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&SLIDER OP/ED 

What the Pandemic Taught Us About the Importance of Diversity in Health Care

June 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Geraldine Q. Young, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CDE, FAANP Black people, Black respondent, Caren Blantin, CDC, contribute factor, COVID, COVID death, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine, current medical negligence, death toll rate, DEI, delivery, disparity, diversity, diversity impact conference, Earth-Shameenah, Earth-Shameenah barber, equity, exist disparity, FNU, frontier, frontier nurse university, Geraldine young, health care provider, health disparity, healthcare, healthcare delivery system, healthcare disparity, healthcare workforce, image001 photo, image002 photo, importance of diversity, inclusion, inequitable outcome, inequitable outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic, inequity, Maria Cruz, Mary Alogidi-Egbuson, MD-UPDATE, minority, minority population, national impact, nurse, outcome, pandemic, soc, socioeconomic hardship, structural racism, treatment of Black people, undeniable reality check, underrepresented, vaccine, Versailles change, virtual event, white population of healthcare professional, workforce

Editor’s Introduction: Diversity, equity and inclusion are growing initiatives within healthcare. MD-Update asked Geraldine Young, DNP, APRN, to share her

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&SLIDER Complementary Care 

Frontier Nursing University Increases Diversity and Enrollment

June 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Gil Dunn Black community, brief in-person, client, clinical bound, clinical session, clinical workshop, CNM, diversity, DNSc, doctoral nurse student, E., expansion of student, FACNM, FNU, FNU graduate, FNU president, FNU student, frontier, frontier nurse university, frontier nurse university increase diversity, healthcare, hollow of eastern Kentucky, image001 photo, KY graduate nurse, maternal mortality, midwife, midwifery, midwifery university, mortality, new FNU graduate, nurse, nurse midwife, nurse midwifery, nurse practitioner, nurse practitioner specialty, nurse-midwifery student, Nurse-Midwives, practitioner, psychiatric-mental, psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner master, relationship-based, relationship-based practitioner, Susan E. stone, Tatyana Jackruddock, woman 's healthcare, workforce

VERSAILLES Meeting your clients and patients where they are has never been more applicable than at Frontier Nursing University (FNU),

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&Current Special Section &SLIDER Special Section 

Moving Towards a More Hopeful Future for Pelvic Pain Sufferers

June 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Tim Corkran board-certified anesthesiologist, Camellia Shirazi, central element of the practice, combination of multiple organ system, complexity of pelvic pain, comprehensive ultrasound, consistent treatment philosophy, Danesh Mazloomdoost, Dr. Maz, dysfunction, dyspareunia, elusive condition, endure relief, founder of Wellward, Gil Dunn Dr. Danesh Mazloomdoost, GYNs, hand of Mazloomdoost, hopeful future, image001 photo, impact of pelvic pain, integrated practice, intimate concern, lack specific, Lexington 's wellward, Lexington pelvic pain, libido, live laboratory of translational science, Manoocher Mazloomdoost, Mazloomdoost, Mazloomdoost 's sister, Mazloomdoost observation, Mazloomdoost report, nerve, overlap realm, pain, pain drive behavior, pain map process, pain specialist, pain sufferer, parent 's practice, PCPs, pelvic affliction, pelvic dysfunction, pelvic pain, pelvic pain sufferer, potent innovation, psycho-emotional, psycho-emotional element, psychological overview, reliable treatment pathway, source of pelvic pain, straightforward cause, study report prevalence, symptom, Translational science, treatment pathway, under-acknowledged, under-discussed, underrepresentation of functional impairment, urogynecologist, vague diagnosis, Wellward, Wellward 's method

LEXINGTON Pelvic pain and dysfunction are one of the most elusive conditions a woman can experience. In a culture preoccupied

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&Current Special Section &SLIDER Special Section 

‘It Is Such a Rewarding Career’

June 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Pat Henderson big myth, care doctor treat low-complexity case, chief resident, Chris Witzke image002, Chris Witzke image002 photo, Chris Witzke Louisville, Chris Witzke Louisville native Traci Edwards, client 's treatment, COVID, COVID-19, doctor, Dr. Edwards, dread come, dream job, Edwards, Edwards 's patient, family medicine, family medicine doctor, family medicine physician, family medicine practice, family practice doctor, family practice matter, family practice plan, family practitioner, healthcare, high-deductible, hometown doctor, image001 photo, impact care, impactful, Impactful lifestyle choice, importance of lifestyle, in-person gather, Kentucky, lifestyle, Louisville, Louisville 's west end, major diagnosis, medication cost, medicine, next kidney failure, office visit, physician, practitioner, primary care doctor treat low-complexity case, provider, reward career, reward scale, rise medication cost, south end of Louisville, specialty practice, St. Elizabeth, St. Elizabeth 's medical center, telehealth, top of the reward scale, Traci Edwards, traditional office visit, university of Kentucky college of medicine, UofL Health-Medical, UofL Health-Medical center, variety of specialty, vast body of knowledge, Wagner high school

LOUISVILLE While it may be debated as to whether the “dream job” actually exists or is just a fantasy, Traci

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Special Section 

Louisville Travel Guide

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Jim Kelsey advanced laparoscopic, aggressive follow-up, bariatric, bariatric surgery, bariatric surgery patient, based practice, beaten path of traditional surgeon, effectiveness of the procedure, extra tool, follow-up, follow-up visit, food choice, general surgery residency, good choice, high malnutrition risk, hour of podcasts, image001 photo, journey, life-shortening condition, Louisville surgeon, Louisville travel guide, malnutrition risk, Meredith Sweeney, multiple conference, necessary vitamin, Norton Healthcare, Norton Healthcare Meredith Sweeney, Norton weight management, overall mental health, patient 's healthcare, patient 's long-term health, patient jog, patient make, poor food choice, revisional bariatric surgery, safety of bariatric surgery, self-development journey, sound counter, stigma, stigma of Bariatric surgery, stress, surgeon, surgery, surgery residency, surgery table, Sweeney, telehealth, traditional surgeon, tricky operation, university of Louisville hospital, wellness

LOUISVILLE Surgeons often say they enjoy surgery because they like to fix things. Not surprisingly, that’s what drove Meredith Sweeney,

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Complementary Care 

Listen to Your Momma

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Mac Stone agriculture 's national organic standard board, aisle, aisle of product, Ann Bell stone, baby, bag of vitamin, bucket of fried chicken, calf, cheap abundance, clean plate club, conventional strawberry, diet, diet-related, diet-related disease, digestive microbiome, Elmwood stock farm, ewe, eye of mother nature, food organization, former chair of the U.S. department of agriculture 's national organic standard board, geeky, geeky son, generation of beef, good reproductive rate, grandmother 's generation, grass, great-tasting, great-tasting grain, grocery, grocery store feature aisle, hen, herd, herd health issue, high percentage of a species, image001 photo, image001 photo of vegetable, Instacart, Kentucky department of agriculture, Kentucky proud program, lamb access, Mac, Mac stone, mammal 's lifeline, manner of metabolic disorder, mature cow, momma, mother nature, new momma, newborn mammal 's lifeline, next paddock, nonprofit agriculture, nutrient need, paddock, perfect food, plate club, pre-made formula, pre-pubescent calf, provide protein, right half of the expansive building, Sarah Jane Sanders, Sarah Jane Sanders issue, simple vegetable, skinny kid, sweet-tasting corn, turkey hen, vegetable, young stock

Mac Stone, Ann Bell Stone, and extended family operate Elmwood Stock Farm in Scott County, KY. Mac was the executive

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Special Section 

The Patient-Centered Surgeon

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Tim Corkran achalasia, anti-reflux, anti-reflux procedure, associate professor of surgery, associate program director, combination of technical practice, creation of a swallow, daVinci, daVinci robot, duty of associate program director of the residency program, ENT collaborator, esophageal disease, esophageal procedure, esophageal surgical procedure, esophagus, Farid Kehdy, good solution, hernia, hiatal, hiatal hernia, image001 photo, Kehdy, Kehdy 's successful approach, Louisville UofL, Louisville UofL health surgeon, medical treatment, native of Lebanon, paraesophageal, patient population, patient recovery, Patient-Centered surgeon, PPIs, practice cardiologist, procedure, reflux, reflux center, reflux issue, surgeon, surgery, surgical management, surgical management of esophageal disease, surgical management of reflux, technical practice, UofL, UofL health, UofL health surgeon

LOUISVILLE UofL Health surgeon Farid Kehdy, MD, brings an approach to surgical management of esophageal diseases that makes his patients

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News News & Events 

News – Apr 2021

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 MD-Update Staff Aaron Stewart, advanced heart failure, affiliate, American college, Andy Powell, baptist health, baptist health foundation, Bellarmine, Bellarmine university, Breckenridge Lane, cardiologist, cardiothoracic, cardiovascular care, cardiovascular service, CEO, chairman, chairman of baptist health foundation, chief lend officer, clinic, clinical support, Dr. Toadvine, executive director, failure, family medicine, foundation board, foundation board chairman, fundraising, great Louisville, gynecology, Harrison, Harrison memorial hospital, health foundation, healthcare, heart disease, heart failure, heart failure patient, heart transplant, HMH, hormone-related, hormone-related program, image001 photo, image002 photo, Justin Leighty, K., Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kresge way, KY 40207, Larry Gray, leadership, Leighty, Lexington, lifesaving, Louisville, Louisville baptist health foundation, Louisville Louisville, Louisville Louisville baptist health, medical degree, medical director, medical group, medicine, member of the American college of obstetrics, new CEO, new foundation board chairman, News, Norton, Norton Audubon, Norton Audubon hospital, Norton Healthcare, Norton heart, obstetrics, photo, physician, physician specialty service, Powell, president of baptist health, republic bank, republic bank 's Andy Powell, residency, Riley, role of vice chairman, service line, specialty, Stewart, suite 134, suite 200, TOADVINE, transplant, treatment of disease of the female reproductive organ, UK Gill, UK Gill heart, UK HealthCare, UofL, UofL health, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, VAD, vascular institute, vice president, vice president of clinical support, wealth of board

Aaron Stewart, MD, Joins Baptist Health Medical Group LOUISVILLE Louisville Baptist Health Medical Group welcomed Aaron Stewart, MD, in January

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GHP Ad Special Section 

Finishing and Starting: A New Fellow Joins Large, Established GI Practice

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Pat Henderson awesome professor, biologic medication, bowel, bowel disease, broad range of disease, C., care coordination, care decision, care-coordination loop, colitis, contribute member of the practice, Crohn, Crohn 's disease, Dr. Luckett, Dr. Luckett join, excite time, expert care, family prosthetics business, fellowship, full-scope of GI-related service, gastroenterology, gastroenterology health, Gastroenterology health partner, general GI, genetics, GHP, GI, GI fellowship, GI-related, GI-related service, GI-related test, GI-subspecialty, Gil Dunn Tyler Luckett, group 's Southern Indiana facility, help build rapport, hepatology fellowship, image001 photo, inflammatory bowel disease, inhibitor, Jak, Jak inhibitor, Kentuckiana region, large spectrum of gastrointestinal condition, Louisville, Luckett, medication, medicine, new Albany, new fellow, pediatric rotation, physiology class, quality outcome, rapport, refer provider, residency rotation, Robert Tyler Luckett, Southern Indiana, Southern Indiana facility, superior quality outcome, Tyler Luckett, ulcerative colitis, university of Louisville, UofL

NEW ALBANY/LOUISVILLE As Robert Tyler Luckett, MD, stands at a crossroads in his medical career, he has both finishing and

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Special Section 

Making the Case for Care Continuity

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Donna Ison blood pressure, cancerous lesion, Care continuity, care physician, chi saint, continuity, continuity of care, diabetes, doctor, doctor reach, Gil Dunn Nancy Morris, heart disease, high blood pressure, home patient, image001 photo, inpatient, internal medicine, internal medicine physician, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Laurel, Laurel county, lesion, medicine, medicine physician, Morris, Morris state, Nancy Morris, nurse home patient, outpatient, outpatient set, patient 18, patient advocacy, patient advocate, physician, preteen year, prevalent presentation, prevention, primary care, primary Care associate of London, primary care of London, primary care physician, rarer disease, Sherisa Warren, skin lesion removal, university of Kentucky college of medicine, wide range of complaint

LONDON When primary care physician Nancy Morris, MD, recently met her new colleague, vascular surgeon Sherisa Warren, DO, she was

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