Baptist Health Breast Center
Robert DerHagopian, M.D., medical director of the Baptist Health Breast Center, breast cancer survivor Patricia San Pedro, Pam Barker, and Yerby Barker, South Miami Hospital Board member.
Denise Harris, R.N., vice president and chief nursing officer of Baptist Outpatient Services, and Elaine Greksa, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Board member.
George Corrigan, South Miami Hospital Board member, Agustin Arellano, president and CEO of Arellano Construction, and Brian E. Keeley, president and CEO of Baptist Health South Florida.
Patricia Rosello, CEO of Baptist Outpatient Services, and Roberta Stokes, Board Chair of Baptist Outpatient Services.
Jennifer Jarema of Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Elaine Greksa, Foundation Board member, Gail Mastro, Amy Powers, Bobbi Meyer, Foundation executive director, Linda Burrowes, Baptist Health Breast Center CareCoach, and Sara Jane Charlton, stand next to a special commemorative quilt created by Ms. Charlton.
Randy Schenkman, M.D., Darlene Perez and Mary Salazar, Baptist Health Breast Center biopsy specialist.
Bernie Perez and Arthur Hoynack of Arellano Construction, Barbara Norland, Baptist Health South Florida Foundation director of corporate relations, Agustin Arellano, president and CEO of Arellano Construction, Patricia Rosello, CEO of Baptist Outpatient Services, Luis Naya of Naya Architects, and Frank Chang of Arellano Construction.
Hundreds of colorful streamers mark the beginning of the grand opening festivities.
Wendy Weinshall, breast health educator and physical therapist at South Miami Hospital’s Behavioral and Collaborative Medicine department, performs a focus on healing exercise demonstration, along with students from Miami Sunset Senior High School’s Golden Girls dance team, including, (left to right) Camila Ramon, Emily Martinez and Frances Colon.
Claudia Ramirez, of Baptist Health's Community Health and Wellness Department, with "Crazy Eddie."
Baptist Health Breast Center staff, including (from left to right), Linda Burrowes, CareCoach, Gladys Farias, diagnostic imaging supervisor, Tom Larsen, director, Zasha Ochoa, CareCoach, and Loretta Erickson, CareCoach, unveil a very special commemorative quilt created by Sara Jane Charlton.
Lenys Klumpp of Magical Butterfly Memories releases 48 monarch butterflies, symbolic of the transformational, courageous journey that breast cancer patients undergo, during the grand opening ceremony.
More than 400 South Miami-area residents gathered recently to celebrate a new resource for breast health: the new Baptist Health Breast Center on the South Miami Hospital campus, a healing place that features the most advanced digital imaging technology, top-quality diagnostics and expert surgical care.
MegaTV news anchor Maria Regina Bustamante hosted the opening ceremonies in which everyone took part in a butterfly garden dedication—complete with a butterfly release—and in the unveiling of a special commemorative quilt to be displayed at the Center. The quilt, created by Sara Jane Charlton, was donated on behalf of the Your Bosom Buddies breast cancer support group. Members of the Miami Sunset Senior High School Golden Girls dance team offered a series of performances, and attendees also took advantage of free health screenings—including those for cholesterol, glucose (diabetes), blood pressure and osteoporosis—breast health education and a Focus on Healing exercise demonstration.
