Health & Fitness

WELLNESS

New Breast Center

Botsford facility to offer digital mammography and other advances.

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n November, Botsford Hospital
will open the Dr. Louis and Lucille
Spagnuolo Breast Center. The breast
center will be in the Botsford Cancer
Center in front of the campus on Grand
River Avenue in Farmington Hills.
The center will bring digital mammog-
raphy to the Botsford campus. Patients
will also benefit from breast ultrasound,
stereotactic core biopsy and access to
breast magnetic resonance imaging — the
newest, most advanced technologies to
detect breast cancers in the earliest and
most treatable stages.
Botsford is dedicated to making the
screening experience less intimidating and
more comfortable and encourages women
to not delay their mammograms. For those
whose mammograms lead to a cancer diag-
nosis, Botsford can provide other advanced
technologies that will help their oncologists
develop and implement the best possible
treatment plan. Patients will be able to
move seamlessly from diagnosis to treat-
ment in the Botsford Cancer Center.
Without community
support, the Botsford
Breast Center would
not be possible. One of
the gifts that made the
breast center a reality
was from Dr. Stephan
R. Morse, chairman
Dr. Stephan R.
of Botsford Hospital's
Morse
radiology department,
and his colleagues at
Botsford Medical Imaging, P.C. This group
of radiologists has been involved in the
diagnosis of hundreds of cases of breast
cancer over the years and made a commit-
ment to contribute $100,000 toward the

vital for getting the best possible care.
"The new breast center will reflect
Botsford's continued commitment to
excellence and quality in the delivery of
personal and compassionate health care
for all faiths in our area."
As a radiologist, Morse is thrilled about
the new digital technology at Botsford.
He says, "With digital mammography, we
can review electronic images of the breast,
using high-resolution monitors. We can
adjust the brightness, change contrast
and zoom in for specific areas of interest.
Being able to manipulate images is a won-
derful benefit of this technology.
"In addition, digital images can be
stored easily, copied without loss of any
information and transmitted easily with-
out relying on one set of original films.
With the new offering of digital mammog-
raphy, all of Botsford's radiology services
are now completely digital."
If the results of a mammogram lead
Dr. Louis and
to a diagnosis of cancer, the patient has
Lucille Spagnuctlu
the convenience of being treated at the
Breast Center
Botsford Cancer Center. There are two
medical oncology practices in the build-
ing, Clinical Oncology Associates headed
by Dr. Craig Gordon and the Oakland
Medical Group headed by Dr. Harold
Margolis. Radiation oncology also is pro-
vided at the cancer center.
Dr. Gordon says, "Patients who are diag-
nosed with cancer will find the support
they need at the Botsford Cancer Center.
Rendering of inside the main entry of the Botsford Cancer Center.
The center supports Botsford's mission to
provide great care, comprehensive cancer
supporting the health and well-being of
new facility.
education and also physician training. The
the community is extremely important to
Morse says, "It was important for us to
addition of the breast center is a wonder-
me.
Because
of
the
higher
risk
of
breast
support such a vital new center that will
ful way to complete the circle of care from
cancer
in
Ashkenazi
Jews,
becoming
edu-
provide screening to more than 9,000
start to finish:'
cated
about
the
services
available
locally
is
women each year. As a Jewish physician,

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Botsford Hospital has a variety of naming opportunities for the Botsford Breast
Center. If you are interested in levels of giving ranging from $5,000 to $100,000 or in
making another contribution, contact the Botsford Foundation at (248) 442-5045.
As part of the fundraising efforts for the Botsford Breast Center, the hospital's

Kosher Poultry At Whole Foods
Whole Foods Market, a natural and organic
foods supermarket with stores in Metro
Detroit, offers a new line of certified kosher
chicken and turkey.
The products are provided by Kosher
Valley, a new certified kosher brand from
Hain Celestial Group (Hain Pure Protein),
and are certified by Rabbi Yechiel Babad

and the New York-based Orthodox Union.
Kosher Valley's antibiotic-free kosher line
is one of the first of its kind in America.
According to Kosher Valley, many steps
in kosher poultry processing are still
performed by hand. Specially trained
rabbinical inspectors check each bird,
ensuring that it is of the highest qual-
ity and processed in accordance with the

fourth annual Autumn Gala will support this initiative. The event will be held on
Saturday, Nov.14, at the Ritz-Carlton in Dearborn. It includes dinner, dancing,
and a silent auction. Sponsorship opportunities are available as well as ad space
in the program booklet. Contact the Botsford Foundation.

kosher standards of cleanliness, purity and
wholesomeness. All Kosher Valley poultry
is hand-salted, inside and out, to remove
blood since meat with blood in it is con-
sidered non-kosher. After salting, each bird
is soaked three times in icy water to thor-
oughly cleanse the bird and remove the salt.
Like all meat sold at Whole Foods
Market, the new Kosher Valley products

must meet the company's strict animal wel-
fare standards which require that all poul-
try offered in its stores comes from animals
that are raised on a vegetarian diet with no
antibiotics or added hormones.
Kosher Valley products include fresh
and frozen whole young turkeys, ground
turkey, fresh and frozen chicken and tray
packs of both turkey and chicken.

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