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Today, NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County announced the launch of its new Comprehensive Breast Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Utilizing state-of-theart mammography services and the latest advancements in surgical breast care, the multidisciplinary center provides fully integrated and holistic care to patients with benign and malignant diseases. The team consists of breast disease experts who offer seamless and individualized care to the patient whose mission is to treat the disease and provide care to the patient well after the operational procedures.

The Comprehensive Breast Center at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County consists of board-certified expert-level breast surgeons who believe in an integrated, compassionate, and evidence-based approach to evaluating and managing patients with benign and malignant breast diseases, all in one location under one roof.

“Early detection of breast cancer impacts our patients’ chances of survival,” said NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Chief Executive Officer Sheldon P. McLeod. “Our new Comprehensive Breast Center offers state-of-the-art mammography services and the latest advancements in surgical breast care. We provide Brooklyn residents access to a range of specialty care services in one location for convenience, plus a multidisciplinary team who cares for the whole patient, not just the disease.”

“I am very happy to finally share with our Brooklyn community the opening of the Comprehensive Breast Center, said NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Director of Surgery, Breast Surgery, J. Jaime Alberty, MD, FACS. “We have been working very hard for the past year, and I am very proud of our staff and everyone who has helped us make this dream become a reality. In the CBC, we provide integrated breast cancer care and bring together all related disciplines ‘under one roof’ to make sure that our patients and their families get the medical treatment they so deserve. My ultimate goal with this center is to make sure that no patient in our community feels like they need to travel outside of our borough to monitor or improve their breast health.”

NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County is catering to the community’s needs through the official launch of the Comprehensive Breast Center spearheaded by J.Jaime Alberty, MD, FACS. The launch commemorates the importance of providing extensive care to a community that needs it most. The center operates on a patient-centered multidisciplinary approach to provide individualistic care to patients every step of the way.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony highlights milestones of service expansion NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County has embarked and provides a truly patient-centric model in supporting those enduring a time of intense vulnerability. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in American women. At NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings, breast surgeons and patients work closely to develop comprehensive care that best suits their lifestyle.

Services we offer include:

• Screening and diagnostic breast imaging (Mammography)
• Breast surgery
• Reconstructive surgery
• Breast pathology
• Medical oncology and chemotherapy
• Radiation oncology
• Survivorship program
• Genetics evaluation and testing
• Nutritional guidance
• Behavioral health support
• Support services and rehabilitation

For more information about surgical care services and the Comprehensive Breast Center at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County, please call 718-245-2994 or email KingsCountyBreastCenter@nychhc.org.

Contact: Alexis Davis, NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County, 718-245-3910

About NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County

NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County is a 639-bed acute care teaching hospital located in Central Brooklyn. Among our highly specialized programs are a Level I Trauma Center, Pediatric Emergency Room, Level 3 Perinatal Center, Heart Health Center, Stroke Center, Sickle Cell Program, Behavioral Health Center, and Diabetes Education Center of Excellence. Many of our programs have received national recognition, including our cardiac, stroke and diabetes services. The hospital offers a broad array of primary and specialty care, including practices in neuroscience, orthopedics, urology and cardiology. Annually, our ambulatory care clinics see well over 500,000 visits, and more than 150,000 visits in the Behavioral Health outpatient program, in addition to close to 23,000 inpatient discharges. NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County has played a major role in providing health care to vulnerable populations in Brooklyn since 1831, and is part of NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest public health care system in the nation. For more information visit nychealthandhospitals.org/kingscounty and stay connected on Facebook at
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About NYC Health + Hospitals

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the nation serving more than a million New Yorkers annually in more than 70 patient care locations across the city’s five boroughs. A robust network of outpatient, neighborhood-based primary and specialty care centers anchors care coordination with the system’s trauma centers, nursing homes, post-acute care centers, home care agency, and MetroPlus health plan—all supported by 11 essential hospitals. Its diverse workforce of more than 42,000 employees is uniquely focused on empowering New Yorkers, without exception, to live the healthiest life possible. For more information, visit www.nychealthandhospitals.org and stay connected on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NYCHealthSystem or Twitter at @NYCHealthSystem.