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COVER FE ATURE FINDING PAIN RELIEF AT ADVANCED PAIN MEDICINE ASSOCIATES 08 At Wichita's Advanced Pain Medicine Associates, the staff have a goa l of not just treating chronic pain symptoms but a lso finding the source of the pain. FE ATURES FIT BODY, FIT BRAIN 05 Data from severa l studies suggests that getting and staying fit and strong can help protect one's brain from the effects of aging. WITH GI/MIS EXPERTISE, JARVIS WALTERS, DO, JOINS SURGICAL SPECIALISTS 06 Jar vis Wa lters, DO, recently joined Surgica l Specia lists PA in Wichita. NEW PROPOSED OSTEOPATHIC SCHOOL IN WICHITA IS MOVING FORWARD 11 The proposed Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, which has applied for accreditation from the accreditation arm of the A merican Osteopathic Association, is expected to enroll its first cohor t class in Aug ust 2022. ASCENSION VIA CHRISTI CYBERKNIFE CENTER EXPANDING TO MEET GROWING DEMAND 14 CyberKnife can hone in on letha l cancerous or unhea lthy tissue with pinpoint precision in just one to five treatments and requires no incisions or sedation. 08 contents ON THE COVER /////// OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2019 WICHITA-BASED CLINICAL COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY PROGRAM NOW PART OF NCI'S NATIONAL CLINICAL TRIALS NETWORK 15 The clinica l community oncolog y program led by Ascension Via Christi has joined the A lliance for Clinica l Tria ls in Oncolog y — par t of the Nationa l Cancer Institute's Nationa l Clinica l Tria ls Network, or NCTN. SPECIAL CLINICAL FE ATURE: ONCOLOGY RAMPING UP CARDIAC CARE FOR CANCER SURVIVORS 12 With cancer patients living longer, cardio-oncologists see a need for more specia lists to address hear t conditions related to cancer treatment. SPECIAL CLINICAL FE ATURE: GASTROENTEROLOGY STUDY MAY ALLEVIATE CONCERNS ABOUT LONG-TERM PPI USE 18 A randomized controlled tria l pushes back against associations between PPI use and a range of serious hea lth conditions. DEPARTMENTS HOSPITAL ROUNDS 07 PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT 20 PHYSICIAN-LIFE BALANCE 20 11 14