transplant

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A Transplant Known for His Transplants

October 1, 2020October 19, 2020 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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Headlines 

Jewish Hospital Celebrates 55 Years of Saving Lives Through Organ Transplantation

May 1, 2019June 21, 2019 MD-Update Staff adult heart transplant, adult liver transplant, donor, donor family, double-lung transplant, firsts, hospital 's transplant, hospital transplant, hospital transplantation program director, image001 photo, Jewish hospital, Jewish hospital 's transplant, Jewish hospital transplant, Jewish hospital transplantation program director, Kentucky, kidney, KODA, life month, Louisville, Louisville physician, organ, organ transplant, pancreas, president of Jewish hospital, Ronald Waldridge II, Trager, transplant, transplant center, transplant center of choice, transplant program, transplant recipient, transplant surgery division chief, transplant team, transplantation, true testament, university of Louisville physician, UofL, UofL school, UofL school of medicine

LOUISVILLE On April 16, 2019, Jewish Hospital Transplant Care, in partnership with UofL, celebrated “Donate Life Month” with more than

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Mental Wellness 

How Resilience Protects Your Heart — Inside and Out

March 1, 2019May 13, 2019 Jan Anderson, PsyD, LPPC 20 year anniversary, 20 year anniversary of successful operation, abortion decision, American heart association 's Louisville circle, American heart association event, anger, bad feel, broken heart syndrome, Care, Care center, chair of the American heart association 's Louisville circle, challenge population, Christine, Christine M. Kleinert institute, death of long-term spouse, decades-long addiction, doctoral process, evidence-based recovery method, evidence-based therapy, food desert, great ice-breaker, hand transplant, health of the heart, healthy food option, heart association event, image002 photo, incest survivor, Jewish hospital, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Kleinert Kutz, Kleinert Kutz hand, long-term spouse, Louisville, Louisville circle, Louisville hand transplant program, love-deprived, love-deprived adolescent, M., M. Kleinert, M. Kleinert institute, Major relationship breakup, Matthew Scott, mind-body, mind-body connection, mother 's demise, name of relative, physician, real health risk, recovery, resentment, resilience, side of addiction, stress-induced cardiomyopathy, surgeon, transplant, UofL, urban food desert, usual culprit, victim mentality

“What’s your why?” I knew that question would be a great ice-breaker at the American Heart Association event I was

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News News & Events 

News – Jan 2019

January 1, 2019February 15, 2019 MD-Update Staff ACC, acclaim, accreditation, ambulatory surgery center, American college, American college of cardiology, AMGA, AMGA acclaim award honoree, APRN, baptist health, baptist health center, baptist medical group, bariatrics, cardiology, cardiology fellowship, cath, Cath lab accreditation, central Kentucky, CEO Andrew Henderson, chronic health condition, clinic, diagnostics center, Direct-To-Employer, Direct-To-Employer program, donation, donor, Dr. Erin Moore, educator, fellowship, flagship, group practice, health center, health condition, health family nurse practitioner, healthcare, Healthcare property, honoree, hospital receive cardiac Cath lab accreditation, internal medicine, Jewish hospital, Kentucky, Kentucky university, kidney, kidney donation, kidney transplant, lab, large group practice, Lexington, Lexington baptist health, Lexington clinic, Lexington clinic location, Lexington clinic partner, Lexington clinic veteran, Lexington clinic welcome, Lexington Lexington, Lexington Lexington clinic, Lexington Robert Sawyer, live kidney donation, Louisville, MD-UPDATE, Md., medical degree, medical group, medical weight loss, medicine, Meyerson, network of provider, new chief, new chief of thoracic surgery, News, News item, Nicholasville, Nicholasville road, nurse, nurse experience, outcome, partnership, PCI, photo, physical location of Jessamine, physician, preventive care, proven record of excellence, provider, record-setting, rural health family nurse practitioner, rust, Sawyer, suite, surgery, thoracic surgery, Trager, Trager transplant center, transplant, UK HealthCare, university of Cincinnati, university of Kentucky, university of Louisville, weight-loss

SEND YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO MD-UPDATE > news@md-update.com Lexington Clinic Partners with Flagship Healthcare Properties LEXINGTON Lexington Clinic and Flagship

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News News & Events 

News – Mar 2018

March 1, 2018March 23, 2018 MD-Update Staff advanced heart failure, Andrew C., baptist health, bed, board of director, board president, C., cardiovascular innovation institute, Cecil, central Kentucky, CEO of KODA, certificate of need, Chandler, chief medical officer of Jewish hospital, clinic, crump, distinguished service award, donor, Dr. Gray, Emma Birks, employer, Flaget, Flaget memorial hospital, good place, Gray, Greg Bell, heart transplant, hospital of the university of Pennsylvania, image001 photo, innovation institute, inpatient, J., Jeffrey McMahan, Jewish hospital, Jewish southwest, Julie Bergin, KAFP, Kentucky, Kentucky academy, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Kimberly, KODA, lady of peace, Laman Gray, lead provider, lead provider of organ transplantation, Lexington, Lexington clinic, liver transplant, Louisville, Madisonville, Mark slaughter, McGregor, medical center, medical director, medical director of advanced heart failure, medical group, medicine, Michael T., milestone, Nacomis Jenkins, Newman, News, occupancy, organ, organ donor, organ transplantation, patient Jeffrey McMahan, patient Nacomis Jenkins, photo, physician, pla, primary care, provider, Rabbi Nadia Siritsky, Ronald Waldridge II, samaritan, school of medicine, service award, slaughter, specialty, specialty care, Stephen C., surgery, T, Trager, Trager transplant center, transplant, transplantation, U, UK Chandler, UK Chandler hospital, UK HealthCare, Umansky, university of Louisville, UofL, UofL physician, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, William J. crump

Jewish Hospital Trager Transplant Center Performs 500th Heart Transplant LOUISVILLE In February, the Jewish Hospital Trager Transplant Center and the

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Special Section 

Plastic Surgeons Transplant Tissue Between Identical Twins

January 1, 2018March 23, 2018 Gil Dunn 14, abdomen, abdominal skin, Adair, Adair 's left chest, Adair 's right chest, breast, breast cancer, breast reconstruction, cancer, Cherona, Cherona Craig, Cheryl Adair, chest, Craig, Donald Graham, donor, flap, Jewish hospital, Katherine Fu, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Kleinert Kutz, Kleinert Kutz hand, Laxminarayan Bhandari, long-distance marathon, mastectomy, Michelle Palazzo, microsurgical, microsurgical technique, new breast, operate room, Palazzo, photo, plastic surgeon, plastic surgeon transplant tissue, radiation, reconstruction, relay team of surgeon, right breast, sister 's abdomen, sister 's combined procedure, skin, surgeon, surgeon transplant tissue, surgery, surgical team, Terry McCurry, tissue, transplant, transplant surgery, twin, twin sister 's abdomen, U, Uzair Qazi

LOUISVILLE After watching her identical twin sister go through chemo and radiation therapies not once, but three times, Cherona Craig

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Events 

Events – Dec 2017

December 1, 2017February 9, 2018 MD-Update Staff Amy, Anderson, assistance fund, Bill elder, cardiovascular service, cardiovascular surgeon, CFRE, cocktail, columnist, community health award, community leader, community leader of the year, compassionate physician award, creativity, CTVU, CTVU suite, David Casey, Dawne Gee, depression, dinner, doctor, doctor 's ball, DPT, Dr., E., end of the spectrum, Ephraim McDowell, Ephraim McDowell physician, Ephraim McDowell physician of the year, excellence, executive director, Gerald Temes, Gil Dunn, Gordon Tobin, health issue, Humana, Humana physician excellence, illness, Jamison, Jesse Wright, Jewish hospital, Joseph, Joseph east, Joseph hospital, Joseph hospital foundation, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, leadership award, Leslie Buddeke, Leslie Buddeke smart, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Lowell, MAMM, mania, MD-UPDATE, MD-Update financial columnist, MD-Update mental Wellness columnist, medical director, mental health, Michael Thornton, Mrs., Mrs. Thornton, Muhammad ali, Muhammad Ali center, Nicholasville, patient assistance fund, PhD, photo, physician, physician award, physician of the year, president saint, psychiatry, Pt, ribbon, Richard Budde, RJ Corman, Robert Lowell, Robert Salley, SJHF, smart, St. Mary, St. Mary 's foundation, suite, surgeon, Tharun Karthikeyan, Trager, Trager transplant center, transplant, U, UofL, Valerie Casey, wave 3, wellness, wellness columnist, Wilma, Wilma E., yes

Yes, Mamm! Has Record Crowd and Beautiful Weather NICHOLASVILLE The 3rd annual Yes, MAMM! 5K run/walk which benefits the Saint

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Special Section 

Reshaping Remission

October 1, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton acute leukemia, adult leukemia, Albany, antibody, antibody therapy, baptist health, baptist health cancer, bone, bone marrow transplant, cancer, chemotherapy, Chowhan, chronic leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, director of medical oncology, genetic mutation, good response rate, health cancer, hematologist, IND, landscape of treatment, leukemia, line treatment, marrow, medical oncology, mutation, myeloid, myeloid leukemia, NCI, new Albany, new class, oncologist, oncology, remission, reshape remission, response rate, standard treatment, survival, survival rate, therapy, TKIs, transplant

NEW ALBANY, IND Say the word “leukemia,” and many people will immediately think of childhood cancer. But, according to 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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Cancer Care Oncology Special Section 

More Than a Benign Interest

October 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Jim Kelsey American society, Asco, benign interest, better-tolerated, big impact, Bone marrow transplantation, born problem-solver, cancer, cancer management, cancer patient, cancer problem, chemotherapy, chief fellow, clinical oncology, clinical trial, concomitant medical condition, disease-free, disease-free interval, forge of Hodskins 's career path, great pediatric hematologist, hematologic malignancy, hematology, hematology side, hematology side of thing, Hodskins, Hodskins 's career path, immunotherapeutic drug, immunotherapy, immunotherapy agent, innumerable ongoing clinical trial, Jacob Hodskins, Kosair, marrow, melanoma, molecular physiology, MS, multitude of test, new immunotherapeutic drug, new immunotherapy agent, oncologist, oncology, outcome, Owensboro, Owensboro health, Owensboro health oncologist, profound anemia, refractory set, significant short, sub-standard therapy, success of new immunotherapy agent, survival, talk of bone marrow transplant, toxicity, toxicity of chemotherapy, traditional chemotherapy, transplant, UK college of medicine, UK department, UK department of hematology, UK department of internal medicine, ultimate enigma, viable treatment option, wide variety of cancer

OWENSBORO You might call Jacob Hodskins, MD, MS, a born problem-solver. Not because he has the solution to every problem,

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