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CHI Saint Joseph Health CEO Bruce Tassin to Leave in 2021 LEXINGTON CHI Saint Joseph Health CEO Bruce Tassin will

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SEND YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO MD-UPDATE > news@md-update.com Lekshmi Seemanthini, MD, Joins CHI Saint Joseph Medical Group – Cardiology in

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A Transplant Known for His Transplants

October 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Pat Henderson -Victor, -Victor van, benign esophageal case, Berkel, Berkel 's time, Berkel 's work, cancer, cardiac intensive care unit, care of people, clinical trial, common patient, Dr. Mike Bousamra, fix-a-problem, general surgery residency, image001 photo, immediacy of see-a-problem, Jewish hospital, John lair, lair, late-stage case, Louisville Victor, Louisville Victor van, lung, lung cancer, lung cancer case, lung transplant, lung transplant van, Mark slaughter, Mexico native, new Mexico native, occasional rib malignancy, oncology, PhD, PhD portion, rib malignancy, Robin Guillory, robot, see-a-problem, self-proclaimed science geek, spinal mass, surgeon, surgery, surgery residency, then-fledgling transplant program, thoracic fellowship, thoracic surgeon, thoracic surgery, transplant, transplant total, typical patient, UofL, UofL health, van, Van Berkel, Washington university, WashU

LOUISVILLE Victor van Berkel, MD, PhD, is a self-proclaimed science geek who almost didn’t end up a doctor, let alone

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Dr. Jones Speaks Again

October 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Whitney F. Jones, MD 33% mortality reduction means, advanced test platform, Alexandra Rogers Whitney, Alexandra Rogers Whitney F., amaze amount of change, ambulatory surgery center, Appalachian area, Appalachian area of the state, Appalachian puzzle, at-risk region, average CRC incidence, behavioral risk factor survey, cancer, Cologuard, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer prevention project, colon polyp family history, colonoscopy, colorectal, colorectal cancer screen, complete shutdown of ambulatory surgery center, COVID-19, CRC, CRC incidence, CRC screen rate, disparity, Dr. Jones Speaks, Dr. Thomas Tucker, dramatic disparity, edge of care, exact science, F., family history, fit take-at-home stool test, founder of the colon cancer prevention project, free screen program, free test, image001 photo, incidence, insurance issue, KCCSP, Kentucky, Kentucky colon cancer, Kentucky colon cancer screen program, Kentucky state government, low screen rate, manufacturer of Cologuard, Medicaid, Medicaid expansion, mortality reduction means, multiple state-based, mutation, national lockdown, peak month of the national lockdown, podcast, polyp, positive stool test, preventative service, prevention, prevention message, primary driver of low screen rate, regional challenge, risk factor survey, screen event, screen number, state-based, stool, successful Medicaid expansion, surgery, surgery center, take-at-home, take-at-home stool DNA stool test, take-at-home stool test, UK Markey, UK Markey cancer center, UK Markey cancer center 's associate director, under-gone, under-insured

KENTUCKY Our Commonwealth of Kentucky, as well as the rest of the nation, has under-gone an amazing amount of change

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Racing Against Time

October 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Jim Kelsey abdominal pain, Abdul Jabbar, cancer, common Hollywood story line, criminal kill, CT, CT scan, department of Gastroenterology, detective, detective race, diagnostic screen, dual fellowship, early stage, endoscopic, endoscopic ultrasound, five year survival, gastroenterologist of Gastroenterology health partner, gastroenterology, Gastroenterology health partner, Gastroenterology of Southern Indiana, Gil Dunn, happy Hollywood end, Hepatology, highest-quality care, Hollywood story line, image001 photo, internal medicine internship, Jabbar, Jabbar family, jaundice, late presentation of the disease, liver, liver cancer, Louisville school, louisville-based practice, lymph-nodes, medicine internship, mix of patient care, negative tumor, Nishtar, Nishtar medical college, nodes-positive, nodes-positive tumor, pain, Pakistan, pancreatic cancer, partner, resection, risk factor, risk of pancreatic cancer, scan, sleuth skill, survival, teenaged child, Time, tumor, ultrasound, university of Louisville school of medicine, variety of gastrointestinal disorder, weight-loss

NEW ALBANY It’s a common Hollywood story line. The detective races to find the clues to solve the mystery before

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Seek and Destroy

October 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Jim Kelsey 3D mammogram, 3D mammogram help, analyze image, ARNP, breast, breast cancer, breast image, breast image fellowship, breast image position, breast pain, breast tissue, Brian, cancer, CEO of Gastroenterology health partner, clinical exam skill, cut edge, dense breast tissue, diagnosis, diagnostic patient, director of breast, director of breast image, director of breast image position, exam skill, Gastroenterology health partner, image001 photo, image002 photo, Indiana, Indiana university hospital, James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Laura Tudor, life-changing diagnosis, Louisville, Louisville native, Louisville Older, Louisville Older sister, Louisville school, mammogram, mammogram help, MD 's old sister, oncology, radiology, screen mammogram, seek-and-find, seek-and-find puzzle, teach resident, test patient, tissue, Tom round, university of Louisville school of medicine, UofL, UofL health

LOUISVILLE Older sisters are supposed to torment their younger brothers. Maybe that is what Brian Mattingly, MD’s older sister intended

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UofL Receives $11.5 Million to Advance Cancer Immunotherapies

October 1, 2020December 1, 2020 MD-Update Staff biomedical research excellence, brown cancer center, cancer, cancer cell, cancer center, cancer immunology, cancer immunotherapy, cancer patient, cancer research, cancer treatment, charity, checkpoint, chemotherapy, Chuanlin, Chuanlin ding, clinical trial, CoBRE, deadly challenge, development of new immunotherapy, ding, director of the brown cancer center, director of the UofL center, exist strength, field of immunotherapy, five, five year grant, forefront of the clinical development of a new generation, health-designated, health-designated center, image001 photo, immune cell, immune system, immunology, immunotherapy, inhibitor, investigator, James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, Jason Chesney, Kosair, Kosair charity, Louisville, Louisville cancer, lung, million of cancer patient, national institute of health-designated center of biomedical research excellence, Neeli Bendapudi, new center, new immunotherapy, new investigator, PhD, PhD student Anne, PhD student Anne geller, power of the immune system, researcher, survival of cancer patient, T, T cell, therapy, Tom Fougerousse, Trent, university 's grand challenge, university of Louisville, UofL, UofL center, UofL health, UofL Kosair, UofL Kosair charity, UofL president, Yan, young investigator, Yunke Wang

LOUISVILLE Cancer remains one of the most difficult and deadly challenges in human health, affecting Kentuckians at a higher rate

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New Kid in (Bards)Town

October 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Pat Henderson APRN, Bardstown, Burnett, cancer, cancer center, Care, Care center, chi saint, COVID-19, D., Dr. Kristie Paris, Flaget, Flaget memorial, Flaget memorial hospital, image001 photo, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Kentucky hospital, Kentucky medical center, love of the state, metastasis, metastatic disease, Monte Martin, Murray native, new kid, new radiation oncologist, Nick Burnett, Nicolas Burnett, oligometastatic, oncology, radiation, Renee Abell, residency, side effect, Tara D. photo, therapy, university of Kentucky medical center, UofL‘s, UofL‘s school, UofL‘s school of medicine

BARDSTOWN It was a busy summer for Nicolas Burnett, MD. And that goes way beyond anything related to COVID-19. In

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Power and Precision Equals Progress

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LOUISVILLE Radiation oncology is a unique amalgamation of medicine and math, physics and physicians, technologies and therapies all coexisting and

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CHI Saint Joseph Health Cancer Center

October 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Gil Dunn affiliation, Bardstown, Bodager, Bruce Tassin, cancer, cancer care, cancer care center, cancer center, Caregivers, chi, chi saint, Cleveland, Cleveland clinic cancer center, clinic, COVID-19, financial navigator, Flaget, Flaget memorial, Greg Bodager, high quality care, image001 photo, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph health oncology operation, Joseph hospital, Lexington, Mark Mahan Greg Bodager, market director, MSN, need of a cancer patient, new affiliation, nurse navigator, OCN, oncology, oncology service line, patient encounter, RN, specialized cancer treatment, treatment plan

LEXINGTON In October 2019 CHI Saint Joseph Health announced a new affiliation with the Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center. The purpose

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