Ribbon Cutting Officially Opens New Sleep Medicine Center and Renovated Weight Management Center at Lawrence Memorial

Hallmark Health employees and honored community guests recently gathered for a ceremonial ribbon-cutting event celebrating the opening of the new Sleep Medicine Center and the opening of the Center for Weight Management and Weight-Loss Surgery’s newly renovated location at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

The new Hallmark Health Sleep Medicine Center at Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford offers complete care and services by a team of sleep medicine providers highly trained in the diagnosis, treatment and management of sleep disorders including sleep apnea, excessive snoring, narcolepsy, chronic insomnia, circadian rhythm abnormalities, and more. With proper diagnosis and management of sleep disorders, patients can experience significant improvement in symptoms, quality of life and associated health risks.

The Sleep Medicine Center is in newly designed space on the third floor at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and provides both hospital overnight and at-home studies. The build out of the space was done in conjunction with the newly renovated location for the Center for Weight Management and Weight Loss Surgery at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. There are strong ties between sleep apnea and obesity and by offering sleep medicine services right on-site for bariatric surgery patients we are able to provide our patients with a comprehensive program in one location.

For more information about the sleep center, visit http://www.hallmarkhealth.org/Sleep-Medicine-Center.html or call 781-306-6366.

PHOTO CAPTION

L to R: Andras Sandor, MD, director of the Hallmark Health Center for Weight Management and Weight Loss Surgery; Michael Zaslow, MD, Hallmark Health Sleep Medicine Center; Jennifer Lane, MD, bariatric surgeon at the Hallmark Health Center for Weight Management & Weight Loss Surgery; State Representative Paul Donato; Elisa Scher, MSN, RN-BC, associate chief nursing officer, ambulatory nursing at Hallmark Health; Meena Mehta, MD, medical director of the Hallmark Health Sleep Medicine Center; Hallmark Health President and CEO Alan Macdonald; Medford Mayor Stephanie Muccini Burke; Medford City Councillor Richard Caraviello

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