Mangano And Gonsalves To Kick Off Breast Cancer Awareness Month With New York’s Only State-Of-The-Art 3d Mammography Mobile Breast Cancer Detection Facility

Victor F. Politi, MD, FACP, FACEP,      Michael B. Mirotznik, Esq.,
President/CEO                                          Chairman Board of Directors 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 8, 2015

PRESS CONTACT:
Shelley Lotenberg
shelley@numc.edu
516-572-6055

MANGANO AND GONSALVES TO KICK OFF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH WITH NEW YORK’S ONLY STATE-OF-THE-ART 3D MAMMOGRAPHY MOBILE BREAST CANCER DETECTION FACILITY AT NUMC
 
East Meadow, NY (October 9, 2015) – Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, Presiding Officer Norma L. Gonsalves, Nassau University Medical Center President and CEO, Dr. Victor F. Politi and cancer survivor and Executive Director of Hewlett House and President of 1 in 9, Geri Barish, will be kicking off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with New York State’s only 3D mammography Mobile Breast Cancer Facility, Friday, October 9, 2015 at 10:30 AM at the front entrance, Carman Avenue, Nassau University Medical Center at 2201 Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow, NY.  
 
Offering the latest technology in breast cancer detection, the three-dimensional breast tomosynthesis is the most effective imaging procedure when performing a mammography.  Proven to find cancers earlier, the 3D mammogram oftentimes cuts the number of call backs for the patients because it is more efficient at the way its imaging program works. 
 
This technology allows the radiologist to look though the tissue to better identify suspicious lesions, as opposed to a 2D composite flat view.  While the 3D breast tomosynthesis screening still compresses the breast like a traditional mammogram, it takes multiple images at different angles to create a view through slices in a 3D image, with results in less than 24 hours.
 
WHEN:     Friday, October 9, 2015 10:30AM
                
WHERE:   Nassau University Medical Center
                FRONT ENTRANCE CARMAN AVENUE     
                2201 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow, NY 11554
 
MEDICAL EXPERTS, CANCER ADVOCATES AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE LATEST LAWS & BREAST CANCER STATISTICS
Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano
Presiding Officer Norma L. Gonsalves
NUMC President and CEO, Victor F. Politi, MD, FACP, FACEP
NUMC Chairman, Department of Radiology & Acting Chief Medical Officer, Victor Scarmato, MD
Cancer Survivor; Executive Director of Hewlett House and president of 1 in 9, Geri Barish
 
Nassau University Medical Center is Nassau County’s premier Level One Trauma Center.  The Department of Radiology at Nassau University Medical Center, a team of diagnostic, interventional and therapeutic radiologists and radiological technologists use precise doses of radiation to both detect problems and provide 21st Century cures.  Visit www.nuhealth.net