Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has appointed Kem Delaney-Ellis, director of health policy for Norton Healthcare, to the Governor’s Minority Employment, Business Affairs and Economic Development Council. She will serve until April 2021. The council, in collaboration with major corporations, business owners, government entities, and community and higher education institutions, seeks to develop outcomes-driven initiatives that…
Scott Watkins, senior vice president, Operations, Norton Healthcare, was elected chair of the 2018 Kentucky Derby Festival last night by the Kentucky Derby Festival Inc. board of directors. A member of the Kentucky Derby Festival board since 2005, Watkins has served on committees for several festival events, including the Marathon/miniMarathon and Basketball Classic. He is…
N Good Health, Norton Healthcare’s employee wellness department, held its first-ever Norton Star Chef competition on Tuesday, April 25, at Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital. Norton Healthcare’s five chefs went head-to-head in the ultimate cooking challenge, serving up a twist to a summertime favorite — the hamburger. The first-ever Norton Star Chef has been named…
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced today that he has appointed Steve Ready of Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Kentucky, to serve on the Health Information Technology (HIT) Advisory Committee which is within the executive branch and established by the 21st Century Cures Act. “Norton Healthcare provides critical patient services to the people of Kentucky,…
This article is part of a series on the emerging public health crisis ofopioid abuse. Because addressing the disease of addiction requires a comprehensive approach, several Norton Healthcare providers have come together to educate the public and work to manage the epidemic in our community. The current heroin crisis is placing a tremendous strain on…
Jae Y. Jung, M.D., Ph.D., an oncologic dermatologist, recently joined Norton Cancer Institute, where she sees patients with skin cancer and serious skin-related disorders or complications. To date, Dr. Jung is the first cancer specialist within the Louisville area who has a subspecialty in dermatologic oncology. One focus of Dr. Jung’s work is melanoma. She…
The mission of Norton Healthcare is to provide quality health care to all those we serve, in a manner that responds to the needs of our communities and honors our faith heritage. This can take many forms. Recently that meant participating in a Surgery on Sunday program and providing endoscopic procedures for those who were…
I have been in Louisville for 21 years as a child neurologist. I ended up in Louisville because Dr. Sole, who was also a child neurologist, was two years my senior at St. Louis Children’s and came here to practice. During my last year I can remember going to our administrative department in St. Louis…
Sure, a hospital couldn’t run without doctors and nurses. But there are countless underdogs helping families get through some of the most difficult times of their lives. One of them is chaplain Rev. Brian Wilson, M.Div. He sat down with us to talk about what it’s like to do his job. Why did you become…
Nine months, 40 weeks, three trimesters — however you describe the length of your pregnancy, one thing is for sure: It is the fastest timeline of your life. I can’t believe I am already pushing toward my due date, well into my third trimester. It seems like yesterday that my husband and I were just…
In March 2004 when our son, Kendall, was born, my husband and I were flooded with emotions — the overwhelming joy of becoming parents, followed by total shock when we were told Kendall has Down syndrome. While we were thrilled with our baby boy being born, we also felt like we were grieving the loss…
Last month, I wrote about my mother’s battle with ovarian cancer. My mom was diagnosed with a mutation on her BRCA2 gene — making her highly susceptible to both breast cancer and ovarian cancer. It’s the home run of cancer genes. My mom was first diagnosed with breast cancer 10 years ago at age 54…
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