November 30, 2025

What to Expect from General Surgery in La Grange, KY

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♪ General surgery is a very broad-based specialty. We take care of a lot of surgical conditions, principally abdomen but chest such as breast and head and neck as well. We do a lot of a lot of things and that makes all the difference in the world because doing a lot of a lot of things makes you good at a lot of things and that knowledge base allows you to broaden your horizons when you're taking care of somebody and not lose the forest for the trees. So we are specialists.

We just specialize in a very wide variety of surgeries. I'm part of a very large group at Baptist Louisville. We started coming out to La Grange in January. And one of my other partners, Dr.

Lindsay Arnold, comes out here and that's where the specialization comes into play. Like Dr. Arnold has an extensive breast surgery practice. I do all sorts of advanced laparoscopic minimally invasive abdominal surgery and as general surgeons, we provide things to a smaller community, where you don't have to go to Louisville, yet you still get the quality of care that you would associate with a larger medical center.

So we are expanding the horizons of all the advanced general surgery care that can be provided here at La Grange. There's very little limit to what we can provide out here.

General Surgery Services in La Grange, KY Healthtalks Transcript:

Richard Pokorny, MD, General Surgery
Baptist Health La Grange

Richard Pokorny, MD: General surgery is a broad-based specialty. We take care of a lot of surgical conditions, principally abdomen, but chest, such as breast, and head and neck as well. We do a lot of things, and that makes all the difference in the world, because doing a lot of things makes you good at a lot of things. [This] knowledge base allows you to broaden your horizons when you're taking care of somebody and not lose the forest for the trees. We are specialists, we just specialize in a very wide variety of surgeries.

I'm part of a very large group at Baptist [Health] Louisville. We started coming out to La Grange in January. One of my other partners, Lindsay Arnold, MD, comes out here, and that's where the specialization comes into play. Dr. Arnold has an extensive breast surgery practice, and I do all sorts of advanced laparoscopic, minimally invasive abdominal surgeries.

As general surgeons, we provide things to a smaller community where you don't have to go to Louisville, yet you still get the quality of care you would associate with a larger medical center. We are expanding the horizons of all the advanced general surgery care that can be provided here at La Grange. There's very little limit to what we can provide out here.

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