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Broad Scope of Practice

March 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Jim Kelsey abdominal pain, bacterium, bad bacterium, big advancement, biologic medication, bowel, broad scope of practice, child pediatrics, colon, colonoscopies, difficulty swallow, disease process, endoscopy, endoscopy center, fellowship, gastroenterology, Gastroenterology health partner, Gastroenterology health partner 's Louisville location, GI, GI issue, good understand, good understand of the microbiome, high risk, IBD, IBD present, image001 photo, Krease, Louisville, Louisville location, Louisville school, medication, medicine, Michael Krease, Microbiome, outpatient scope, partner, procedure, reflux, reflux disease, scope, scope junkie, scope monkey, scope procedure, stool, swallow, trouble swallow, university of Louisville school of medicine, upper endoscopy, wide array of patient, wide range of patient

LOUISVILLE “Scope Junkie.” “Scope Monkey.” He’s heard them all, and he gets the joke, but Michael Krease, DO, wants to

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Education Leads to Excellent Outcomes

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 MD-Update Staff baptist health, Bill 33, Bill 33 make, bystander, C., cardiac arrest, cardiac catherization lab, cardiac outcome, cardiologist, cardiology, cath, cath lab, catherization, catherization lab, city-wide support, CPR, CPR education, CPR rate, dad, Dillon, Dillon 's DNA, director of the cardiac catherization lab, ECMO, ECMO team, excellent outcome, extracorporeal, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, good cardiac outcome, hands-only, Hands-Only CPR, hands-only technique, head of the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, heart 's natural rhythm stop, heart foundation, heart instructor, heart team, heart train, image001 photo, Indiana, Indiana university, Indianapolis, influenza, instructor, internal medicine residency, interventional cardiologist, interventionist, Iu, James C., KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, lab, late hands-only technique, lay public responder, Louisville, Louisville legacy, Louisville metro council, low bystander, major health care system, medical group, medicine, medicine residency, minute matter, Norton Healthcare, outcome, oxygenation, photo, preferred method of resuscitation, procedure, R., residency, resuscitation, rhythm stop, RN, RT, starttheheartfoundation.org, TAVR, teamwork, traditional CPR, unique Louisville legacy, valve, verifiable effect, white coat, William C., William Dillon

LOUISVILLE. Despite being an interventional cardiologist, director of the Cardiac Catherization Lab (cath lab), and head of the extracorporeal membrane

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Setting the Pace

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Jim Kelsey angioplasty, Avi Eres, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiology fellowship, cath, catheterization, Eres, Gil Dunn Mubashir Qazi, good available service result, good care, good outcome, heart catheterization, image001 photo, intervention, interventional cardiologist, Kentucky, Kentucky cardiology, Khyber teach hospital, mom, Mubashir Qazi, one-twentieth, pace, physician, PLLC, poor reimbursement, practice present challenge, private practice, private practice present challenge, procedure, Qazi, radial approach, reimbursement, service result, stent, stress test, trans-radial, trans-radial approach, unnecessary procedure, Virginia university school, west Virginia university school, west Virginia university school of medicine

LEXINGTON When it comes to the latest advancements and equipment for his patients, interventional cardiologist Mubashir Qazi, MD, doesn’t miss

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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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A Foot in the Door

September 1, 2019October 28, 2019 Jim Kelsey ankle, ankle fellowship, ankle procedure, ankle replacement, ankle replacement surgery, ankle specialist, arthritis, bone, bunion, bunion deformity, calf, calf muscle, carpenter of surgeon, central Kentucky market, central Kentucky market of Winchester, David Hamilton, deformity, difficult foot, door, engineer type mind, fellowship, fit, Gil Dunn David Hamilton, Hamilton, image001 photo, importance of a good fit, joint replacement procedure, Kentucky, Kentucky football team, Kentucky market, Kentucky Orthopaedics, Kos, mid-foot, mid-foot arthritis, orthopedic operate room, orthopedic surgeon, orthopedics, perform ankle replacement, pharmacist mother, Pittsburgh, procedure, replacement, replacement procedure, residency, scout team quarterback, shoe, son of a veterinarian father, specialist, spine, spine procedure, sport procedure, subspecialty coverage, surgeon, surgery, tight calf muscle, type mind, ulcer, veterinarian father

WINCHESTER As a foot and ankle specialist with training and experience in performing ankle replacements, David Hamilton, MD, knows a

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News – Sep 2019

September 1, 2019September 4, 2019 MD-Update Staff 1, abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, accreditation, Albany, aneurysm repair, aortic valve surgery, Approval™, asset purchase agreement, baptist health, bilingual weight loss support program, board-certified, board-eligible, Bradley, BSN, cardiology, central Kentucky, certification, chi saint, Cinda, Cinda fluke, clinic, colon, colon cancer surgery, commission 's gold, commitment, CommonSpirit, CommonSpirit health, COPD, Elizabeth, Elizabeth hospital, excellence, family medicine, family physician, Flaget, Flaget memorial hospital, Floyd, general surgery, Grossman, healthcare, heart attack patient, heart bypass surgery, heart failure, HFAP, high perform, hip, hospital operation, Jewish hospital, joint commission, joint commission 's gold, Joseph, Joseph hospital, Joseph London, Joseph mount, Kelly Grossman, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, knee, knee replacement certification, lady of peace, leadership team, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Louisville, Louisville region, M.Ed, Mary, medical degree, medicine, metro, NEA-BC, new Albany, new physician, News, Nolan, Omosebi, orthopedics, Paducah, physician, president of saint, procedure, quality achievement award, receive quality achievement award, replacement, residency, RN, seal of Approval®, sport injury clinic, st, Sterling, surgery, surgical service, total hip, Totten, U.S. News, university of Kentucky, university of Louisville, UofL, UofL health, valve surgery, weight loss support program

SEND YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO MD-UPDATE > news@md-update.com Baptist Health Lexington receives Mission: Lifeline Silver Plus Receiving Quality Achievement Award

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Advanced Orthopedic Care Hinges on Skill, Technology, Trust

September 1, 2019October 28, 2019 Menisa Marshall ACL, ACL knee injury, ACLs relative, advanced orthopedic Care hinge, age 60, arthritis, Arthroscopic, arthroscopic procedure, athlete, build trust, care of high-level athlete, care option, conservative management option, cortisol injection, cuff, Duany, finger-sized, finger-sized incision, G., general orthopedic issue, good result, incision, Indiana, injured shoulder repair, injury, invasive surgical technique, joint replacement surgery, knee, male-dominated sport account, medicine, misconception people, non-sport-related, non-sport-related injury, Norton, Norton orthopedic institute, Norton sport health, Nyagon, Nyagon G., orthopedic care option, orthopedic surgeon, orthopedist, patient return, procedure, recovery, replacement surgery, rotator, shoulder, shoulder repair, shoulder rotator cuff repair, skilled team, skilled team of orthopedist, small finger-sized incision, sport injury, sports-related injury, surgery, tackle myth, therapy, trust, typical orthopedic patient, typical replacement candidate, unstable movement

LOUISVILLE Spend time talking with Nyagon G. Duany, MD, and it’s easy to see why she has a passion for

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Combining Convenience and Compassion

June 1, 2019September 4, 2019 Donna Ison all-female, all-female practice, all-inclusive, area pride, array of in-office, combine convenience, comfort, comprehensive care, comprehensive gynecologic, convenience, cost-effective, Denise Kirkham, endometrial ablation, executive director, female pelvic medicine, female provider, FPMRS, Gil Dunn, gynecologic, Gynecologic surgery fellowship, gynecology, image001 photo, image002 photo, in-office, in-office service, in-office surgery, incontinence, invasive Gynecologic surgery fellowship, invasive surgery, large surgery suite, Lori Warren, Louisville, Louisville 's department, Louisville obstetrics, Louisville pioneer, majority of doctor, Margarita Terrassa, medical degree, medical director, MIGS, miscarriage, nitrous oxide, OB/ GYN, obstetrical care, obstetrics, option, patient demand, patient experience, phase of comprehensive care, photo, ponce, ponce school of medicine, pregnancy, procedure, procedure suite, provider, quality care, reconstructive pelvic surgery, Rob Densmore Loria Warren, state-of-the-art equipment, suite, surgery, surgical procedure, surgical solution, teach patient, Terrassa, treatment of abnormal pap smear, university of Louisville 's department of obstetrics, urinary incontinence, warren, Warren state, woman 's care, woman provider

LOUISVILLE With 11 board-certified female physicians at the helm, Women First of Louisville Obstetrics and Gynecology is no stranger to

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Fast-Tracking Results for Heart Patients

May 1, 2019June 21, 2019 Maggie McCombs aortic stenosis patient, bicuspid valve degeneration, bowl green medical center, Bowling, Bowling green Jerry Roy, calcium buildup, cardiologist, clinic, critical-care patient, dysfunctional aortic valve, Fast-Tracking result, Gil Dunn Jerry Roy, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert clinic, heart team, help of local cardiothoracic surgeon, image001 photo, inpatient surgery, interventional cardiologist, Jerry Roy, Kentucky practice, local cardiothoracic surgeon, local medical center, Mohammad Abdoul Waheed, native aortic valve 's place, open heart surgery, open-heart, preferred treatment age, procedure, promise procedure, replacement valve, Roy, southwestern Kentucky practice, stenosis, stenosis patient, structural cardiologist, structural nature of the disease, surgery, TAVR, TAVR program, TAVR program 's inception, trans-femoral, trans-femoral route, transaortic, transaortic valve replacement, treatment age, TriStar Greenview, TriStar Greenview regional hospital, valve, valve 's place, Wallace Carter

BOWLING GREEN Jerry Roy, MD, of Bowling Green, Kentucky. has served southwestern Kentucky practices for a few years. He is

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Tackling a Head-to-Toe Disease

May 1, 2019June 21, 2019 Maggie McCombs amount of work patient, Anna Culver, Bardstown, Bardstown 's chi saint, Bardstown board-certified surgeon, bariatric, bariatric nurse coordinator, bariatric surgery, bariatric surgery work, BSN, chi, chi saint, clinic, clinic 's surgeon, clinic provider, combined love, combined love of technical skill, Culver, education program, exceptional staff, exercise change patient, FACS, Farrell, fat percentage, Flaget, Flaget memorial, Flaget memorial hospital, Gil Dunn Anna Culver, Gil Dunn Hannah Moore, Gil Dunn Robert Farrell, Hannah Moore, head-to-toe disease, image001 photo, image002 photo, image003 photo, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Kentucky, Kentucky PA, Kentucky PA program, LD, longer-term result, Louisville school, maintained weight reduction, McKendree college, memorial staff, Moore, MSPAS, native Kentuckian, necessary lifestyle change, nurse, obesity, operate room nurse, PA program, PA-C, patient education program, patient seek surgery, patient success, persistent medical myth, photo, post-operation, procedure, provider, rd, RN, Robert Farrell, room nurse, support group participant, surgeon, surgery, sustainable health, university of Kentucky PA program, university of Louisville school of medicine, weight loss procedure, weight loss surgery, weight loss surgery clinic, weight loss surgery program, weight loss surgery serve, work patient

BARDSTOWN Board-certified surgeon, Robert Farrell, MD, FACS, leads the Weight Loss Surgery program at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown, Kentucky,

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