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The Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Professionals: Occupational Hazard, Unique Opportunity

December 1, 2021December 10, 2021 Miriam Silman, MSW $2, A., affective disorder, anxiety, burnout, C., check-in, compassion, compassion fatigue, confidential mental health coverage, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, crisis response, critical driver, current pandemic leave healthcare provider, D., E., EAP resource, elevated self-reports, elevated self-reports of depression, emotional exhaustion, evidence-informed, evidence-informed way, exception, exposure, fabric of healthcare system, fatigue, Frankfort, G., health concern increase vulnerability, health impact, healthcare, healthcare professional, healthcare provider, healthcare system, healthcare work, healthcare worker, huddle, I, image002 Miriam Silman, international journal, J., journal, journal of affective disorder, K., L., leadership, leave healthcare provider, level of healthcare, level of transformative change, M., mental health, mental health concern increase vulnerability, mental health impact, mental health impact of COVID-19, mental health of healthcare professional, mental health of healthcare worker, meta-analysis, moral distress, MSW, multi-tiered system, multi-tiered system of support, N., negative psychosocial response, occupational hazard, P., pains.1, pains.1 emerge data, pandemic, past pandemic, physician, plethora of negative psychosocial response, positivity, pre-pandemic, provider, psychosocial impact, public awareness, R., resilience-building, resilience-building practice, resilient workforce, robust body of literature, S., screener, secondary trauma, secondary traumatic stress, self-care, somatic ache, staff meet, staff well-being, stress, supervision, sustainable healthcare system, symptom of traumatic stress, system responsibility, toll, toll of healthcare work, transformative change, trauma, traumatic stress, unpredictability of the current pandemic leave healthcare provider, well-being

FRANKFORT The ferocity, duration, and unpredictability of the current pandemic leave healthcare providers particularly vulnerable to negative psychosocial impacts: COVID-19

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News News & Events

News – Dec 2021

December 1, 2021December 10, 2021 MD-Update Staff $36, 36 year healthcare veteran, 373-bed, 434-bed, 434-bed hospital, Agarwala, American college, American pathologist, Antonio Lopez, APRN, baptist health, breast, breed, Brown, brown cancer center, cancer, Care, central Kentucky, chi, chi saint, chief operate officer, Chris Roty, clinic, day-to-day leadership, diagnostics, diagnostics center, Dunlap, Emily Volk, family medicine, FCAP, fellowship, healthcare veteran, Hejazi, hospital 's leadership, ICU, image001 photo, inpatient, internal medicine, J., Jessamine, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Kamran Hejazi Kenari, Kentucky, Kiltinen, Kyaw, LA Grange, laboratory medicine, leadership, Leslye Jones, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Louisville, Louisville school, lung, lung cancer, lung disease, management of the 434-bed hospital, Matt Bailey, medical degree, medicine, Neal Dunlap, neck, neck cancer, Nessa Timoney, News, nurse, nurse practitioner, oncology, osteopathic medicine, Paducah, Paducah hospital, pathologist, pathology, pediatrics, photo, physician, post-graduate, president of baptist health, preventative, provider, Pulmonology, radiation, radiation oncology, radiology, residency, Roty, Roty 's leadership, S., Sanjay Agarwala, Siddiqui, Staten, Tennessee, treatment of lung, UofL, UofL health, Valerie, Valerie breed, vice president, Volk

Roty Named Chief Operating Officer at Baptist Health Lexington LEXINGTON After serving as president of Baptist Health Paducah, Chris Roty

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News – Aug 2021

August 1, 2021October 18, 2021 MD-Update Staff $, $10.6 million partnership, 10.6, accreditation, American college, Aslam, Bahasa Indonesia, baptist health, baptist health team, Bardstown, Behnke, board-certified, cancer, cancer program, cardiology, Care, Care center, Care clinic, central Kentucky, chi, chi saint, chief executive officer, Cleveland, clinic, CoC, De La Cruz, Dimeling, Elizabeth, Elizabeth hospital, emergency, emergency room, ER, Flaget, Flaget memorial, Floyd, formal groundbreaking, freestanding ER, good care, group practice, gynecology, heart procedure, hospice, hospice center, hybrid emergency room, image001 image, innovation, intensive program, internal medicine, intuitive health, invasive heart procedure, J., Jefferson ridge development, JEFFERSONVILLE, Jewish hospital, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Kentucky, large group practice, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Louisville, Mary, MBA, medical degree, medical school, medicine, MedOne, MedOne hospital physician, Neltner, News, NSLI-Y, obstetrics, Ohio, onsite, patient care, photo, physician, primary care, procedure, provider, residency, Southern Indiana, Stephen J., stroke, stroke center, surgeon, surgery, TAVR, thoracic surgeon, thoracic surgery, transcatheter, undergraduate education, underserved, university of Virginia, UofL, UofL health, urgent care, urgent care clinic, Vasdev Lohano, year of experience

Baptist Health Teams Up with Intuitive Health, Breaks Ground on Southern Indiana’s First Freestanding ER and Urgent Care JEFFERSONVILLE, IN

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Cover Story Special Section

Invisible Capes

June 1, 2021September 9, 2021 Jim Kelsey adult congenital cardiac surgery, Afghanistan, Alexandra Rogers, Alexandra Rogers baby, Alsoufi, Alsoufi 's patient population, anticipated treatment, associate professor of surgery, baby, baby 's congenital heart abnormality, Bahaaldin Alsoufi, Brian J., cardiologist, cardiology, cardiothoracic, Cardiothoracic surgery, care unit physician, CCRN, chief of the division of pediatric cardiac surgery, CICU, complex neonatal cardiac surgery, congenital cardiac surgeon, congenital heart disease require heart surgery, congenital heart surgery, Dawn Williamson, defect, detection, director of pediatric cardiac surgery, early detection, empowered mere mortal, expect parent, family need cardiac surgery, fellowship, group of superheroes of vary superpower, heart condition, heart defect, heart disease, heart institute, heart problem, heart surgery, Holland, Hudson Hogue, image001 photography, image002 Dr. Holland, invisible cape, J., Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Lawrence cardiac intensive Care unit, Louisville, Louisville division, Louisville school, medical team, Megan Boone, multiple appointment, NCHI, neonatal intensive care unit physician, new team of superheroes, Norton, Norton child, Norton child 's heart institute, nurse, nurse manager, nurse practitioner, PCU nurse educator, pediatric cardiac surgery, pediatric cardiac surgery subspecialty, pediatric cardiologist, pediatric cardiology, pediatric valvular heart disease, pediatrician, photography, physician, post-operative care, RN, single ventricle palliation, singular foe, specific heart defect, super parent, superheroes, superheroes don, superpower, surgeon, surgery, surgery subspecialty, Syria, take care, Toronto 's hospital, ultrasound, university of Damascus, university of Louisville division of pediatric cardiology, university of Louisville school of medicine, university of Toronto 's hospital, vary superpower, ventricle, ventricle palliation

LOUISVILLE In the movies, the Avengers are a group of superheroes of varying superpowers and talents. They come from countries

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Kentucky’s Top Doc, Steven J. Stack, MD, MBA, FACEP: His Finest Hour

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 MD-Update Staff 48, 48 hour shift, AMA, amaze amount of collaboration, anger boil, appointed public servant, bring organization, childhood well-being, colon cancer screen, commissioner, commissioner 's job, commissioner of the Kentucky department, communicable disease prevention, core mission of the department of public health, coronavirus epidemic, COVID, COVID test, COVID-19, dedicated team of civil servant, diabetes prevention, Dr. Connie White, early childhood well-being, emergency, emergency physician, enormous logistical undertake, epidemic, explosive public health crisis, full human potential, good interest of the people of Kentucky, great deal of hardship, groundhog, groundhog day, health crisis, health reference lab, healthy delivery, idea of the magnitude of the virus, image001 photo, important public health, incredible crisis, inject vaccine, J., Kentucky, Kentucky 's top, Kentucky commissioner, Kentucky department, Kentucky Perinatal, Kentucky Perinatal quality, Kentucky program, KY department, MDU, mobile lab, must-see TV, people of Kentucky, pharmaceutical distribution company, PPE, president of the AMA, press conference, public health, public health initiative, public health reference lab, radon inspection, recent ice storm, Remdesivir, restaurant safety, sick life, Sir Winston Churchill, stack, state commissioner of public health, statewide distribution, statewide distribution of the vaccine, Steven J. stack, Steven stack, sweep array, sweep array of public health initiative, tobacco, tobacco cessation, transformational experience, use tobacco product, vaccination, vaccine, virus, WIC program

“To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered

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Events News & Events

Events – Nov 2019

November 1, 2019February 21, 2020 MD-Update Staff A., Anderson, Andrea James, Angela Thompson, baptist health, Bensema, Bill 11, Brent Wright, Charles Papp, chi, chi saint, colon, continued focus, current KMA president, current LMS president, cytology, cytology laboratory, Danesh Mazloomdoost, Dennis Kelly, e-cigarettes, E., Emory A., emotional recovery, evidence-based, Farhad Karim, gala, Gil Dunn Brent Wright, Gil Dunn LMS, Gil Dunn LMS past-presidents, Granacher, Harold Faulconer, image001 photo, image003 photo, J., James L. border, Jessica Croley, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph hospital, Kentucky, Kentucky physician, Kentucky psychological association, KMA, KMA president, L., Lee M. Dorsett, legislative accomplishment, Leslie, Lexington, Lexington image002, Lexington image002 photo, Lexington medical society, Lexington medical society dinner, Lexington medical society present, LMS, LMS past-presidents, LMS president, Lyle Dalton, M., M. Dorsett, mammogram, medical director, medicine, MMA, neurologist, Opioid, OPIOID crisis symposium, P., pain, past president dinner, past-presidents, Past-Presidents of the Lexington medical society dinner, pathology, PharmD, photo, physician, physician integration, physician of the year, president dinner, recovery, resilience, RJ Corman, secretary/treasurer-elect, Sepideh, slate of officer, society dinner, society present, star gala, Steve Toadvine, symposium, T, text number, tobacco-free school, Tran, Tuyen, Tuyen T., UK medical student, vice-president-elect, W.

Lexington Medical Society’s Annual Past Presidents Dinner LEXINGTON The annual Past-Presidents of the Lexington Medical Society dinner was October 8,

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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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Special Section

A Founding Member of Treating Pain

November 1, 2019February 21, 2020 MD-Update Staff addictive component, anesthesiologist, anesthesiologist relieve pain, Ballard Wright, behavioral medicine, behavioral medicine department, behavioral medicine specialist, bluegrass, care physician, CEO of the pain treatment center, CEO of the pain treatment pain medicine of the bluegrass, chronic pain, Dr. Wright, effective pain medicine, Engl, Engl J, found member of treat pain, Gil Dunn Heather Wright, Gil Dunn Jason Goumas, heather, help patient cope, image001 Goumas, image001 Goumas photo, image002 Goumas, image002 Goumas photo, interventional procedure, interventional technique, J., LCSW, magnitude of pain, management physician, medical specialty of pain management, medication, medicine, medicine department, medicine specialist, multiple modality, N., new England journal of medicine article, outpatient, pain, pain management, pain treatment center, pain treatment center of the bluegrass, pain treatment pain medicine, physical therapy, physician, physician practice, prevalence of chronic pain, Pt, rehab, specialist, specialty, surgery, surgery center, therapy, treatment plan

LEXINGTON For some people, acute or chronic pain is a fact of life. A New England Journal of Medicine article

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Beer with a Scientist

October 1, 2019 MD-Update Staff Alzheimer, beer, Catherine Lane, co-leader of the experimental therapeutics program, compassionate care, cotton, director of the Alzheimer 's, diverse scientific topic, experimental therapeutics program, geriatrics workforce enhancement, Holsopple brewery, J., Levi J., MSSW, PhD, program manager of geriatrics workforce enhancement, Samantha cotton, therapeutics program, UofL, UofL Trager, UofL Trager institute

LOUISVILLE “How in the (Brain) Health Are You?” was the topic of the monthly series created and coordinated by Levi

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Medical Marijuana in Kentucky. Are We Ready for It?

October 1, 2019October 28, 2019 MD-Update Staff alcohol research, Andrew Freedman, anesthesiologist, Anti-Drug abuse act, Babalonis, background fact, Bost memorial health policy forum, Brian Higgins, Brown Todd, cannabinoid treatment, cannabis, CBD, CEO ben Chandler, Cincinnati office, Cincinnati office of FBT, Colorado, consumer, Danesh Mazloomdoost, dosage, Esq., FBT, fellowship-trained, fellowship-trained anesthesiologist, Freedman, Gil Dunn Shannan Babalonis, goal of the forum, great pain severity, health equity, health policy forum, health voice, healthy Kentucky, Higgins, high-quality study, image001 photo, intoxicant, J., Kentucky, Koski, Lexington, Lisa Gill, Lisa Gill of consumer report, LLC, marijuana, marijuana fact, marijuana product, Marriott Griffin, Marriott Griffin gate, Mazloomdoost, MD-UPDATE, medical cannabis use, medical marijuana, medical marijuana fact, medical marijuana use, medicine, multiple topic, News item, pain, pain medicine, patient take opioid analgesics, photo, policymaking discussion, promote health equity, public health voice, recreational marijuana, senior live facility, Shannan Babalonis, THC, theme of the Howard J., university of Kentucky, unmet health need, unmet health need of Kentuckian, Wellward, Wellward regenerative medicine

SEND YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO MD-UPDATE > news@md-update.com LEXINGTON “Medical Marijuana Fact and Fiction” was the theme of the Howard

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