Jennifer Keilp: Radiologist with Heart
These days medicine seems to be a pretty cut and dried profession. Doctors are very busy and even when we are sick they don’t get to spend that much time with their patients. This is true with general practitioners but it is especiallytrue for specialists like radiologists. Most of the time we don’t even see the radiologist. If we have a broken bone or a conditionthat requires an x-ray or a scan generally our doctor sends us to a clinic where a technician puts us into some contraption and takes the picture. The radiologist is the doctor who looks at the picture and evaluates what it means. Most of the time we don’t even see the radiologist, if they have something to say, they generally talk to the doctor who ordered the tests.But recently I met a very special radiologist. Her name is Jennifer Keilp and she practices her profession in Charleston West Virginia.Jennifer Keilp is an excellent doctor but she is also a well rounded person. She has a young family and lives on a family farm in West Virginia. She is an avid horsewoman and believe it or not rides with a local fox hunting club. She makes it apoint to say that her club does not actually “hunt” the fox. They only provide aerobic exercise for the fox by chasing him around.The problem that allowed us to meet occurred as a result of an automobile accident. I got my legs banged up pretty bad and my doctor sent me in for x-rays. I was told there were no breaks so I was surprised to get a call from Jennifer Keilp, who I had never met. She introduced herself and said that she hoped I wasn’t offended but that when she was x-raying for a broken bone she noticed a thinning of the bone and was calling to see if my doctor was treating me for osteoporosis. Well, I was surprised. I thought thatOsteoporosis was a disease for older women but I mentioned it to my doctor and sure enough Jennifer Keilp, MD was right!Now I am taking my calcium supplements and I feel good knowing that there are doctors, like Jennifer M. Keilp who genuinely want to help.??
