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No More Suffering in Silence

June 1, 2022June 22, 2022 Donna Ison bladder, board-, bowel, bowel movement, Bulkamid®, Centre college 's athletic department, certified urogynecologist, clinicals, course of evaluation, delivery, disorder, dysfunction, empathy, empowerment, FACOG, FDA-approved, field of urogynecology, floor, floor disorder, gel, general GYN service, GYN, GYN rotation, GYN service, gynecological issue, incontinence, Jamie Rhodes, large prolapse, lesser-known specialty, Louisville, Louisville school, Marjorie Pilkinton, mom, Northwell, Northwell health, Norton, Norton medical group, Norton woman, Norton woman 's Care, OB/ GYN, pelvic floor, pelvic floor disorder, photo, physical therapy, Pilkinton, Pilkinton state, prolapse, quality of life, referral, scope of Urogynecology, sexual dysfunction, side of GYN, silence, Sinai west, sphincter, surgery, therapy, university of Louisville school of medicine, UofL, urethra, urethral bulk injection, urinary incontinence, urogynecologist, urogynecology, vagina, wall of the urethra, water-based, water-based gel, woman suffer incontinence, work study program

LOUISVILLE The field of urogynecology is one of the lesser-known specialties—among both medical professionals and the general public—which means many

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Women’s Health Warrior

June 1, 2022June 22, 2022 Jim Kelsey Bardstown, Bardstown chi saint, blood pressure, care of people, care physician, Carmen Folmar, chi, chi saint, close-knit group of physician, entire Bardstown chi saint, FACOG, gynecological aspect, gynecological care, gynecology, hall 's passion, hall 's patient, hall 's typical week, Hannah, Hannah hall, health care, image001 photo, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Louisville, Louisville school, mom, OB, OB patient, OB rotation, OB/ GYN, obstetrics, obstetrics appointment, obstetrics component, obstetrics rotation, patient concern, pediatric rotation, physician, pregnancy care, pregnant woman, primary care physician, psychiatric health, right direction, rotation, rural area, small town patient, telehealth, timely care, town patient, treatment of abnormal bleed, ultimate benefit of patient, university of Louisville school of medicine, usual parameter, woman 's health

BARDSTOWN A few people actually know what they want to be when they grow up. They dream about it and

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Events News & Events 

Events – Apr 2022

April 1, 2022June 22, 2022 MD-Update Staff 2yr, 2yr nurse student, American heart association, ball, Ball image004, Ball image004 photo, Ball raise fund, baptist health, cardiologist, cardiovascular disease survivor, central bank center, central Kentucky heart, central KY heart, CEO, CHC image002, CHC image002 photo, chest pain center, chi, chi saint, Diane Koonce, director of chest pain center, disease survivor, EKU, healthcare community, heart association, heart of Louisville heart, image001 photo, image003 photo, image006 photo, Joe Omielan Ashar Aslam, Joe Omielan Jeff Koonce, Joe Omielan Karen, Joe Omielan Lauryn Johnson, Joe Omielan Navin Rajagopalan, Joe Omielan Pete Hester, John Gurley, Joseph, Joseph health, Kentuckiana, Kentucky, Kentucky football player, Kentucky heart, Kristy Salley, KY heart, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Louisville, Louisville heart, market president, photo, Todd Ziegler, UK Gill, UK Gill heart, UK HealthCare, UK Healthcare cardiologist, university of Kentucky football player, UTC image005, UTC image005 photo, Uzma, vascular affiliate network, vascular institute, VP, WesBanco

Central Kentucky Heart Ball Raises Funds and Remembers Former Executive Director LEXINGTON The American Heart Association’s (AHA) Central Kentucky Heart

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Complementary Care 

Organ Donation: Anyone Can Be a Lifesaver

April 1, 2022June 22, 2022 Menisa Marshall 2-to, 4 hour window, acuity facility, Bergin, Bergin 's heart, Bergin 's passion, BSN, C., cardiac standstill, care option, CEO, CEO of Kentucky organ donor affiliate, cornea, cornea donation, country 's fast grow registry, COVID, COVID complication, COVID patient, COVID-positive, COVID-positive patient, director of quality service, discontinue ventilation, donation, donor, donor referral, donor registry, effective control measure, employee share, FACHE, first-ever in-house organ donation, heart standstill, hepatitis, high acuity facility, ICU nurse, image001 Julie Bergin, intestine transplant, Julie Bergin, Kentucky, Kentucky 's organ wait list, Kentucky 's small rural hospital, Kentucky circuit clerk, Kentucky circuit clerk 's trust, Kentucky lion eye bank, Kentucky organ donor affiliate, Kentucky resident, kidney, KODA, KODA 's 100+ employee share, KODA 's mission, little advance warn, liver, Louisville, lung, lung account, need of a transplant, nurse, onsite death, organ, organ donation, organ donor, organ recovery coordinator, pancreas, pandemic, patient 's desire, population die, potential donation, recipient, recovery, registry-, situation family, small area of Indiana, small percentage of transplant, standstill, thousand of donor referral, tissue, tissue donation, transplant, transplant recipient, two year decline

LOUISVILLE As president and CEO of Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates, Julie Bergin, BSN, FACHE wants you to remember two things:

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Cover Story 

Infectious Enthusiasm

April 1, 2022June 22, 2022 Jim Kelsey about, about 5 years old grow, advanced classroom work, animal coronaviruses, area of medicine deal, burn call, Burns, Burns 's eye, Burns credit, community speaker, comorbidity, coronaviruses, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, dangerous infection, disease specialist, diverse patient, division of infectious disease, Dr. Mark Burns, duPont manual high school, established patient, FACP, field of infectious disease, former infectious disease specialist, former nurse 's aide, great impact, high risk, HIV, HIV clinic, image001 photo, image002 photo, immune system, importance of infectious disease, infection, infection clinic, infectious disease, infectious disease specialist, infectious enthusiasm, joint infection clinic, Julio Ramirez, junior varsity basketball, large group of diverse patient, little boy, little boy of about 5 years old grow, local laundromat, long white coat, Louisville, Louisville Mark Burns, Louisville school, Mark Burns, Mark Mahan, medicine, medicine deal, mom, open wound, pandemic, photo, physician, potential career, pulmonary critical care, solid organ, specialist, stem cell transplant patient, type of medical field, university of Louisville school of medicine, UofL, UofL health, vaccine, virus, wide patient population

LOUISVILLE Mark Burns, MD, FACP, has a passion for infectious disease that could be called, well, contagious. It’s one that

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Headlines 

Leading Cardiologist, Health Equity Expert Named Chair of UofL Department of Medicine

April 1, 2022June 22, 2022 MD-Update Staff advance provider wellness, advanced access, American society of nuclear cardiology, cardiac image, cardio-nephrology, cardio-nutrition, cardio-rheumatology, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiovascular radiology, clinical effort, Dean Toni Ganzel, disparity, division of cardiology, educational program of the UofL school of medicine 's large department, equity, expert named chair of UofL department of medicine, faculty, faculty diversity, guidance of clinical effort, health care disparity, health equity, health equity expert, healthcare access, international health care disparity, Kim Williams Sr., lead cardiologist, Louisville, medicine, medicine 's large department, nuclear cardiology, past president of the American college of cardiology, preventive cardiology, renowned cardiologist, UofL, UofL department, UofL department of medicine, UofL health system, UofL school, wealth of expertise, wellness, Williams

LOUISVILLE A nationally renowned cardiologist and health equity expert has been selected to head the UofL Department of Medicine. Kim

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Headlines 

Study Looks at How to Detect RSV in Adults

April 1, 2022April 19, 2022 MD-Update Staff A., adult, APRN, chief scientific officer, director of research operation, disease institute, DNP, FAAN, FACP, FNAP, FNP-C, FSHEA, Julio, Julio A., Louisville, Norton, Norton infectious disease institute, Ramirez, research operation, RSV, Ruth Carrico, study look

LOUISVILLE Norton Infectious Diseases Institute has been chosen to study how to effectively detect respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in adults.

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Special Section 

Bringing Pioneering Procedures to Kentucky

April 1, 2022June 22, 2022 Donna Ison abnormal liver test, advanced procedure, advanced therapeutic endoscopy, age 45, Alexandra Rogers Nathan Liu, bile, bile duct, bowel, camera visualization, camera visualization of lesion, cancer, colon, colon cancer, colonoscopies, colonoscopy, complex condition, complicated colon polyp, curative resection, duct, Emily Billingsly, endoscopic, endoscopic procedure, endoscopic submucosal dissection, endoscopic therapy, endoscopy, ERCP, ESD, esophagus, extensive higher-risk polyp, field of gastroenterology, full range of gastrointestinal cancer, gastroenterologist, gastroenterologist arsenal, gastroenterologists, gastroenterology, gastrointestinal cancer, GI, GI wall, high-risk procedure, higher-risk polyp, image001 photography, intermittent right upper quadrant pain, interventional gastroenterologist, invasive surgery, Kawasaki 's disease, late therapeutic agent, Liu, Louisville, medical movement, myotomy, Nathan Liu, natural GI wall, new tool, obesity, ongoing treatment, pancreatography, pediatric surgeon, Peter Draganov, pioneer procedure, polyp, pre-oral, pre-oral endoscopic myotomy, procedure, quadrant pain, quick diagnosis, remove stone, required open surgery, retrograde pancreatography, revolutionary endoscopic therapy, screen colonoscopies, single layer of the colon, small bowel, submucosal, submucosal fellowship, surgery, suture, third-space endoscopy, three year fellowship, university of Florida, UofL, UofL health

LOUISVILLE In the field of gastroenterology, innovations in endoscopy and minimally invasive surgery have led to much improved results and

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Special Section 

Knowledge Is Power

February 1, 2022April 19, 2022 Jim Kelsey Ain sham university, artery, Baylor, blockage, blocked artery, cardiac catheterization, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiology fellowship, cardiovascular doctor, cath lab, catheterization, chest, chest pain, chief medical resident, clinic, clinical investigation science, duPont manual high school, El-Refai, environment reward, graduate of duPont manual high school, healthcare decision, heart attack, heart disease, image001 photo, internal medicine train, interventional cardiologist, interventional cardiology fellowship, investigation science, Louisville, Louisville school, medical train, medicine train, Mostafa Osman El-Refai, need procedure, nice perspective, Non-Invasive, non-invasive thing, Norton, Norton Healthcare, Norton Healthcare Mostafa Osman El-Refai, Norton heart, outpatient, outpatient clinic set, overall physician-patient, pain, physician, private suburban hospital, procedure, stable set, Texas heart institute, university of Louisville school of public health, VA, vascular institute, wide variety of clinical experience, young patient

LOUISVILLE To borrow from Spider-Man, with great power comes great responsibility. Another way to say that is, just because you

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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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