidra stone, standard record, start function, suicide, suicide assessment, suicide attempt, suicide hotline, surreal minute, surreal minute of easy listen music, texted help

Thinking about suicide is not a very good predictor of a suicide attempt. Thinking about suicide isn’t even one of

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Focus on Function First

August 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Donna Ison academic Physiatrists, acquired brain injury program, admirable accomplishment, Amantadine, association of academic Physiatrists, Atlanta 's shepherd center, brain, brain doctor, brain injury, brain injury program, brain injury research, Brian Bohannon Darryl Kaelin, chief resident, cord, cord injury, Darryl Kaelin, Dayton Ohio, devastate car accident, Dr. Darryl Kaelin, Dr. Darryl Kaelin help patient, effectiveness of the physical medicine, elevator speech, Emily Holmes, Emory university 's school, Emory university 's school of medicine, endowed chair, endowed chair of brain injury, Frazier Rehab, Frazier Rehab institute, Frazier rehabilitation institute, good program, image001 photo, image002 photo, individual 's physical, injury, inpatient, Kaelin, Kaelin 's word, Kettering medical center, Louisville, medical director, medical director of brain injury research, medical director of the acquired brain injury program, medical director of UofL health, medicine, medicine rehabilitation, miraculous story, multidisciplinary care, musculoskeletal perspective, neuro-rehabilitation, non-surgical treatment of disease, outpatient, perfect specialty, photo, physiatrist, physiatrists, physiatry, physiatry make, physical medicine, physical medicine rehabilitation, physician, PM&R specialist, PMR, power of the human spirit, practice of UofL health, quality of life, recovery, rehabilitation, specialist, specialty, spinal cord injury, stroke, stroke rehabilitation, TBI, telemedicine, telerehabilitation, therapist, time provide elevator speech, traumatic brain injury, university of Louisville, UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, UofL school, UofL school of medicine

LOUISVILLE Completing a 5K run is an admirable accomplishment for anyone. But, for someone who has suffered a traumatic brain

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Teamwork and Technology in Tandem

November 1, 2019February 21, 2020 Donna Ison acoustic neuromas, additional neurosurgeon, Anderson hospital, assistant professor of neurological surgery, available make, Base center, Baylor, Baylor college, Baylor college of medicine, benign tumor, brain, brain tumor, brain tumor center, breast, breast cancer, Brian Williams, cancer, cancer rehabilitation specialist, centralized treatment model, collaborative spirit, common malignant brain cancer, complex find, complication of problem, director of the brain tumor center, Dr. Williams, efficient medical care, excite group, focused radiation, glioblastoma, host of option, image001 photo, innovative team approach, interstitial thermal therapy, J., John lair, lair, laser, late surgical technique, lengthen life, logical field, manifestation of neurological metastatic cancer, medicine, melanoma, myriad of problem, Neuro-Oncologist, neurological metastatic cancer, neurological surgery, neuroradiologist, neuroscience, neurosurgeon, neurosurgery, neurosurgical oncology, nurse navigator, oncology, patient population, photo, physician, practice neurosurgeon, prevalent skull-based pathology, primary brain tumor, radiation, radiosurgery, removal of tumor, restorative neuroscience, share opinion, skull-based, skull-based operation, skull-based pathology, slight predilection, statewide resource, surgery, team approach, teamwork, therapy, treatment model, tumor, tumor board, tumor board meet, unwanted symptom, UofL, UofL physician, UofL physician 's innovative team approach, UofL Physicians-Restorative, UofL Physicians-Restorative neuroscience, UofL practice, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, Williams, Williams 's role, Williams state, Williams treat

LOUISVILLE For Brian J. Williams, MD, choosing the “nuanced and logical field” of neurosurgery was a no-brainer. “I enjoy working

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New Treatments Bring New Hope

November 1, 2019February 21, 2020 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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Mental Wellness 

Are There Good Reasons for Bad Feelings?

November 1, 2019February 21, 2020 Jan Anderson, PSYD, LPCC American 15-44, American 15-44 year, anxiety, bad feel, brain, brain influence mood, brain sound, chemical imbalance, committed love relationship, costly thing, crucial foundation, Darwinian, depression, depression center, depression research, disorder, evolutionary medicine, evolutionary psychiatry, founder of evolutionary medicine, frontier of evolutionary psychiatry, funny noise, good reason, goodness, health service administration, image001 photo, image002 photo, intolerable side effect, Jesse Wright, lead cause of disability, meaningful happy life, mental health service administration, mental health treatment, mindless selection, mood, mood disorder, mood mechanism, moodostat, naïve Darwinian, Nesse, ordinary Darwinian, ordinary psychiatrist, origin of mood, photo, pretty good way, psychiatry, Randolph Nesse, selfish competition, stop treat symptom, stop view symptom, symptom, united state 's investment, UofL, UofL depression center conference, UOFL Randolph Nesse, usual stuff

“Why does depression exist at all?” “Why are mental disorders so confusing?” I wasn’t expecting these types of questions from

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Peace of Mind

November 1, 2019February 21, 2020 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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