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2 Volume 20 Number 3 Table of Contents Cover photo: Breast cancer cells AlphaSights Editors: Suzanne B. Hendery Trish Perrault Managing Editor: Suzanne Spiry Writing: Scott P. Edwards Suzanne Spiry Design: Karen Beckstead Photography: Todd Lajoie Kent Spiry Chris Szarek Printing: Andrews Connecticut Read current and archived issues of AlphaSights magazine online at baystatehealth.org/alphasights. 2 Craniofacial Reconstruction A successful collaboration between plastic surgery, neurosurgery, and other specialties allows children with craniosynotosis and other anomalies to benefit from simultaneous reconstruction of the head and face. 2 6 10 14 6 Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy A new technology with roots in treating brain cancer now offers an avenue of hope for patients with inoperable but early-stage lung cancer. 10 Pediatric Radiology Baystate Children’s Hospital offers specialized imaging services for neonates, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults that are supervised, performed, and interpreted by radiologists with subspecialty training. 14 Radioactive Seed Localization Surgical specialists from Baystate’s Comprehensive Breast Center now offer an alternative to wire localization to more precisely locate and remove affected breast tissue during a lumpectomy. 17 Welcome New Physicians 22 Honors & Announcements 24 Continuing Education Calendar Medical & Nursing Positions Published by the Marketing & Communications Department, Baystate Health, Springfield, Massachusetts. Editorial offices are at 280 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA 01199. Telephone: 413-794-7652. Submit article suggestions and address all communications to the Editors. This publication was developed for the medical staff and friends of Baystate Health.
Collaboration Forward Baystate Health’s Operating Principles Trust • Respect • Integrity Collaboration • Communication A moves us t Baystate Health, we use a series of five operating principles to guide how we work, the decisions we make, and the care we provide. When reviewing this issue of AlphaSights, it occurred to me that the articles truly reflect one of these key principles: collaboration. A decade ago, programs described as “multidisciplinary” were the exception rather than the rule. Patients had to travel from one hospital department to another to get opinions from different specialists for a single condition. Today, our teams of medical experts work across specialty lines, benefiting not only patients, but the entire scope of medicine. Inside this issue, you’ll read how breast surgeons, radiation oncologists, radiologists, and medical physicists from the Baystate Regional Cancer Program partner to offer a new option for breast cancer localization for lumpectomies. You’ll learn how plastic surgeons, neurosurgeons, pediatric intensivists, geneticists, and pediatricians at Baystate Children’s Hospital are revolutionizing pediatric craniofacial reconstruction. You’ll see pediatric radiologists, pediatric intensivists, pediatric anesthetists, and maternal fetal medicine specialists collaborate to provide imaging services to babies and children of all ages, even in utero. And you will read how radiation oncologists, thoracic surgeons, oncologists, and other specialists combine their talents to offer a new treatment for certain types of cancer. Collaboration such as this is what drives us forward, and it extends far beyond clinicians partnering with other clinicians. As a health system, we collaborate with our patients, their families, and our community, with referring providers and community agencies, with local, regional, and national government leaders, business leaders and other health care and educational institutions. The list goes on. And at the core of all of our collaborative efforts is the patient and our mission “to improve the health of the people in our communities every day, with quality and compassion.” Sincerely, Mark R. Tolosky, J.D., FACHE President & Chief Executive Officer Baystate Health
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