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The Evolution of Gynecological Cancer Care

October 1, 2021October 18, 2021 MD-Update Staff ablation, abnormal bleed, Alexandra Rogers Margarita Terrassa, all-female practice, American cultural mainstream, bladder, bleed, board-certified, Botox, breast, breast cancer, cancer, CDC, cervical cancer, cervical cancer awareness, comprehensive care, Denise Kirkham, diagnosis, educational act, endometrial, endometrial ablation, evolution of gynecological cancer, female cancer, Gil Dunn, gynecological care, gynecology, happy Rockefeller, HPV, HPV vaccine, hysteroscopy, image001 photo, image002 photo, in-house, in-office, in-office service, in-office surgery, in-office surgery suite, incontinence, Jamie Baldwin, Kim Aldridge, l-r, large surgery suite, Louisville, Louisville obstetrics, majority of doctor, mammogram screen, Margarita Terrassa, new sign of the time, OB-GYN generalist, OB-GYN practice, OB/ GYN, obstetrics, ovulation, pain, pap, pap smear, patient demand, Patient-Oriented, pelvic pain, phase of comprehensive care, physician, ponce, ponce school, ponce school of medicine, procedure, procedure suite, recognizable symbol promote mammogram screen, smear, Specialty-Focused, state-of-the-art equipment, suite, surgeon, surgery, surgical procedure, surgical solution, surgical suite, teal-colored, teal-colored ribbon, Terrassa, tissue, treatment of abnormal pap smear, Tulane university hospital, ultrasound, unique female perspective, urinary incontinence, uterus, vaccination, vaccine, wait room of the calm, well-known woman, woman enter medical school, woman provider

LOUISVILLE The years 1971-1972 were pivotal for cancer treatment for women in the U.S. Three prominent, well-known women, Betty Ford,

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Multi-Cancer Early Detection

October 1, 2021October 18, 2021 Whitney Jones, MD ~200, 000 screening-identified cancer, abnormal DNA signature, advantage of scientific advancement, age 50, Alexandra Rogers Whitney Jones, at-risk group, bulk of reduction, cancer, cancer case, cancer death, cancer detection, cancer mortality rate, cancer prevention, cancer screen, cancer type, CAR-T, CAR-T cell therapy, cell-free, cell-free DNA, cfDNA, cfDNA shed, clinical utilization scenario, colon, concept of cell-free DNA, CT screen, current screen, current USPSTF screen, detection, development of multi-cancer, diagnostics, DNA, early detection, effective single cancer screen, elevated risk group, exosomes, false positive test, find of the proverbial needle, genome copy count, grail, hereditary cancer gene, identification of difference, image001 photo, increase stage, increased health care expenditure, individual cancer, invasive amniocentesis, low incidence rate of individual cancer, machine classifier, major metric, major metric of success, MCED, MCED test, MCEDs, Medicare, multi-cancer, Multi-Cancer Early detection, multiple pathway, oncology front, overall cancer mortality rate, patient anxiety, positive, positive screen, positive screen test, positive signal, potential procedural complication, power of DNA, PPV, pre-symptomatic, pre-symptomatic phase, prevention, promise of CAR-T cell therapy, proverbial needle, QR code, quantitative report, recommended screen, rich molecular information, screen, screening-identified, screening-identified cancer, sensitivity, sensitivity increase, signal origin, single cancer screen, small segment of DNA, specificity, Suboptimal, Suboptimal compliance, substantial false positive result, survivor of childhood cancer, target methylation, trained machine classifier, true positive, tumor, type of analysis of cfDNA, under-50, under-50 population, USPSTF, USPSTF A, USPSTF screen, utilization scenario, Whitney Jones

LEXINGTON This year marks the 50th anniversary of President Nixon’s “War on Cancer.” By 2030, cancer is expected to overtake

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CHI Saint Joseph Health Expands Cancer Care

October 1, 2021October 18, 2021 MD-Update Staff abnormal mammogram, active clinician, affiliate ofwith, application of biomedical engineer, area of sub-specialization, biomedical engineer, breast, breast cancer, breast cancer management, brief recap, cancer, cancer care, cancer patient, cancer team, cancer treatment, Care, Care center, chemotherapy, chi, chi institute, chi saint, CIRI, Cleveland, Cleveland clinic cancer center, Cleveland clinic cancer center breast cancer team, clinic, clinical focus, community cancer center, convenience of a community cancer center, Croley, cut cutting-edge treatment, cutting-edge treatment, editor 's intro, establish care, field of oncology, hematology, image001 photo, individual patient 's success, Jessica Croley, Jessica Jones Croley, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph health cancer, management of breast cancer, MDU, medical director, medical oncology, national research consortium, native Kentuckian, ofwith, oncologic condition, oncologist, oncology, patient 's success, patient navigator, personal philosophy, personal philosophy of care, professional life look, program strategy, provider, provider experience, quality process, radiation, radiologist, sub-specialization, survivorship care, suspicious mass, team of provider, time of abnormal mammogram, tumor, UK college of medicine, variety of hematologic

Editor’s Intro: Jessica Jones Croley, MD, is the medical director for CHI Saint Joseph Health Cancer Care, which launched an

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Knowledge Is Power

October 1, 2021October 18, 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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“45 Is the New 50”

October 1, 2021October 18, 2021 Shana Moore, PhD, MPA $2, 2 state, affordable screen option, age 45, age 45 give, average-risk, cancer, cancer institute, colorectal, colorectal cancer, CRC, CRC mortality, direct messaging, discussion of the screen option, end result data, epidemiology, family history, figure 1, figure 2, figure 3, figure 4, figure 5, Frankfort, https://seer.cancer.gov/data/, https://www.kcr.uky.edu/, impactful, impactful step, incidence, incidence of CRC, initiation.3, Kentucky, messaging, mortality, mortality data, national cancer institute, new messaging, new motto, new screen age, on-time screen, patients, pertinent family history, provider, recommended age, recommended age of initiation.3, referral, registry-, review of pertinent family history, review of surveillance, review of the importance of on-time screen, risk-appropriate, screen, screen message, screen option, screen rate, severity of CRC, statement1, stool-based, stool-based test, surveillance, undetected cancer, USPSTF, value-concordant, value-concordant preference, young population

FRANKFORT The recent change in the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines to start colorectal cancer (CRC) screening at

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Parlaying Personal Experience into Patient Care

October 1, 2021October 18, 2021 Donna Ison aesthetic surgery of the breast, alumnus fellow, board-certified, breast, breast cancer, breast reconstruction, breast reconstruction keep, breast reconstruction patient, cancer, care of the cancer, carpal tunnel, chief year, chief year of plastic surgery residency, Christine, Christine M. Kleinert institute fellowship, clinical professor, clinical professor of hand surgery, current president, current president of the Ohio valley society of plastic surgeon, expander, fat graft, fellow, fellowship, general surgeon, Gil Dunn Michelle Palazzo, good plan, graft, hand surgery, Harold Kleinert, image001 photo, incision, international alumnus fellow, Kentucky society, Kentucky society of plastic surgeon, Kleinert, Kutz, Louisville, LOUISVILLE/ new Albany, M., M. Kleinert, M. Kleinert institute fellowship, mastectomy, Michelle Palazzo, microsurgery, Ohio valley society, oncologist, Palazzo, patient care, plastic surgeon, plastic surgery residency, program director, realm of breast reconstruction, reconstruction, reconstructive surgery, Scott spear, St. Louis university, subsequent mastectomy, surgeon, surgery, surgery residency, tissue, top breast, university of Louisville

LOUISVILLE/ NEW ALBANY, IN Few physicians can say they have been both surgeon and patient for the same procedure. However,

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Making the Impossible Possible

October 1, 2021October 18, 2021 Tim Corkran associate professor, basic science colleague, bedside, bedside approach, blood cell, brand-new drug, Brown, brown cancer center, Brown cancer center 's Rebecca Redman, cancer, cancer cell, cancer patient, cancer treatment, care of cancer patient, checkpoint, checkpoint inhibitor, chemotherapy, chief administrative officer of UofL health, clinic, clinical research, clinical trial, clinical trial office, combination of exist drug, dedicated research coordinator, deputy director, deputy director of clinical research, devoted team, diagnosis, dietician, director of medical oncology service, ENT physician, entire team of dedicated research coordinator, first-time study, first-time study of the agent, fortuitous work study placement, function life, function treatment, gland cancer, HPV case, image001 photo, image002 photo, immune system, immunotherapy, informed bench, inhibitor, internal medicine residency, Jason Chesney, Kentuckian, lab, lab practice, life-giving tissue, lymphocyte, medical oncologist, medical oncology fellowship, medical oncology service, medicine, medicine residency, mix of lab work, multidisciplinary clinic, neck, neck cancer, neck cancer patient, neck cancer treatment, neck patient, oncologist, oncologist 's lab, oncology, oncology fellowship, oncology service, pediatric oncologist 's lab, phase 1, phase 1 trial, PhD, photo, possibility of a home run, quality of life-giving tissue, radiation, Rebecca Redman, Redman, Redman 's research, research coordinator, salivary gland cancer, science colleague, see patient, smart treatment, thoughtful way, throat cancer issue, tissue, treatment of head, trial offer two, trial offer two level, trial offer two level of hope, trial office, tumor, tumor infiltrate lymphocyte, UofL, UofL health, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, work study placement

LOUISVILLE The treatment of head and neck cancers has long had the potential to damage sensitive, quality of life-giving tissues.

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Offering Options and Elevating Education

October 1, 2021October 18, 2021 Donna Ison anatomical representation, anatomical representation of the heart, Andrea Colton, artery, benign breast disease, big thing, breast, breast cancer, breast disease, breast surgery, breast tissue, cancer, church-goer, clinic, Colton, Colton care, Conemaugh memorial medical center, cosmetic result, Einstein medical center, fellow church-goer, five year general surgery residency, general surgery internship, Goldilocks, good outcome, grandpa, grandpa 's Open-Heart surgery, hand-drawn illustration, hidden scar-trained surgeon, image001 photo, incision, keep grandpa, Lexington, Lexington clinic, mammogram, mastectomy, master 's of public health, microchip, nipple spare mastectomy, offer option, oncologist, oncologist use compassion, oncoplastic, oncoplastic technique, open heart surgery, open-heart, option, outcome, partial mastectomy, patient protocol, Patti Anne Stefanick, Paul Martin Andrea Colton, person help, public health, radio-frequency, reconstruction, scar-trained surgeon, skin spare mastectomy, Stefanick, subcutaneous tissue, surgeon, surgery, surgery internship, surgery residency, surgical oncologist, surgical oncologist use compassion, surgical oncology, tissue

LEXINGTON In the third grade, Andrea Colton, MD, MPH, wrote a book titled “My Grandpa’s Open-Heart Surgery,” chronicling the observations

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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 – Jun 2021

June 1, 2021September 9, 2021 MD-Update Staff affiliation, Allen, arthritis, autoinflammatory, autoinflammatory disease, Bardstown, Breckinridge elementary school, Bruce Lyman Allen, cancer, care of common problem, central Kentucky, chi, chi saint, Cleveland, Cleveland clinic cancer center, clinic, enteropathic, enteropathic arthritis, equipment advance, Flaget, Flaget memorial, general surgeon, general surgery residency, group neurology, Hamza Tantoush, Henry Clay high school, image002 Mehrizi image003, image004 photo, image005 photo, inflammatory muscle disease, inflammatory rheumatic disease, internal medicine, Jennifer Nolan, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph London, Joseph mount, Josepth, Josepth health, Kentucky, large group practice, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Lexington clinic rheumatology, Lexington clinic welcome, Lexington Lexington, Lexington Lexington clinic welcome, line of interest, London Bruce Lyman Allen, Louisville Mehyar Mehrizi, MD-UPDATE, medical degree, medical group neurology, medicine, Mehrizi, Mehyar Mehrizi, Morton middle school, national board of medical examiner, national surgical quality improvement project, neurology, News, News item, philosophy of care, photo, practice of general surgery, pseudogout, quality improvement project, residency, rheumatology, Sarcoid, Sarcoid arthritis, Sjogren 's syndrome, spend time, Sterling, successful treatment of a neurological disorder, surgeon, surgeon champion, surgery, surgery residency, systemic autoinflammatory disease, Tantoush, university of Kentucky college of medicine, university of Tripoli, use of camera

Mehyar Mehrizi Joins Baptist Health Medical Group Neurology LOUISVILLE Mehyar Mehrizi, MD, received a bachelor’s degree in biology from the

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