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                    Clinical Alliances Bring Expert Care Close to Home


                    For more than a decade,            BREAST SURGERY                       NEUROSURGERY

                    CalvertHealth Medical              In 2015, fellowship-trained breast surgeon   In 2007, the multidisciplinary team at the
                    Center has forged ahead            Dr. Wen Liang of the Geaton and JoAnn   Center for Neuroscience at CalvertHealth
                                                                                            welcomed the addition of highly skilled
                    to establish collaborative         DeCesaris Cancer Institute at Anne Arundel   neurosurgeon Dr. Jean-Marc Voyadzis,
                                                       Medical Center joined the multidisciplinary
                    relationships with nationally      team of breast health experts at the   co-director of the Center for Minimally
                    known specialists who bring        Sheldon E. Goldberg Center for Breast   Invasive Spine Surgery at MedStar
                    exceptional experience and         Care at CalvertHealth. Dr. Liang, who has   Georgetown. He diagnoses and treats
                                                       specialized in breast surgery exclusively
                                                                                            a wide variety of complex conditions
                    expertise to our community.        since 2001, actively participates in the   related to the brain and spine. The
                    This is all part of our vision to   weekly breast cancer case conferences at   center’s collaborative approach assures
                    “bring the best to the region.”    CalvertHealth, provides patient consults and   comprehensive, coordinated and
                                                       performs surgery here.               convenient care.
                    BREAST IMAGING                     GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY
                    Specialized breast imagers (who exclusively
                    read breast images) from Johns Hopkins   Since 2009, Dr. Hyung S. Ryu has offered
                    have been part of the multidisciplinary   advanced treatment options for Southern
                                                       Maryland women diagnosed with ovarian,
                    team at the Sheldon E. Goldberg Center   cervical and uterine cancers at the Center
                    for Breast Care at CalvertHealth since it   for Gynecologic Oncology at CalvertHealth.
                    opened in 2010.  “They play a central role   The program is a collaborative relationship
                    in screening and evaluation,” said    with Mercy Medical Center, which is
                    Johns Hopkins breast imaging specialist   consistently ranked as one of the region’s
                    Dr. Nagi Khouri, who directs       leading centers in gynecologic cancers.   Congratulations
                    CalvertHealth’s breast imaging program.   Dr. Ryu uses advanced surgical techniques   to Dr. Jean-Marc Voyadzis
                    Their involvement helps assure an   combined with other therapies, when      for being named one of
                    accurate diagnosis, which is critical to   appropriate, always seeking the best   Washington’s Top Doctors
                    establishing the right treatment plan.    possible outcome for each patient.  by Washingtonian magazine.


                   TOP 10 INNOVATIONS >

                                    Implemented electronic                       Adopted hospitalist
                                       health records for                      medicine to offer onsite
                                    significantly faster, safer                  round-the-clock care
                                         patient care                              for inpatients
                                           1995                                       2003





                     1994                                       1997                                         2005

                  Formed Calvert                           Opened first of three                         Initiated Cardiac
                 Community Health                          urgent care centers to                      Rehabilitation to help
                   Improvement                              provide after-hours                         heart patients make
                   Roundtable to                             care for all ages                               healthy
                address unmet needs                                                                      lifestyle changes

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