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06 contents ON THE COVER /////// MAY 2019 12 14 FE ATURES NORTHWELL HEALTH CANCER INSTITUTE EXPANDS SERVICES UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP 06 Richard Bara kat, MD, MBA, Physician-in-Chief and Director of the Northwell Hea lth Cancer Institute and Senior Vice President of Cancer Services at Northwell Hea lth, continues to help expand the Cancer Institute's programs and services. NEW BARIATRIC SURGEON AT ST. CHARLES HOSPITAL OFFERS PATIENTS AN INCREASED NUMBER OF WEIGHT-LOSS OPTIONS 12 Candice Chipman, MD, offers biliopancreatic diversion with duodena l switch to bariatric patients on Long Island. COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY: NEW YORK CANCER & BLOOD SPECIALISTS INCREASES ACCESSIBILITY OF QUALITY CANCER CARE 14 Joshua Harris, MD, lead hematolog y-oncologist at New York Cancer & Blood Specia lists' Nassau office, discusses continued expansion and offering the latest advancements in cancer care. SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: WOMEN'S HEALTH FUELING THE DEBATE ON MAMMOGRAPHY FOR OLDER WOMEN 22 Existing screening recommendations are under scrutiny in light of a study that found further evidence of mammograms' benefit to older women. STUDY: CHEMO PLUS HORMONE TREATMENT FOR BREAST CANCER BOOSTS SURVIVAL, FERTILITY 24 Adding hormone treatment to chemotherapy gives women with hormone receptor-negative breast cancer a better five- year surviva l rate and greater ability to become pregnant, research finds. DEPARTMENTS LEGAL EASE 11 PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 16 FINANCIAL CHECKUP 18 PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT 20 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 26 LOCAL NEWS 28 UPCOMING CME EVENTS 30