OB/ GYN

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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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&FRONT OP/ED 

Physicians and the Continuum of Life

June 1, 2022June 22, 2022 Cameron S. Schaeffer, MD, FACS, FAAP 24, 24 week baby, abortion, abortion debate, accountable representative, accredited operate room, admit privilege, anatomical boundary, baby, business of promote life, cellular-human, cellular-human transfiguration, clump, clump of cell, consensus moment, consensus moment of cellular-human transfiguration, continuum, continuum of gestation, continuum of life, coverage agreement, CPT, dehumanization, dinner menu, doubt figure, embryology, embryology exhibit, ethics, fatal autosomal, full surgical privilege, future rule, gestation, global century of forced sterilization, good stand of the American society of plastic surgeon, governor of the nation 's state, gynecologist, healthy biological process, human embryology, intentional termination, intentional termination of a healthy biological process, interest embryology exhibit, jar, judicial fiat, long tradition of compromise, medical industrial complex, medical kill, medical student, modern medical school graduation, monstrous-looking, moral absurdity, neonatal care, noisy debate, oath, OB-GYN rotation, OB/ GYN, office abortion, on anatomy, pediatric surgeon, physician, physician 's voice, physician extender, physician opinion, preen gynecologist, privilege, product of the legislature of Alabama, professional surgical society, profound celebration, profound celebration of the sanctity of life, promote life, real oath, regulation of abortion, reversal of roe v., roe, roe v., row of human fetus, row of jar, rulemaking, speed of change of medical information, supreme court 's late take, surgeon, surgical boundary, term anencephalic infant struggle, updated prism, updated prism of technology, v., Wade

Given the speed of change of medical information, most of the books I accumulated as a medical student rapidly became

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Special Section 

The Evolution of Gynecological Cancer Care

October 1, 2021December 10, 2021 MD-Update Staff ablation, abnormal bleed, Alexandra Rogers Margarita Terrassa, all-female practice, American cultural mainstream, bladder, bleed, board-certified, Botox, breast, breast cancer, cancer, CDC, cervical cancer, cervical cancer awareness, comprehensive care, Denise Kirkham, diagnosis, educational act, endometrial, endometrial ablation, evolution of gynecological cancer, female cancer, Gil Dunn, gynecological care, gynecology, happy Rockefeller, HPV, HPV vaccine, hysteroscopy, image001 photo, image002 photo, in-house, in-office, in-office service, in-office surgery, in-office surgery suite, incontinence, Jamie Baldwin, Kim Aldridge, l-r, large surgery suite, Louisville, Louisville obstetrics, majority of doctor, mammogram screen, Margarita Terrassa, new sign of the time, OB-GYN generalist, OB-GYN practice, OB/ GYN, obstetrics, ovulation, pain, pap, pap smear, patient demand, Patient-Oriented, pelvic pain, phase of comprehensive care, physician, ponce, ponce school, ponce school of medicine, procedure, procedure suite, recognizable symbol promote mammogram screen, smear, Specialty-Focused, state-of-the-art equipment, suite, surgeon, surgery, surgical procedure, surgical solution, surgical suite, teal-colored, teal-colored ribbon, Terrassa, tissue, treatment of abnormal pap smear, Tulane university hospital, ultrasound, unique female perspective, urinary incontinence, uterus, vaccination, vaccine, wait room of the calm, well-known woman, woman enter medical school, woman provider

LOUISVILLE The years 1971-1972 were pivotal for cancer treatment for women in the U.S. Three prominent, well-known women, Betty Ford,

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Keeping Women Well for Life

June 1, 2021September 9, 2021 Donna Ison Amy Baker, baby, Baker, Baker 's practice, Baker state, beloved home state, beloved home state of Kentucky, chi, chi saint, common ache, delivery, early teenage year, emotional support, extra knowledge, extra knowledge of the musculoskeletal system, family plan, female reach middle age, Grandview, Grandview medical center, gynecologic, gynecologic care, gynecological health, gynecology, holistic gynecologic care, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, keep woman, medicine, menopause, mom, muscle energy technique, OB/ GYN, obstetric patient, obstetrics, osteopathic advantage, osteopathic medicine, osteoporosis care, pain, pain issue, pain of pregnancy, past menopause, Pikeville, Pikeville college, Pikeville college of osteopathic medicine, portion of Baker 's practice, postpartum care, postpartum depression, pregnancy, pretty even mixture, reproductive year, sciatic leg pain, symptom, teenage year, vaccine, whole-person

LEXINGTON During her third year at Pikeville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Amy Baker, DO, underwent a life-changing experience— she helped

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Today’s VBAC Options Make ‘Once a C-section, Always a C-section’ Old News

June 1, 2021September 9, 2021 Menisa Marshall ACOG, Ann Grider, approved VBAC candidate, attempted VBAC, baby, birth plan, c-section, c-section delivery, candidate 's delivery, care nursery, cesarean, cesarean birth, cesarean history, cesarean section, childbirth-related, childbirth-related complication, common operate room procedure, comparable risk, complication, critical element of a successful VBAC delivery, delivery, emergency c-section, Grider, labor, laborists, legal factor, long-time assumption, Louisville, low rate, low risk, low-risk woman, maximize safety, mom, mom 's overall health, multiple c-section, national success rate, neonatal intensive care nursery, neonatal staff, OB/ GYN, online risk calculator, patient 's plan, personal birth plan, personal worry, personalized birth, personalized birth plan, physician, plan 's component, potential VBAC risk, procedure, reasonable option, repeat, repeat c-section, risk factor, room procedure, scar-related, scar-related risk factor, significant VBAC risk factor, success rate, successful VBAC, successful VBAC delivery, trial of labor, vaginal birth, VBAC, VBAC candidate, VBAC delivery, VBAC risk, VBAC risk factor, VBAC success rate

LOUISVILLE When Ann Grider, MD, joined Women First of Louisville in 1998, the pendulum had gone from the long-time assumption

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Maternity and Beyond

October 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Menisa Marshall 23-member team, 3D mammography, added peace, added peace of mind, advanced scan 's cost, advanced technology, advanced technology help, advanced technology in-house, all-woman practice, all-woman-run, all-woman-run obstetrics, booth, breast, breast cancer, breast cancer screen program, cancer, care parameter, CDC, CDC recommendation, clinical staff, co-managing, co-managing partner, convenient one-stop shop, conventional mammography, COVID-19, COVID-19 challenge, dense breast tissue, detailed tissue delineation, diagnostic procedure, Gil Dunn Rebecca Booth, growth of woman, gynecology practice, health exam, high tech mammography, image001 photo, in-house mammography, in-office screen, independent OB-GYN practice, innovation, innovative care, Kentucky 's COVID-19 response, lens of wellness, mammography, maternity, new clinical committee, OB-GYN practice, OB-GYN practice look, OB/ GYN, payer, physician, physician board-certified, practice 's mammography, pregnancy, pregnancy service, procedure, provide woman, Rebecca Booth, scan 's cost, tech mammography, technology help, technology in-house, telehealth, telehealth train, tissue, tissue delineation, tomosynthesis, track history, track history of flexibility, video of the breast, wellness, woman 's care

LOUISVILLE When Women First of Louisville opened its doors in 1988, it was one of the first all-woman-run obstetrics and

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Delivering Care

May 1, 2020September 4, 2020 Jim Kelsey Bardstown, Care, career course, Carmen Folmar, cervical cancer, chi, chi saint, colleague, colposcopies, contraception, conversation, COVID, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, delivery, electrosurgical, electrosurgical excision procedure, exam, Folmar, general obstetrics, group obstetrics, gynecology, gynecology care, gynecology side, high-risk condition, image001 photo, in-office procedure, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group obstetrics, lab technologist, Louisville school, Maternal-Fetal medicine, midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, OB-GYNs, OB/ GYN, obstetrics, pandemic, patient range, pregnancy, provide quality care, quality care, retired lab technologist, routine mammography, St. Louis university department, St. Louis university department of obstetrics, support person, support skin, telemedicine, university of Louisville school of medicine, vaccination, virtual visit, wide use of telemedicine

BARDSTOWN In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the general message has been to wait, to stay home, to be

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Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond

May 1, 2020 Donna Ison adequate prenatal care, anomaly, APRN, baby, big believer, blood sugar, Bowling, care of the mother, Charles Mahlinger Navleen Gill, Detroit medical center, diabetes, division of the Eunice Kennedy shriver, dual focus, fellow perinatologist, fellowship, fetal echo, fetal intervention, fetus, field of maternal-fetal medicine, field of prenatal diagnosis, gestation go, Gill, glucose, health of the fetus, high risk, high-risk pregnancy, hypertension, identify issue, image001 photo, increased risk, internship, joyous time, Kentucky, Kentucky university, Maternal-Fetal, Maternal-Fetal medicine, maternal-fetal medicine department, maternal-fetal medicine fellowship, Maternal-Fetal medicine team help, medicine, mother 's exist health problem, Navleen Gill, OB/ GYN, Owensboro, Owensboro health, Owensboro health 's Maternal-Fetal medicine team help, Owensboro health system, patient inspired Navleen Gill, percent of pregnant woman, perinatologist, perinatology, Perinatology research branch, photo, preconceptual counsel, pregnancy, pregnant woman, Shelton, Tabb, Thomas Tabb, ultrasound, uncontrolled diabetes, Wayne state university, western Kentucky region, western Kentucky university, woman conceive, woman experience high-risk pregnancy

OWENSBORO For most women, pregnancy is one of the most joyous times in their lives. But for women experiencing high-risk

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Cover Story 

Ultimate Continuity of Care

May 1, 2020September 4, 2020 Donna Ison cancer, case of estrogen-driven endometrial cancer, cervical cancer, challenge aspect of the subspecialty, chemotherapy, Chris Witzke Sarah Todd, Chris Witzke Telehealth, common gynecologic malignancy, common malignancy, communication tool, complex surgery-based practice, course of the call, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, current guideline, cytologic find, Daniel Metzinger, David McArthur, diagnosis, endometrial, estrogen-driven, estrogen-driven endometrial cancer, ever-increasing obesity epidemic, field of oncology, first-time telehealth user, frontline, general obstetrics, guidance of Daniel Metzinger, gynecologic, gynecologic condition, gynecologic malignancy, Gynecologic oncologist, Gynecologic oncology, gynecologic oncology clinic, Gynecologic oncology embrace diagnosis, health literacy, HIPEC, HPV, image001 photo, image002 photo, James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, Louisville, Louisville school, maintain number, malignancy, malignant gynecologic condition, medical side, Moffitt cancer center, OB/ GYN, oncologist, oncology, optimal continuity, ovarian cancer, painful privilege, palliative care, pap, papilloma virus, personal distance, photo, physician, post-menopausal bleed, re-evaluation, Rebecca Todd, recurrence, respective diagnosis, Robert Todd, robotic, robotic surgery, Sarah Todd, screen, shadow opportunity, spectrum, subspecialty, surgeon, surgery, surgery-based, surgery-based practice, surgical side, system-wide rollout, telehealth, telehealth conference, Todd, Todd state, Todd treat, tumor, tumor of the ovary, ultimate continuity, ultimate continuity of care, uninterrupted patient consultation, university of Louisville school of medicine, UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, vulvar dysplasia, wake of COVID-19, wide spectrum, wide spectrum of diagnosis

LOUISVILLE In early April 2020, when personal distancing and restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic were high, Sarah Todd, MD, had

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