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Combining Convenience and Compassion

June 1, 2019June 21, 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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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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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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MILD® Gets a Second Look

December 1, 2018February 15, 2019 Holly Hinson academy of American orthopedic medicine, American orthopedic medicine, anesthesiologist, anesthesiology, anesthetic, cord nerve, Danesh Mazloomdoost, decompression, delicate muscle, FDA-cleared, FDA-cleared alternative, fellowship-trained, future surgery, Gil Dunn Danesh Mazloomdoost, Gil Dunn Mazloomdoost, good candidate, Hackett-Hemwall Patterson, Hackett-Hemwall Patterson foundation, hardened ligament, iData, iData research, image001 photo, image002 photo, invasive lumbar decompression, invasive surgery, Joseph east hospital, ligament, local anesthetic, low risk alternative, LSS, lumbar, lumbar decompression, Mazloomdoost, medical director, medical director of Wellward regenerative medicine, Medicare, medicine, mild procedure, MILD®, national reimbursement coverage, nerve, outpatient, outpatient procedure, pain, photo, physician, procedure, revolutionary procedure, risk alternative, spinal cord nerve, spinal procedure, spine, stenosis, structural integrity, surgeon chip, surgery, traditional spinal surgery, universal condition, Vertos, Wellward, Wellward regenerative medicine

LEXINGTON Experiencing back issues as we age is so prevalent, it’s almost a universal condition. In fact, according to iData

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Fixing the Unfixable

September 1, 2018November 9, 2018 Jim Kelsey ACF injury, anterior procedure, anterior total hip replacement, AO, AO fellow, AO Fellows, AO fellowship, AO site, AO trauma group, association of the study of internal fixation, bone, broken bone, collaboration of orthopedic traumatologist, complex fracture, David Waespe, fellowship, fix break bone, fracture, fracture of the pelvis, general orthopedics, Georgetown, good outcome, hard-playing, hard-playing shortstop, huge honor, internal fixation, Jim Hughes, Kentucky, Kentucky baseball team, Kentucky orthopedic associate, Kentucky orthopedics associate, Kentucky orthopedics associate 's David Waespe, knee, knee replacement, knee scope, KY David Waespe, labral injury, meniscus tear, Mississippi, opioids, orthopedic residency, orthopedic trauma, orthopedic traumatologist, orthopedics, Osteosynthesefragen, outcome, pain, pain management, prestigious six week AO fellowship, procedure, replacement, residency, shoulder scope, small difference, sport medicine procedure, surgeon, surgery, Switzerland, trauma, traumatologist, UK college of medicine, university of Kentucky baseball team, Waespe, Waespe practice

GEORGETOWN, KY David Waespe, MD, visited Switzerland twice in a 12-year span, but the trips could not have been more

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U of L Sports Medicine Doctor Promotes Platelet-Rich Plasma for Chronic and Acute Injuries

September 1, 2018November 9, 2018 Holly Hinson 70, 70 year old patient, associate fellowship director, athlete, Brittney Richardson, care office, care sport medicine, care sport medicine arena, care sport medicine fellowship director, clinic, clinic 's medical director, degenerative type condition, fellowship, fellowship director, fellowship year, growth plate injury, image001 photo, injection, injury, insurance company, Jessica R., Katherine Pohlgeers, Louisville, medicine, natural heal, new modality, osteoarthritis, physician, Platelet-Rich plasma, Pohlgeers, Pohlgeers work, primary care office, primary care sport medicine, primary care sport medicine arena, primary care sport medicine fellowship director, procedure, PRP, PRP injection, R., rich plasma, Ron Harrison, see patient, see sport medicine patient, shot, sport clinic 's repertoire, sport medicine doctor, sport medicine patient, steroid, steroid injection, steroid shot, Stumbo, surgery, team physician, type condition, U, use injection of the patient 's, variety of patient

LOUISVILLE When Katherine Pohlgeers, MD, started medical school at the University of Louisville, she didn’t even know there was a

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He Feels Your Pain

September 1, 2018November 9, 2018 Jim Kelsey ACL, ACL reconstruction, ACL surgery, ACL tear, arthritis, arthroscopic treatment, arthroscopic treatment of the shoulder, athlete, bone, bone block, college soccer player, cuff, cutoff, Dr. shah, Emory, Emory university, former college soccer player, general orthopedics, Georgia tech university, Georgia tech university 's athletic team, Gil Dunn, graft, image001 photo, image002 photo, Jay, Jay shah, joint preservation, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne orthopedic associate, knee, medicine, non-surgical, orthopedic associate, pain, patella, patellar, procedure, quad, quad tendon graft, reconstruction, regional flavor, repaired joint, rotator, shah, shah 's patient population, shah estimate, soccer, soft tissue reconstruction, sport medicine, sport medicine fellowship, sport medicine patient, sport medicine practice, sport medicine specialist, subspecialty, surgery, tendon, therapy, tissue reconstruction, UK college of medicine

LONDON/RICHMOND, KY It’s important for any physician to be able to communicate expectations to their patients. In some cases, that’s

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Bariatric Surgery Today

May 1, 2018July 2, 2018 Holly Hinson abdominal surgery, apnea, arthritis, baptist health, baptist health physician weigh, bariatric, bariatric surgeon, bariatric surgery, bariatrics, blood pressure, BMI, board-certified, body weight, certified center, certified center of excellence bariatric surgeon, co-morbidity, continuous monitor, Derek Weiss, diabetes, diet, epidemic of obesity, excellence bariatric surgeon, excess body weight, excess weight, exercise, gastrectomy, general surgeon, Gore, grow field, grow field of bariatrics, grow field of weight loss surgery, health issue, health physician weigh, healthy weight, heart disease, high blood pressure, holistic program, hypertension, Indiana close, invasive laparoscopic procedure, John Oldham, Kentuckiana, Lanny Gore, laparoscopic, laparoscopic bariatric surgery, liver disease, Louisville, Louisville side, Louisville side of the river, magic procedure, medical specialty, misconception, native of Owensboro, normal weight person, obesity, Oldham, overweight place, physician, procedure, sleep apnea, sleeve, surgeon, surgery, unfortunate title, variety of abdominal surgery, weight loss surgery, weight-loss

LOUISVILLE & NEW ALBANY, IN As a state, Kentucky holds the unfortunate title of being one of the fattest of

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Connect the Docs

May 1, 2018December 20, 2018 Jim Kelsey advancement, agent work, anorectal, anorectal motility, Barrett, Barrett 's esophagus, biologic agent, bowel, bowel disease, Brown, burdensome cost, C., capsule endoscopy, cause of liver transplant, centralized bill, clinical study, combine resource, complication, core of patient care, difficult presentation, disorder, docs, endoscopic, endoscopic procedure, endoscopy, Endoscopy unit, ERCP, esophageal motility, esophagus, Evans, gastroenterologists, Gastroenterologists deal, gastroenterology, gastroenterology health, Gastroenterology health partner, Gastroenterology of Southern Indiana, GHP Ad, GI, GI motility, Gil Dunn Dr. Paul Brown, group 's patient base range, group treat, Harrell, heartburn, hepatitis, high quality of patient care, image001 photo, image002 photo, immune system, inflammatory bowel disease, inflammatory response of the body, infusion of drug, life-changing development, liver, Louisville, Louisville Gastroenterology, Louisville Gastroenterology associate, Louisville school, medication, merger, motility, motility disorder, neat combination, neat combination of procedure-oriented work, new oral medication, office-oriented, office-oriented work, pancreas, pancreatitis, partner, patient care, patient of the group 's, photo, pre-cancerous, president of Gastroenterology health partner, procedure, procedure-oriented, procedure-oriented work, provided large data, Steven Harrell, stool analysis, success rate percentage, swallow, therapeutic endoscopy, thorough care, track outcome, treatment of hepatitis C., trouble, trouble swallow, ultrasound, university of Louisville school of medicine, world of gastroenterology

LOUISVILLE & NEW ALBANY, IN As Steven Harrell, MD, says, “Gastroenterologists deal with everything from the esophagus to the anus

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Overcoming Obesity Takes a Village

May 1, 2018July 2, 2018 Donna Ison accompany medical problem, Alberto Zarak, ASMBS, Atlanta, Atlanta medical center, bariatric, bariatric surgeon, bariatric surgery, bariatrics, bariatrics program, BMI, board-certified general, care physician, comorbidity, complication, current recommendation dictate, de, dietician, discuss obesity, exercise physiologist, general clinical status, Gil Dunn Alberto Zarak, health physiologist, image001 photo, Joseph, Joseph east, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health weight loss surgery, KentuckyOne weight loss surgery, medical village, Miami Miller, Miami Miller school, multidisciplinary program, multiple medical problem, obesity, one-night, one-night stay, overcome obesity, patient meet, patient must, physician, physiologist, Porres university, primary care physician, procedure, program coordinator, recommendation dictate, San Martin de, sick population, sleeve, special set of challenge, surgery, university of Miami Miller school of medicine, village approach, weight loss success, Zarak, Zarak state

LEXINGTON When it comes to overcoming obesity, it takes a medical village to ensure success. Few understand this better than

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