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COVER FE ATURE WICHITA'S VIA CHRISTI CLINIC ADDS SPECIALIST IN FEMALE PELVIC MEDICINE 09 Native Wichitan Simon Patton, MD, recently joined Via Christi Clinic, providing services in urog ynecolog y, a relatively new fema le-focused field of medicine. NATIONAL FE ATURE THIRDHAND SMOKE EXPOSURE MAY INCREASE LUNG CANCER RISK, STUDY FINDS 08 A study on mice suggests there are substantia l long-term risks from thirdhand smoke. FE ATURES MOTHER AND DAUGHTER RETURN HOME FOR OPTIMAL BREAST CANCER CARE 06 For Marcie Harris Charles, 60, and her daughter, Megan Charles Kramer, 37, both from western Kansas, receiving treatment close to home for their very different breast cancers has made a huge impact on their families, as well as themselves. LASER FOCUS: LIFE-CHANGING RESULTS 13 W hen it comes to laser vision correction surgery, Grene Vision Group has been the area's market leader. 09 contents ON THE COVER /////// OCT/NOV 2018 VIA CHRISTI: NATION'S FIRST SITE FOR U.S. PIVOTAL TRIAL OF SYSTEM FOR TREATING HEART VALVE DISEASE 15 The Structura l Heart program at Ascension's Via Christi Hospita l St. Francis continues to grow and advance – as evidenced by its having been the first U.S. site to participate in Abbott 's pivota l clinica l study of a minima lly invasive device that a llows patients' damaged mitra l heart va lves to be replaced without open-heart surgery. GERD ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER AERODIGESTIVE TRACT CANCERS IN OLDER ADULTS 18 W hile causa lity is not established, GER D is linked to upper aerodigestive tract cancers for some patients. DEPARTMENTS PHYSICIAN-LIFE BALANCE 05 HOSPITAL ROUNDS 11 THAT'S NEWS 17 MEDICAL REAL ESTATE 19 Simon Patton, MD, female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery specialist with Via Christi Clinic, talks with a patient. 06 13