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A Transplant Known for His Transplants

October 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Pat Henderson -Victor, -Victor van, benign esophageal case, Berkel, Berkel 's time, Berkel 's work, cancer, cardiac intensive care unit, care of people, clinical trial, common patient, Dr. Mike Bousamra, fix-a-problem, general surgery residency, image001 photo, immediacy of see-a-problem, Jewish hospital, John lair, lair, late-stage case, Louisville Victor, Louisville Victor van, lung, lung cancer, lung cancer case, lung transplant, lung transplant van, Mark slaughter, Mexico native, new Mexico native, occasional rib malignancy, oncology, PhD, PhD portion, rib malignancy, Robin Guillory, robot, see-a-problem, self-proclaimed science geek, spinal mass, surgeon, surgery, surgery residency, then-fledgling transplant program, thoracic fellowship, thoracic surgeon, thoracic surgery, transplant, transplant total, typical patient, UofL, UofL health, van, Van Berkel, Washington university, WashU

LOUISVILLE Victor van Berkel, MD, PhD, is a self-proclaimed science geek who almost didn’t end up a doctor, let alone

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UofL Receives $11.5 Million to Advance Cancer Immunotherapies

October 1, 2020December 1, 2020 MD-Update Staff biomedical research excellence, brown cancer center, cancer, cancer cell, cancer center, cancer immunology, cancer immunotherapy, cancer patient, cancer research, cancer treatment, charity, checkpoint, chemotherapy, Chuanlin, Chuanlin ding, clinical trial, CoBRE, deadly challenge, development of new immunotherapy, ding, director of the brown cancer center, director of the UofL center, exist strength, field of immunotherapy, five, five year grant, forefront of the clinical development of a new generation, health-designated, health-designated center, image001 photo, immune cell, immune system, immunology, immunotherapy, inhibitor, investigator, James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, Jason Chesney, Kosair, Kosair charity, Louisville, Louisville cancer, lung, million of cancer patient, national institute of health-designated center of biomedical research excellence, Neeli Bendapudi, new center, new immunotherapy, new investigator, PhD, PhD student Anne, PhD student Anne geller, power of the immune system, researcher, survival of cancer patient, T, T cell, therapy, Tom Fougerousse, Trent, university 's grand challenge, university of Louisville, UofL, UofL center, UofL health, UofL Kosair, UofL Kosair charity, UofL president, Yan, young investigator, Yunke Wang

LOUISVILLE Cancer remains one of the most difficult and deadly challenges in human health, affecting Kentuckians at a higher rate

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Power and Precision Equals Progress

October 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Donna Ison advancement, Alexandra Rogers, B., baptist health, baptist health hospital, beam, ben Birkhead, breast, breath, brown cancer center, cancer, cancer center, Carrie Birkhead Scharf, contour, Crystal McMahan, CT, deep breath, dose, dosimetrists, Eckman, Eckman Jr., field of radiation oncology, good possible care, health hospital, help of sophisticated software, high-dose, IGRT, image001 photography, IMRT, intensity, internship, James B., James Graham Brown, kindness, large role physics play, lead leave, lesser-known field, Louisville, Louisville radiation oncology, Louisville school, lung, math, math major, McMahan, medical train, oncologist, oncology, OSMS, outcome, perfect combination of patient care, photography, physician, physics, precision equal progress, radiation, radiation beam, radiation oncologist, radiation oncology, radiation oncology department, residency, role physics play, Scharf, Scharf 's father, Scharf state, side effect, SRT, therapist, therapy, time plan treatment, tissue, treatment beam, treatment field, tremendous technological advancement, tumor, UC Berkley, undergo therapy, unique amalgamation, unique amalgamation of medicine, university of Louisville school of medicine, UofL, UofL 's James Graham Brown, word of James B.

LOUISVILLE Radiation oncology is a unique amalgamation of medicine and math, physics and physicians, technologies and therapies all coexisting and

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Special Section

Breathing New Life

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Jim Kelsey additional treatment method, aggressive disease, air sack, asthma, biopsy, breath, bronchoscope, cancer, care physician, chi, chi saint, chronic lung disease, COPD, COPD cause inflammation, COPD cause inflammation of the airway, critical Care medicine, critical care physician, cure, Daliresp, diagnosis, effective treatment start, eight week program, Ephraim McDowell, Ephraim McDowell regional medical center, high rate of smoker, ICU deal, inhaler, internal medicine residency, Iram Nawaz, join chi saint, Joseph, Joseph east, Joseph medical group, Lexington, lung, lung cancer, lung cancer screen, lung disease, medicine residency, mom 's inhaler, Nawaz, nebulized form, new life, option, outpatient, patient breathe exercise, physician, pneumonia vaccination, prevalence of COPD, primary treatment option, procedure, proper diagnosis, pulmonary rehab, pulmonologist, Pulmonologist Iram Nawaz, quality of life, seasonal allergy sufferer, shortage of patient, shortness, shortness of breath, smoke, smoker, sufferer, SUNY downstate medical center, third-leading cause, third-leading cause of death, treatment option, university hospital of Brooklyn, valve, vaping, young patient

LEXINGTON Originally from Pakistan, Iram Nawaz, MD, attended medical school there before coming to the United States for her internal

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Complementary Care

Vaping and E-Cigarettes Add to Lung Disease

November 1, 2019February 21, 2020 Elizabeth A. Hoagland, CHFS, DPH, DPQI adult, CDC, cough, curious cluster, curious cluster of case, diarrhea, E-Cigarette, e-cigarette use, e-cigarettes, electronic cigarette, EVALI, Frankfort, healthcare, healthcare provider, injury, Kentucky, Kentucky department, local investigation, long-term health impact, lung, lung injury, marijuana, marijuana extract, marijuana use, national investigation, nausea, nicotine, probable case of lung injury, product use-associated lung injury, provider, public health, shortness, shortness of breath, symptom, THC, tobacco, tobacco product, use e-cigarettes, use-associated, vapes, vaping

FRANKFORT You’ve seen them in stores and on billboards on the side of the road, and heard about them on

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Special Section

The Lure of a Small Community and Horse Country

March 1, 2018May 8, 2018 Gil Dunn airway, asthma, biopsy, breath, cancer, care train, chief resident, COPD, critical care, critical care train, CT, CT scan, Danville, EMRMC, Ephraim McDowell, Ephraim McDowell regional medical center, future treatment, future treatment of lung cancer, genetic mutation, Gil Dunn Jared Hagaman, Hagaman, Hagaman 's connection, image001 photo, immune-therapies, Jared Hagaman, lung, lung cancer, lung disease, lure of a small community, marker, professional decision, pulmonologist, Pulmonologist practice, Pulmonology, raise thoroughbred, shortness, shortness of breath, thoroughbred, tumor, UC

DANVILLE The appeal of working in a small, closely knit community, while also breeding and raising thoroughbreds with his wife,

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Combining a Forward Focus and Committed Care

March 1, 2018May 8, 2018 Donna Ison ablation, advance field, advanced cardiac surgery, AFIB, Ahmad Chaudhry, area of the southeastern united state, cardiac electrophysiologist, cardiothoracic, cardiothoracic surgeon, Cardiothoracic surgery, care physician, carotid artery disease, catheter, Chaudhry, Chaudry, commitment, dialysis access, difficult situation, ECMO, El Sabbagh, electric activity, electrophysiologist, electrophysiology, endocarditis, fellowship, fellowship mentor, Firas El Sabbagh, flu, forward focus, heart attack, heart disease, heart healthcare, heart of saint, heart rhythm disorder, heart surgery, heart valve, Henry Clay high school, Igor Voskresensky, implantable device, important aspect of vascular surgery, incredible impact, infection, Joe Omielan, Joseph, Joseph hospital, Joseph hospital 's heart, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health network, lung, lung cancer, lung transplantation, medicine, mentor, minimally-invasive, minimally-invasive repair, Opioid, opioid crisis, pacemaker, peripheral arterial disease, photo, physician, plan two, primary care physician, procedure, residency, respiratory failure, rhythm, Robert Salley, Salley, Salley state, selfless approach, SJH, specialty, state of Kentucky, state-of-art image, study of electric activity, superior heart healthcare, surgeon, surgery, surgery fellowship, surgical career, surgical reconstruction, tobacco, transplantation, valve, Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt university, vascular care department, vascular care department of saint, vascular department, vascular fellow, vascular specialist, vascular surgeon, vascular surgery, vascular surgery fellowship, Voskresensky, Voskresensky treat, wide range of heart rhythm disorder, word commitment

LEXINGTON When interviewing four of the physicians from the heart and vascular care department of Saint Joseph Hospital (SJH), the

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Lung Cancer Education Effort Reaches More than 1,200 Providers

October 1, 2017 Ruth Mattingly $, $100 Amazon gift card, 100, additional PCPs, Amazon gift card, American college, Bressoud, cancer, cancer control specialist, cancer control specialist of the Kentucky cancer program, care component, care provider, CME, delivery, dismal statistics, educational offering cover lung cancer, educational offering of the primary care component, governor of the Kentucky chapter of the American college, initiative of the Kentucky, interactive online course, joint venture of the university of Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky academy, Kentucky cancer program, Kentucky chapter, Kentucky lead group presentation, Kentucky provider, lung, lung cancer, lung cancer alliance, lung cancer education effort, lung cancer outcome, medical meet, Medicare, Medicare coverage, Melissa Zook, offering cover lung cancer, online course, past-president of the Kentucky academy of physician, PCPs, Phil Bressoud, physician, primary care component, provider, survivorship, toolkit, toolkit delivery, up to, webinar

The lung cancer death rate in Kentucky is 50 percent higher than the national average, accounting for more than a

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Cancer Care Cardiology Cover Story Health Topics Heart & Lung

Two Teams. One System. Comprehensive Care.

April 1, 2017July 17, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton Albany, baptist health, benign disease of esophagus, Bousamra, breath, breath analysis, breath analysis study, Brian Bohannon, cancer, cancer center, Care, chest, Christiana Care, Christiana Care health system, clinic, comprehensive care, courtesy of baptist health, CT, CT scan, CT screen, CT screen program, esophageal cancer, esophagus, excite possibility, Floyd, full range of general thoracic surgical procedure, full-service, general surgery residency, general thoracic surgery, general thoracic surgical procedure, good outcome, guideline, heart side, heart side of the equation, hernia, hiatal, hiatal hernia, high risk, hospital stay, improved surgical outcome, innovative clinical trial, invasive procedure, invasive technique, Jonathan kraut, Kentucky, kraut, linker, Louisville, low-dose, lung, lung cancer, lung program, medical director, medical director of the oncology program, medical school, Medicare, Michael Bousamra, Mo. Bousamra, multidisciplinary lung, multidiscipline, new Albany, new drug, oncologist, oncology, oncology program, optimal patient care, outcome, patient care, patient morbidity, photo, procedure, progressive refinement, proven program, radiation, rapid return of function, residency, revolutionary advance, rib, Robert linker, scan, screen, service task force, St. Luke 's Mid America, steady mentality, surgeon, surgeon kraut, surgery, surgery practice, surgery program, surgery residency, thoracic surgeon, thoracic surgeon kraut, thoracic surgery, thoracic surgery practice, thoracic surgery program, thoracic surgery residency, treatment of lung cancer, U, US preventive service task force, USPSTF, vat

LOUISVILLE & NEW ALBANY, IND. Often, when it comes to heart and lung programs, it is the heart side of

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Cancer Care Primary Care & Pediatrics Special Section

Lung Cancer Screening – Not Just a Primary Care Responsibility

April 1, 2017July 27, 2017 Ruth Mattingly age 55-77, Angela Criswell, Angela Criswell of lung cancer alliance, Anthony weaver, cancer, cancer institute-sponsored study, CMS, CMS cover, Criswell, criterion, eligible patient, high-risk criterion, institute-sponsored, Kentucky, Kentucky lead, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, LDCT, LDCT lung, LDCT screen, life-saving screen, Louisville, lung, lung cancer, lung cancer alliance, lung cancer incidence, lung cancer screen, lung cancer screen criterion, Mahmoud Moammar, major proponent of lung cancer screen, major statewide push, Medicare, Moammar, nation 's high lung cancer incidence, national cancer institute-sponsored study, national lung screen trial, national nonprofit advocacy group, NLST, online course, pack year, pack-years, PCPs, preventive service benefit, primary Care responsibility, provider, Pulmonology, Pulmonology associate, recommended test, requirement of CMS, screen, service benefit, specialist, symptom of lung cancer, tobacco smoke history, true symptom, university of Kentucky college of medicine

There is a major statewide push to encourage primary care providers (PCPs) to refer eligible patients to low-dose computed tomography

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