cardiologist – MD Update

Special Section

Fast-Tracking Results for Heart Patients

May 1, 2019June 21, 2019 Maggie McCombs aortic stenosis patient, bicuspid valve degeneration, bowl green medical center, Bowling, Bowling green Jerry Roy, calcium buildup, cardiologist, clinic, critical-care patient, dysfunctional aortic valve, Fast-Tracking result, Gil Dunn Jerry Roy, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert clinic, heart team, help of local cardiothoracic surgeon, image001 photo, inpatient surgery, interventional cardiologist, Jerry Roy, Kentucky practice, local cardiothoracic surgeon, local medical center, Mohammad Abdoul Waheed, native aortic valve 's place, open heart surgery, open-heart, preferred treatment age, procedure, promise procedure, replacement valve, Roy, southwestern Kentucky practice, stenosis, stenosis patient, structural cardiologist, structural nature of the disease, surgery, TAVR, TAVR program, TAVR program 's inception, trans-femoral, trans-femoral route, transaortic, transaortic valve replacement, treatment age, TriStar Greenview, TriStar Greenview regional hospital, valve, valve 's place, Wallace Carter

BOWLING GREEN Jerry Roy, MD, of Bowling Green, Kentucky. has served southwestern Kentucky practices for a few years. He is

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Special Section

Puzzle Master

March 1, 2019May 13, 2019 Jim Kelsey angioplasty program, artery, awareness of the implication of poor lifestyle choice, B.K. Srivastava, calcium, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiology department, cardiology department serve, cardiology program, care of the non-invasive, career puzzle, catheterization, catheterization lab, chronic illness, CT, Cynthiana, Cynthiana 's Harrison, diagnosis, diagnostics, Dr. Shotwell, general cardiology, Gil Dunn B.K. Srivastava, Harrison, Harrison memorial, Harrison memorial hospital, heart ailment, image001 photo, interventional cardiologist, interventional work, Kentucky, lack of health education, market area, Matthew Shotwell, MBBS GSVM, MBBS GSVM medical college, Miami valley cardiology, Miami valley hospital, need of the care, Non-Invasive, patient population, physician, pilot cardiology program, primary angioplasty program, primary market area, puzzle, puzzle master, real problem, rural hospital, secondary market area, seldom simple, Shotwell, Shotwell 's call, Srivastava, Srivastava 's expertise, Srivastava 's specialty, tobacco, underserved, university of Cincinnati college of medicine

CYNTHIANA, KY The heart is a highly complex organ. When something goes wrong, the diagnosis is seldom simple. Tests and

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Precision Technician

March 1, 2019May 13, 2019 Jim Kelsey additional vascular train, artery, artery blockage, artery disease, B.K. Srivastava, blockage, blood vessel outside of the brain, car enthusiast, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiology department serve, cardiology program, commitment of resource, Cynthiana, Dr. B.K., Facebook post, Gil Dunn Matthew Shotwell, Harrison, Harrison memorial cardiology department serve, Harrison memorial hospital, heart attack, heart attack patient, human engine, image001 photo, impend heart attack, instant confirmation, internal medicine residency program, interventional cardiologist, Kentucky, left main artery blockage, Lexington, life-ending blockage, market area, Matthew Shotwell, medicine, medicine residency program, new interventional cardiology program, pacemaker, patient presentation, physician, pilot program, precision technician, primary angioplasty, primary market area, proverbial widow-maker, rural hospital, secondary market area, service area, Shotwell, Shotwell 's cardiology department, Shotwell recall, Srivastava, success of a new program, treat heart attack patient, university of Cincinnati college of medicine, university of Kentucky college of medicine

CYNTHIANA, KY Usually it takes a while to determine the success of a new program. There is data to collect,

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Women with Heart

March 1, 2019May 13, 2019 Holly Hinson baptist health, baptist health woman cardiologist, barrier, Bianca Ummat, cardiac MRIs, cardiologist, cardiology, child-bearing year, clinic, Das, feasible work-life balance, female cardiologist, field involve radiation, future of the field, Gondi, health woman cardiologist, help people, hope health clinic, image advance, image001 mini Das, image002 Rebecca McFarland, image003 Sreedevi Gondi, image004 Bianca Ummat, increase use of non-invasive, intense day, interventional cardiologist, Jamie Kemp, Kemp, lash, life care, long tenure, Louisville, Louisville cardiology, McFarland, medical group, mini Das, northwest cardiovascular institute, Oldham, Oldham county, prime child-bearing year, provider of end of life care, Rebecca McFarland, representation of woman cardiologist, role model of woman, Sandra Lewis, specialty, Sreedevi Gondi, study 's lead, sub-specialized, Ummat, woman cardiologist, woman enter cardiology

LOUISVILLE Approximately half of all medical school graduates are women. Fewer than 20 percent of cardiologists who see adult patients

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Only the Best for Your Heart

March 1, 2018May 8, 2018 MD-Update Staff accreditation, American heart association, American heart month, application period, baptist health, BHL, big announcement, broad scope of cardiovascular care service, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiovascular center, cardiovascular center of excellence accreditation, cardiovascular disease, care approach, delivery of lifesaving measure, excellence, excellence accreditation, good possible care, healthcare accreditation start, heart association, heart month, high-quality cardiovascular care, identify gap, interventional cardiologist, late accreditation, Lexington, lifesaving measure, proven guideline, re-educating, re-educating staff, system of care approach, Tyler Richmond

LEXINGTON Earning a healthcare accreditation starts long before the application period. It means educating and re-educating staff; identifying gaps in

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Special Section

Time Is of the Essence

March 1, 2018May 8, 2018 Chuck Clenney accreditation, advanced train fellowship, Aslam, Azhar Aslam, baptist health, cardiac care, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiology fellowship, cardiology more interest, cath, cath lab, chest pain center, chest pain center accreditation, Dow medical college, essence, ever-changing subspecialty, ever-changing subspecialty of interventional cardiology, future of cardiac care, future of interventional cardiology, heart attack, image001 Azhar Aslam, interventional cardiologist, interventional cardiology, Kentucky, Knox county hospital, lab, Lexington, new accreditation, new procedure, on-call, PCI, physician shortage, pre-medical subject, preventative, preventative care, primary PCI, procedure, resuscitation, St. Vincent hospital, three year cardiology fellowship, top-quality, top-quality care, twenty four, twenty four hour access, unparalleled access

LEXINGTON Growing up in Karachi, Pakistan, Azhar Aslam, MD, found he was drawn toward the medical field from a very

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Special Section

Clearing the Path

March 1, 2018May 8, 2018 Jim Kelsey cardiologist, cardiology, catheter, coherence, cut edge, Danville, Danville interventional cardiologist, director of the cardiac catheterization lab, Dr. Hussam, Dr. Hussam N., early adoption of new technology, EMRMC, endovascular, endovascular specialist, Ephraim McDowell, Ephraim McDowell regional medical center, FACC, field of vascular medicine, FSCAI, Gil Dunn Dr. Hussam Hamdalla, good long-term outcome, Hamdalla, Hussam, Hussam N., image001 photo, immediate resolution, interventional cardiologist, invasive technique, Kentucky, Koul, large medical facility, late technology, lumen, medical center, microdissection, N., new technology, occlusion, ocelot, ocelot device, optical coherence, outcome, Pantheras, Pantheras device, passion, path, peripheral arterial disease, procedure, radiation, radiation exposure, remove blockage, Sharat Koul, shared passion, success rate, support of the hospital, surgery, university of Kentucky, vascular institute, vascular medicine, vascular patient, vessel

DANVILLE Interventional cardiologists specialize in removing blockages. When something impacts a patient’s blood flow, they clear the way and fix

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Cardiology Heart & Lung Special Section

A New Home for Structural Heart Disease

April 1, 2017July 17, 2017 Bob Baker anesthesia, anesthesiologist, anesthesiology, Anne Marie Webb, aortic stenosis, aortic valve replacement, APRN, BSN, cardiac anesthesia, cardiac anesthesiologist, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiothoracic, cardiothoracic surgeon, cardiovascular surgeon, CCRN, clinical cardiac operation, clinical research coordinator, coordinator, director of clinical cardiac operation, Erika Keithley, FDA, Flaherty, FNP-BC, Genny Sanders, Grubb, heart center, heart disease program, heart program, heart surgery, interventional cardiologist, interventional cardiology, invasive technique, Jewish hospital, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Louisville, low-risk patient, Matthew Williams, medical director, medical director of the structural heart program, Michael Flaherty, MitraClip, mitral regurgitation, MSN, multidisciplinary team, Naresh Solankhi, nurse, nurse navigator, open heart surgery, photo, physician, provider, regurgitation, research coordinator, risk patient, RN, Sharon Vincent, stenosis, structural heart center, structural heart disease, structural heart disease program, structural heart program, surgeon, surgery, surgical director, surgical director of the structural heart program, TAVR, TAVR procedure, TAVR program, team approach, therapy, transcatheter, U, valve, valve coordinator, valve replacement, valvular disease

LOUISVILLE They say, “Home is where the heart is.” Well, now the heart has a new home – at the

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Cardiology Heart & Lung Special Section

Perfecting Prevention

April 1, 2017July 17, 2017 Jim Kelsey 100 % quality score, ACOs, biventricular, Bowling, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiovascular care, care organization, care plan, care rate, Chhabra, clinic, defibrillator, devised treatment plan, Dr. Graves, effort of the clinic, electrophysiology, engaged patient, forefront of medicine, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert 's preventative, Graves Gilbert clinic, health of the community, high risk, high-risk procedure, important intervention, integration of the primary care, intervention, interventional cardiologist, interventional cardiology, Lin, low cost care, Medicare, Medicare accountable Care organization, Medicare cost, minute of conversation, MRI, Mt. Sinai hospital, multispecialty, ounce of prevention, perfect prevention, photo, physician, physician-owned, physician-owned multispecialty clinic, pound of cure, preventative, preventative population medicine, prevention, prevention plan, preventive treatment plan, procedure, quality of care rate, quality score, rehab, rehab center, Roy, Sandeep Chhabra, tangible save, TAVR, team approach, treatment plan, unique structure of Graves Gilbert, value of prevention, worth thousand

BOWLING GREEN The saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” A more practical way of

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Cardiology Heart & Lung Pediatrics Primary Care & Pediatrics Special Section

Caring for the Hearts of Children

April 1, 2017July 27, 2017 Gil Dunn Abeer Hamdy, abnormal heart valve, abnormality, adult congenital cardiac surgeon, advancement, APRN, bypass valve operation, Callie Rzasa, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiology division, cardiology team, cardiothoracic, cardiothoracic surgery team, Carol Cottrill, catheterization laboratory, chief Douglas J., Cincinnati child, Cincinnati child 's hospital, congenital heart defect, congenital heart disease, congenital heart disease cut, congenital heart patient, correct abnormality, defect, Dr. Mohan, Echocardiography, electro-physiologists, era of surgical treatment, former chair of pediatric cardiology, general cardiology, heart defect, heart disease, heart disease cut, heart murmur, heart of child, heart patient, high quality of care, interventional pediatric cardiology, interventionalist, J., Jacqueline Noonan, James Quintessenza, Jennifer Davis, Joshua Hayman, Kelly Van, Kelly Van metre, Kentucky, Kristopher Cumbermack, Laura Murphy, lifestyle, Majd Makhoul, malformation, management of congenital heart defect, Mark Vranicar, mechanical aspect of the cardiovascular system, Melissa Lefebvre, member of the UK pediatric cardiology team, mission of provide access, murmur, Noonan 's mentorship, occluded blood vessel, pediatric cardiology, pediatric cardiology division, pediatric cardiology division of UK HealthCare, pediatric cardiothoracic surgery team, pediatrics, progression of repair, question of nature, remote region of Kentucky, Schneider, Schneider 's team, Schneider 's team of cardiologist, Shaun Mohan, surgery, SVT, syndrome, trained group, UK 's Kentucky, UK HealthCare, UK pediatric cardiology team, ultrasound, university of Cincinnati child 's hospital

LEXINGTON The pediatric cardiology division of UK HealthCare is led by Division Chief Douglas J. Schneider, MD. “Congenital heart disease

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