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News – Feb 2020

February 1, 2020February 21, 2020 MD-Update Staff A., amaze miracle, amaze miracle of new life, Amy Baker, Amy E., Approval™, Baker, Baker 's passion, baptist health, baptist health surgery center, board member, C., cancer, car eer, cardiac electrophysiologist, cardiac electrophysiology, cardiac Electrophysiology laboratory, cardiology, Care, Cecil, central Kentucky, certification, chi, chi saint, clinic, clinical practice guideline, completion of a three year fellowship, davenport, director of the cardiac Electrophysiology laboratory, E., eagle creek drive, eer, Elayi, electrophysiologist, electrophysiology, Electrophysiology laboratory, enhancement, executive director, Faul, geriatric education, geriatrics, gerontology, gold seal, gold seal of Approval™, Grandview medical center, gynecology, health surgery center, hematology, horn, HRSA, image001 photo, image002 photo, internal medicine, joint commission, Joseph, Joseph east, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Joseph mount, Kentucky, Kentucky surgery center, Kimberly, Kimberly A., Lexington, Lexington Amy, Lexington Amy E., Lexington clinic, Lexington Samy Elayi, medicine, Michael, Michael T., N-AGE, native of vine, new patient, News, north eagle creek drive, obstetrics, obstetrics care, oncologist, oncology, PhD, photo, physician, practice guideline, preventative woman 's health, residency, Samy Elayi, sepsis, sepsis certification, Stephen C., Sterling, suite 104, surgery, T, three year fellowship, Umansky, university of Kentucky Albert B., UofL Trager, UofL Trager institute, workforce, workforce enhancement program

Amy Baker, DO, Joins CHI Saint Joseph Medical Group – Obstetrics & Gynecology in Lexington LEXINGTON Amy E. Baker, DO,

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Breathing New Life

February 1, 2020February 21, 2020 Jim Kelsey additional treatment method, aggressive disease, air sack, asthma, biopsy, breath, bronchoscope, cancer, care physician, chi, chi saint, chronic lung disease, COPD, COPD cause inflammation, COPD cause inflammation of the airway, critical Care medicine, critical care physician, cure, Daliresp, diagnosis, effective treatment start, eight week program, Ephraim McDowell, Ephraim McDowell regional medical center, high rate of smoker, ICU deal, inhaler, internal medicine residency, Iram Nawaz, join chi saint, Joseph, Joseph east, Joseph medical group, Lexington, lung, lung cancer, lung cancer screen, lung disease, medicine residency, mom 's inhaler, Nawaz, nebulized form, new life, option, outpatient, patient breathe exercise, physician, pneumonia vaccination, prevalence of COPD, primary treatment option, procedure, proper diagnosis, pulmonary rehab, pulmonologist, Pulmonologist Iram Nawaz, quality of life, seasonal allergy sufferer, shortage of patient, shortness, shortness of breath, smoke, smoker, sufferer, SUNY downstate medical center, third-leading cause, third-leading cause of death, treatment option, university hospital of Brooklyn, valve, vaping, young patient

LEXINGTON Originally from Pakistan, Iram Nawaz, MD, attended medical school there before coming to the United States for her internal

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Cover Story 

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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Md-Update News News & Events 

News – Nov 2019

November 1, 2019December 9, 2019 MD-Update Staff advanced surgical procedure, affiliation, Albany Ashley Lankford, Ashley Lankford, baptist health, board-certified, board-certified nurse practitioner, breast oncology rotation, cancer, cardiovascular life support, Care, Care center, chi, chi saint, Cleveland, Cleveland clinic, Cleveland clinic cancer center, clinic, critical care, disorder of the biliary tract, family medicine practice, FNP-BC, general surgery, general surgery practice, general surgery residency, GLMS alliance president, graduate of the university of Louisville school, group family medicine, health 28, health university, hematology, Hetty Carraway, image001 photo, image002 photo, internal medicine, invasive laparoscopy, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Lankford, Lexington, Louisville, Louisville school, malignant disease of the breast, MBA, MD-UPDATE, medical group, medical group family medicine, medical oncology, medicine, memorial health university, Nawaz, new Albany Ashley Lankford, new Albany baptist health, News, News item, nurse, oncology, photo, Pulmonology, referral, renowned memorial Sloan-Kettering cancer center, residency, Sellersburg, Stacy, Stacy Quinn, surgery, surgery practice, surgery residency, Uganda

SEND YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO MD-UPDATE > news@md-update.com Stacy Quinn, FNP-BC, Joins Baptist Health Medical Group Family Medicine in Sellersburg

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Complementary Care 

Hope for a Cure

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 Laura Ross breast, breast cancer, breast cancer research, cancer, cancer advocate, color of courage, color of courage event, color of courage feature dinner, courage, courage event, courage feature dinner, cure, diagnosis, diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer, founder of hope scarf, Gil Dunn Lara MacGregor, hope scarf, hope scarf 's color, hope scarf 's color of courage, hope scarf raise, image001 photo, Louisville, Louisville resident, LOUSIVILLE, LOUSIVILLE cancer, MacGregor, meaningful event, Mellwood, Mellwood art, metastatic breast cancer research, native of Wisconsin, people face cancer, personal reaction, scarf, stage IV, stage IV diagnosis, trouble fact

LOUSIVILLE Cancer can be a numbers game. It’s full of statistics no one wants to face, like the troubling fact

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Cover Story 

Dr. Jones Speaks: “Going on Offense Against Cancer”

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 Jim Kelsey advanced fellowship, Alexandra Rogers, American cancer society achievement award, Ashok Kapur, biliary endoscopy, bulb moment, cancer, cancer society achievement award, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer prevention project, colon cancer prevention statistics, colorectal, colorectal cancer screen, colorectal screen, cost of cancer treatment, cost of prevention, dad, detection, diverse group of leader, Dr. Jones Speaks, early detection, early screen, embrace preventative, endoscopic, endoscopy, Endoscopy associate, esophageal cancer, family risk, gastroenterology, gastroenterology fellowship, Gastroenterology health partner, gastroenterology physician practice, genetic test, GHP, GI-related, health insurance, health system change, healthcare, high rate of incidence, history of community involvement, image001 photo, image002 photo, impact of the colon cancer prevention project, improved state, Jones, Kentucky, Kentucky cancer foundation, Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, large private gastroenterology physician practice, Laszlo Makk, lifestyle issue, light bulb moment, Louisville, Midwest Gastroenterology, Midwest Gastroenterology associate, mix of healthcare, obvious passion, partner, photo, polyp, practice model, preventative, prevention, project 's advisory committee, purpose of the Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, screen, single great behavioral lifestyle issue, small independent practice model, state 's improvement, survivor support, Texas southwestern medical school, therapeutic biliary endoscopy, university of Texas southwestern medical school, Whitney Jones, work of the state

“We spend a lot of money on healthcare and health insurance. The problem is, we’re not spending enough on prevention.”—

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Special Section 

Sarah Todd, MD, Joins Gynecologic Oncology Team at UofL Physicians

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 MD-Update Staff abdominal cavity, cancer, cancer patient, chemotherapy, complete surgical resection of tumor, da, exceptional vision, gynecologic, gynecologic condition, Gynecologic oncology, gynecologic oncology team, heated chemotherapy, HIPEC, hot chemotherapy, intraperitoneal, intraperitoneal chemotherapy, Louisville native, malignant gynecologic condition, oncology, robotic, robotic surgery, Sarah Todd, select advanced ovarian cancer patient, surgery, Todd, tumor of the female reproductive tract, UofL, UofL James Graham Brown, UofL James Graham Brown cancer center, UofL physician, Vinci xi, Vinci® xi system, vulvar dysplasia

LOUISVILLE A Louisville native, Sarah Todd, MD, has joined UofL Physicians – Gynecologic Oncology at UofL James Graham Brown Cancer

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Stimulating the Immune System to Attack Cancer

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 MD-Update Staff antibody, associate VP, associate VP of health affair, brake, budget, cancer, cancer cell, cancer institute, cancer research, cancer-related, cancer-related death, carcinoma, cell carcinoma, checkpoint, checkpoint inhibitor, Chesney, Chesney 's research, cytotoxic, Cytotoxic T cell, defense budget, director of the UofL James Graham Brown cancer center, health affair, immune checkpoint inhibitor, immune system, immunotherapy, inhibitor, JGBCC, Louisville Jason Chesney, melanoma, national cancer institute, NCI, oncolytic, oncolytic virus, PhD, T, T cell, TVEC, U.S. budget, UofL, UofL Brown, UofL Brown cancer center, UofL James Graham Brown, UofL James Graham Brown cancer center, UofL researcher test, virus, VP

LOUISVILLE Jason Chesney, MD, PhD, is the director of the UofL James Graham Brown Cancer Center (JGBCC) and associate VP

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Unifying Force

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 Jim Kelsey cancer, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer prevention project, colon cancer prevention statistics, colorectal, colorectal surgeon, Colorectal surgery associate, commonwealth 's health, cost of cancer treatment, cost of prevention, decrease disparity, disparity, Gastroenterology health partner, Gil Dunn Wayne Tuckson, healthcare, healthcare disparity, healthcare outcome, healthcare system, high rate of incidence, Howard university college, Howard university college of medicine, humble colorectal surgeon, image001 photo, IQ, Jones, Kentucky, Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, Kentucky health, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, launch of the Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, Louisville, normal body function, ongoing work of the Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, outcome, people of low socio-economic status, prevention, send patient, surgeon, survivor support, Tuckson, unify force, Wayne Tuckson, Whitney, Whitney Jones

LOUISVILLE From the first moment that Wayne Tuckson, MD, colorectal surgeon at KentuckyOne Health Colorectal Surgery Associates in Louisville, speaks,

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Helping Women and Men Fulfill the Dream of Parenthood

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 Menisa Marshall budget sheet, cancer, cancer account, cancer treatment, certified woman 's health, childbearing age, crucial need, Devine, diagnosis, DNP, Dr. Devine, dream of parenthood, dual board certification, dual specialty, egg, embryo, endocrine associate, endocrinology, F&EA, F&EA team, F&EA treat, fertility, fertility preservation option, freeze egg, general OB-GYN set, Gil Dunn, Gil Dunn Drs., Gil Dunn Kit, Gil Dunn Kit S., Gil Dunn Robert, Gil Dunn Robert J., gynecology, gynecology residency, Homm, image001 photo, image002 photo, image003 photo, infertility, infertility case, infertility practice, IVF, IVF lab, J., Kit Devine, Kit S., Krause, less-than-good, less-than-good news, licensed advanced practice, licensed APRN, Louisville reproductive center, mainstream treatment, Miriam S., nurse, nurse faculty, nurse practice, nurse practitioner, OB-GYN set, OB/ GYN, obstetrics, Oncofertility, oncofertility experience, oncofertility specialist, oocytes, ovary, patient of childbearing age, photo, practice 's main provider, preservation, preserve egg, preserve embryo, preserve fertility, private IVF lab, private reproductive endocrinology, process of preserve egg, raise awareness, recognized specialty, reproductive endocrinology, Robert Homm, S., shock diagnosis, sono-guidance, specialty, sperm, start of treatment, successful pregnancy, uterus, way fertility, wide range of complex issue, woman 's health

LOUISVILLE In 1978 the world’s first baby conceived via in vitro fertilization (IVF) was born in Manchester, England. Fast forward

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