Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center
To enhance the health and well being of the communities we serve through compassion and excellence.
Description:
Breast cancer rates in the San Francisco Bay Area are consistently high and we are dedicated to reducing these rates. Our exceptional team of providers are specialists in breast health and disease, who will give you the information that you need and discuss it with you so that you are able to make informed decisions about your health.
Listening and responding in an understandable manner are truly important when you have concerns about your breast health or a diagnosis of breast cancer. Providing compassionate, expert care that is easily accessible is the mission of the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Breast Program.
History:
Alta Bates, originally Alta Bates Sanitarium, was founded as an eight-bed hospital for women and their infants in 1905 by Nurse Alta Alice Miner Bates. Alta Bates has always cared for its community in times of crisis: the 1906 and 1989 major earthquakes, the devastating flu epidemic of 1918, and two catastrophic urban fires in 1923 and 1991. Today, Alta Bates includes the Herrick Campus, once known as Herrick Hospital and Health Center. Alta Bates has distinguished itself particularly in the area of women and infant services, cardiovascular services, burn treatment, cancer care, bone marrow transplantation, rehabilitation services, and mental health.
Summit Medical Center grew out of and continues the traditions begun nearly a century ago by Providence, Samuel Merritt, and Peralta Hospitals. We are proud of that history, and today continue the tradition of providing high-quality, accessible healthcare to those who face social and economic barriers. Summit is comprised of the Merritt Pavilion, the Providence Pavilion, the Peralta Pavilion, Samuel Merritt College, and the Health Education Center.
Together, Alta Bates and Summit make up the East Bay's largest private, not-for-profit medical center with three campuses, two acute care hospitals, birthing services, and a full array of the most advanced specialty services.
Contact person: Kenny Rosevelt, Volunteer Manager, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (510) 869-6105
Address:
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3100 Summit AvenueOakland, CA 94609(See a map) |
Web Site: http://www.altabatessummitmedicalcenter.org
| Last updated on March 4, 2009 |
