A new patient-focused center provides a continuum of care for breast health at Clara Maass Medical Center.
At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, from left: Frank Mazzarella, MD, Chief Continuum of Care Officer; Kathleen Caldwell- Lombardi, MD, Diagnostic Radiologist, New Jersey Imaging Network; Mary Ellen Clyne, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer; Maria J. Kowzun, MD, FACS, Interim Director of Breast Surgery; Cookie Frempong-Ntiri, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Vice President of Oncology Services, Northern Region, RWJBarnabas Health
The Center for Breast Health and Disease Management has a new home at Clara Maass Medical Center (CMMC). Previously located in the Continuing Care Building, the center is now in Suite 132 at 36 Newark Avenue in Belleville, next door to the medical center.
The center offers a full complement of breast care services, from screenings to treatment to survivorship. “The new location of the Center for Breast Health and Disease Management will greatly assist our community in navigating their health care more easily in a warm, patient-centered location,” says Mary Ellen Clyne, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of CMMC.
The new suite includes comfortable treatment and exam rooms, as well as a consultation room for private conversations with a physician or nurse. “The new office will greatly improve access to world-class breast cancer care for many women in our community, close to their homes,” says Maria J. Kowzun, MD, FACS, Interim Director of Breast Surgery at CMMC. “We have a nurse navigator on board to help patients throughout their cancer journey, and we are in the process of establishing online support groups and virtual events for patients.”
The Center for Breast Health and Disease Management is a partnership between Clara Maass Medical Center and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state’s only National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Kowzun is also a Surgical Oncologist and Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology and Section of Breast Surgery at Rutgers Cancer Institute.
To learn more about the Center for Breast Health and Disease Management at Clara Maass Medical Center or to make an appointment, call 844.CANCERNJ (844-226-2376).