MD-Update

The multimedia magazine for Kentucky physicians, healthcare providers, and healthcare decision-makers. Formerly found at @MDUpdateKY.

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Twin 1951 Ferrari Barchettas, a 1953 Good Humor truck, and a 1929 Packard crowned Best of Show.

The @keeneland Concours d'Elegance raised funds for UK Golisano Children's Hospital:

https://t.co/lGlglHMHDq

#Lexington

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From nine-year-olds to weekend warriors to pros: Baptist Health Sports Medicine's Mark Puckett, MD, and Michael Hughes, DO, each see ~100 patients a week.

Most of their toolkit is nonsurgical.

https://t.co/1Z3rkfP9rm

#SportsMedicine

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Among the first in the world: Ryan Eads, MD, performed a shoulder replacement using the CORI XT surgical robot at Baptist Health's River Ridge Surgical Suites in Jeffersonville, IN.

https://t.co/8am1pU324g

#Orthopedics

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Christine Ko, MD, is the 176th president of @KYMedAssoc.

Highlights from the 2026 KMA Annual Meeting, "At the Heart of Impact":

https://t.co/uNFaBcPWFr

#KentuckyMedicine

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Years ago, Arthur Malkani, MD, had to pitch a board on a million-dollar robot.

Today @UofLHealth's Jewish Hospital has passed 6,000 robotic-assisted joint replacements, and knee patient satisfaction is ~94.6%.

https://t.co/XF6SH7oDPH

#Orthopedics

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In 1926, @shrinershosp opened a 20-bed pediatric orthopedic wing in Lexington.

A century later, four surgeons at Shriners Children's Lexington call it "the best job ever." Our cover story:

https://t.co/RLEbyvuTOT

#PediatricOrthopedics

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The Orthopedics & Sports Medicine issue of MD-Update is here.

Inside: Shriners Children's Lexington at 100, 6,000+ robotic joint replacements, a first-of-its-kind robotic shoulder surgery, and saving the meniscus.

https://t.co/5pObfw2IcM

#KentuckyMedicine

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Our Orthopedics and Sports Medicine issue now available: https://t.co/5pObfw2IcM

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🩺 New faces in Kentucky medicine: meet the latest providers joining @Norton_Health and other practices across the Commonwealth.

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https://t.co/6cYP1AZlLH

#KentuckyMedicine

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⛳ Rain couldn't stop the 36th Annual LMS Foundation Golf Tournament — 96 players raised $25,000+ for Central Kentucky health charities.

The chair's nickname for it? "Bourbon & Birdies." 🥃 👇
https://t.co/rKHihI3anM

#Lexington

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🥗 Doctors are human too.

At the Lexington Medical Society Healthy Living Symposium, experts tackled intermittent fasting, supplements, the gut microbiome, and Blue Zones — the advice we give patients but find hard to follow. 👇
https://t.co/SjgpHDDXCY

#LifestyleMedicine

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⚖️ As summer schedules tighten, it's a good time to revisit informed consent.

In Kentucky, it's not a form to sign — it's an ongoing process. A practical refresher for busy clinicians. 👇
https://t.co/I244Ha5Ypu

#MedicalLegal

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🇺🇸 We remember Benjamin Franklin for kites, diplomacy, and independence. We talk less about the son he lost to estrangement.

What his family's fracture teaches us about conflict and choosing sides. 👇
https://t.co/RkCNFzGECk

#MentalWellness

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💙 The death of a child is among the most devastating losses a parent can face.

The Compassionate Friends offers free, peer-led grief support with chapters across Kentucky — a resource worth knowing for your patients. 👇
https://t.co/yUEYgiCxl7

#GriefSupport

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🏅 @chisaintjoseph's Saint Joseph London has been recognized for its Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program — 24/7, trauma-informed care for survivors, and one of only 25 SANE-ready hospitals in Kentucky.

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https://t.co/rDc9vaWejG

#KentuckyMedicine

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💪 Musculoskeletal pain isn't just about anatomy.

Danesh Mazloomdoost, MD, of Wellward explores the overlooked link between hormones — estrogen, testosterone, thyroid — and how we heal, hurt, and recover.

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https://t.co/tBEm8lkPNm

#PainMedicine

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☀️ "A ray of sunshine": Audrey Summers Farooqui, MD, of @UofLHealth found her calling in reproductive psychiatry — supporting women's mental health through pregnancy and postpartum.

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https://t.co/r1wTRzlXNM

#MentalHealth

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👂 Good OB-GYN care starts with listening.

Jennifer Heer Ford, MD, of Baptist Health drew on a former career in social work — and med school at 34 — to build a practice centered on hearing women. 👇
https://t.co/ym1ruewcb0

#WomensHealth

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🎼 Meet Scottie Day, MD — chair of pediatrics at Golisano Children's Hospital at @UK_HealthCare, and a lifelong musician who treats the ICU like an orchestra.

"We're kind of the conductor." 👇
https://t.co/SPctL1SOcr

#ChildrensHealth

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🔬 Cervical cancer screening is changing: primary HPV testing is now preferred, and self-collected sampling opens a new path to reach under-screened patients — especially in rural Kentucky.

What KY clinicians need to know 👇
https://t.co/3k2kCf8ym8

#CervicalCancer