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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- I was just going in for a regular checkup,” explained Venuti. “I felt great, and I never expected a diagnosis like this.” Venuti’s primary care physician, NSMC’s Elysia Griswold,M.D., noticed that Venuti’s glands were swollen and red. After a dose of antibiotics didn’t clear things up, Dr. Griswold referred her to Charles Leidner,M.D., an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist at NSMC. NSMC provides a variety of professionally led peer support groups to help patients learn more about their diseases and treatments, and promote both physical and emotional healing. She joined the NSMC Cancer Center’s Head and Neck Cancer Support Group. Cancer free for nearly three years now, Venuti has participated in the NSMC CancerWALK, and even takes her story on the road.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- All in the family: For Marblehead family, roots run deep at NSMC Salem Hospital Mckenzie, like her mother before her, follows in a long line of Macombers born at NSMC Salem Hospital. By the time Mackenzie was born, Casey and her husband, Colin, a Marblehead police officer, were well acquainted with the NSMC Birthplace. More than 1,000 babies are delivered at the NSMC Birthplace each year. With obstetricians and neonatologists who are on staff at both NSMC and Massachusetts General Hospital, a Level IIB Special Care Nursery that can treat babies born as early as 32 weeks, expertise in high-risk pregnancies and a state-of-the-art security system, the Birthplace offers the advantages of a major urban medical center in a community setting.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- An ambulance would have gotten him into an emergency room faster, and the driver would have known to take Kelly to a designated Stroke Center like NSMC Salem Hospital or NSMC Union Hospital in Lynn. Instead, Kelly sat in the waiting room, wasting valuable treatment time. The sooner we can assess patients with stroke symptoms the better,” explained Sanford Levy, M.D., the medical director of NSMC’s stroke program. “There are now medications that can be given to certain stroke patients to break up any blood clots in the brain and mitigate the effects of the stroke. Finally, more than six hours after his initial stroke, Kelly was taken by ambulance to NSMC Union Hospital and quickly admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. Kelly received speech therapy at NSMC Salem Hospital and has had a full recovery. In 2003, he wrote a series of articles about his experience at the NSMC Cancer Center for the Salem News. “Going through cancer—and now this stroke—has taught me that I’m not immortal.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- NSMC Union Hospital earned a 2014 American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award, while NSMC Salem Hospital earned a 2014 Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award. After he had dropped his children off, he pulled over and quickly called his wife who works in the Intensive Care Unit at NSMC Salem Hospital and told her, “I think I’m having a stroke.” His wife called 9-1-1 and Ron was transported to NSMC Salem Hospital. In between his beloved motorcycle rides and fixing up his car, Ron makes the time to visit NSMC to go to his follow up appointments. “The doctors at NSMC Salem Hospital have been great.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- That's because the 61-year-old Methuen resident has lost 118 pounds since having laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery at NSMC Salem Hospital last April. But three of her husband's co-workers who had gastric bypass performed by general surgeon Frederick Buckley, Jr. M.D., at NSMC Salem Hospital changed her mind. They couldn't say enough about Dr. Buckley and about the NSMC weight management program," says Brown. I realized that NSMC offered the most comprehensive care in the area, and that was what I wanted." NSMC also offers monthly support groups for prospective patients and those who have had surgery.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Nitrous Oxide Helps Salem Mom through Delivery at NSMC Birthplace When Megan DiMambro walked into the Birthplace at North Shore Medical Center NSMC this past June, her birthing plan was the same as it had been with her first child: “Take things one step at a time and, if possible, give birth naturally.” While an epidural had been necessary with her first delivery, this time she was armed with knowledge about a new pain management option being offered ... Every woman experiences labor differently, which is why it is important that we have various coping options to meet their needs,” said NSMC midwife, Mary Collari, C.N.M. “By offering nitrous oxide at the Birthplace not only are we improving the labor experience, but we also give patients the choice of having a medicine that has limited effects on them and their baby, allowing them to bond... Often times, women start labor unsure about whether they want an epidural,” said Nikolai Gonzales, M.D., NSMC Chief of Obstetrics Anesthesia. “Fortunately, the NSMC Birthplace offers many pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic pain management options in addition to epidurals and nitrous oxide, including a supportive birth environment, touch and massage, maternal positioning, relaxation and br...
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- In February of 2015, a friend underwent weight loss surgery at NSMC and encouraged Shannon to look into the program, but, as Shannon put it, “I wasn’t ready.” The following month, when Shannon turned 35, she realized she needed to do something about the excess weight she was carrying around, especially because her primary care doctor had indicated she was borderline diabetic. NSMC’s support of its weight loss patients extends far beyond surgery. In fact, post-surgery, patients are required to follow up with NSMC’s Health and Wellness staff once a month for a year, and then every other month for the second year. Shannon credits this high level of support from NSMC, along with additional support from friends and family, as keys to her success. NSMC’s Surgical Weight Loss Program is now offering free information sessions at NSMC Salem Hospital and the Mass General/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care in Danvers.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- While the 59-year-old wasn’t initially keen on the idea, she agreed to explore the lung cancer screening program at NSMC. “I didn’t want to face the fact that my decision to smoke for so long could be affecting my health now,” Willard says. The lung cancer screening program at NSMC is designed to evaluate patients who have a history of smoking. Willard’s lung cancer screening, performed in August of 2015 at NSMC Salem Hospital, revealed a nodule on her lung. NSMC interventional radiologist Miriam Neuman, M.D., performed a needle biopsy that confirmed that the nodule was cancerous. Willard spent a week at NSMC Salem Hospital so her lung function could be monitored, and returned to normal activity within a couple of months.
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- C. If an Emergency Room visit is necessary after your stay, always return to NSMC NSMC physicians use surgical grade glue, or Demabond © on the incision sites. Pleasenote that at NSMC an adhesion barrier fluid called Adept is often used to prevent thedevelopment of adhesions.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Once a pulse was restored, they put him on monitors, inserted intravenous lines and gave him medications to stabilize his heart for the short ride to NSMC Salem Hospital. Three days later, NSMC and Massachusetts General Hospital cardiac surgeon Ann Toran, M.D., performed a quadruple bypass to restore proper blood flow in his heart. After his release from the hospital, Fitzgerald enrolled in NSMC’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, where he fine-tuned his diet, built up his strength and endurance through supervised walking and weight training, and learned better ways to deal with stress. We were so lucky that John saw Dave and started CPR so quickly,” said Tracie Fitzgerald, Dave’s wife. “And on top of that, we were fortunate to be so close to NSMC Salem Hospital, where they could perform the angioplasty and cardiac surgery right there. He started jogging again in June, is eating better and has used some stress management techniques. “I’m so thankful to John, the paramedics, and everyone in the NSMC Heart Center.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- A Mighty Spirit: Eight-Year-Old Builds Strength and Mobility with Help from NSMC With the support of her care team at NSMC and close-knit family, Haylei has made steady improvement as she has grown. Today she attends The Children’s Center for Communication in Beverly and has regular physical therapy sessions at NSMC. Haylei has a diagnosis that limits the expectation for progress,” says Lori Zambernardi, Physical Therapy Clinical Supervisor at MassGeneral for Children at NSMC. “Even so, she continually amazes us with her progress and desire to work when she comes in for physical therapy.” Haylei tackles all of these challenges with a bright smile and help from Heather Widtfeldt, her physical therapist at MassGeneral for Children at NSMC.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- When her symptoms intensified, Cunningham consulted Maury McGough, M.D., her primary care physician and NSMC Director of Primary Care, who diagnosed her with atrial fibrillation. To monitor Cunningham’s A-fib, Dr. McGough referred her to NSMC cardiologist Michael Katcher, M.D. “I first tried to treat Joanne’s condition with medication, but she didn’t respond as well as I had hoped and continued to experience frequent and severe episodes of atrial fibrillation,” says Dr. Katcher .Both he and Cunningham knew that the next step would be surgery at the NSMC Hear... Throughout her surgery and recovery, Cunningham’s family was there to support her, thanks to the close proximity of NSMC’s Heart Center—the North Shore’s only comprehensive cardiac program that includes angioplasty and advanced cardiac surgery.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- After 18 months of trying to conceive, Melissa Meehan and her husband Matt, of Swampscott, turned to NSMC reproductive endocrinologist Mitchell Rein, M.D., for help. At that time NSMC's Reproductive Medicine Program was a satellite of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Reproductive Medicine, considered by physicians and patients alike to be one of the nation's finest programs for infertility treatment. Melissa reported to the NSMC Women's Center every few days during this two week period. She conceived on her second attempt and in May 2006, gave birth to a healthy daughter, Kira, at the NSMC Birthplace at Salem Hospital. But the thoughtful care I received at NSMC allowed me to keep believing that someday, I would be a mom."
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Colarusso’s primary care physician, NSMC’s Dr. Yuri Levin, made the diagnosis and convinced Colarusso to take it seriously. “Dr. Levin sat me down, and asked me to think about the future,” said Colarusso. “I knew I had to make some big changes in my life, and I knew I couldn’t do it alone.” That’s where NSMC’s Diabetes Management Program came in. Colarusso’s wife, Betty, attended diet and exercise classes at NSMC alongside her husband, a choice Colarusso says has been extremely beneficial. “She does all of our food shopping and cooking, so it helped for her to hear first hand the nutritional changes I needed to make,” said Colarusso. “Surprisingly, those changes didn’t have as much to do with what I was eating, but rather ho... NSMC’s diabetes team can help patients find ways to decrease calories but still consume the foods they enjoy. to see fading away. “NSMC taught me that you need to take care of your body if you want your body to take care of you."
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- With the encouragement of a friend who had recently had gastric band surgery at NSMC, she met with NSMC bariatric surgeon Bernard Benedetto,MD, and decided to have minimally invasive surgery to insert a gastric band also known as a lap band around her stomach. “I liked the band better than gastric bypass because it’s adjustable, could change with me and be removed if necessary,” said ... The post-operative program is what sets NSMC apart from other hospitals,” said James. “A friend had a gastric bypass at another hospital and because she had no follow-up support, her lifestyle and habits didn’t change and she gained back much of her weight after her initial weight loss. NSMC’s team has helped me solve real life issues, like the temptation of birthday cake and the changing attitudes of some friends.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- With encouragement and support from friends and a much-admired cousin who herself had undergone bariatric surgery, Calderas turned to the NSMC Weight Management Program, the largest and most successful program of its kind on the North Shore. Then, in consultation with Jaime Rivera, M.D., co-director of the NSMC Weight Management Program, Calderas opted for gastric-sleeve surgery. Every step of the way, before and after surgery, Calderas has had the support of the NSMC Weight Management Program, which offers nutrition, wellness and exercise counseling, along with ongoing education and support-group sessions. “We teach patients that surgery is just part of the process,” Dr. Rivera says. “Motivation—a commitment to a healthy diet and exercise—is also key to a s... NSMC’s Surgical Weight Loss Program is now offering free information sessions at NSMC Salem Hospital and the Mass General/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care in Danvers.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Emergency medical technicians arrived and shocked her heart back into the correct rhythm with a defibrillator and she was transported to NSMC Salem Hospital. Once in good condition at NSMC, she had a number of cardiac tests to determine what caused her heart to stop. It was not until Stablewski mentioned that she had been feeling a little run down the week prior to her heart stopping that NSMC physicians solved the mystery of her attack. In addition to slowly getting back to walking and kayaking, she plans to join NSMC’s ICD support group. “I’m looking forward to sharing my story and hearing what others are doing to get back to a normal life,” said Stablewski. “Life has given me a second chance. I am so grateful to the heroes who came to my aid and my NSMC team.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Peabody-based mixed media artist Leon Dodds has created a one-of-a-kind artwork to honor the heroic nurses, physicians and staff of North Shore Medical Center NSMC. Inspired by his girlfriend, Lynsay Minton, R.N., a nurse on Davenport 9 at NSMC Salem Hospital, Dodd donated the painting to honor the dedication of health care professionals during the Coronavirus outbreak. NSMC and Massachusetts General Hospital together provide care at the Mass General/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care and the Mass General/North Shore Cancer Center in Danvers. NSMC is a member of Partners HealthCare, which was founded by Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. #northshoremed
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Over the emotionally charged month that followed, the Meehans became well acquainted with the staff of NSMC’s Level IIB Special Care Nursery and came to appreciate not only the clinical expertise it provided in caring for their premature babies, but also the nursery’s unwavering kindness and compassion. “We certainly hadn’t planned on having the babies when we went in for that appoint... Admitted to the NSMC Birthplace at Salem Hospital that afternoon, Kate was scheduled to begin a round of steroid treatments to help strengthen the babies’ lungs prior to delivery. Just hours later, Liam and Maggie were delivered by NSMC OB/GYN Justine Gelinas, D.O., weighing just 3 lbs. and 5 lbs., respectively. The babies were incredibly small and fragile—just ridiculously tiny,” recalls Bobby, who was the first to see the twins after birth. “Liam’s head fit right in the palm of my hand.” The babies were immediately transferred to NSMC’s Special Care Nursery, also located at NSMC Salem Hospital, where a team of neonatologists, pediatricians, nurses and respiratory therapists worked to st...
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- After hearing her concerns Dr. Fanta suggested the Pulmonary Rehabilitation program at NSMC Union Hospital as an alternative to build up her endurance and improve her lung function.. The NSMC Pulmonary Rehabilitation program is designed to help patients with lung diseases – such as COPD, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary fibrosis and cystic fibrosis – reduce their shortness of breath and improve the quality of their lives. Basking in her accomplishment and improved health, Benkert has continued to take care of her pulmonary disease by taking part in the pulmonary maintenance program at NSMC Union Hospital and plans to use the gym at the NSMC Wellness and Integrative Medicine Center in Salem to preserve all the progress she made in Pulmonary Rehab.
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