This September, we focus on raising awareness about gynecological cancers, which affect the reproductive organs and can be life-threatening if not detected early. Understanding the different types, common symptoms, risk factors, and ways to reduce your risk is essential for early detection and prevention.
Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber (CSSMCW) is proud to announce the addition of Dr. Timothy Horsky, DO, a highly skilled General Surgeon certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery, to its esteemed medical team. Dr. Horsky joins Tameka Scott, DO; Hugo Villaneuva, MD; Robert J. Stoffa, MD; Jamie Hicks, CRNP; and Molly …
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The CathWorks FFRangio® System uses AI and computational
science to visualize a patient’s coronary arteries
Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber (CSSMCW) has adopted revolutionary diagnostic technology that provides clinicians physiology results in just a few minutes while improving the patient experience.
The CathWorks FFRangio® System is a computer-based technology that uses routine angiograms of …
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Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber (CSSMCW) is pleased to welcome Mandy ElBayly, CRNP to Windber GYN Associates. The new practitioner, who began seeing patients in April, joins Greg Whorral, MD, FACOG and Nicole Enedy, CRNP.
Elbayly said, “I’m excited to be expanding my experience as a nurse practitioner working at Windber GYN Associates! …
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Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber (CSSMCW) is pleased to welcome Tyshaun James-Hart, MD, who will see patients at the Joyce Murtha Breast Care Center (JMBCC) beginning in April. She comes to the JMBCC with 27 years of surgical experience and focuses on the treatment of breast disease.
“I am looking forward to joining …
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Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber (CSSMCW) is pleased to welcome Carrie Metzgar CRNP to The Joyce Murtha Breast Care Center (JMBCC). She joins breast specialist Trudi Brown MD and Tracey Eckenrod CRNP, and began seeing patients this month.
As a nurse practitioner, Metzgar provides follow-up care for patients with breast problems, …
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Matching their largest donation to date, the Girls Night Out Altoona, Inc. (GNOAI) committee presented a check for $50,000 to the Joyce Murtha Breast Care Center (JMBCC) in support of patient care services. Each year the committee hosts an annual fundraising dinner that brings together breast cancer survivors, family, friends, and supporters. They hosted their …
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Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber (CSSMCW) is pleased to welcome Elliot L. Smith, MD to WindberCare Physicians. He joins David Bencie, MD; J. Eric Wieczorek, MD; Ralph Aiken, CRNP; Michelle Corle, CRNP; and Jackie Springer, CRNP. Together they specialize in family and internal medicine and are dedicated to providing personalized, quality care.
The …
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Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) has announced their award recipients for the 2022 calendar year.
Windber Home Health has been recognized as a “Premier Performer” for achieving an overall patient satisfaction score that ranked in the top 5% of all eligible SHP clients.
Windber Hospice has been recognized as a “Superior Performer” for achieving …
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Syed Zain Ayaz, MD has joined the medical staff at Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber (CSSMCW). He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine for internal medicine, pulmonology, and critical care medicine. With more than 10 years of experience, Dr. Ayaz specializes in critical illness and resuscitation, COPD, asthma, ILD, lung nodules …
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