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Andras Sandor, MD, FACS, FASMBS, a highly-regarded local general and bariatric surgeon, has joined Tufts Medical Center Community Care and will exclusively perform surgery at MelroseWakefield Hospital and Tufts Medical Center.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a stressful time for healthcare workers everywhere. But at MelroseWakefield Hospital, creative and proactive thinking by experienced and highly skilled staff throughout the organization has led to new levels of innovation to respond to the challenges.

With an estimated three million new cases diagnosed each year in the United States, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, or GERD, is a very common and treatable problem.

AI technology will help guide patients to care in the right place at the right time.

Level III trauma center will save valuable time in getting local trauma patients the high-level critical care they need.

Whether it’s a common cold, the flu, COVID-19 or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) spreading through our homes, schools and workplaces, it’s hard to make it through the winter unscathed. But there are things you can do to prevent some illnesses and to help stop the spread.

Tufts Medicine and Acadia Healthcare Company, the largest standalone provider of behavioral health services in the U.S., announced that they are forming a joint venture to build a 144-bed inpatient behavioral health facility on the site of the former Malden Hospital in Malden, Mass.

On August 13, 2021 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided new recommendations for the mRNA (Pfizer and Moderna) COVID-19 vaccines for moderately to severely immunocompromised people. The CDC now recommends a third dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for these individuals.

In this episode of the Healthy Podcast, Dr. Laurence Conway, Chief of Cardiology and Danielle Patturelli, RN, Clinical Nurse Manager of the Cardiovascular Center discuss the history and future of providing advanced cardiac care in the community at MelroseWakefield Hospital.

MelroseWakefield Hospital celebrated the re-opening of the cardiac rehabilitation program.

Local residents receiving care for heart failure, kidney failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at MelroseWakefield Hospital are receiving the highest levels of care in the region according to the latest hospital rankings released by U.S. News & World Report.

MelroseWakefield Hospital, a local leader in community-based cardiac care, is now using the latest in coronary artery imaging technology in its cardiac catheterization lab. Intravascular ultrasound, known as IVUS, is a catheter-based diagnostic procedure used to view the inside of a coronary artery.

After enjoying a day of golf with his friends, Stanley Coolen began experiencing an upset stomach. Stanley is an active, healthy 72-year old from Saugus, MA. According to him, neither he nor his wife, Nicky, had been sick for a day in the nearly 50 years they had been married. But as he approached the clubhouse, he collapsed in cardiac arrest.

There is no time to waste when an individual might be experiencing heart attack symptoms. For the past 27 years, Melrosians and residents of surrounding communities have been coming to MelroseWakefield Hospital (MWH) to receive cardiac services close to home.

In this episode of the Healthy Podcast, Drs. Laurence Conway and Ann Garlitski discuss the history and future of providing advanced cardiac care in the community.

Impella device now available

MelroseWakefield Hospital’s Dr. Aarti Kakkar shares the facts about colon cancer, colonoscopies and how to reduce your risk.

National safety distinction is the latest of many recent quality recognitions.

Dozens of volunteers, hospital administrators and staff, representatives from the Greater Boston Food Pantry recently gathered to celebrate the 10th anniversary of MelroseWakefield Hospital’s Mobile Food Market.

Boston magazine has released its annual listing of Boston’s Top Doctors and this year’s recognition includes 12 members of the MelroseWakefield Healthcare medical staff among the area’s most respected experts.