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COVER FEATURE Southcoast Urology Fall River Urology Practice Joins Southcoast Health System By Karen M. Doyle SOUTHCOAST UROLOGY BRINGS STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY AND PATIENT-CENTRIC CARE TO ENTIRE SOUTH COAST REGION. PHOTO COURTESY OF SOUTHCOAST U Southcoast Urology surgeons include (front row, left to right) John Carroll, MD; Dennis LaRock, MD; (back row, left to right) David Chan-Yeol Bae, MD; Patrick Kelty, MD; and (not pictured) John Kaiser, MD. 6 | Greater Boston MD NEWS I MDNEWS.COM ROLOGY INC., A private urology practice in Fall River, has joined Southcoast Health System. Now known as Southcoast Urology, the practice provides state-ofthe-art urologic care, adopting the latest technologies, including robotic surgery, laser surgery for prostate and kidney stone disease, and new technologies for men's and women's incontinence. "Our goal is establish a comprehensive urologic program and continue to deliver good-quality urologic services across the entire South Coast region," says John Carroll, MD, Co-Chief of Urology for Southcoast Health System. "We joined Southcoast Health System to be able to keep pushing the edge of technology. Urology has historically been a cuttingedge specialty, as we were one of the first surgical specialties to adopt robotic surgery. We continue to take on new surgical challenges and deliver at the highest level. Our complication rate is lower than most regions of the country, and patients are able to get their care close to home. "We are creating a urologic team that is as good as any I have seen or been associated with. We try to deliver the care we would want our family members to experience. That means short waits in the office, high-quality personalized care and being treated with the utmost respect. Southcoast has seen that from our practice, and that was why they wanted to bring us in."

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