| For Immediate Release | Contact: Joyce Faria Brennan |
| March 2, 2007 | 508-961-5270 |
| brennanj@southcoast.org | |
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FALL RIVER, Mass. — The physician practice of Truesdale Medical Specialties Associates joined Southcoast Physician Services, part of Southcoast Health System, on March 1.
Truesdale Medical Specialties Associates is an11-member primary and specialty physician practice located at Truesdale Clinic, 1030 President Avenue, Fall River. The practice will now operate as part of Southcoast Health System, which in addition to its three community hospitals includes physician practices, an assisted living facility, home health care and hospice, a wellness center and numerous outpatient medical services.
Ronald B. Goodspeed, MD, MPH, President of Southcoast Hospitals Group, said the addition of Truesdale Medical Specialties Associates to Southcoast complements the health system's mission to serve the community with the best medical providers available while improving the region's access to care and advanced medical services.
"We are excited to further solidify our long-standing relationship with Truesdale Medical Specialties Associates," Dr. Goodspeed said. "It is with great pride that physicians of this quality and standing in the community become part of the Southcoast team."
Marvin Berman, MD, President of Truesdale Medical Specialties Associates, said: "The physicians at Truesdale Medical Specialties Associates have enjoyed a long history of positive collaboration with Southcoast dating back to Truesdale Hospital and the Truesdale Clinic. The affiliation with Southcoast will enable our practice to continue to grow and be part of one of the state's leading health care systems."
The transition will be seamless for patients with no disruption to services, Dr. Berman said.
In addition to Truesdale Medical Specialties Associates, the Truesdale Clinic houses 20 other physician practices comprised of more than 60 physicians, radiology and laboratory services, a pharmacy and a dentist's office. Since it opened in 1914, Truesdale Clinic has been affiliated with Charlton Memorial Hospital, formerly Truesdale Hospital. Truesdale Medical Specialties Associates will continue to practice at its Truesdale Clinic location under the Truesdale Medical Specialties Associates name.
"The physicians that make up Southcoast Physician Services bring decades of experience to our region," said Warren "Chip" Wood, MD, Chairman of the Physician Board of Governors, Southcoast Physician Services. "By working together we can continue to invest in the future with comprehensive services, the latest technology and access to the region's largest health care provider."
Truesdale Medical Specialties Associates includes the practices of:
- Walid Bader, DO, Internal Medicine
- Marvin Berman, MD, Gastroenterology
- William Graff, MD, Gastroenterology
- Marivyl Laxer, MD, Internal Medicine
- Andrew McMarlin, DO, Family Practice
- Irina Merport, MD, Internal Medicine
- Ronald Schwartz, MD, Internal Medicine
- Kenath Shamir, MD, Internal Medicine
- Charles Shana, MD, Gastroenterology
- Debbie Ann Tan, MD, Internal Medicine
- Henry Vaillancourt, MD, Internal Medicine
- Linda Jordan, FNP, Family Nurse Practitioner
Additional physician practices that are part of Southcoast Health System include Southcoast Primary Care, a group of internal medicine, family practice and pediatric practices in Dartmouth, Mattapoisett, New Bedford and Wareham. www.southcoast.org/doctors/
About Southcoast
Southcoast Health System, a not-for-profit charitable organization, is a community based health delivery system with multiple access points, offering an integrated continuum of advanced health services throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and East Bay, Rhode Island. It includes Southcoast Hospitals Group, formed in 1996 from the merger of Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford and Tobey Hospital in Wareham.
Southcoast has more than 40 ancillary facilities, including the Southcoast Health Van, home health care, hospice and infusion services, numerous outpatient medical services, an assisted living facility and a wellness center. For more information visit www.southcoast.org.
Southcoast is one of three community hospitals approved by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to perform open heart surgery and primary angioplasty beginning in Spring 2002.
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