Access is Everything
LOUISVILLE Heart disease does not discriminate based on sex, race, or religion. However, it seems poverty does play a role. According to a 2014 Louisville
Donna Ison
April 1, 2017
Cardiology
Two Teams. One System. Comprehensive Care.
LOUISVILLE & NEW ALBANY, IND. Often, when it comes to heart and lung programs, it is the heart side of the equation that we hear
Jennifer S. Newton
April 1, 2017
Building a Structural Heart Program
OWENSBORO Many physicians can point to a mentor or a singular event during their training that influenced their choice of specialty. For Abdelkader Almanfi, MD,
Donna Ison
April 1, 2017
Caring for the Hearts of Children
LEXINGTON The pediatric cardiology division of UK HealthCare is led by Division Chief Douglas J. Schneider, MD. “Congenital heart disease is the most common birth
Gil Dunn
April 1, 2017
A New Home for Structural Heart Disease
LOUISVILLE They say, “Home is where the heart is.” Well, now the heart has a new home – at the Structural Heart Center at Jewish
Bob Baker
April 1, 2017
Your Heart and Ears Have a Lot in Common. Love Them Both!
People tend to take matters of the heart very seriously, and they tend to brush off hearing loss as inconsequential. But the truth is, your
Lisa Meeker
April 1, 2017
Physicians at Baptist Health Lexington First in City to Implant Naturally Dissolving Heart Stent
LEXINGTON Physicians at Baptist Health Lexington were the first in Lexington to implant the recently approved coronary stent that slowly dissolves into a vessel. The
MD-Update Staff
October 1, 2016
KentuckyOne Health Launches Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease
LOUISVILLE KentuckyOne Health is now offering Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease™ (the Ornish Reversal Program), the first program scientifically proven not only
Barbara Mackovic
June 1, 2015
Navigating Heart Recovery
LOUISVILLE Baptist Health Louisville is one of 35 hospitals in the country, and the only hospital in Kentucky, selected to participate in the American College
MD-Update Staff
March 1, 2015
Cardio-Surgical Team at UK Healthcare’s Gill Heart Institute Embraces TAVR
Interventional cardiologists at UK HealthCare’s Gill Heart Institute are now performing multiple successful Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement procedures. The procedure, also known as TAVR, is
Jodi Whitaker
February 1, 2013