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Providing the Highest Quality Care to the Highest Risk Pregnancies

June 1, 2022June 22, 2022 Donna Ison 17-year-old type 1, advanced image, California play sport, cordocentesis, disproportionate outcome, diversity, division director, division director of maternal-fetal medicine, door of an orthopedic surgeon, Edward Miller, entire health history, equity work, fast change field, fast change field of medicine, great Louisville area, high risk, high-risk obstetrics, high-risk pregnancy, high-risk run, Howard, Howard university, hypertension, image001 photo, incredible relationship, inequitable treatment, insulin pump option, intrauterine intravascular transfusion, Latinx, loud voice, management of hypertension, Maternal-Fetal, Maternal-Fetal medicine, medicine, Miller, Miller 's goal, Miller 's patient population, Miller 's patient range, Miller 's practice, moment of profound sadness, mother battle addiction, multifetal, multifetal gestation, named miller, orthopedic surgeon, patient 's voice, patient relationship, physician, preexist maternal condition, pregnancy, proper specialist, realm of advanced image, refer doctor, require cesarean section, spectrum of medicine, transgender patient, ultrasound, UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, woman battle obesity

LOUISVILLE The phrase “When one door closes, another opens,” most definitely applies to Edward Miller, MD. Growing up in California

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Complementary Care 

Silent No More

April 1, 2022June 22, 2022 Gil Dunn American hypertension specialist certification program, APRN, APRN certification, baptist health, baptist health referral system, blood pressure, cardiology, cardiology nurse practitioner, certification, certified hypertension clinician, CHC, clinician, COVID-19, COVID-19 infection rate, COVID-19 restriction, health referral system, hypertension, hypertension clinician, hypertension clinician certification, hypertension program, hypertension specialist certification program, in-office, in-office hypertension program, in-office visit, Kentucky, Kristy Salley, Lexington, Lexington cardiology, Lexington individual, nurse degree, official hypertension clinician certification, patient flow, refractory hypertension, return of in-office visit, Salley, specialized hypertension program, specialized in-office hypertension program, telehealth, telehealth visit, uncontrolled hypertension

LEXINGTON Individuals in Central and Eastern Kentucky with uncontrolled hypertension have a new ally in their struggle with “the silent

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Special Section 

Heart Care Takes a Multidisciplinary Village

February 1, 2022April 19, 2022 MD-Update Staff administrative time, appointment, artery monitor, assistant chief of medicine, baptist health, baptist health 's Louisville heart failure, baptist heart failure clinic, battery, battery technology, big disease, blood clot, cardiologist, cardiology, CardioMEMS, cardiothoracic, cardiovascular disease fellowship, care of patient, catheterization, clinic, clinical trial, clot, COVID, CRT-P, disease fellowship, echocardiograms, ER, ER visit, excite option, FACC, failure, flare state, heart disease, heart failure, heart failure clinic, heart failure program, heart failure trial, heart transplant, Heatherly, HF, HF clinic, HF patient, Honor 's college, Honor 's college of western Carolina university, hypertension, hypertension clinic, implantable pulmonary artery monitor, inpatient hospital stay, J., Kentucky, life look, Louisville, Louisville heart failure, Louisville Steven, Louisville Steven J., lung, LVAD, LVADs, MD-UPDATE, MD-Update Q, MDU, MDU Kentucky, medical director, medical school, medication, misconception, monitor, multidisciplinary village, need defibrillator, new PAH clinic, new treatment plan, out-patient, out-patient arena, PAH, PAH clinic, PAH patient, patient population, PH, PH clinic, PhD, physician, principal investigator, procedure, professional life look, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary hypertension clinic, randomized clinical heart failure trial, religion major, remote patient monitor, research meet, solid schedule, special pacemaker, specialized area, STEP-HFpEF, Steven Heatherly, surgery, surgical procedure, Uber, valve, varied background, wake forest, WiFi scale

LOUISVILLE Steven J. Heatherly, MD, PhD, FACC, is the system medical director for heart failure and pulmonary hypertension for Baptist

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Public Health 

The CARE Collaborative and Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Program

February 1, 2022April 19, 2022 Natalie Littlefield $2, additional support, behavior, blood pressure, blood pressure education awareness program, blood pressure monitor, blood pressure zone, BS, burden, cardiovascular assessment, cardiovascular disease risk, Care, Care collaborative education, Care SMBP, Care SMBP coach, Care SMBP combine, Care SMBP program, classes.4, coach, dementia.1, dementia.1 heart disease, diastolic blood pressure, disease control, DrPH, educational classes.4, engagement, FQHCs, Frankfort, FRANKFORT hypertension, free blood pressure education awareness program, free blood pressure monitor, healthcare provider, heart disease, high blood pressure, high burden of hypertension, home blood pressure monitor, home visit program, hypertension, hypertension education, Kentucky, Kentucky heart disease, Kentucky man, Kentucky patient, KY department, KY heart disease, Ky., lifestyle, lifestyle modification, lifestyle modification goal, maintenance decision, measurement, meta-analysis, modification, monitor, MS, one-on-one counsel, out-of-office, out-of-office blood pressure measurement, participant, participant 's blood, participant 's engagement, participant tool, prevention, provider, public health, qualified health center, regular measurement, regular measurement of blood pressure, regular one-on-one counsel, regular out-of-office blood pressure measurement, reliable measurement, respectively, risk-reduction, self-measured, self-measured blood pressure monitor, Self-Measured blood pressure monitor program, simple hypertension education, SMBP, SMBP clinical service use, SMBP program, stroke, stroke prevention program, systolic blood pressure, telephonic support tool, university of Kentucky, usual care

FRANKFORT Hypertension or high blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease, stroke, chronic kidney disease, and dementia.1

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Special Section 

A Doctor, A Plumber, and An Artist

May 1, 2020September 4, 2020 Jim Kelsey arterial blood flow, artist walk, B., begin of a joke, blockage, blood flow, clinic, compression, compression stock, digestible form, easy-to-understand draw, endovascular, endovascular procedure, endovascular technique, good plumber, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, invasive endovascular technique, leg, leg pain, Liu, Louisville, medical therapy, Nathaniel Liu, Norton, Norton heart, Norton medical group, Norton vascular surgery practice, open surgical procedure, pain, past blockage, pipe, plumb analogy, plumber, procedure, Roto-Rooter, stock, surgeon, surgery, surgery practice, therapy, underwear, university hospital of Cleveland, unorthodox analogy, urogynecologist, varicose vein, vascular institute, vascular surgeon, vein, vein problem, western reserve university school, western reserve university school of medicine, worried patient

LOUISVILLE It sounds like the beginning of a joke. “A doctor, a plumber and an artist walk into a room…”

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Special Section 

Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond

May 1, 2020 Donna Ison adequate prenatal care, anomaly, APRN, baby, big believer, blood sugar, Bowling, care of the mother, Charles Mahlinger Navleen Gill, Detroit medical center, diabetes, division of the Eunice Kennedy shriver, dual focus, fellow perinatologist, fellowship, fetal echo, fetal intervention, fetus, field of maternal-fetal medicine, field of prenatal diagnosis, gestation go, Gill, glucose, health of the fetus, high risk, high-risk pregnancy, hypertension, identify issue, image001 photo, increased risk, internship, joyous time, Kentucky, Kentucky university, Maternal-Fetal, Maternal-Fetal medicine, maternal-fetal medicine department, maternal-fetal medicine fellowship, Maternal-Fetal medicine team help, medicine, mother 's exist health problem, Navleen Gill, OB/ GYN, Owensboro, Owensboro health, Owensboro health 's Maternal-Fetal medicine team help, Owensboro health system, patient inspired Navleen Gill, percent of pregnant woman, perinatologist, perinatology, Perinatology research branch, photo, preconceptual counsel, pregnancy, pregnant woman, Shelton, Tabb, Thomas Tabb, ultrasound, uncontrolled diabetes, Wayne state university, western Kentucky region, western Kentucky university, woman conceive, woman experience high-risk pregnancy

OWENSBORO For most women, pregnancy is one of the most joyous times in their lives. But for women experiencing high-risk

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Special Section 

Big Advancements Save the Smallest Patients

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Donna Ison abnormality, big advancement, Charles Mahlinger, Charles Mahlinger fetal echocardiogram, Charles Mahlinger Thomas Tabb, delivery, diabetes, echocardiogram, echocardiograms, extraordinary advancement, fetal echo, fetal echocardiogram, fetal echocardiograms, fetal heart disease, fetus, field of perinatology, gynecology, heart disease, hypertension, image001 photo, image002 photo, incidence, Kentucky, lupus, management of disease, maternal part, Maternal-Fetal, Maternal-Fetal medicine, maternal-fetal medicine department, maternal-fetal medicine fellowship, McMaster, McMaster university, medical director of the maternal-fetal medicine department, medicine, mother 's exist health problem, obesity, obstetrics, Owensboro, Owensboro health, perinatology, pregnant patient, pregnant woman, protocol review, risk factor, Tabb, Tabb care, Thomas Tabb, ultrasound, ultrasound equipment, university of Kentucky college of medicine, university of Tennessee

OWENSBORO With forty years in the field of perinatology, Thomas Tabb, MD, has seen extraordinary advancements, both in technology and

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Special Section 

A Wake-Up Call for Cardiovascular Health

March 1, 2019May 13, 2019 Gil Dunn AASM inter-scorer reliability board member, advanced pap, andenotonsillar, andenotonsillar hypertrophy, apnea, Apnea test, arrythmia, Bowling, Bowling green Michael Zachek, care of OSA, care specialty, CPAP, CPAP data, craniofacial abnormality, critical care specialty, current paradigm of obvious OSA, dental device, dentist, disorder, evolution of sleep medicine, fibrillation, GGC, Gilbert clinic, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert clinic, great acceptance, great acceptance of telemedicine, high tobacco use, home sleep, hypertension, image001 photo, inter-scorer, Kentucky, Kentucky sleep society, medicine, Michael Zachek, month of patient, multi-specialty practice, obstructive sleep apnea, obvious OSA, Ohio county hospital, OSA, OSA treatment, overnight sleep study, Owensboro health sleep center, pap, pap device, pap prescription, past president of the Kentucky sleep society, patient-based, patient-based overview, patient-based overview of the specialty, patient-rich, patient-rich environment, payer requirement, pediatric sleep apnea, permit modification, phone app, physician center, pre-certification, pulmonary problem, remote evaluation, simple home breathe record, sleep, sleep apnea, sleep center staff, sleep disorder, sleep medicine, small town of Bowling, smart pap device, specialty, standard scorer, surgery, telemedicine, third-party payer requirement, timeless advice, timeless advice of the benefit, timely care, TJ Samson, TJ Samson hospital, treatment of sleep disorder, typical patient, US air force commitment, vascular issue, Wake-Up call, young pulmonologist, Zachek, Zachek recall join

BOWLING GREEN Michael Zachek, MD, has seen the evolution of sleep medicine from the 1990s until today. He has a

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Complementary Care 

The Care Collaborative

March 1, 2019March 21, 2019 Allison Merritt, MPH adult, Allison Merritt, behavior, blood pressure, blood pressure zone, Care, Care coach, Care educational encounter, care patient, coach, DPH, easy-to-use tool, educational encounter, encounter, engagement tool, FQHCs, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert clinic, health behavior, healthy behavior, heart disease, high burden of hypertension, home visit program, hypertension, hypertension 2, image001 photo, Kentucky, Kentucky department, Kentucky heart disease, Kentucky patient, kidney disease 1, lay health professional, lifestyle, lifestyle modification, modification, number five cause, number five cause of death, patient 's blood, patient 's engagement, prevention, risk-reduction, statewide education, stroke, stroke prevention program, tool

As a healthcare professional, you are most likely aware that hypertension is a serious medical condition that increases one’s risk

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Cover Story 

Bariatric Surgery Today

May 1, 2018July 2, 2018 Holly Hinson abdominal surgery, apnea, arthritis, baptist health, baptist health physician weigh, bariatric, bariatric surgeon, bariatric surgery, bariatrics, blood pressure, BMI, board-certified, body weight, certified center, certified center of excellence bariatric surgeon, co-morbidity, continuous monitor, Derek Weiss, diabetes, diet, epidemic of obesity, excellence bariatric surgeon, excess body weight, excess weight, exercise, gastrectomy, general surgeon, Gore, grow field, grow field of bariatrics, grow field of weight loss surgery, health issue, health physician weigh, healthy weight, heart disease, high blood pressure, holistic program, hypertension, Indiana close, invasive laparoscopic procedure, John Oldham, Kentuckiana, Lanny Gore, laparoscopic, laparoscopic bariatric surgery, liver disease, Louisville, Louisville side, Louisville side of the river, magic procedure, medical specialty, misconception, native of Owensboro, normal weight person, obesity, Oldham, overweight place, physician, procedure, sleep apnea, sleeve, surgeon, surgery, unfortunate title, variety of abdominal surgery, weight loss surgery, weight-loss

LOUISVILLE & NEW ALBANY, IN As a state, Kentucky holds the unfortunate title of being one of the fattest of

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