Just days after Joyce Murtha Breast Care Center announced surgeon Deborah Sims is retiring, word comes that Dr. Tyshaun James-Hart is joining the center’s surgical team.
After the Jan. 19 closure of UPMC Magee-Womens Specialty Services in Station Medical Center to accommodate a transition from a full-time local breast surgeon to periodic visits from surgeons based in Pittsburgh, the center will likely reopen in February or March, according to a UPMC Altoona spokeswoman. “They are finalizing the timeline,” stated Sarah Deist […]
Starting late next month, UPMC Magee-Womens Specialty Services in Altoona will no longer have a full-time breast surgeon, but will begin relying instead on periodic visits from surgeons affiliated with UPMC Magee-Womens in Pittsburgh. Patient volumes have been declining in recent years and are no longer high enough to justify a surgeon wholly dedicated to […]