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Memorial Hermann and Macy's Cut Ribbon on New Mammography Center

Houston, Texas, October 18, 2002 -- Memorial Hermann Senior Vice President Dan Wolterman and Macy's Vice President and Store Manager Terri Reich cut the ribbon on the new Memorial Hermann Mammography Center at Macy's Oct. 18 in the Galleria department store. More than 100 people attended the Grand Opening Event, which featured physicians, survivors and television news personalities. Among the speakers were Linda Lorelle, anchorwoman for KPRC-TV, Sherry Williams, anchorwoman for KHWB-TV, Memorial Hermann trustee Dr. Jim Waldron, breast surgeons Dr. Louis Neff and Dr. Arlene Ricardo, breast imaging specialist Dr. Stephen Rose, survivor Cathy Wells and Amy Chaisson Selig of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

The first screening mammography center in a retail setting in Texas, the Memorial Hermann Mammography Center features the latest Instrumentarium equipment. Tests are performed by skilled staff mammographers, with films read by nationally recognized, board-certified dedicated breast radiologists from Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital.

Major barriers to women seeking annual mammograms are a common misconception that symptoms must first present before getting screened, lack of knowledge and awareness and lack of convenient access to mammography facilities. An inviting, convenient mammography center in the atmosphere of a shopping mall addresses many of these issues. With 80 percent of Macy's customers being women, the center has the potential to screen countless shoppers, reaching thousands of women every day. Both appointments and walk-ins are welcome, and a discreet paging system allows for shopping while you wait.

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