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♦ Academic Physician ♦ Precision Challenge

Every day the world of medicine uncovers discoveries and innovative treatments that change the lives of patients and their families everywhere. Almost all of these medical breakthroughs are the result of dedicated physicians who treat patients in their clinical practices while researching and teaching at medical universities. These academic physicians are changing the world. This game not only measures your medical skills but gives you a peek into how academic physicians have contributed to the health of you and your family.

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The Heart

Practice: Cardiovascular

Academic physicians use a 3D printed heart model to save a boy’s life

Thanks to 3D printing technology, it’s possible to scan and print exact replicas of organs while they are still inside the body. Doctors at University of Louisville Physicians, in combination with the J.B. Speed School of Engineering, recently applied this technology to print a model of a young boy's heart in order to better diagnose his cardiac defects and devise a successful therapy. Academic physicians are using innovative treatments daily to advance the outcomes of their patients.
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The Brain

Practice: Neurosciences

Academic physicians uncover new techniques

Extended endoscopic skull-based surgery is performed through the nose and enables surgeons to remove brain tumors and lesions. This approach reduces risks and recovery times for the patient who would otherwise need a craniotomy. Throughout history, academic physicians continue to uncover new techniques that make this surgery an alternative to more invasive skull-based surgeries. Academic neurosurgeon, Dr. Mary Koutourousiou, director of the Skull Base Program at UofL Physicians, has published extensively on the endoscopic endonasal approach to brain surgery and has been awarded for her work by the European Skull Base Society and the World Federation of Skull Base Societies.
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The Eyes

Practice: Ophthalmology

Academic physicians first to perform LASIK surgery

Gholam A. Peyman, M.D., an academic ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal surgeon at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, performed the first LASIK surgery. He has devoted his life to continuously advance the procedure and make improvements in surgical outcomes. Since 1989, over 28 million LASIK surgeries have been performed worldwide. Academic physicians are changing how the world sees.
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The Pancreas

Practice: Endocrinology

Insulin is discovered by Academic Physicians

At the turn of the 20th century, a Type 1 diabetes diagnosis served as a death sentence. At age 14, Leonard Thompson was facing such a fatal dilemma. However, thanks to pioneering academic physicians, Thompson was the first-ever patient that was treated successfully with insulin. Academic physicians are offering innovative treatments daily for their patients, making them the physicians of choice.
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The Liver

Practice: Transplant

First liver transplant performed by Academic Physicians

For the first year of her life, Julie Cherie Rodriguez was a healthy baby girl. But a liver cancer diagnosis quickly turned her survival outlook bleak. That's when her mother took her to Dr. Thomas E. Starzl, an academic surgeon who was also a researcher at University of Colorado who performed the first successful, sustained liver transplant Thousands of liver transplants take place each year and patients of academic physicians continue to have access new innovations in liver health.
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The Lungs

Practice: Pulmonology

First Lung Transplant Surgery performed by Academic Physicians

Thanks to academic pulmonologist, Dr. Bruce Reitz, the first successful lung transplant surgery was performed on a woman who had idiopathic pulmonary hypertension. Since that time, hundreds of patients each year successfully undergo lung transplant surgeries. Yet another indication of why patients should choose academic physicians for their health care.
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The Circulatory System

Practice: Cardiovascular Medicine

On Jan. 16, 1964, academic physician Dr. Charles T. Dotter performed the world’s first percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, a procedure in which a catheter is used to open a blocked artery with the help of a live X-ray shown on a television monitor. The procedure allowed an 83-year-old woman to keep her gangrene-infected left foot, which was nearly amputated due to a blocked artery.
Angioplasty is now one of the most common procedures for opening blocked blood vessels, performed more than a million times each year in the United States. Every day, academic physicians offer their patients innovative new treatments.
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The Stomach

Practice: Gastroenterology

Academic physicians help reduce symptoms and improve lives

In a landmark article published 20 years ago, Dr. Bernard Dallemagne, academic physician and surgeon at University Hospital of Strasbourg, described the first laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication (LNF). Since then, LNF has become the surgical gold standard for the treatment of severe gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), helping patients suffering from acid reflux, heartburn and indigestion that cannot be controlled with other treatments. Academic physicians are helping patients reduce symptoms and live healthier, happier lives.
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The Joints

Practice: Rheumatology

Patients of academic physicians find relief for injured tissue with the use of Platelet Rich Plasma Injections

Joint pain is one of the most debilitating conditions imaginable. However, at Stanford University, a breakthrough study performed by Dr. Allan Mishra and Terri Pavelko paved the way for PRP therapy (Platelet Rich Plasma), allowing for a process of natural tissue regeneration. The PRP therapy procedures are now reducing the need for surgery in patients worldwide who have injured tissue. Academic physicians are at the forefront of new discoveries and treatments.
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The Bladder

Practice: Urology

Academic physicians pioneer robot-assisted cystectomy

Bladder cancer is a prevalent condition in both men and women, with nearly 75,000 new cases reported each year. In 2007, Erik P. Castle, M.D., an academic urologist at Mayo Clinic, helped pioneer the robotic-assisted radical cystectomy, a surgery now used throughout the world for the treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer. The new advancement allows for small incisions, a shorter hospital stay, less blood loss, a lower level of pain, lower risk of infection and faster recovery. Academic physicians are at the forefront of new discoveries and treatments.
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The Uterus

Practice: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Academic physicians take experiments and make them practical medicine

July 25, 1978, the first baby was born as a result of in vitro fertilization, due to the pioneering work of academic obstetrician and gynecologist, Dr. Patrick Steptoe. Partnering with physiologist Robert Edwards, Steptoe took Edwards’ laboratory findings "from experiment to practical medicine." Steptoe received one of Britain's highest academic honors and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society. Over four million births have resulted from their work. Each and every day, academic physicians are changing lives.
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Are you wondering if you have what it takes to have a medical career? A steady hand and a thorough knowledge of anatomy are needed to be an Academic Physician. See if you have what it takes to be a ground breaking academic physician. The closer you come to placing the anatomical piece in its correct spot in the body, the higher you will score! Don’t set the buzzer off! You want your patient to live a full and long life.

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