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Finding Purpose After Prognosis

December 1, 2021December 10, 2021 Donna Ison American spinal injury association, Asia 's americas committee, Asia 's americas committee target sci education, bowel, Camillo Castillo, Camilo Castillo, Castillo, Castillo serve, Castillo state, cervical injury, challenge disease, combination of compassion, cord, cord injury, cord injury medicine, cord injury program, Corpas, director of spinal cord injury program, E., Federico Montero, find purpose, Frazier Rehab, Frazier Rehab institute, Frazier rehabilitation institute, image001 photo, image002 photo, image003 photo, improve sci care, injury, injury association, inpatient, interdisciplinary approach, Isaac Hernandez Jimenez, level of compassion, limb, limb functionality, medicine, member of the American spinal injury association, N., native Colombia, new potential, nurse, outpatient, outpatient therapy, pediatrician father, photo, physical medicine, physician, PMR, prognosis, rehab, rehabilitation, rehabilitation doctor, rehabilitation technology, sci, sci care, sci education, Spanish translation of material, spinal cord injury, spinal cord injury medicine, spinal cord injury program, thoracic injury, traumatic spinal cord injury, type of spinal cord injury, understand people, Universidad Juan, Universidad Juan N., UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, Virginia commonwealth university school of medicine

LOUISVILLE Despite spending a decade as a physical medicine and rehabilitation doctor specializing in spinal cord injury (SCI), Camilo Castillo,

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News News & Events 

News – Dec 2021

December 1, 2021December 10, 2021 MD-Update Staff $36, 36 year healthcare veteran, 373-bed, 434-bed, 434-bed hospital, Agarwala, American college, American pathologist, Antonio Lopez, APRN, baptist health, breast, breed, Brown, brown cancer center, cancer, Care, central Kentucky, chi, chi saint, chief operate officer, Chris Roty, clinic, day-to-day leadership, diagnostics, diagnostics center, Dunlap, Emily Volk, family medicine, FCAP, fellowship, healthcare veteran, Hejazi, hospital 's leadership, ICU, image001 photo, inpatient, internal medicine, J., Jessamine, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Kamran Hejazi Kenari, Kentucky, Kiltinen, Kyaw, LA Grange, laboratory medicine, leadership, Leslye Jones, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Louisville, Louisville school, lung, lung cancer, lung disease, management of the 434-bed hospital, Matt Bailey, medical degree, medicine, Neal Dunlap, neck, neck cancer, Nessa Timoney, News, nurse, nurse practitioner, oncology, osteopathic medicine, Paducah, Paducah hospital, pathologist, pathology, pediatrics, photo, physician, post-graduate, president of baptist health, preventative, provider, Pulmonology, radiation, radiation oncology, radiology, residency, Roty, Roty 's leadership, S., Sanjay Agarwala, Siddiqui, Staten, Tennessee, treatment of lung, UofL, UofL health, Valerie, Valerie breed, vice president, Volk

Roty Named Chief Operating Officer at Baptist Health Lexington LEXINGTON After serving as president of Baptist Health Paducah, Chris Roty

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Cover Story 

Making the Impossible Possible

October 1, 2021December 10, 2021 Tim Corkran associate professor, basic science colleague, bedside, bedside approach, blood cell, brand-new drug, Brown, brown cancer center, Brown cancer center 's Rebecca Redman, cancer, cancer cell, cancer patient, cancer treatment, care of cancer patient, checkpoint, checkpoint inhibitor, chemotherapy, chief administrative officer of UofL health, clinic, clinical research, clinical trial, clinical trial office, combination of exist drug, dedicated research coordinator, deputy director, deputy director of clinical research, devoted team, diagnosis, dietician, director of medical oncology service, ENT physician, entire team of dedicated research coordinator, first-time study, first-time study of the agent, fortuitous work study placement, function life, function treatment, gland cancer, HPV case, image001 photo, image002 photo, immune system, immunotherapy, informed bench, inhibitor, internal medicine residency, Jason Chesney, Kentuckian, lab, lab practice, life-giving tissue, lymphocyte, medical oncologist, medical oncology fellowship, medical oncology service, medicine, medicine residency, mix of lab work, multidisciplinary clinic, neck, neck cancer, neck cancer patient, neck cancer treatment, neck patient, oncologist, oncologist 's lab, oncology, oncology fellowship, oncology service, pediatric oncologist 's lab, phase 1, phase 1 trial, PhD, photo, possibility of a home run, quality of life-giving tissue, radiation, Rebecca Redman, Redman, Redman 's research, research coordinator, salivary gland cancer, science colleague, see patient, smart treatment, thoughtful way, throat cancer issue, tissue, treatment of head, trial offer two, trial offer two level, trial offer two level of hope, trial office, tumor, tumor infiltrate lymphocyte, UofL, UofL health, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, work study placement

LOUISVILLE The treatment of head and neck cancers has long had the potential to damage sensitive, quality of life-giving tissues.

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Headlines 

First-in-World Heart Implant at UofL Health – Jewish Hospital

October 1, 2021December 10, 2021 MD-Update Staff –third, –third implantation, aeson, Aeson device, Aeson® bioprosthetic, artificial heart, bioprosthetic, biventricular, cardiothoracic, CARMAT, clinical trial procedure, early feasibility study, female patient, First-in-World heart, French medical device company, heart implantation, heart organ transplant, heart transplant, hospital team, image001 photo, implantation, investigational device, Jewish hospital, Jewish hospital team, Mark slaughter, novel type of artificial heart, Pahwa, pump blood, Siddharth Pahwa, slaughter, surgery, surgical director, surgical director of heart transplant, thoracic surgery, Tom round, total artificial heart, total artificial heart implantation, Trager transplant center, transplant, UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, world-class

LOUISVILLE The cardiothoracic surgical team at UofL Health – Jewish Hospital performed the world’s first Aeson® bioprosthetic total artificial heart

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News News & Events 

News – Oct 2021

October 1, 2021December 10, 2021 MD-Update Staff $, $1 million investment, 1, Adele, Adele amine, amine, Arun Ummat, baptist health, cardiology, cardiovascular service, Care, Care 11600, care transport nurse, Care welcome, cath, cath lab, catheterization, central baptist hospital, central Kentucky, chi, chi saint, chief flight nurse, clinic, community health system, critical care transport nurse, disorder, doctor, Elizabeth, Elizabeth hospital, endocrinology, executive director, executive director of cardiovascular service, family medicine, guild, GYN, gynecology, health maintenance, healthcare leadership role, image001 photo, image002 photo, Jeevanjot Virk, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph hospital volunteer guild, Joseph medical group, Kentucky, KY 40243, lab, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Lexington Marc Manley, life-saving, life-saving care, local student, Louisville, Louisville Jeevanjot Virk, Louisville primary Care medical group, Manley, Marc Manley, Marina Saad, Mary, medical degree, medical director, medical director of cardiology, medical field, medical group, medical school, medicine, MSN, NE-BC, neurology, new physician, News, north Texas, nurse, Nwagbara, OB, obstetrics, Odago, osteopathic medicine, photo, physician, primary Care 11600 main street, primary Care welcome, Rebekah McDaniel, residency, Sarah Burress, scholarship, school graduate attend, south Louisville, STEMI, STEMI coverage, university of Kentucky, university of north Texas, UofL, UofL health, urgent condition, Virk, Virk 's practice, Virk 's service, volunteer

Baptist Health Primary Care Welcomes Jeevanjot Virk, MD, Family Medicine LOUISVILLE Jeevanjot Virk, MD, has joined Baptist Health Louisville Primary

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Special Section 

On Solid Footing

August 1, 2021October 18, 2021 Pat Henderson Achilles, ankle, ankle fellowship, ankle replacement, ankle replacement surgery, ankle surgeon, ankle surgery, ankle surgery trace, battalion aid station, choose orthopedics, classroom of Seneca high school, clinical professor of orthopedic surgery, college gymnast, Croatia, deformity, Denver child, Denver child 's hospital, Dr. Hockenbury, engineer background, experience take care, experience take care of people, Fitzsimons army, focus of Hockenbury 's, foot specialist, footing, fracture work, general orthopedics work, Gil Dunn Todd Hockenbury, Hockenbury, image001 photo, image002 photo, Kentucky 's early specialist, Louisville, Louisville native, Louisville native 's journey, Louisville wind, mash, mash unit, medical center, nation 's mash, OR nurse, orthopedic residency, orthopedic surgeon, orthopedics, orthopedics work, pediatric OR nurse, photo, podiatrist, podiatry, podiatry resident, protective force, referral, replacement, residency, solid footing, specialty, strange trip, surgeon, surgery, tendon, Todd Hockenbury, Ukrainian soldier, united nation 's mash, UofL, UofL health, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, war 's story, well-established foot, west point, world treat Soviet military officer, wound management, year-long foot, Zagreb

LOUISVILLE To say it’s been a long, strange trip for Todd Hockenbury, MD, might be an insult to long, strange

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News – Aug 2021

August 1, 2021October 18, 2021 MD-Update Staff $, $10.6 million partnership, 10.6, accreditation, American college, Aslam, Bahasa Indonesia, baptist health, baptist health team, Bardstown, Behnke, board-certified, cancer, cancer program, cardiology, Care, Care center, Care clinic, central Kentucky, chi, chi saint, chief executive officer, Cleveland, clinic, CoC, De La Cruz, Dimeling, Elizabeth, Elizabeth hospital, emergency, emergency room, ER, Flaget, Flaget memorial, Floyd, formal groundbreaking, freestanding ER, good care, group practice, gynecology, heart procedure, hospice, hospice center, hybrid emergency room, image001 image, innovation, intensive program, internal medicine, intuitive health, invasive heart procedure, J., Jefferson ridge development, JEFFERSONVILLE, Jewish hospital, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Kentucky, large group practice, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Louisville, Mary, MBA, medical degree, medical school, medicine, MedOne, MedOne hospital physician, Neltner, News, NSLI-Y, obstetrics, Ohio, onsite, patient care, photo, physician, primary care, procedure, provider, residency, Southern Indiana, Stephen J., stroke, stroke center, surgeon, surgery, TAVR, thoracic surgeon, thoracic surgery, transcatheter, undergraduate education, underserved, university of Virginia, UofL, UofL health, urgent care, urgent care clinic, Vasdev Lohano, year of experience

Baptist Health Teams Up with Intuitive Health, Breaks Ground on Southern Indiana’s First Freestanding ER and Urgent Care JEFFERSONVILLE, IN

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News – Apr 2021

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 MD-Update Staff Aaron Stewart, advanced heart failure, affiliate, American college, Andy Powell, baptist health, baptist health foundation, Bellarmine, Bellarmine university, Breckenridge Lane, cardiologist, cardiothoracic, cardiovascular care, cardiovascular service, CEO, chairman, chairman of baptist health foundation, chief lend officer, clinic, clinical support, Dr. Toadvine, executive director, failure, family medicine, foundation board, foundation board chairman, fundraising, great Louisville, gynecology, Harrison, Harrison memorial hospital, health foundation, healthcare, heart disease, heart failure, heart failure patient, heart transplant, HMH, hormone-related, hormone-related program, image001 photo, image002 photo, Justin Leighty, K., Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kresge way, KY 40207, Larry Gray, leadership, Leighty, Lexington, lifesaving, Louisville, Louisville baptist health foundation, Louisville Louisville, Louisville Louisville baptist health, medical degree, medical director, medical group, medicine, member of the American college of obstetrics, new CEO, new foundation board chairman, News, Norton, Norton Audubon, Norton Audubon hospital, Norton Healthcare, Norton heart, obstetrics, photo, physician, physician specialty service, Powell, president of baptist health, republic bank, republic bank 's Andy Powell, residency, Riley, role of vice chairman, service line, specialty, Stewart, suite 134, suite 200, TOADVINE, transplant, treatment of disease of the female reproductive organ, UK Gill, UK Gill heart, UK HealthCare, UofL, UofL health, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, VAD, vascular institute, vice president, vice president of clinical support, wealth of board

Aaron Stewart, MD, Joins Baptist Health Medical Group LOUISVILLE Louisville Baptist Health Medical Group welcomed Aaron Stewart, MD, in January

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Special Section 

The Patient-Centered Surgeon

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Tim Corkran achalasia, anti-reflux, anti-reflux procedure, associate professor of surgery, associate program director, combination of technical practice, creation of a swallow, daVinci, daVinci robot, duty of associate program director of the residency program, ENT collaborator, esophageal disease, esophageal procedure, esophageal surgical procedure, esophagus, Farid Kehdy, good solution, hernia, hiatal, hiatal hernia, image001 photo, Kehdy, Kehdy 's successful approach, Louisville UofL, Louisville UofL health surgeon, medical treatment, native of Lebanon, paraesophageal, patient population, patient recovery, Patient-Centered surgeon, PPIs, practice cardiologist, procedure, reflux, reflux center, reflux issue, surgeon, surgery, surgical management, surgical management of esophageal disease, surgical management of reflux, technical practice, UofL, UofL health, UofL health surgeon

LOUISVILLE UofL Health surgeon Farid Kehdy, MD, brings an approach to surgical management of esophageal diseases that makes his patients

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Healthy at Home

February 1, 2021April 14, 2021 Jim Kelsey angioplasty, angioplasty procedure, Asymptomatic presentation, atrial fibrillation, atypical pain, atypical presentation, Bob Valvano, bunch of doctor, cardiac cath lab, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiology fellowship, cardiology residency, CardioMEMS, cath lab, Chandhiran Rangaswamy, congestive heart failure, COVID, COVID-19, expected presentation, failure, fibrillation, general cardiology, geriatrician, heart disease, heart failure, hospitalization, image001 photo, interventional cardiologist, kid call, Louisville, Louisville native, Louisville resident, Louisville school, manage condition, medical influence, mislead presentation, muscle pull, pain, patient call, physician, pillow, presentation, procedure, quality of life, Rangaswamy, Rangaswamy 's career path, Rango, reflection of people, shortness, shortness of breath, symptom, textbook presentation, textbook presentation of heart disease, time patient present, university of Louisville school of medicine, UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, will present

LOUISVILLE It is 3:00 am, and Chandhiran Rangaswamy, MD, an interventional cardiologist at UofL Health, is about to begin his

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