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Baptist Health Bariatric Surgeon Reaches Milestone

February 1, 2021February 17, 2021 MD-Update Staff 000th lap, 1, baptist health, bariatric, bariatric surgeon, Bariatric surgeon reach milestone, bariatric surgery procedure, bariatrics, clamp, cm, gastric sleeve, gastric sleeve procedure, lap, lap bypass, LAP-BAND, Louisville John, Louisville John S., Oldham, procedure, S., sleeve, sleeve procedure, standard Bariatrics, standard clamp, surgery, U.S. Oldham

LOUISVILLE John S. Oldham, Jr, MD, reached a major milestone at Baptist Health Louisville having performed his 1,000th Lap Gastric

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Accounting 

Tax Planning Tips

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Matt Smith, CPA, CFE advisor, amount of self-employment income, backdoor, bonus depreciation, care benefit, charitable contribution, contribution, contribution deduction, cost of qualify property, Dean Dorton, deduction, dependent care benefit, estimated tax, exclusion, FSAs, general information, HSA, HSA contribution, HSAs, income tax withhold, IRA, IRAs, medical expense, net capital gain, net long-term loss, net short-term capital gain, placed-in-service, pre-tax, pre-tax deduction, pre-tax option, previously-used asset, qualify property, realize capital loss, retirement, retirement plan deferral, Roth IRA, Roth IRA contribution, S corporation, S., self employment income, Self-Employed, Self-Employed plan, self-employed retirement plan, self-employment, tax loss, tax plan tip, wash sale, withhold

If you haven’t already, now is the time to assess your 2019 tax situation. A few items you may want

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Special Section 

Helping Women and Men Fulfill the Dream of Parenthood

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 Menisa Marshall budget sheet, cancer, cancer account, cancer treatment, certified woman 's health, childbearing age, crucial need, Devine, diagnosis, DNP, Dr. Devine, dream of parenthood, dual board certification, dual specialty, egg, embryo, endocrine associate, endocrinology, F&EA, F&EA team, F&EA treat, fertility, fertility preservation option, freeze egg, general OB-GYN set, Gil Dunn, Gil Dunn Drs., Gil Dunn Kit, Gil Dunn Kit S., Gil Dunn Robert, Gil Dunn Robert J., gynecology, gynecology residency, Homm, image001 photo, image002 photo, image003 photo, infertility, infertility case, infertility practice, IVF, IVF lab, J., Kit Devine, Kit S., Krause, less-than-good, less-than-good news, licensed advanced practice, licensed APRN, Louisville reproductive center, mainstream treatment, Miriam S., nurse, nurse faculty, nurse practice, nurse practitioner, OB-GYN set, OB/ GYN, obstetrics, Oncofertility, oncofertility experience, oncofertility specialist, oocytes, ovary, patient of childbearing age, photo, practice 's main provider, preservation, preserve egg, preserve embryo, preserve fertility, private IVF lab, private reproductive endocrinology, process of preserve egg, raise awareness, recognized specialty, reproductive endocrinology, Robert Homm, S., shock diagnosis, sono-guidance, specialty, sperm, start of treatment, successful pregnancy, uterus, way fertility, wide range of complex issue, woman 's health

LOUISVILLE In 1978 the world’s first baby conceived via in vitro fertilization (IVF) was born in Manchester, England. Fast forward

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Cover Story Special Section 

Gynecologic Oncologist Promotes Broader Use of Robotic Surgery

June 1, 2018September 10, 2018 Holly Hinson 3-D field, anesthesia, benign condition, camera, cancer, complex cancer surgery, da, Daniel, Daniel S., development of anesthesia, endometrial, endometrial cancer, ergonomics, estrogen, exceptional vision, firefly software, great medical community, gynecologic, gynecologic disease, Gynecologic oncologist, gynecologic oncology program, gynecological surgery, hand movement, image001 photo, improved visualization, improvement, injury avoidance, J.B. speed school, L., laparoscopy, level of surgery, Metzinger, mindset, next realm of exploration, obese woman, obesity, oncologist, oncology, outcome, pain med, people 's career, photo, physician, predictive capability, revolution robotic surgery, robot imitate hand movement, robotic, robotic procedure, robotic room, robotic surgery, S., site of the cancer, software capability, successful robotic procedure, superior ergonomics, superlative care, surgeon, surgeon treat woman, surgery, SVILLE Daniel, SVILLE Daniel S., tech-savvy mindset, tool, traditional laparoscopy, traditional mindset, U, U of L., university of Louisville hospital, Vinci®, Vinci® robotic surgery system, wristed, wristed movement

LOUISVILLE Daniel S. Metzinger, MD, associate professor at the U of L School of Medicine, and gynecologic oncologist at University

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Special Section 

Child Neurologist Uses Acupuncture to Treat Migraines

June 1, 2018September 10, 2018 Holly Hinson 9 month program, acupuncture, acupuncture clinic, acupuncture train, additional Norton physician, blockage, blockage of energy, child experience migraine, child neurologist use acupuncture, child neurology, combination of genetics, Danielle Graff, Doll, endure misconception, familial predisposition factor, general child neurology, generous allow, Gil Dunn Elizabeth, Gil Dunn Elizabeth S., headache, image001 photo, inpatient consultation, invasive way, Louisville, Louisville physician, male gender ratio, Mark McDonald, med, medication, medicine, migraine, migraine research foundation, mind-body aspect, multidimensional approach, needle, neurologist, neurology, new treatment, niche treat pain, Norton, Norton child, Norton child 's hospital, Norton child 's pediatric specialist, Norton physician, Olivia Mittel, online course work, onsite train, pain, pain-related condition, pediatric acupuncture, pediatric hospital set, placement of small needle, predisposition factor, S., stimulator, stress, treat headache, treat migraine, university of Louisville physician, western medicine

LOUISVILLE When Elizabeth S. Doll, MD, was completing her residency in child neurology in Salt Lake City, Utah two years

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Letter from the Publisher 

From the Publisher

June 1, 2018July 2, 2018 Gil Dunn advance care, advanced diagnostics, ancient therapy, child neurologist, community counsel, dysfunctional home environment, Elizabeth Doll, Gil Dunn, gynecologic, Gynecologic oncologist, gynecologic robotic surgery, hormone change, implant embryo, infertility specialist, instance of implant embryo, Kelly Padigas, MD-UPDATE, Metzinger, Mohammad Mian, new generation of resident, Norton child, Norton child 's hospital, physician employ cutting-edge, publisher, remarkable advancement, S., specialty, troubled adolescent, U, utilize technology, Wellstone regional hospital

Welcome to MD-Update, the Women and Children’s Health issue! Remarkable advancements are being made every day in Kentucky in the

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Special Section 

Surgeons at Jewish Hospital First in Kentucky to Implant HeartMate 3™ After FDA Approval

March 1, 2018May 8, 2018 Barbara Mackovic advanced heart failure, advanced heart failure patient, blood cell, blood flow, bridge-to-transplant, continuous flow, durability, evolution of left ventricular assist device, failure, firsts, full magnetic levitation, heart care, heart failure patient, heart pump blood, heart surgery, heart transplant, HeartMate 3 LVAD, HeartMate 3 system, HeartMate 3™, HeartMate3, hemodynamic support, image001 photo, improve survival, improved blood flow, Jewish hospital, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Louisville, Louisville cardiovascular surgeon, LVAD, LVAD technology, LVAD therapy, MagLev™, MagLev™ flow technology, Mark, Mark S. slaughter, myocardial recovery, new benefit, physician, physician manage advanced heart failure patient, pump, quality of life, rotor, S., short-term hemodynamic support, slaughter, surgery, therapy, thoracic surgery, trauma, university of Louisville, weakened heart pump blood

LOUISVILLE Cardiovascular surgeons at Jewish Hospital, part of KentuckyOne Health, were the first in Kentucky to implant the HeartMate 3

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Legal 

New Kentucky Legislation Clears State Law Barriers to Direct Primary Care Practice Model

October 1, 2017 Sarah Charles Wright actual medical service, affordable membership fee, benefit of a concierge practice, bill health insurance, Care, Care enhancement act, care membership agreement, Care practice model, care provider, concierge, concierge practice, Congress, consumer, coverage, direct primary care, direct primary care membership agreement, direct primary Care practice model, DPC, DPC membership, DPC membership fee, DPC model, DPC practice, even house call, fee, friendly package, generic prescription drug, group health insurance product, HDP, high deductible plan, high-deductible, HSA, HSAs, insurance, internal revenue code, Kentucky, Kentucky law.1 DPC, Kentucky law.1 DPC practice, Kentucky legislation clear state, Law barrier, maximum out-of-pocket limit, Medicaid, Medicaid.2, Medicare, membership, membership fee, new Kentucky legislation clear state, opt-out of Medicare, osteopath, passage of SB79, personalized care, practice charge patient, practice model, practitioner, practitioner 's cost, practitioner time, primary care, primary Care enhancement act, primary care provider, qualified medical expense, range of primary care service, ref, regular session, retainer, retainer fee, revenue code, S., SB79, short wait time, shortage, telehealth, wellness care

During the 2017 regular session, the Kentucky Legislature paved the way for the “Direct Primary Care” practice model with the

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Gastroenterology Internal Systems OB/GYN & Women's Health Special Section Women's Health 

That Feeling in the Pit of Your Stomach

July 1, 2017December 20, 2017 Jim Kelsey active bacterium, adherence, adherence molecule, adherence molecule result, antibiotic, bacterium, bowel, bowel bacterium, bowel disease, bowel syndrome, C., C. difficile infection, chicken noodle soup, chronic health issue, colitis, colon, contribute factor, diet, disorder, fecal microbiota transplant, fecal transplant, frozen pill, gallbladder, gallbladder disease, Gastroenterology associate, gastrointestinal disorder, IBD, IBS, indomethacin, inflammatory bowel disease, intestinal bacterium, introduced bacterium, irritable bowel syndrome, Joseph east, Kathleen Martin, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne health 's gastroenterology associate, Lori Haas, Martin, microbiota transplant, molecule, non-research set, noodle, NSAIDs, over-the-counter probiotics, Penn state health, pericarditis, presence of adherence molecule, probiotic, probiotics, refractory C. difficile infection, right mix of bacterium, S., small bowel bacterium, stomach, stool, stool bank, stool transplant, success rate of the fecal transplant, syndrome, tolerance, transplant, tried-and-true way, trustworthy treatment, tummy, tummy hurt, ulcerative colitis, unpleasantness of a stool transplant

LEXINGTON “My tummy hurts.” It’s not just a tried-and-true way for kids to get out of a day of school.

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Health Topics Special Section 

Reaching Every Child in Kentucky

January 1, 2017February 1, 2017 MD-Update Staff â– , â–  MD-UPDATE, adult urologist, Allergy & Immunology, allergy while, Ann Muth, Cameron, Cameron S., care of hypoallergenic creature, colleague, Dartmouth, general plastic surgery, good child 's hospital, great anesthesia, great office staff, Henry Clay high school, hypoallergenic creature, Kentucky, labiaplasty, Lexington, Louisville, Louisville office, Louisville practice go, loyal refer friend, Norton administration, Obamacare, OR, OR support, patient access, pediatric urology, pediatric urology colleague, pediatric urology fellowship, pediatric urology nurse practitioner, plastic surgeon, plastic surgery, Q&A, reconstructive genital issue, reconstructive genital surgeon, reconstructive urology, referral, referral base, S., Schaeffer, Shakespeare 's final play, sound exhaust, surgeon, surgery, surgical discipline, surgical patient access, thing live, ultrasound, urologist, urology, urology colleague, urology fellowship, urology nurse practitioner

■ MD-UPDATE: Some of our readers are new, so tell us about yourself. SCHAEFFER: I was born in Louisville, grew

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