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Current Special Section SLIDER Special Section 

Norton Heart & Vascular Institute Expands Heart Failure Program

February 1, 2021February 17, 2021 Lynne Choate accreditation, advanced heart failure, Allen Cheng, assist, assist device, assist device accreditation, DNV GL Healthcare, excellence, executive director, failure, heart failure, image001 photo, implantation, Kelly McCants, Louisville Norton, Louisville Norton heart, mechanical circulatory support program, Medicaid, Medicaid service, medical director, Medicare, Norton, Norton Audubon, Norton Audubon hospital, Norton Cardiothoracic, Norton Cardiothoracic surgery, Norton Healthcare, Norton Healthcare Bassel Alkhalil, Norton heart, people need ventricular assist device, placement, provider, recovery, recovery program, Rounsavall, support program, surgery, VAD, VAD program, VADs, vascular institute, ventricular assist device accreditation, W.

LOUISVILLE Norton Heart & Vascular Institute has expanded services for patients with advanced heart failure to include surgical implantation of

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FRONT Public Health 

Obesity Prevention and Weight Loss a Community Effort

February 1, 2021February 17, 2021 Brian Boisseau, CHFS, DPH, DPQI activity opportunity, bariatric, barrier, behavior therapy portion of weight loss, CHFS, determinant, diabetes, DPQI, evidence-based, evidence-based program, first-line strategy, Frankfort, FRANKFORT excess weight, harsh picture, harsh picture of the consequence of obesity, image001 Brian Boisseau, impact of obesity, individual medical cost burden, initial weight loss, Kentucky, Kentucky department, Kentucky physical activity, lifestyle, lifestyle change program, line evidence-based weight loss strategy, long-term weight loss success, national diabetes prevention program, NHLBI, NHLBI obesity education initiative, nutrition, nutrition program, nutritious food, obesity, obesity prevention, overall population health, person 's risk of develop type 2 diabetes, person of normal weight, physical activity, physical activity opportunity, population health, public health, public health initiative, quality-of-life outcome, SDOH, social determinant, social determinant of health, strategy, success of initial weight loss, surgery, therapy, type 2, type 2 diabetes, weight loss success, weight loss surgery, weight-loss, wide range of health

FRANKFORT Excess weight and obesity are serious threats to the health and wellbeing of many people. In Kentucky, over 36%

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Current Special Section Special Section 

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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Cover Story Current Special Section SLIDER 

One Heart, A Team of Doctors

February 1, 2021February 17, 2021 Donna Ison access technique, Ahmad, Ahmad khan, Alexandra Rogers, aortic valve replacement, aortic valve stenosis, baptist health, biophysics, Brian Kaebnick, cardiac anesthesiologist, cardiac catherization lab, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiothoracic, cardiothoracic surgeon, catherization, catherization lab, Christopher Semder, combined skill, coordinator, critical component of the team, director of the cardiac catherization lab, diverse train, ECMO, Emory, Emory university, fellowship, Flaherty, general surgery residency, good outcome, graduate of new York medical college, heart nurse coordinator, heart program, heart team, image001 photography, image002 Christopher Semder, image003 Sebastian Pagni, image004 William Dillon, individual skill set, interventional cardiologist, join physician, Kaebnick, khan, knowledge of a team of talented cardiac specialist, La Plata medical school, lead patient, leaflet, Louisville, Louisville 's structural heart team, medical degree, medicine, Michael Flaherty, Michael P., modality, necessary test, new York medical college, option, outcome, oxygenation, P., Pagni, physician, physician function, procedure, regurgitation, replacement, residency, Sebastian Pagni, Semder, service interaction, stenosis, stroke, structural heart nurse coordinator, structural heart program, structural heart team, structural heart team 's medical director, sub-team of cardiac anesthesiologist, surgeon, surgery, surgery residency, surgical director, surgical director of structural heart program, surgical director of the structural heart team, talented cardiac specialist, TAVR, TAVR-based, TAVR-based modality, team 's medical director, team approach, team of doctor, therapy, trained set, trained set of people, transcatheter, UofL, Valhalla, valve, valve repair, valve replacement, valve stenosis, William Dillon

LOUISVILLE Each Monday, the Structural Heart Team at Baptist Health Louisville brings its diverse training, accumulated experience, and individual skill

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Current Special Section SLIDER Special Section 

A Privilege to Serve

February 1, 2021February 17, 2021 Tim Corkran air traffic reporter, cardiothoracic, cardiothoracic surgeon, cardiothoracic surgery fellowship, chest, chest malady, chi, chi saint, coal mine 's decline, confident attitude, COVID-19, COVID-19 impact, early pediatric heart transplant, eastern Kentuckian, eastern Kentucky lifestyle, esophagus procedure, general surgery practice, general surgery residency, Hamid Mohammadzadeh, image001 photo, importance of early screen, incision, invasive surgery, invasive thoracic surgery, Jonathan Kiev, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph health 's cardiothoracic surgeon, Joseph health physician, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky lifestyle, Kiev, Leonard Bailey, Lexington radio station, Lexington surgeon, Loma Linda medical center, lung, mom, nodule, pack-a-day, pack-a-day smoker, patient care, pediatric heart surgeon, post-operative, pre-and post-operative walk, privilege, ravage of lung, reflux disease, Robert Salley, small incision, surgeon, surgery, surgery element, surgery practice, surgery residency, surgical ability, surgical work, thoracic surgery, thoracic surgery element, thorough information, Tulane university 's school, Tulane university 's school of medicine, typical chi saint

LEXINGTON Surgeons augment their surgical abilities with a confident attitude that reassures and empowers their patients. CHI Saint Joseph Health’s

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Cover Story 

Repairing Brains, Reshaping Perceptions

December 1, 2020February 17, 2021 Donna Ison 3-D interactive model, 3-D model, ablation, anatomic malformation, blood vessel structure, brain, brain scan image, brain work, breakthrough technology, child 's brain, Christian look, Cincinnati child, Cincinnati child 's hospital, cognitive neuroscience, compassion, complete comprehension, complete comprehension of the patient 's condition, complicated patient, conception of Jerusalem, Corp, cut-and-dried concept, decision-analysis, detail of a specific patient 's surgery, director of the pediatric restorative neuroscience division, diseased brain tissue, electrode, engagement tool, epilepsy, gray matter, history of the disciple, Ian Mutchnick, integration of research-grade, Jerusalem, laser, malformation, MRI-guided, MRI-guided laser ablation technology, Muslim look, Mutchnick, Mutchnick 's main interest, neuroscience, neuroscience division, neurosurgeon, neurosurgery, neurosurgery patient, Norton, Norton child, Norton child 's hospital, Norton child 's neuroscience institute, Norton child 's neurosurgery, Norton Healthcare, Norton neuroscience institute, patient 's surgery, patient engagement tool, pediatric restorative neuroscience division, perception, photo, physician, point of view of neuroscience, pretty amaze stuff, prophet of the bible, radiographic information, range of brain injury, real-time guidance, reality, reality model, repair brain, scan, simulation, specific patient 's surgery, spine condition, spine tumor, surgery, surgical epilepsy patient, surgical theater, surgical theater 's function, theater, theater 's function, university of Michigan medical school, UofL, use of a virtual reality, use of Visualase, virtual reality model, virtual reality model of a patient 's brain, Visualase

LOUISVILLE From the point of view of neuroscience, the film The Matrix, in which humans are unconsciously functioning inside a

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Special Section 

Functional Neurosurgeon Finds a Home at Norton Neuroscience Institute

December 1, 2020February 17, 2021 Tim Corkran accurate electrode placement, area of the brain cause seizure, brain, brain cause seizure, brain stimulation surgery, chronic pain, collaborative nature, cord, disorder, Dr. Rao, dynamic specialty, electrical stimulation, electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, electrode, emerge field of functional neurosurgery, end of life patient, epilepsy, essential tremor, example of the indication, excellent set, excise tumor, expansion of the role of functional neurosurgery, functional neurosurgeon, functional neurosurgeon focus, functional neurosurgery, good option, good professional opportunity, heart of functional neurosurgery, high risk, image001 photo, image002 photo, infuse medication, life concern, life-threatening brain, Louisville Abigail Rao, nation institute of health, neuroscience, neurosurgeon, neurosurgeon focus, neurosurgery, neurosurgery 's root, neurosurgery residency, non-emergent quality, non-emergent quality of life concern, Norton, Norton Healthcare, Norton Healthcare 's Norton, Norton Healthcare Abigail Rao, Norton Healthcare perform deep brain stimulation surgery, Norton neuroscience, Norton neuroscience institute, option, pain, patient hope, Rao, Rao find, Rao treat, specialty of functional neurosurgery, spinal cord, staple of functional neurosurgery, stereotactic, stereotactic frame, stimulation, surgery, surgery syndrome, targeted area of the brain, tremor, use of electrical stimulation, Warren Alpert, Warren Alpert medical school, Wisconsin family, Wisconsin family of physician

LOUISVILLE Abigail Rao, MD, was drawn to the neurosciences as an undergraduate, and her creative and collaborative nature has found

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News News & Events 

Md-Update News

October 1, 2020October 19, 2020 MD-Update Staff Abrazo Arizona, Abrazo Arizona heart institute, American academy, APRN, assistance, awareness, bachelor, basic human need, breast, cancer, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiovascular disease, CFRE, chi, chi saint, clinic, community health, DePalma, diagnostic service, donation, Elfandi, episode of care, excavator, family medicine, fellowship, Fisher, Franson, Goho, health care system, healthy community, initiative, internal medicine, internship, Johns Hopkins, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph health foundation, Joseph health partner, Joseph hospital foundation, Joseph hospital foundation 's yes, Joseph London, Joseph medical group, K., Kentucky, Kentucky child, Kentucky child 's hospital, LBX, Leslie, Leslie smart, Lexington, Lexington community, lexington-based, Libya, Link-Belt, Link-Belt excavator, Lockhart, MAMM, market director, MD-UPDATE, Md-Update News, medical degree, medical school, medicine, mentored, Michigan, Morristown, Neva Francis, News item, orthopedic surgeon, orthopedics, osteopathic medicine, outcome, partner, payer, pediatrician, pediatrics, photo, physician, Pink-Belt, provider, quality care, residency, Roadmap, Roadmap initiative, Seemanthini, spine, spine program, sport medicine, Sterling, surgeon, surgery, Taddeo, Thomas Jefferson SKMC, total health, Tripoli, ultrasound, university of Kentucky, vice president, warren, yes

SEND YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO MD-UPDATE > news@md-update.com Lekshmi Seemanthini, MD, Joins CHI Saint Joseph Medical Group – Cardiology in

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Special Section 

A Transplant Known for His Transplants

October 1, 2020April 7, 2021 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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OP/ED 

Dr. Jones Speaks Again

October 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Whitney F. Jones, MD 33% mortality reduction means, advanced test platform, Alexandra Rogers Whitney, Alexandra Rogers Whitney F., amaze amount of change, ambulatory surgery center, Appalachian area, Appalachian area of the state, Appalachian puzzle, at-risk region, average CRC incidence, behavioral risk factor survey, cancer, Cologuard, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer prevention project, colon polyp family history, colonoscopy, colorectal, colorectal cancer screen, complete shutdown of ambulatory surgery center, COVID-19, CRC, CRC incidence, CRC screen rate, disparity, Dr. Jones Speaks, Dr. Thomas Tucker, dramatic disparity, edge of care, exact science, F., family history, fit take-at-home stool test, founder of the colon cancer prevention project, free screen program, free test, image001 photo, incidence, insurance issue, KCCSP, Kentucky, Kentucky colon cancer, Kentucky colon cancer screen program, Kentucky state government, low screen rate, manufacturer of Cologuard, Medicaid, Medicaid expansion, mortality reduction means, multiple state-based, mutation, national lockdown, peak month of the national lockdown, podcast, polyp, positive stool test, preventative service, prevention, prevention message, primary driver of low screen rate, regional challenge, risk factor survey, screen event, screen number, state-based, stool, successful Medicaid expansion, surgery, surgery center, take-at-home, take-at-home stool DNA stool test, take-at-home stool test, UK Markey, UK Markey cancer center, UK Markey cancer center 's associate director, under-gone, under-insured

KENTUCKY Our Commonwealth of Kentucky, as well as the rest of the nation, has under-gone an amazing amount of change

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