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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- The NSMC Sleep Center has received accreditation for a five-year period by meeting or exceeding all standards for professional health care as designated by the AASM. North Shore Medical Center’s Sleep Center is directed by Christopher Humphreys, M.D., ABIM, and is located at NSMC Salem Hospital. NSMC North Shore Medical Center is a multi-site health system headquartered in Salem, Mass., which includes NSMC Salem Hospital, NSMC Union Hospital in Lynn, MassGeneral for Children at North Shore Medical Center, NSMC Heart Center, NSMC Women’s Center and the physician network known as North Shore Physicians Group. 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
- Lopez was almost completely dilated, and despite Dr. Fagan’s efforts to slow the progression of her labor, she needed to be immediately transferred to North Shore Medical Center’s NSMC Birthplace at Salem Hospital. Considering the circumstances, it was a seamless transition and delivery which is a testament to our excellent teams at both LCHC and NSMC.” NSMC neonatologist Ihor Bilyk, M.D., stabilized the baby in the NSMC Special Care Nursery and within a couple of hours Matthew and mom were transferred to MGH so that Matthew could receive more advanced care and his mom could be with him. After treatment at MGH, Matthew was transferred back to NSMC for continued care and observation prior to being sent home. Our neonatologists practice at both NSMC and MGH which allows for continuity of care, and provides the parents with some familiarity and comfort,” said NSMC Chief of Newborn Medicine Sanjay Aurora, M.D., M.P.H. “By transferring the patient back to the NSMC Special Care Nursery prior to going home we can more easily coordinate with LCHC physicians for a seamless discharge.”
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Jennifer Flanagan, a vibrant 55-year-old from Marblehead, is one of thousands of NSMC patients who have benefited from the NSMC Cancer Center close collaboration with the Massachusetts General Hospital MGH Cancer Center. Flanagan, who was diagnosed following a biopsy at NSMC Salem Hospital, received the news about her cancer on a Friday. Instead, explained Dr. Duska, Flanagan’s care would require the expertise of a multi-disciplinary team of specialists at both NSMC and MGH. Under the direction of the NSMC Cancer Center’s James McIntyre, M.D., Chair of Radiation Oncology at NSMC and a radiation oncologist on staff at MGH, Flanagan began five weeks of treatment that involved daily radiation coupled with weekly chemotherapy. I never felt alone.” Since finishing her treatment last fall, Flanagan has resumed her previously active lifestyle. “We all have ideas about how we want health care to be,” says Flanagan. “NSMC actually delivers.”
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- North Shore Medical Center NSMC, a member of Mass General Brigham, is changing its name and brand to better align with the integrated healthcare system. In the upcoming weeks, NSMC will begin transitioning the North Shore Medical Center name to Salem Hospital and adopting a new brand identity. The NSMC change is part of a systemwide Mass General Brigham brand realignment that better communicates a common purpose – to build an integrated healthcare system with patients at its center. NSMC has already applied the new branding in Lynn, where the Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center opened last August on the campus of the former Union Hospital. Over the next few months, NSMC will apply the Salem Hospital and Mass General Brigham branding to websites, signs, ID badges, stationery, shuttle buses and more.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Davenport Family Continues Legacy of Support for NSMC Building on its tradition of surgical excellence, NSMC is preparing to launch a Robotic Surgery Program at its Salem Hospital campus. Supported by a $1 million challenge grant from the Davenport Fund, the program will be the only one of its kind on the North Shore. “Adding robotic surgery to NSMC is an exciting advance for our facility and our patients,” says Marc S. Rubin, M.D., Chair of Surgery at NSMC. Mike Davenport is today a donor and volunteer for NSMC, continuing the service of his late father, Horace “Davvy” Davenport. In addition to the endowed fund, the Davenport name graces a building at NSMC Salem Hospital.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- NSMC, Lynn Community Health Center and the City of Lynn partnered to offer COVID-19 testing at the Ingalls School in downtown Lynn. Pictured: NSMC staff Natasha Shah, M.D., left and Dierdre Smith-Horton, LICSW, distribute free care kits to local residents. NSMC is partnering with the City of Lynn to distribute an additional 15,000 kits in the upcoming weeks and with the Lynn Community Health Center to expand testing for area residents. North Shore Medical Center is a regional health care provider headquartered in Salem, Mass., and includes NSMC Salem Hospital, multiple outpatient facilities and the physician network known as North Shore Physicians Group. NSMC is a member of Mass General Brigham, an integrated healthcare system founded by Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. 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.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Once in the Emergency Department, Brooks was treated by NSMC cardiologist Michael Goldstein, M.D., who admitted him for testing. The first step in Brooks’s treatment was enrollment in the NSMC Cardiac Rehabilitation Program to help manage his symptoms, increase stamina and improve his dietary habits. Soon after, Brooks had quadruple bypass surgery at the NSMC Heart Center. Thanks to the education he received at NSMC, Brooks now maintains a much healthier diet, walks up to 25 miles per week and practices chair yoga. He also works as a volunteer greeter at NSMC Union Hospital helping the many patients and families who come through the facility each day.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- The Beat Goes On for Gordon Hall and NSMC You would never guess that Hall is a veteran of several cardiac procedures to correct an arterial blockage and cardiac arrhythmia, performed over the last 10 years under the care of David Roberts, M.D., NSMC Chief of Cardiology. Hall’s treatment—which included stenting and cardioversion at NSMC and cardiac ablation at Massachusetts General Hospital—exemplifies the full spectrum of leading-edge care offered by the NSMC Heart Center and the seamless collaboration between cardiac specialists at NSMC and Mass General. Recently, Hall made a gift to support cardiology programs and services at NSMC as part of his estate plan. “Gratitude is a powerful motivator,” he says. “Dr. Roberts and NSMC not only saved my life but also have made it possible for me to keep doing the things I love.”
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- As a precaution, the first-time expectant mother from Danvers called her OB/GYN at North Shore Physicians Group, who suggested she pay a visit to the NSMC Birthplace. Paige was immediately transferred to NSMC’s Special Care Nursery, located on the Salem Campus, where physicians and nurses worked to stabilize her, placing a central line through her umbilicus to provide fluids and nutrition and a tube in her nose for oxygen. The days after Paige was born were terrifying,” says Sherman. “We were heartbroken that this child we had brought into the world was suffering, and we would have done anything to make her feel better.” The Shermans are one of 1,100 families served each year by NSMC’s Special Care Nursery, which is the centerpiece of the hospital’s neonatology program To better serve these patients, NSMC is planning an expansion and renovation of the Special Care Nursery, another step in the hospital’s ongoing enhancement of its inpatient experience. Looking back, Paige’s birth was the happiest saddest time of my life,” says Sherman. “It wasn’t the way it was supposed to be, but thanks to the expert and loving care we received at NSMC it turned out beautifully.”
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- North Shore Medical Center NSMC has been awarded an ‘A’ grade for patient safety by the Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. We have an incredible team here who are so dedicated to our patients,” said David J. Roberts, M.D., president of NSMC. “Even in this demanding year of COVID-19, they have made sure that our patients receive the highest quality care. NSMC was awarded an ‘A’ grade today when Leapfrog updated grades for fall 2020. 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 Mass General Brigham, 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
- In October 2013, after having her annual mammogram at the NSMC Women’s Center in Danvers—something she has done faithfully since her 30s—Velluto received a call from the office of North Shore Medical Center radiologist Kevin Callahan, M.D., asking her to come back in for another test because he saw something on her exam that he was concerned about. This year, Velluto’s screening mammography exam was conducted using tomosynthesis*, or 3-D mammography, a breakthrough technology that was developed by experts at Massachusetts General Hospital and is offered at both NSMC Salem Hospital and the NSMC Women’s Center. Through NSMC’s collaborative breast health program with Massachusetts General Hospital, Velluto was then scheduled to have a follow-up diagnostic examination done at the Breast Health Center at the Mass General/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care in Danvers. Like the test performed at the NSMC Danvers Women’s Center, this follow-up diagnostic imaging would also employ breast tomosynthesis. The Mass General/North Shore Breast Health Center and the Breast Health Center sites at NSMC Salem Hospital, NSMC Union Hospital, NSMC Women’s Center and Cape Ann Medical Center are accredited by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Radiology Control Program and the American College of Radiology.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- NSMC Joining Massachusetts Opioid Screening and Awareness Day Event September 22, 2020 On Tuesday, September 22, NSMC will join a virtual town hall event supporting Massachusetts Opioid Screening and Awareness Day. NSMC was the first hospital to sign on in support of the Massachusetts Opioid Screening and Awareness Day and joins more than 40 others in this supportive community initiative. 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 Mass General Brigham, 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
- He scheduled a visit with NSMC orthopedic surgeon Dr. David Lovejoy, who had treated him for various back and shoulder problems since 1997. Further tests performed by NSMC oncologist Dr. Ronald Weinger showed that the mass was malignant and that Leveroni had two types of cancer: high grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in his blood and low grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in his bone marrow. Leveroni also speaks in superlatives about the care he received at the NSMC Cancer Center. In the last four years he has participated in the NSMC Cancer WALK with his family, and estimates that he has raised over $130,000 for the cause. Leveroni is also a member of NSMC's Development Board and has co-chaired the NSMC Golf Classic in Ipswich for the past two years.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- NSMC North Shore Medical Center is a multi-site health system headquartered in Salem, Mass., which includes NSMC Salem Hospital, NSMC Union Hospital in Lynn, MassGeneral for Children at North Shore Medical Center, NSMC Heart Center, NSMC Women's Center and the physician network known as North Shore Physicians Group. 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
- As with so many other NSMC patients, the benefits of weight loss surgery reach far beyond a change in physical appearance. Soon after, Kirk went to one of the free information sessions offered by the NSMC Weight Management Program, which happen nearly every week at either NSMC Salem Hospital or at the Mass General/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care in Danvers. Shortly after his surgery, he was able to discontinue using the machine, an outcome that is not uncommon among NSMC weight loss patients. In fact, 92 percent of NSMC patients with sleep apnea stop using a CPAP one year after surgery. 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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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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