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Women's Center
Privacy, warmth, confidentiality—combined with sophisticated and technologically advanced medical equipment—can all be found in the new Women’s Center. Mammography, bone density screening, Breast Cancer Risk Assessment, ultrasound, needle localization and stereotactic breast biopsy are all offered, but with a difference. All of the services in the Women’s Center fulfill the three identified priorities of providing privacy, education, and test results as quickly as possible in a warm, comforting atmosphere.

Its four dedicated mammography suites are designed so that the patient can change into a specially designed gown, walk into the adjoining room for the screening and return to the first room, all without ever going into a hallway or encountering anyone besides the technician. If a screening mammogram indicates a need for a follow-up diagnostic mammogram, our patients appreciate the fact that a Women’s Center nurse notifies her by phone and schedules an appointment immediately.

A special waiting room has been designed for women undergoing diagnostic mammograms and their families. Radiologists provide these patients with the results the same day to help lessen the anxiety. Last year, nearly 14,000 mammograms were performed at the Women’s Center. Women who come for screening mammograms are reassured to know that their films are double-read by two radiologists.

When the results of a diagnostic mammogram indicate that further testing is needed, an appointment for a stereotactic breast biopsy is scheduled immediately. Our patients never have to wait more than a week for stereotactic breast biopsy, unless at their own request, and results are provided the day after the procedure.

The Ultrasound Department in the Women’s Center is accredited by the American College of Radiology for ultrasound studies in obstetrics, for ultrasound-guided interventions in breast biopsies as well as for general use, such as in laproscopic gallbladder surgery.

Another important service offered at the Women’s Center is bone densitometry, which provides screening for osteoporosis. A vital part of all services offered at the Women’s Center is education.