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Contact: Micheal Stephens, MBA, CCRP
Phone: 859.260.6456
Fax: 859.260.4145
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Micheal F. Stephens, MBA, CRRP Executive Director of Research Baptist Healthcare System. 1760 Nicholasville Road, Suite 204 Lexington, KY 40503 859.260.6456 859.260.4145 Micheal.stephens@bhsi.com www.baptisthealth.com
Overview
Baptist Healthcare System is an over 2,700-bed major medical research and education system committed to providing excellent health care, leading-edge technology, and compassionate medical services to patients throughout Central/Eastern Kentucky and Southern Indiana.
At Baptist Health, we have been conducting medical research for over 30 years. Our clinical trials have played a significant role in the development of new treatments for diseases. Our studies allow patients to remain in their community and continue to see their doctors and other medical providers while taking advantage of new drugs and therapies tested on a national level. Patients enrolling in research at Baptist Health participate in treatments at the forefront of care.
Medical research represents the future of healthcare, which is why Baptist Health hospitals participate in clinical research projects. This participation is a key part of our organization-wide commitment to improving medical outcomes for patients, both today and tomorrow.
Research Experience
At Baptist Health, our leadership in clinical research is linked directly to our organizational mission of serving the healthcare needs of patients and communities across Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Baptist Health clinicians are engaged in approximately 300 clinical studies throughout our network of hospitals and outpatient facilities addressing a variety of medical conditions and concerns, including:
- Oncology research
- Hematology research
- Bariatric research
- Cardiac research
- Electrophysiology research
- Obstetrics research
- Neonatal research
- Stroke research
- Neuro-interventional research
- Pulmonary medicine research
- Orthopedic research
- Covid-19
- Infectious Disease
Baptist Health Research has an excellent reputation for assisting the following companies with bringing new products to market:
- Accuray
- BioGene
- Glaxo-SmithKline
- Sanofi-Aventis
- Amgen
- AstraZeneca
- Aventis Pharmaceuticals
- Wyeth
- Bristol Myers Squibb
- Eli Lilly
- Genentech
- ImClone Systems
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
- Ortho Biotech
- Pfizer
- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
- Morphotek
- DCRI
- Harvard
- Quintiles/IQVIA (CRO)
- Northwestern
- Medpace (CRO)
- Medtronic
- St. Jude Medical
- Stryker Corporation
- Celgene
- Alere
- Precision Therapeutics
- AMAG Pharmaceuticals
- Ziopharm Pharmaceuticals
- Biotronik
- Rexahn Pharmaceuticals
- ReCor Medical
- Atritech
- Guidant
- Boston Scientific
- Johnson & Johnson
- Biosense Webster
- Cordis
- Stereotaxis
- Siemens
- Beckman Coulter
- Biosite
- Columbia Labs
- BAS Medical (Novartis)
- Pediatrix Medical Group
- Abbott
- Concentric Medical
- Hoffmann-LaRoche
- Merck Bard
- Eli Lilly
- Bard
- Genentech
- Coaxia
- Boehringer-Ingelheim
- Covidien
- Concentric Medical
- Millennium
- Takeda Oncology Company
- Cytokine PharmaSciences
- Impulse Dynamics
- Infraredx
- Mayo Clinic
Treatment Areas
- Cardiology/vascular diseases
- Dermatology
- Gastroenterology
- Hematology
- Immunology
- Infections and infectious diseases
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Nutrition and weight loss
- Obstetrics/gynecology (women’s health)
- Oncology
- Orthopedics/orthopedic surgery
- Pediatrics/neonatology
- Pharmacology/toxicology
- Pulmonary/respiratory diseases
- Urology
Facility Description
Founded in 1924, Baptist Health has been bringing advanced medical technology, modern facilities, and many of the region's most prominent physicians and medical professionals to the communities of our commonwealth for nearly a century.
Headquartered in Louisville, the Baptist Health family of hospitals, care centers, physician offices and health facilities has experienced tremendous growth in recent years. On September 1, 2020, Baptist Health Hardin, in Elizabethtown (formerly Hardin Memorial Health), became our newest addition. Baptist Health Floyd in New Albany, Ind. (formerly known as Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services), joined on Oct. 1, 2016. In 2012, we welcomed Baptist Health Richmond (formerly Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center) and Baptist Health Madisonville (formerly Trover Health System) to the fold. Our other hospitals include Baptist Health Paducah, Baptist Health Louisville, Baptist Health La Grange, Baptist Health Lexington and Baptist Health Corbin. Counting all nine hospitals, we have more than 2,700 licensed beds. Currently, our active sites in research include Baptist Health Lexington, Paducah, Floyd, Madisonville, Louisville, and Corbin.
Baptist Health has more than 300 points of care include outpatient facilities, which offer Urgent Care, occupational medicine, physical therapy and diagnostics. Home care is also available in 39 Kentucky counties, six counties in Illinois and six counties in Southern Indiana. Our physician network of more than 3,000 employed and affiliated physicians continues to grow as we endeavor to improve access to healthcare and enhance the health of Kentucky as a whole.
To deliver quality care, Baptist Health relies on an increasing array of technology to improve patient care, diagnose diseases, and improve efficiency. These include tracking and diagnostic technologies, and emerging technologies that continue to advance the capabilities of modern medicine.
Specialized Equipment
- Cyberknife
- da Vinci surgical system
- Drug-eluting stents
- Optical coherence tomography
- IVUS-intravascular ultrasound
- Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)
- Sterotaxis
- FIRM ablation
- Bi-plane neuro-interventional suite
- Siemens’s Somatom Sensation 64
- Somatom Definition AS 64
- Somatom Emotion, 16 slices with Fluoro
- Siemens’s MRI Symphony 1.5T with TIM Systems
- Siemens’s MRI Skyra 3.0 T
- Espree Open Bore MRI
- New radiation therapy for breast cancer
- Most advanced digital mammography capability on the market
- Bi-plane endovascular suite
- Siemens’s PET Biograph MCT-S(40) 4R
Baptist Health has been repeatedly recognized as the preferred hospital in the Lexington region by area residents and has been ranked in the top 20 Best Places to Work in Kentucky for 10 years. Baptist Health is a leader in inpatient services and has developed eight outpatient centers throughout the region.
Investigator Experience
- John Oldham, MD
- Paige Quintero, MD
- Derek Weiss, MD
- Johan Aasbo, MD
- Azhar Aslam, MD
- John Chaney, MD
- James Crager, MD
- Paula Hollingsworth, MD
- Michael Jones, MD
- Nathan Kusterer, MD
- Anthony Marano, MD
- Tyler Richmond, MD
- Michael Rukavina, MD
- Kevin Scully, MD
- Jignesh Shah, MD
- Michael Shih, MD
- Robert Sawyer, MD
- William Skinner, MD
- Fernando DeCastro, MD
- Craig McCotter, MD
- Gery Tomassoni, MD
- Hope Cottrill, MD
- Kevin Denehy, MD
- Firas Badin, MD
- Lee Hicks, MD
- Arvinda Padmanabhan, MD
- Shawn Peterson, MD
- Monica Vetter, MD
- Amy Schell, MD
- William Brooks, MD
- Curtis Given, MD
- Murali Kolikonda, MD
- Ben Newman, MD
- Christian Ramsey, MD
- James Winkley, MD
- Alyssa Winebrenner, APRN
- Supriya Kohli, MD
- Ronak Jani, MD
- Brett Scott, MD
- John Barton, MD
- Bradley Youkilis, MD
- Matthew Luckett, MD
- Kaveh Sajadi, MD
- Patrick Crowe, MD
- Daron Davis, MD
- Patton Thompson, MD
- Randall Thompson, MD
- Alexander Tzouanakis, MD
- Alan Beckman, MD
- Jonathan Feddock, MD
- Marta Hayne, MD
- Andrew Alexander, MD
- David Dougherty, MD
- Mark Dougherty, MD
- Mayuri Reddy, MD
- Daniel Rodrigue, MD
- Charles Rose, MD
- Daniel Shields, MD
- Abigail Byrnes, MD
- Tyrus White, MD
- Swati Yalamanchi, MD
- Muhammad Yasin, MD
- Ahmad Khan, MD
- Sabastian Pagni, MD
- Lakshmana Pendyala, MD
- Surender Sandella, MD
- Yasoda Devabhaktuni, MD
- Ajay Kandra, MD
- Ifeoma Okeke, MD
- David Stapp, MD
- Jon Cox, MD
- Amadeo Abraham, MD
- Ammar Tayar, MD
- Azmi Draw, MD
- Zaka Khan, MD
- Maroun Ghossein, MD
- Sanjay Bose, MD
- J. Kenneth Ford, MD
- Brian Lea, MD
- Martin Rains, MD
- Nicholas Lopez, MD
- Winston Chua, MD
- Luis Concepcion, MD
- Thomas Gruber, MD
- Crystal Rose, MD
- Peter Locken, MD
- Carl LeBuhn, MD
- Anita Fleenor-Ford, MD
- Devalkumar Rajyaguru, MD
- Tejas Modi, MD
- Stacey Miller, MD
- Kevin Williams, MD
- Sotonte Ebenibo, MD
- Jesse Adams, MD
- Mini Das, MD
- William Dillon, MD
- Michael Flaherty, MD
- Sreedevi Gondi, MD
- Rudolph Licandro, MD
- John Mandrola, MD
- Kevin Parrott, MD
- Christopher Semder, MD
- Angela Mahan, MD
- Robert Linker, MD
- Leela Bhupalam, MD
- James Code, MD
- James Eckman, MD
- Khalid Ghosheh, MD
- Andrew Hart, MD
- John Huber, MD
- Udaya Joseph, MD
- Michael Kommor, MD
- Mounika Mandadi, MD
- Crystal McMahan, MD
- Ignacio Montes, MD
- James Morgan, MD
- Carole Scharf, MD
- Charles Webb, MD
- Wangjian Zhong, MD
- Ranjit Bagga, MD
- Richard Paulsen, MD
- James Thornton, MD
- Daniel Woo
- Nathan Bullington, MD
- Benjamin Klausing, MD
- Anna Hart, MD
- Jimmye Perkins, MD
- Johnny Hammons, MD
- Behbahani Katayoun, MD
- Mhd Motaz Baibars, MD
- Claire Oculum, MD
- Christopher Troxell, MD
- Andrew Parks, MD
- Bill Hacker, MD
- Thomas Mullins, MD
- Wajdi Kfoury, MD
Staff Expertise
Baptist Health Research is maintained by staff comprised of an Executive Director, Clinical Research Coordinators, Regulatory Specialists, Data Specialists, Investigational Pharmacists, Clinical Research Manager, Research Finance Manager, Financial Analyst, Regulatory/Compliance Manager and Research Compliance Specialist. Most of our staff have been with us for multiple years, leading to more than eight decades of collective research experience.
Patient Services
Baptist Healthcare Systems patient contact in 2020 consisted of over 103,854 inpatient admissions, 366,729 emergency room visits, and 1.7 million outpatient visits.
Source: 2020 Baptist Health Community Report
Other Information
Baptist Health has continued to grow, add new technologies and health-promoting programs, earn accolades and map out a strategic course for our health system’s future – all of which help us build healthier, happier communities. Each day, we strive to improve the safety and quality of care we provide to our patients, as well as their overall experience. We seek new outreach and wellness initiatives to create a culture of health in each community we serve. We grow our facilities and programs to make comprehensive care more accessible for everyone. We embrace new research and clinical trials, opportunities to connect with our patients and data-driven care improvements.
To find out specific information about any of our research service lines please contact;
Micheal F. Stephens, MBA, CCRP
Executive Director of Research, Baptist Healthcare System
micheal.stephens@bhsi.com
Phone: 859.260.6456
Fax: 859.260.4508
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