Northside Hospital Offers New Advancements in Mammography

ScreenAtlanta
Northside Hospital is now offering an MRI to detect ruptures in silicone gel-filled
breast implants. The service is now available at Northside Hospital-Atlanta,
Northside/Johns Creek Imaging and Northside/Alpharetta Imaging.

Recently, the Food and Drug Administration approved the marketing of silicone gel-filled breast
implants made by two companies for breast reconstruction in women of all
ages and breast augmentation in women ages 22 and older. The FDA recommends
that women with these implants receive regular screening MRI examinations
over their lifetime to determine whether silent rupture of the implants has
occurred. A Woman should have her first MRI three years after the initial
implant surgery and every two years thereafter.

Northside Hospital performs more than 400,000 imaging exams annually and is
highly respected by the medical community for its state-of-the-art imaging
technology. In 2007 and 2008, Northside ranked number one with metro Atlanta
consumers in the National Research Corporation's Healthcare Market Guide
Study.

Northside radiologists use Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) technology,
a program specialized for breast imaging, reads all images,
regardless of their location. The technology allows radiologists
and physicians to view images and confer from separate locations,
resulting in timely diagnosis and treatment plans.

Appointments can be scheduled by calling (404) 851-6577.

Implant Imaging
Each year, Northside performs nearly 80,000 mammograms through outpatient screenings, diagnostic exams and ScreenAtlanta, the hospital’s mobile mammography van. Northside Hospital is highly respected in the community for its state-of-the-art imaging services and has ranked number one for the past four years by metro Atlanta consumers in the National Research Corporation’s annual Healthcare Market Guide study.

Now, Northside offers digital mammography at its imaging centers in Johns Creek Alpharetta, Atlanta, Canton, Cumming, Dawsonville, and Woodstock.

Throughout the year, Northside Hospital offers mammogram screenings and many breast health education programs to North Fulton and Forsyth residents.

The hospital reaches thousands of women through ScreenAtlanta, Northside's mobile mammography van, at Kroger stores
in Alpharetta and Cumming.

Screenings will take place at the following locations:

Alpharetta Locations:
Hwy 9 at Windward Pkwy
12870 Hwy 9
March 6
April 7
May 12

Grassland
5665 Ga. Hwy 9 at Frances Rd.
April 16

SaddleBrook
10945 State Bridge Rd
May 8

Crabapple
12460 Crabapple Rd
March 5

Cumming Locations:
Lakeland Plaza
540 Lakeland Plaza
March 14
April 1
May 1

Keith Bridge Commons
2655 Freedom Pkwy at Hwy 306
April 3
May 14

Greens Corner
2325 Bethelview Rd at Hwy 20
April 11
May 27

Sharon Greens
1595 Peachtree Pkwy at Sharon Rd.
April 25

The Northside Hospital health care delivery system is a not-for-profit
health care provider that has served north Metro Atlanta for more than three
decades. With more than 1,800 physicians on its medical staff, Northside
cares for more than 400,000 patients a year.