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News News & Events 

Colon Cancer Screenings Increase

March 1, 2019March 21, 2019 MD-Update Staff ACA, adoption of the affordable Care act, cancer, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer screen increase, colorectal, colorectal surgeon, impact of colon cancer, journal of the American college of surgeon, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky cabinet, Kentucky cancer registry, Kentucky hospital discharge database, Kentucky study, MD-UPDATE, Medicaid, Medicaid expansion, Medicaid patient, News item, outcome of colon cancer, post-expansion, Pre-ACA Medicaid expansion, screen, surgeon, UK Markey, UK Markey cancer center, university of Kentucky study

LEXINGTON A University of Kentucky study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows a direct link

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Advocacy 

Tort Reform and Administrative Simplification Remain KMA Priorities

March 1, 2018May 8, 2018 Emily Schott administrative burden, administrative improvement, administrative simplification, advocacy, advocacy effort, advocacy priority, assembly 's emphasis, association 's main objective, barrier, Bill 4, Bill 69, brought dozen, brought dozen of physician, burnout, charged topic, consistent legal climate, drug abuse, efficient health care, Frankfort, good care, great patient safety, health of Kentuckian, healthcare, healthcare discussion, high smoke rate, image001 Emily Schott, image001 Emily Schott serve, impact of the physician presence, initiative, introduction of Senate, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky general assembly 's emphasis, Kentucky medical association, Kentucky physician, KMA, KMA priority, launch of a new initiative, legislative session, liability system, meaningful exchange, meaningful exchange of dialogue, medical review panel, medicine, new initiative, obesity, opioid abuse epidemic, physician, physician 's day, physician presence, practice efficiency, practice of medicine, practice staff, priority, priority bill, provider, public health challenge, quality control mechanism, resource perform nonclinical activity, Senate Bill 79, session, state 's legal liability system, suggest improvement, timely care, tort, tort reform central, trusted resource, unlimited risk, unnecessary barrier, well-known provider shortage

LOUISVILLE Despite the Kentucky General Assembly’s emphasis on politically charged topics such as the budget and pension reform, it is

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News News & Events 

News – Jul 2017

July 1, 2017July 31, 2017 MD-Update Staff ACA, advanced health disparity research train program, American college, American college of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterology association, American society of gastrointestinal Endoscopy, app, assistant professor, baptist health, Benitez, BHMG Gastroenterology Lexington Mark Brunner, biomedical research program, Brunner, CEO, CEO of KentuckyOne health, Chuck Neumann, current interim president, current interim president of university of Louisville hospital, disparity, epidemiological/bio-statistical, epidemiological/bio-statistical method, experiential skill development, gastroenterology, Gastroenterology association, gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Geisinger medical center, grantsmanship, grief, health disparity research, health service research, health system, Health-Related, Health-Related research, healthcare, Healthcare need, impactful research, inpatient gastroenterology service, integrated health system, intense grief, interim, interim president, interim president of university of Louisville hospital, internal medicine, interprofessional, interprofessional environment, James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center transition, Karpf, Kentuckian, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KHA, KHA board, lead health system, leadership, leadership structure, Lexington Dr. Brittany, Lexington Dr. Brittany small, long-term leadership structure, long-term leadership structure of KentuckyOne health, Louisville, Louisville hospital, Louisville KentuckyOne, Louisville KentuckyOne health, Louisville medical center, luncheon, Mark Spurlin, meaningful research, Medicaid, medical care, medical degree, member of the American college of Gastroenterology, member of the American college of physician, News, NHLBI, Nicholasville road, operation of ULH, pediatrics, perinatal, perinatal loss, PGIS, PhD, physician, pregnancy loss, priority of the organization, provider, role of interim president, Ruth Brinkley, scientific write strategy, Spurlin, successful team science career development, successful transition of operation, suite 302, team science career development, transition, U, ULH, university of Kentucky center, year-long mentoring experience

Brunner and Spurlin Join BHMG Gastroenterology LEXINGTON Mark Brunner, MD, and Mark Spurlin, MD, have joined Baptist Health Medical Group

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Events 

Events – Oct 2016

October 1, 2016December 30, 2016 MD-Update Staff B., breast, breast cancer, cancer, cancer battle, Chandler, Chandler hospital, Children-Lexington, Children-Lexington official, color of courage, courage, day dichroic, dichroic, dichroic glass, eliminate barrier, estate of Natalie, expanded Medicaid, federal poverty, Gil Dunn, harmful ray while, honor of individual, hope scarf, hope scarf raise fund, insured Kentuckian, KCL, KCL community relation, KCL executive director, Kentuckian, Kentucky Albert, Kentucky Albert B., Kentucky cancer patient, Kentucky CancerLink, l-r, La Grange road, Lara MacGregor, level guideline, Lexington construction, Linkin, Linkin 's bridge, Mary Ann Leucht, Melissa Karrer, metastatic breast cancer research, mission of hope scarf, modern day dichroic, Owensboro, Owensboro restaurant sponsor, park garage, park garage of the university of Kentucky Albert B., pedestrian pedway, pedway, photo, physician, PizzAroma, PizzAroma owner, porch possum, ray while, recent finalist, reflective appearance, Reise officer, ROCK’N, ROCK’N roll tribute, scarf, Shriners, Shriners hospital, survivor, tribute band hotel, Vicki Blevins-Booth, woman face cancer

Construction on % Schedule at Shriners Hospital for Children-Lexington LEXINGTON Construction on the new medical center for Shriners Hospitals for

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Letter from the Publisher 

Louisville Mayor Inspires with Example of Giving and Equality

October 1, 2016 Gil Dunn $825,000 renovation, color of courage, courage, doctor, doctor 's ball, fine physician, Fisher, Gil Dunn, great Louisville area, hematology issue, hope scarf, income woman, Joseph hospital foundation, Kentuckian, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne health saint, Louisville, Louisville mayor, low income woman, MAMM, Mary Lee Fisher, MD-UPDATE, metastatic breast cancer research, multiple improvement, scarf, St. Mary 's foundation, thousand of Kentuckian, yes

Welcome to MD-UPDATE, the oncology and hematology issue. I had the opportunity over 10 days in October to attend three

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Cancer Care Education 

Reducing Barriers

October 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Melissa Karrer Appalachian region of the state, appropriate cancer screen, assistance, availability of cancer screen, barrier, cancer, cancer screen, cancer survivor, cancer treatment, CDC director, childcare, colon, colon cancer, completion of cancer treatment, death rate, eliminate barrier, expanded Medicaid, federal poverty, financial issue, healthcare, high cancer incidence, high rate of new cancer, incidence, insurance, insured Kentuckian, KCL, KCL 's certified patient navigator, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky CancerLink, Kentucky health fair, Kentucky rank, level guideline, Lexington Kentucky, low-cost/no-cost, low-cost/no-cost cancer screen, lung, navigator, patient navigator, patient referral, patient self-referrals, provide assistance, qualified patient, reduce barrier, referral, result of KCL, screen, self-referrals, survivor, Tom Freiden, underinsured Kentuckian, value of early cancer detection

LEXINGTON Kentucky has the highest rate of new cancers and the highest death rate for all cancers combined in the

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Events News & Events Uncategorized 

Events – May 2016

May 1, 2016July 17, 2017 MD-Update Staff #UNTIL, #UNTIL campaign, 501c3 non-profit organization, Ashland, Ashland 's large fund-raising event, Ashland 's large fund-raising event of the year, Ashland lawn party, barker, bluegrass, cancer, cancer battle, cancer screen, cause of help physician, check, clinic, colon, colon cancer, conservation of Ashland, crowd call, current healthcare news, D., decision-makers, Esq., feature bourbon taste, Gil Dunn, golf, healthcare, healthcare news, heart of Lexington, help physician, Henry Clay, Henry Clay estate, Henry Clay memorial foundation, iHeart, iHeart radio, in-depth content, in-depth content of MD-UPDATE, KCL, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky CancerLink, Kentucky Cancerlink 's mission, Kentucky CancerLink 's upcoming #UNTIL campaign, Kentucky CancerLink golf scramble, Kentucky doctor, Kentucky healthcare consumer, Kentucky physician, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, l-r, Lauren Parsons, lawn, lawn party, legacy of the great compromiser, Lexington, Lexington Ashland, Lexington clinic, man 's health, MD-UPDATE, MD-UPDATE archive, MD-UPDATE Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Newton, MD-UPDATE publisher, MD-UPDATE website, Moloney, need of cancer screen, Newton, pain treatment center, physician, PLLC, prostate, rd, Richard Coles, safe floor of Kentucky, Scott Neal, scramble, screen, searchable collection, searchable collection of article, Spindletop hall, Stephanie Wurdock, Sturgill, theme of the campaign, Turner, UK HealthCare, upcoming new MD-UPDATE website, wellness, WKYT

Celebrates Issue #100 LEXINGTON To celebrate the publication of the 100th issue of MD-UPDATE, team members, writers, photographers, and contributors

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Cover Story 

Bulding a Better Cardiac Surgery Program

March 1, 2016 Jennifer S. Newton Ahmad Kahn, aorta, aorta program, aortic dissection, aortic valve replacement, arrhythmia, artery, artery disease, avoid transfusion, baptist cardiac surgery, baptist health, bypass, bypass graft, cardiac surgeon, cardiac surgery, cardiac surgery program, cardiac tumor, cardiology, cardiology colleague, Christiana Care, clinic, complex pathology, complex pathology of the heart, complex valve repair, comprehensive heart surgery program, coronary disease, diffuse coronary artery disease, dissection, excellent extension, Floyd, Floyd memorial heart, Floyd memorial hospital, general surgery residency, genuine team approach, get patient, good cardiac surgery program, graduate of new York medical college, graft, heart surgery, heart surgery program, Hopkins county hospital, iceberg, impact of the operation, improve option, incision, invasive cardiac surgery, invasive procedure, invasive valve repair, Kentuckian, khan, khan 's experience, Louisville, LVADs, mammary artery, manager of the Trover clinic, monitor post-op patient, N.Y., native of Argentina, new Albany, new member of baptist cardiac surgery, open heart surgery, operate room, outcome, page 13-14, Pagni, pain control protocol, paradigm, patient 's hospital, patient 's individual need, perfusion technique, photo, physician, pollock, private cardiac surgery practice, procedure, replacement, Samuel pollock, Sebastian Pagni, step-down unit, surgeon, surgery, surgery practice, surgery program, surgery residency, TAVR, TAVR program, team approach, thoracic aorta program, tip of the iceberg, transcatheter, transfusion, treatment philosophy, treatment plan, trio of cardiac surgeon, Trover, Trover clinic, true team approach, valve, valve repair, valve replacement, ventricular remodel

LOUISVILLE When it comes to complex pathologies of the heart, and the growing number of technological advancements used in treatment,

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Physician Viewpoint 

Commit to Quit

December 1, 2015February 1, 2017 Theodore H. Miller, MD, PhD Allergy & Immunology, basketball, basketball strategy, cancer, CDC, cessation strategy, decision best, ENT, good coach, heart disease, immediate benefit, intervention, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky foundation, Kentucky medical association, Kentucky self-reporting, KFMC, KMA, lead cause of cancer, Louisville Kentuckian, medical care, need counsel, needed medication, nicotine, opponent stand, patient best, physician, quit, quit rate, review of trial involve physician, risk of cancer of the mouth, smoke, smoke cessation strategy, smoker, study show, study show physician, support patient, top of national poll, tough challenger, tough-fought, tough-fought basketball game, trial involve physician, win basketball strategy

LOUISVILLE Kentuckians are proud when their basketball teams reach the top of national polls. But leading the country in other

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Cancer Care Cover Story 

A Transformative Moment in Cancer Care

November 1, 2015July 17, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton BRCA1, BRCA2, breast, breast cancer, breath, breath test, brown cancer center, Brown cancer center director, cancer, cancer care, cancer center, cancer center location, cancer morbidity, cancer patient, cancer service, cancer treatment, cancer type, cancer-related, cancer-related death, checkpoint, checkpoint inhibitor, chemotherapy, Chesney, clinic, clinical operation, clinical trial, colon, CT, CT scan, deputy director, deputy director of the brown cancer center, detection, director of clinical operation, director of the breast cancer, director of the lung cancer, downtown location, expertise, FACP, gene, genetic test, identified gene, immune checkpoint inhibitor, immune system, inhibitor, James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, Jewish northeast, Kentuckian, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Kloecker, liver, Louisville, lung, lung cancer, lung cancer patient, mammography, medical center, medical oncologist, melanoma, Milburn, Miller, mortality, multidisciplinary care, multidisciplinary clinic, multiple cancer type, Nivolumab, northeast, northeast location, novel therapy, oncologist, oncology, oncology service, oncolytic, oncolytic virus, PALB2, PD-1, PD-1 inhibitor, pembrolizumab, pharmacy, photograph, physician, provider, radiation, radiation oncologist, referral, Riley, scan, specialty, specialty pharmacy, stage 4, strong family history, synergy, therapy, transformative moment, tumor, U, vice president of oncology service, virus

LOUISVILLE The James Graham Brown Cancer Center has a long and successful history in Louisville and the region. According to

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