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MEET
DR. WERTHEIMER
Michael
D. Wertheimer, MD, FACS, Director of the Cambridge Breast Center,
is a prominent surgeon and breast disease expert who has provided
high quality care to the women of Massachusetts for more than two
decades.
As
founder and director of the UMass-Memorial Comprehensive Breast
Center in Worcester, MA, Dr. Wertheimer has developed a comprehensive,
multidisciplinary approach in the management of breast disease and
breast cancer.
Today,
Dr. Wertheimer is developing a new program at Cambridge Health Alliance
using the same patient-focused philosophy of care.
Dr.
Wertheimer is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School
of Medicine and completed his surgical residency at Beth Israel
Hospital and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr.
Wertheimer has been professor and Vice Chair of the Department of
Surgery at University of Massachusetts Medical School and Director
of the Comprehensive Breast Center at UMass Memorial Healthcare
for more than 20 years. Dr. Wertheimer is certified by the American
Board of Surgery and is a member of numerous professional societies.
His academic range includes a passion for teaching and he also served
as Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at the University of Massachusetts
Medical School. In this role Dr. Wertheimer has imbued future generations
of clinicians with his sound philosophy that is genuinely patient-centered.
Over
the last several years, this academic leader and researcher has
published in many journals and lectured internationally. He remains
current in this vital field by participating in professional societies
such as the Massachusetts Medical Society, New England Surgical
Society, Society for Surgical Oncology, Association of Academic
Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, and the American Society
of Breast Surgeons.
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MEET
BLAKE CADY, MD
Cambridge
Health Alliance is pleased to announce that Blake Cady, MD, a distinguished
breast cancer surgeon, has joined the staff of its Cambridge Breast
Center and Department of Surgery. He will see patients both the
Cambridge campus and the Breast Center satellite office at the CHA
Whidden campus in Everett, MA.
Dr.
Cady is a graduate of Amherst College and Cornell University Medical
College. He has worked at the Lahey Clinic and New England Deaconess
Hospital and has served as Director of the Breast Center at both
Women and Infants Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital, in Providence,
RI.
Dr.
Cady is known nationally as a leader in the field of Breast Health.
Over the course of his career, he has served as president of the
New England Cancer Society, the New England Surgical Society, The
Society of Surgical Oncology, the American Association of Endocrine
Surgeons, The Boston Surgical Society and the Massachusetts Division
of the American Cancer Society. He also served for eight years on
the national board of the American Cancer Society.
Over
his career, Dr. Cady has received many awards for his efforts including
the Annual Distinguished Service Award of the American Cancer Society,
the annual Heritage Award of the Society of Surgical Oncology, the
Annual Inspiration Award of the National Consortium of Breast Centers,
The Annual Cancer Lecture from the Commission on Cancer of the American
College of Surgeons, the annual Hayes Martin Lectureship of the
Society of Head and Neck Surgeons, as well as the Lemuel Shattuck
Medal of the Massachusetts Public Health Association and the Henry
Chadwick Medal of the Massachusetts Thoracic Society, the latter
two for his efforts in tobacco control in Massachusetts. He is also
the author of over 300 articles, book chapters, commentaries and
editorials on surgery and oncology.
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MEET
NAYOMI EDIRISINGHE, MD
Nayomi
Edirisinghe, MD, is a graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine
who completed her residency in General Surgery at Tufts-New England
Medical Center. She recently completed a Breast Surgery fellowship
in our Cambridge Breast Center. Dr. Edirisinghe has expanded the
Cambridge Breast Center model to Whidden, and is now seeing patients
at the Whidden campus.
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MEET
DENISE LANDRIGAN, ANP
Denise
J. Landrigan, M.S.N., A.N.P. has been with Cambridge Health Alliance
since 1997. She graduated from the MGH Institute of Health Professions
with a concentration in women’s health. She is fluent in Spanish
and Portuguese.
Over
the past 8 years, Denise has played an important role in the Alliance’s
primary care network, working both at Cambridge Family Health and
the East Cambridge Health Center, two of the busiest medical practices
in the region. In this capacity, she helped diagnose and treat patients
with a wide variety of health problems.
Today,
Denise is proud to help women at the new Breast Center. In addition
to working as a nurse practitioner, Denise is the center’s point
person, triaging patients, coordinating referrals, and making sure
women get the care they expect and deserve.
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