MDNews - Greater Kansas

KMC DERMATOLOGISTS PURSUE GOAL OFSERVINGPATIENTS STATEWIDE 06 Kansas Medica l Clinic ventured into dermatolog y in 2000, when its co-founder, Shekhar Cha lla, MD, noticed a demand for the specia lty and hired Joseph Gadzia, MD. Over the past 17 years, the practice has grown and Dr. Cha lla has developed a fellowship program with the goa l of ensuring no patient in Kansas has to travel farther than 50 miles to see a dermatologist. HYPERBARIC THERAPY FOR RADIATION-INDUCED HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS 10 Via Christi Wound Hea ling and Hyperbaric Therapy is addressing a side e†ect of cancer treatment. JON ROSELL TAKES THE HELM AT KMS 13 After ten years as the executive director of the Medica l Society of Sedg wick County, Rosell has become the executive director of the Kansas Medica l Society, advocating for Kansas physicians so they can continue to provide high-qua lity care. SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: NEUROLOGY BETA-AMYLOID RESEARCH IGNITES TREATMENT HOPES FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 18 Findings from a clinica l tria l may aid e†orts to develop a treatment to slow the progression of A lzheimer's disease. 06 contents ON THE COVER /////// JUNE/JULY 2017 VIA CHRISTI STRUCTURAL HEART PROGRAM BRINGS LEADING-EDGE TREATMENTS CLOSE TO HOME 20 A team of Wichita-based physicians are at the forefront of cardiac procedures. ARDENT, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM SELECTED TO PURCHASE ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL IN TOPEKA 23 A joint venture between the University of Kansas Hea lth System and Ardent Hea lth Services will purchase St. Francis Hospita l and provide it with a $50 million infusion of capita l, enabling it to remain open. DEPARTMENTS LEGAL MATTERS 14 DR. DROP-IN 16, 22 NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE 28 Joseph Gadzia, MD, who became Kansas Medical Clinic's first dermatologist when he joined the practice 17 years ago, and Michael Kucenic, MD, KMC's on-site dermatopathologist. 10 26

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