In honor of American Heart Month, Theresa Byrd, coordinator for the Norton Heart & Vascular Institute Women’s Heart Program, shares why she wears red to raise awareness each February. I wear red for my brother, Michael Brown, who at the young age of 40 experienced a severe hemorrhagic stroke. We were driving to Michael’s home…
January got off to a rough start. On top of the post-holiday blues and bitter cold that sat on top of our city, I resolved to spend the month alcohol-free as well as carb, dairy, bean, sugar, soda, chocolate and everything-else-that’s-good-free. I’m combining “Dry January” with Whole30 — a “clean eating” way of looking at…
Chandler Hegg’s days are spent leading a team that takes care of patients following surgery at Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital. His job as a nurse manager is a second career of sorts — very different from his first as a Marine, yet with similarities. “I joined the Marine Corps at the age of 17,”…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Nov. 15, 2017) – Adam Kempf has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer for Norton Healthcare. He succeeds Michael W. Gough, who earlier this month was named chief operating officer. Kempf has been with Norton Healthcare since 2001, most recently serving as senior vice president of finance. As chief financial…
Daniel A. Smith, managed care analyst for Norton Healthcare, joined the Air Force because he was a fanatic about aviation and wanted to get into the field. He served in the Air Force slightly more than eight years. He started as a jet-engine mechanic. After he was accepted to flight school, he became a flight engineer. By the…
I am a breast oncologist — and I am a woman at high risk for breast cancer. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 41 and is a breast-cancer survivor of more than 20 years. (I won’t say exactly how long, Mom). A woman may be at high risk for breast cancer based…
“A gadget guy” is how Kent Morris, M.D., describes himself, but that doesn’t mean he keeps his eyes glued to his phone all day. As an electrophysiologist, he relies on advanced technology for tasks such as building a three-dimensional map of the heart. Electrophysiologists like to say that the heart has a plumbing system and an…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new cancer drug that has been available only to patients enrolled by a Norton Cancer Institute physician and one other researcher nationwide. Don A. Stevens, M.D., medical oncologist/hematologist and director of the Hematologic Malignancy Program at Norton Cancer Institute, was one of only two physicians in…
The journey to becoming neurosurgeons may have been difficult for brothers Mayshan Ghiassi M.D., and Mahan Ghiassi, M.D., but it made them who they are today and proud to share their story of success. The pair were born in Iran. Persecuted for their religious beliefs, the Ghiassi family fled the country for Pakistan. “Believers of…
Old school rap and classic rock lightly echo around the walls of the operating room where Cyna Khalily, M.D., scrubs in to help a patient return to an active lifestyle. As the medical director of orthopedics at Norton Hospital, Dr. Khalily stays busy in the O.R. and in his practice as he works to heal…
For the fifth straight year, Norton Healthcare is a finalist in the 2017 Business First Healthiest Employers of Greater Louisville Award, large-employer category (5,000 to 49,000 employees). The awards presentation was held on Thursday, July 13, 2017, at Louisville Slugger Field. Now in its eighth year, the award recognizes businesses for implementing programs that help employees…
My favorite time of year is fast approaching — no, not my birthday — Bike to Beat Cancer! For those who have spent time with me, you know I am passionate about Norton Cancer Institute’s mission to cure cancer and eliminate suffering. I’m equally as passionate about accomplishing this mission through Bike to Beat Cancer….
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