Patient stories - Norton Healthcare, Spine

Months after two-day spine surgery, Air Force veteran visits Mount Rushmore

Calling Charlie and Debbie Hinckley well traveled would be an understatement. “We’ve got the map of [the] U.S., and we’ve probably got 50% of it done,” Charlie said. “We have…

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Neurosciences, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare, Stroke

Three years after stroke, Louisville man credits rehab team and tools in journey back to full health

Every day, millions of people go for walks — up and down the aisles of the grocery store, around the cul-de-sacs of their neighborhood or through the parks with their…

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Health & Wellness

Norton Healthcare’s Financial Assistance Program

Getting sick doesn’t have to snowball into other concerns, like can you afford to go to the doctor, or how are you going to pay for a hospital bill? Norton…

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Heart, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare

Woman’s life-threatening heart event makes her ‘sickest person in Louisville’

Reviewed by Maria R. Schweichler, M.D., Bassel Alkhalil, M.D., and Maroun M. Ghossein M.D. Cassandra and Carlton Moore prepared to welcome their third child in late August. This was another milestone in their…

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Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, Norton Audubon, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare

When you love someone, let them know — a lot

Bonny and Robert Parker, who are in their early 60s, met years ago at the former Heads Up Pub in Louisville.  As sometimes happens in life, when they first met,…

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Brand Feature, Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, Norton Hospital

When a Norton Healthcare nurse had surgery on her wrist, an employee benefit helped with driving her and her dad

Sheila Geiger, R.N., a relief charge nurse on the mother/baby unit at Norton Hospital, hadn’t heard of Papa until she was working her night shift last August. One of her…

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Brand Feature, Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, Research and Clinical Trials

Balancing service and career

Kendrick Thomas had found his niche at Bellarmine University — working toward a career that gave him the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of one of his greatest role…

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Cancer, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare, Skin Cancers

Reconstructing damage from skin cancer

Like many boys of his generation, Randy Stewart, age 76, grew up playing and working outside on the family farm. Other than summer heat, Randy rarely thought about the sun….

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Neurosciences, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare

Norton Neuroscience Institute successfully completes its first high-frequency focused ultrasound procedures

In life, day-to-day tasks often are taken for granted. Brushing your teeth, pouring coffee, lifting food to your mouth — things millions of people do each day without a second…

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Neurosciences, Ortho - Shoulder, Orthopedics, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare

Norton Orthopedic Institute surgeon’s shoulder replacement method brings reduced recovery times, better outcomes

Gene Lacey’s latest trip to the office of Justin M. Givens, M.D. was more of a formality than an appointment. He was there to show off his progress — to…

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Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, Health Equity, Norton West Louisville Hospital

Introducing the care team at Norton West Louisville Hospital

For much of the care team joining Norton West Louisville Hospital, working in West Louisville wasn’t just a choice; it was more of a calling. The hospital, located at 28th…

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Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, Neurosciences

Stroke survivor turns near-death experience into career in health care

Some things are truly meant to be. Adam Maddox certainly believes so. Adam is a patient care associate at Norton Brownsboro Hospital. His job: Provide day-to-day support for patients who…

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