UMass Memorial Health Care and Holy Family Hospital Collaborate for Radiation Oncology
Monday, October 15, 2012
UMass Memorial Health Care and William L. Lane Cancer Center
radiation oncologists team up to collectively provide radiation
oncology diagnosis, treatment and care
Methuen, Mass — Holy Family Hospital, a Steward family hospital, and the
UMass Memorial Medical Group, a physician practice of UMass Memorial
Health Care, have signed an agreement to provide radiation oncology care
at Holy Family Hospital’s Cancer Center. Effective immediately,
this engagement brings advanced radiation oncology treatment to the
Merrimack Valley and southern New Hampshire.
Three physicians from the UMass Memorial Medical Group, a
multi-specialty group practice of more than 1,000 physicians who are on
the faculty at UMass Medical School, will be practicing with
Holy Family
Hospital’s radiation oncologists
Astrid
Peterson, MD and
Daniel
Flynn, MD to provide patient care. They are:
Thomas
(T.J.) FitzGerald, MD,
David
J. Goff, MD,
Lakshmi
Narayan Shanmugham, MD. Dr. FitzGerald has been appointed the
Medical Director of
Holy Family Hospital’s Cancer Center, Department of
Radiation Oncology. He is also the chair of the Department of Radiation
Oncology at UMass Memorial Health Care and directs the internationally
recognized Quality Assurance Review Center (QARC), a clinical research
program within the UMass Medical School providing services to the
National Cancer Institute's (NCI) cancer clinical trials program to
improve cancer care.
“We’re proud to work with UMass Memorial Health Care to enhance access
to the highest quality, most advanced cancer care in this region,” said
Lester P. Schindel, President of Holy Family Hospital. “This
agreement underscores our commitment to bring the expertise of one of
the largest radiation oncology providers in New England right to our
community, and offer World Class care in a convenient and affordable
location. With access to our clinically sophisticated team and
state-of-the-art treatment, patients can feel even more confident in
receiving care close to home.”
Holy Family Hospital’s Cancer Center was recently awarded a three-year
accreditation (2012-2015) and the Outstanding Achievement Award
(2009-2011) from the American College of Surgeons (ACoS) Commission on
Cancer (CoC). Currently, Holy Family's Cancer Center is one of only nine
hospitals in Massachusetts, and one of only three north of Boston, to
garner this level of commendation. Holy Family has held this distinction
for six consecutive years, beginning in 2006.
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About Holy Family Hospital, a Steward Family Hospital
Holy Family Hospital, a member of Steward Health Care, is a 261-bed
acute-care hospital serving some 450,000 people in 20 communities
throughout the Merrimack Valley and southern New Hampshire, including
Methuen, Lawrence, Andover, North Andover and Haverhill, MA; and Salem,
NH. Holy Family is fully accredited and has proudly received the Gold
Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission, the world leader in
evaluating the quality and safety of patient care. For more information
about the hospital's programs and services, visit
www.stewardholyfamily.org.
About UMass Memorial Health Care
UMass Memorial Health Care is Central Massachusetts' largest
not-for-profit health care delivery system, covering the complete health
care continuum with UMass Memorial Medical Center, its academic medical
center, member and affiliated community hospitals, freestanding primary
care practices, ambulatory outpatient clinics, a rehabilitation group
and mental health services. UMass Memorial is the clinical partner of
the University of Massachusetts Medical School. To learn more about
UMass Memorial, please visit
www.umassmemorial.org,
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Media Contacts:
Anna Frankenfield
Communications Manager
Holy Family Hospital
978-687-0156, ext. 2659
Rob Brogna
Manager, PR and Media
UMass Memorial Health Care
(508) 793-5394
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