New Breast Care Center Open at Summit Medical Group
Summit Medical Group (SMG) has opened a new Breast Care Center at its main campus in Berkeley Heights.
Berkeley Heights, NJ (Vocus/PRWEB) January 08, 2011
Summit Medical Group (SMG) has opened a new Breast Care Center at its main campus in Berkeley Heights.
For patients from the New Jersey/New York area, SMG’s Breast Care Center offers comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant breast conditions. The Breast Care Center welcomes newly diagnosed patients as well as those with recurrent disease.
Three dedicated breast surgeons, John Cunningham, M. D., Jerrold Lozner, M. D., and Winnie Polen, D. O., head a multidisciplinary treatment team that includes:
•Breast health nurse navigators
•Breast radiologists
•Surgical oncologists
•Medical oncologists
•Plastic and reconstructive surgeons
•Pathologists
•Radiation oncology referrals
•Counselors for nutrition, genetics, and cognitive therapy
“Our Center’s multidisciplinary approach allows for prompt evaluation and treatment of patients with any type of breast problem,” notes Robert W. Brenner, M. D., chief medical officer. “Patients calling for an appointment will be seen by one of our board-certified surgeons with 48 hours.”
Patient services feature on-site diagnostics such as digital mammography, ultrasound, MRI, minimally invasive ultrasound-guided core biopsies, stereotactic mammotome biopsies, and open surgical biopsies.
For more information, call Summit Medical Group’s Breast Care Center at 908-277-8770 or visit http://www. summitmedicalgroup. com.
ABOUT SUMMIT MEDICAL GROUP
Summit Medical Group (SMG) is the largest privately held multispecialty medical practice in New Jersey. SMG has pioneered information technology advances in health care with its early adoption of electronic health records and e-prescribing. With more than 200 highly qualified providers, it serves as a unique healthcare model for the state. SMG has an award-winning customer service program and NJBiz magazine has named it one of New Jersey's "Fifty Fastest Growing Companies". SMG treats more than 55,000 patients per month at its main campus in Berkeley Heights as well as its satellites in Berkeley Heights, Morristown, Millburn, Shorts Hills, Summit, Warren, and Westfield. As one of the East Coast's premier multispecialty groups, SMG has provided exceptional primary and specialty care since 1929. For more information, please visit http://www. summitmedicalgroup. com.
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