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Compared with open-heart surgery, patients who undergo
TAVR spend less time in the hospital and are able to recover
more quickly and get back to their everyday activities.

The Baptist Health team of interventional and general
cardiologists offers the latest technology, such as
WATCHMAN™ for atrial fibrillation and CardioMEMS™ for
congestive heart failure. In addition, cardiothoracic surgeons
offer minimally invasive options, such as a comprehensive
mitral valve program; minimally invasive aortic valve
replacement; a variety of treatments for atrial fibrillation,
including surgical ablations; and the area’s only valve sparing PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTERS
aortic root replacement to treat aneurysms. OF AMERICA
In all, Baptist Health Paducah serves about 200,000 patients a PADUCAH & AMBULATORY SURGERY
year from four states. CENTER OF PADUCAH EXPERIENCES
In addition to cardiovascular advancements, Baptist Health TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN 2019
Paducah provides the region’s first comprehensive cancer Pain Management Centers of America – Paducah, a
center -- the Ray & Kay Eckstein Regional Cancer Care
Center. longstanding multidisciplinary, interventional pain
management practice, experienced tremendous growth in
Since 2001, Baptist Health has been the Paducah area’s
2019 following a merger and expansion. Pain Management
only nationally accredited multi-disciplinary cancer center,
Center of Paducah and Marion merged with Advanced
treating about 1,200 patients a year for radiation and
chemotherapy. Pain Care Clinics of Indiana and Kentucky to form Pain
Management Centers of America (PMCA). PMCA employs
On the other side of campus, the John and Loree Eckstein
NICU is west Kentucky’s only Level III neonatal intensive over 200 trained personnel, including 12 Interventional Pain
care unit. Physicians. PMCA currently has 12 pain centers and three
ambulatory surgery centers. Staff consists of two medical
A Level III NICU is capable of caring for very small or very
sick newborn babies. Level III facilities have a wide variety of directors, plus various ancillary personnel including nurses
specialized staff on site, including neonatologists, neonatal and administrative staff in multiple centers in Kentucky,
nurse practitioners, neonatal nurses, respiratory therapists, Illinois, Indiana, and Tennessee.
physical, speech and occupational therapists, social services Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, serves as the medical
and pastoral care, all who specialize in high-risk neonatal
care. director of PMCA – Paducah and Marion, the Paducah
Ambulatory Surgical Center on Lone Oak Road and the
Baptist Health Paducah is a regional medical and referral
center, serving about 200,000 patients a year from four states. Pain Management Center and Pain Care Surgery Center
With more than 1,700 employees and 260 physicians, it offers in Marion, IL. “Pain Management Centers of Paducah and
a full range of services, including cardiac and cancer care, Marion are also expanding pain management services to
diagnostic imaging, women’s and children’s services, surgery, accommodate other developments in the field. It is also
emergency treatment, rehabilitation and more. It has the adding physicians and nurse practitioners to meet the
region’s first heart center and accredited chest pain center, ever-growing need for pain management services,” said Dr.
as well as the only cancer center, certified stroke center and Laxmaiah Manchikanti.
neonatal intensive care unit. It opened in 1953 as Western
Baptist Hospital and changed its name in early 2013, along PMCA – Paducah now has four physicians: Dr. Laxmaiah
with other facilities in Baptist Health, one of the largest Manchikanti, Dr. Yogesh Malla, Dr. Kavita Manchikanti,
not-for-profit healthcare systems in Kentucky. For more and Dr. Riley Love. They are experts in Interventional
information, visit BaptistHealthPaducah.com. Pain Management and possess outstanding qualifications

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