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Allegheny Health Network’s Peters Township Health + Wellness Pavilion Convenience at a community-based location Our comprehensive breast care center, for diagnosis and treatment includes: • Medical, radiologic, and surgical oncologists, nurses and clinicians are all certified in their specialties. • A plastic surgeon is available to discuss mastectomies and breast reconstruction. • A genetic counselor can discuss risk facto rs for women who have family history of breast cancer. • Oncology physical therapy is offered to reduce problems from lymphedema after surgery. AHN’s Wexford Health + Wellness Pavilion houses the Home for Hope for pre-menopausal women with breast cancer, supported by the Glimmer of Hope Foundation. This program acknowledges their special challenges, such as responsibilities for careers and families. These women get help from a patient care navigator, who will coordinate appointments, a nutritionist, free child care during treatments, and massage or acupuncture sessions. A world leader in breast conservation… and survival AHN surgeons practice minimally invasive surgical treatments that protect a woman’s general health, and limit removal to the tumor and small portions of the surrounding breast tissue. Even when a mastectomy is needed, AHN surgeons conserve as much healthy tissue as possible, to retain a natural look or make reconstructive breast surgery easier. Breast Surgical Oncology Charis Venditti, MD, is a fellowship-trained breast surgical oncologist with clinical expertise in breast cancer care and breast surgery. She is also a trained obstetrician gynecologist. She is welcoming new patients at the following locations: 138 Gallery Drive McMurray PA 15317 AHN Breast Surgeons 320 East North Avenue Allegheny General Hospital Cancer Center, 5th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15212 Please call 412-359-8229 to schedule an appointment. For breast cancer warriors, with help from AHN experts, there is hope for the future. Call 412-DOCTORS (362-8677) to find a specialist or schedule an appointment. Learn more at AHN.ORG/cancer-institute/ breast-cancer 160 Gallery Drive McMurray, PA 15317