St. Luke's Regional Breast Center Earns Designation as an ACR Breast Imaging Center of Excellence
Bethlehem, PA (8/25/2009) - St. Luke's Regional Breast Center, located in Center Valley, PA has been designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR). By awarding this distinction, the ACR recognizes St. Luke's Regional Breast Center as having earned accreditation in all of the College's voluntary, breast-imaging accreditation programs and modules, in addition to the mandatory Mammography Accreditation Program.
The breast imaging services at St. Luke's Regional Breast Center are fully accredited in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, breast ultrasound and ultrasound-guided breast biopsy. Peer-review evaluations, conducted in each breast imaging modality by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in their field, have determined that St. Luke's Regional Breast Center has achieved high practice standards in imaging quality, personnel qualifications, facility equipment, quality control procedures and quality assurance programs.
Careful Attention to Patient Needs
Joseph Russo, MD
Section Chief
Women's Imaging
"St. Luke's Regional Breast Center is truly a culmination of years of careful planning and attention to patient needs,” says Joseph Russo, MD, Section Chief, Women's Imaging, St. Luke's Hospital & Health Network. “By having all of our dedicated breast specialists under one roof, we have streamlined the process for anxious patients while delivering the highest quality of care. I am very proud to offer this service to the women of our area.”
About St. Luke's Regional Breast Center
St. Luke's Regional Breast Center opened in May 2008, becoming the first facility of its kind in the region to provide diagnostic mammograms or higher-level breast imaging exclusively.
This state-of-the-art breast care facility is specifically designed for patients who need diagnostic or higher-level mammograms and offers all-new GE digital technology with the most advanced computer-aided software to help in the diagnosis of breast anomalies.
Women requiring diagnostic follow-up care are usually offered an appointment at St. Luke's Regional Breast Center the same day and potential for same-day biopsy if needed. The Center offers these services in a serene, nurturing environment and features private, spacious changing rooms with Internet access.
About ACR
The ACR, headquartered in Reston, Virginia, is a national organization serving more than 32,000 diagnostic/interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians and medical physicists with programs for focusing on the practice of medial imaging and radiation oncology, as well as the delivery of comprehensive health care services.