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NEWS
FROM CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE
May
14, 2007
Cambridge Health Alliance Welcomes New Director of Breast Imaging, Janet K. Baum, MD
 Cambridge,
Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Revere, Somerville, Winthrop,
MA...Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) is pleased to announce
that Janet K. Baum, MD, is CHA’s new director of breast imaging.
Dr. Baum comes to CHA from the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit,
where she was the director of the division of breast imaging. She
previously worked at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston
as the director of breast imaging and co-director of its Breast
Care Center.
During her thirty-year career, Dr. Baum has established a reputation as a leader in the field of breast imaging and breast health. She is a fellow of both the American College of Radiology and the Society of Breast Imaging and is currently an associate professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School. She also has authored or co-authored nearly one hundred research reports, clinical communications, and editorials on breast health and cancer care.
Dr. Baum will work closely with oncologists and surgeons in the Cambridge Breast Center and support various outreach initiatives. CHA now offers digital mammography service at each of its three hospital campuses: The Cambridge Hospital, Somerville Hospital, and Whidden Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Baum earned her undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Michigan, where she also completed her residency training.
Cambridge
Health Alliance is a regional healthcare system with three hospitals
and more than twenty primary care practices in Cambridge, Somerville,
and Boston's metro-North communities. As a teaching affiliate of
Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Health Alliance offers medical
residency/training programs and undergraduate learning experiences
in hospital and community settings. Cambridge Health Alliance also
includes the Cambridge Public Health Department, CHA Physicians
Organization (CHAPO), and Network Health, a managed Medicaid plan.
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Contacts
Alison
Harris
Director Media Relations
Phone: 617-499-8323
Cell: 781-424-3293
Pager: 617-546-8696
aharris@challiance.org
David
Cecere
Media Relations Manager
Phone: 617-503-8428
Cell: 617-921-9613
Pager:
617-546-1879
dcecere@challiance.org
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