Local Residents Cut Ribbon at New Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center & Surgical Pavilion in Needham

At the recent ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center and Surgical Pavilion in Needham, left to right: Kevin Tabb, MD, Newton resident and BIDMC President and CEO; John Fogarty, Beth Israel Deaconess-Needham President and CEO; Robb Friedman, MD, Newton resident and Medical Director of the Cancer Center; Mary Ann Stevenson, MD, PhD, Newton resident and BIDMC Chief and Chairman of the Radiation Oncology Department; Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD, Director, BIDMC Cancer Center; Jayne Carvelli-Sheehan, Newton resident and Senior Vice President of BIDMC Emergency and Ambulatory Care; and orthopedic surgeon Mark Haffenreffer, MD, of Dedham.

The state-of-the-art, 30,000-square-foot facility, adjacent to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham, features a multidisciplinary approach with medical oncology and radiation oncology on the first floor and an expanded surgical pavilion on the second floor. The facility was designed with input from patients to accommodate easy access to world-class care, with pervasive natural lighting and a series of private infusion suites that overlook a healing garden.

About Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is a patient care, teaching and research affiliate of Harvard Medical School, and currently ranks third in National Institutes of Health funding among independent hospitals nationwide.

BIDMC is in the community with Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth, Anna Jaques Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance, Lawrence General Hospital, Signature Health Care, Beth Israel Deaconess HealthCare, Community Care Alliance, and Atrius Health. BIDMC is also clinically affiliated with the Joslin Diabetes Center and Hebrew SeniorLife and is a research partner of Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. BIDMC is the official hospital of the Boston Red Sox. For more information, visit www.bidmc.org.

About Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham (BID-Needham) is a licensed 58-bed acute care community hospital affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston. The direct affiliation with BIDMC, since 2000, has facilitated the clinical integration of staff and resources in emergency medicine, hospital medicine (hospitalists), cardiology, radiology, orthopedics, general surgery, pathology and oncology. BID-Needham has served residents in Needham, Newton, Dedham, Dover, Medfield, Wellesley, Westwood and other surrounding communities for more than 100 years. The hospital has been recognized by several organizations for quality and safety including the American Heart and American Stroke Associations for lifesaving stroke care. Recently BID-Needham was awarded an ‘A,’ the highest score possible, for protecting patients from accidents, errors, injuries and infections by the national safety organization, The Leapfrog Group. For more information, please visit bidneedham.org, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.