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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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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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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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Focus on Function First

August 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Donna Ison academic Physiatrists, acquired brain injury program, admirable accomplishment, Amantadine, association of academic Physiatrists, Atlanta 's shepherd center, brain, brain doctor, brain injury, brain injury program, brain injury research, Brian Bohannon Darryl Kaelin, chief resident, cord, cord injury, Darryl Kaelin, Dayton Ohio, devastate car accident, Dr. Darryl Kaelin, Dr. Darryl Kaelin help patient, effectiveness of the physical medicine, elevator speech, Emily Holmes, Emory university 's school, Emory university 's school of medicine, endowed chair, endowed chair of brain injury, Frazier Rehab, Frazier Rehab institute, Frazier rehabilitation institute, good program, image001 photo, image002 photo, individual 's physical, injury, inpatient, Kaelin, Kaelin 's word, Kettering medical center, Louisville, medical director, medical director of brain injury research, medical director of the acquired brain injury program, medical director of UofL health, medicine, medicine rehabilitation, miraculous story, multidisciplinary care, musculoskeletal perspective, neuro-rehabilitation, non-surgical treatment of disease, outpatient, perfect specialty, photo, physiatrist, physiatrists, physiatry, physiatry make, physical medicine, physical medicine rehabilitation, physician, PM&R specialist, PMR, power of the human spirit, practice of UofL health, quality of life, recovery, rehabilitation, specialist, specialty, spinal cord injury, stroke, stroke rehabilitation, TBI, telemedicine, telerehabilitation, therapist, time provide elevator speech, traumatic brain injury, university of Louisville, UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, UofL school, UofL school of medicine

LOUISVILLE Completing a 5K run is an admirable accomplishment for anyone. But, for someone who has suffered a traumatic brain

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Ultimate Continuity of Care

May 1, 2020September 4, 2020 Donna Ison cancer, case of estrogen-driven endometrial cancer, cervical cancer, challenge aspect of the subspecialty, chemotherapy, Chris Witzke Sarah Todd, Chris Witzke Telehealth, common gynecologic malignancy, common malignancy, communication tool, complex surgery-based practice, course of the call, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, current guideline, cytologic find, Daniel Metzinger, David McArthur, diagnosis, endometrial, estrogen-driven, estrogen-driven endometrial cancer, ever-increasing obesity epidemic, field of oncology, first-time telehealth user, frontline, general obstetrics, guidance of Daniel Metzinger, gynecologic, gynecologic condition, gynecologic malignancy, Gynecologic oncologist, Gynecologic oncology, gynecologic oncology clinic, Gynecologic oncology embrace diagnosis, health literacy, HIPEC, HPV, image001 photo, image002 photo, James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, Louisville, Louisville school, maintain number, malignancy, malignant gynecologic condition, medical side, Moffitt cancer center, OB/ GYN, oncologist, oncology, optimal continuity, ovarian cancer, painful privilege, palliative care, pap, papilloma virus, personal distance, photo, physician, post-menopausal bleed, re-evaluation, Rebecca Todd, recurrence, respective diagnosis, Robert Todd, robotic, robotic surgery, Sarah Todd, screen, shadow opportunity, spectrum, subspecialty, surgeon, surgery, surgery-based, surgery-based practice, surgical side, system-wide rollout, telehealth, telehealth conference, Todd, Todd state, Todd treat, tumor, tumor of the ovary, ultimate continuity, ultimate continuity of care, uninterrupted patient consultation, university of Louisville school of medicine, UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, vulvar dysplasia, wake of COVID-19, wide spectrum, wide spectrum of diagnosis

LOUISVILLE In early April 2020, when personal distancing and restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic were high, Sarah Todd, MD, had

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COVID-19: Reflections, Remembrances and Recollections

May 1, 2020September 4, 2020 Gil Dunn adoption of virtual visit, affected staff, Bardstown, Becky CAROTHERS, boredom of the nurse home resident, broad adjustment, Cady Brown, CareFirst, chi, chi saint, clinical deterioration, colleague, COVID-19, COVID-19 's arrival, COVID-19 case, COVID-type, COVID-type symptom, creation of electronic medical record, Dav Doodnauth, disruptive change, downtown Drs., Drs., early patient, even prior, FACP, fear of the unknown, Flaget, GHP, Gil Dunn, Gil Dunn image003, Gil Dunn image003 photo, great travesty, great travesty of the pandemic, Grow-A-Frog, Grow-A-Frog tadpole, healthcare, home infection, image001 photo, image002 photo, image004 photo, image005 photo, importance of nourishment, incredible high, incredible work, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph M. Flynn, Joseph medical group, Kentuckiana physician, long day, loved-one 's hug, M., M. Flynn, medicine, memes, minute-to-minute evolution, minute-to-minute evolution of information, moment, mortality rate, new environment, non-COVID, Norton, Norton child, Norton child 's medical associate, Norton Healthcare, Norton medical group, nurse home community, nurse home infection, nurse home resident, organized parade, pandemic, past couple month, patience, patient 's compromised vision, pediatrician, photo, physician, physician owner, potential hospital visit, rehab patient, routine clinical care, routine clinical care of resident, safe care, SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-2 virus, singular change, son 's Christmas present, specialist, tadpole, tadpole 's adaptation, teachable moment, telemedicine, tradeoff, UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, video visit capability, virtual visit, virus, zoom visit

“What will you remember? What would you like to forget?” We asked Kentuckiana physicians and administrators to share their thoughts

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Teamwork and Technology in Tandem

November 1, 2019February 21, 2020 Donna Ison acoustic neuromas, additional neurosurgeon, Anderson hospital, assistant professor of neurological surgery, available make, Base center, Baylor, Baylor college, Baylor college of medicine, benign tumor, brain, brain tumor, brain tumor center, breast, breast cancer, Brian Williams, cancer, cancer rehabilitation specialist, centralized treatment model, collaborative spirit, common malignant brain cancer, complex find, complication of problem, director of the brain tumor center, Dr. Williams, efficient medical care, excite group, focused radiation, glioblastoma, host of option, image001 photo, innovative team approach, interstitial thermal therapy, J., John lair, lair, laser, late surgical technique, lengthen life, logical field, manifestation of neurological metastatic cancer, medicine, melanoma, myriad of problem, Neuro-Oncologist, neurological metastatic cancer, neurological surgery, neuroradiologist, neuroscience, neurosurgeon, neurosurgery, neurosurgical oncology, nurse navigator, oncology, patient population, photo, physician, practice neurosurgeon, prevalent skull-based pathology, primary brain tumor, radiation, radiosurgery, removal of tumor, restorative neuroscience, share opinion, skull-based, skull-based operation, skull-based pathology, slight predilection, statewide resource, surgery, team approach, teamwork, therapy, treatment model, tumor, tumor board, tumor board meet, unwanted symptom, UofL, UofL physician, UofL physician 's innovative team approach, UofL Physicians-Restorative, UofL Physicians-Restorative neuroscience, UofL practice, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, Williams, Williams 's role, Williams state, Williams treat

LOUISVILLE For Brian J. Williams, MD, choosing the “nuanced and logical field” of neurosurgery was a no-brainer. “I enjoy working

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Sarah Todd, MD, Joins Gynecologic Oncology Team at UofL Physicians

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 MD-Update Staff abdominal cavity, cancer, cancer patient, chemotherapy, complete surgical resection of tumor, da, exceptional vision, gynecologic, gynecologic condition, Gynecologic oncology, gynecologic oncology team, heated chemotherapy, HIPEC, hot chemotherapy, intraperitoneal, intraperitoneal chemotherapy, Louisville native, malignant gynecologic condition, oncology, robotic, robotic surgery, Sarah Todd, select advanced ovarian cancer patient, surgery, Todd, tumor of the female reproductive tract, UofL, UofL James Graham Brown, UofL James Graham Brown cancer center, UofL physician, Vinci xi, Vinci® xi system, vulvar dysplasia

LOUISVILLE A Louisville native, Sarah Todd, MD, has joined UofL Physicians – Gynecologic Oncology at UofL James Graham Brown Cancer

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Treating Cancers That are Bad to the Bone and Soft Tissues

September 1, 2019October 28, 2019 Jim Kelsey amputation, bone, bone cancer, bone tumor, breast cancer, cancer, chemotherapy, Chile, diagnosis, expand patient population, extremity, extremity trauma, faculty member of the UofL school of medicine, fellowship, formal orthopedic oncology program, Gil Dunn Rodolfo Zamora, healthy tissue, image001 photo, indicator, knee, lesion, low extremity trauma, medical track, musculoskeletal, national Chilean reference center, oncologist, oncology, oncology course, oncology fellowship, oncology program, orthopedic oncologist, orthopedic oncology, orthopedic oncology course, orthopedic oncology fellowship, orthopedic trauma, pain, physician, precision, primary tumor patient, referral place, regional sarcoma center, resection, Rodolfo Zamora, sarcoma, sarcoma center, soft tissue sarcoma, soft tissue tumor, surgeon, surgery, survival, survival rate, tissue, tissue sarcoma, tissue tumor, trauma, trauma fellowship, treat cancer, tumor, tumor patient, two year research fellowship, ultimate career path, university of Washington school of medicine, UofL, UofL James Graham Brown, UofL James Graham Brown cancer center, UofL physician, UofL school, variation of breast cancer, Zamora

LOUISVILLE Like many medical doctors, Rodolfo Zamora, MD, is the type of person who enjoys problem solving. He liked numbers,

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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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