Script Smarts
THOMAS STASKO OU Medical Center OU Physicians Dermatology Clinic 619 NE 13th St., Oklahoma City, 73104 405.271.6110
CHRISTIAN S. HANSON Hillcrest Medical Center Oklahoma Heart Institute 9228 S. Mingo Rd., Suite 200, Tulsa, 74133 918.592.0999
Diagnostic Radiology
DAVID W. HARRIS Saint Francis Hospital Warren Clinic Springer Building, 6160 S. Yale Ave., Floor 2, Tulsa, 74136 918.497.3140
KELLY N. MCDONOUGH Breast Imaging of Oklahoma 2601 Kelley Pointe Parkway, Edmond, 73013 405.844.2601 DEBRA S. MITCHELL Breast Imaging of Oklahoma 2601 Kelley Pointe Parkway, Suite 101, Edmond, 73013 405.844.2601 REBECCA G. STOUGH Mercy Hospital Breast MRI of Oklahoma 4300 McAuley Blvd., Oklahoma City, 73120 405.749.7077
Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism
D. ERIK ASPENSON Hillcrest Medical Center Oklahoma Heart Institute 9228 S. Mingo Rd., Suite 102, Tulsa, 74133 918.592.0999 MARY Z. BAKER OU Medical Center OU Physicians – Endocrinology 1000 E. 10th St., Oklahoma City, 73104 405.271.1000
Family Medicine
LAMONT E. CAVANAGH Hillcrest Medical Center Sports Medicine & Family Medicine 1111 S. St. Louis St., Tulsa, 74120 918.619.4400 W. DEAN HINZ Norman Regional Hospital 3400 Tecumseh Rd., Suite 300, Norman, 73072 405.912.3120 LINDA A. OBERST-WALSH OU Medical Center 1111 S. St. Louis Ave., Tulsa, 74120 918.619.4600 TOMAS P. OWENS INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center Oklahoma Great Plains Family Medicine 3500 NW 56th St., Suite 100, Oklahoma City, 73112 405.951.2855 CYNTHIA L. TAYLOR Norman Regional Hospital Family Medicine Associates 1237 E. Alameda St., Norman, 73071 405.321.4511
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Patients often want to take an active, informed role in their health care, even though the complicated information can be overwhelming. Dr. Mitchell W. Duininck, a staff physician at Family Medical Care, affiliated with St. John Health System, and program director of In His Image Family Medicine, lays out a few key questions patients should ask about their medications. “Medication use should be constantly evaluated to make sure they are the right medications and the right doses,” says Duininck. Start by asking your doctor or nurse to explain why the doctor has chosen this particular medication and how you will know it is working, advises Duininck. “You can also ask for written information about the medication and research information about the medication on the Internet,” suggests Duininck. Discuss medication options and dosage. “Are there other options (you) could use? Are there any over-thecounter medications you could take instead? Is this the lowest dose that will work for you?” says Duininck. “Lifestyle changes, including exercise, weight loss, sodium restriction, smoking cessation, may decrease or completely remove the need for some medications.” Make sure to discuss allergies, current medications, possible side effects and the duration of the medication’s prescription, says Duininck. “Always let your doctors know all the medications you are taking, even those that are non-prescription or are supplements,” he says. “Medications can have interactions with each other that can be dangerous.” – Lindsay Cuomo Gastroenterology
MARKHAM NIGHTENGALE Saint Francis Hospital Adult Gastroenterology Associates 6465 S. Yale Ave., Tulsa, 74135 918.481.4700 HARVEY A. TATUM Hillcrest Medical Center Utica Park Clinic 1145 S. Utica Ave, Suite 701 Hillcrest Physician’s Building, Tulsa, 74104 918.582.6544 WILLIAM M. TIERNEY OU Medical Center OU Physicians 825 NE 10th St., Suite 4300, Oklahoma City, 73104 405.271.8478
Geriatric Medicine
INSUNG KIM Saint Francis Hospital 6160 S. Yale Ave., Tulsa, 74136 918.497.3650 LAURENCE Z. RUBENSTEIN OU Medical Center OU Physician Senior Health Center 1122 NE 13th St., Suite 150, Oklahoma City, 73117 405.271.3050 PETER A. WINN OU Medical Center OU Physicians Family Medicine Center 900 NE 10th St., Oklahoma City, 73104 405.271.3537
Dr. Jose El-Amm Medical Director of Kidney Transplantation Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center As the medical director of kidney transplantation for the INTEGRIS Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute, El-Amm encourages everyone to become an organ donor. “The most rewarding outcome for patients with chronic kidney disease is a transplant,” says El-Amm. “My patients live longer and have a better quality of life if they are fortunate enough to get a transplant.” Dedicated to helping as many patients as possible, El-Amm has marked several milestones in his career, including opening Oklahoma’s first and only desensitization program, which helps some patients, who previously may not have been good candidates for a transplant, receive one. He also opened the state’s first and only active paired kidney donation program. This program increases the number of transplant recipients by allowing living donors and recipients to share organs with other living donors and recipients. El-Amm says the hardest part of his job is to be a part of the team who must refuse a patient for a transplant. “Sometimes the risk-benefit ratio favors a patient staying on dialysis,” he says. “We do it for the benefit of the patient, but it is always a heartbreaking decision.” – Rebecca Fast
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