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Julia
Merrill Jones, R.N., M.S.N., A.O.C.N.P, Breast Health
Coordinator at the Breast Health Center at Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast
in Concord, NC, became a MammaCare Specialist on July 3, 2008. Julia
manages patient care and acts as a resource and supporter from initial
contact to breast cancer diagnosis. This includes biopsy scheduling and
follow-up. She also manages grants from the Susan G. Komen Foundation
and the American Cancer Society. She will use her MammaCare training to
perform clinical breast exams prior to biopsy and to provide BSE
training to women in the community as part of a team effort to increase
breast health education and screening rates in Cabarrus County.
Julia adores her parents and two
younger brothers, all of whom live in Birmingham, AL. She has a Boston
Terrier and loves to be outdoors and near the water.
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Julia Merrill
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Magdalena
Oxendine, B.A., Certified MammaCare BSE Instructor and
Training Coordinator for the Mammatech Corporation in Gainesville, FL.,
acquired her Specialists Certificate on July 3, 2008. Magda is a native
of Poland and has been employed by Mammatech for nearly a year and a
half. She coordinates all the details of MammaCare professional
training, both in Gainesville and all the other sites, including Europe.
Magda is married and has two dogs
who she spoils in addition to her husband. She enjoys traveling,
especially her annual visits to Poland to visit her family.
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Magdalena
Oxendine
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Sharon D. Rabuck,
R.N., M.S.N., O.C.N.,
Patient Care Coordinator of Breast Health Services in the Lehigh Valley
Hospital in Allentown, PA,. became a MammaCare Specialist on March 20,
2008. Sharon supervises nurses on three different sites and will use
MammaCare to improve the quality of CBE performed by these individuals.
She will also teach them to conduct better BSE training.
Sharon is
single, likes traveling and is very happy with her organization.
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Sharon D. Rabuck |
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Sandra
Cassell-Corbin, R.N., C.N.P., oncology nurse practitioner and
breast health specialist in the Holzer Center
for Cancer Care in Gallipolis, OH, earned her
MammaCare Specialist's credential on November 28, 2007. Sandra
functions as a breast health navigator and as the breast
specialist in the clinic. She will use
MammaCare to teach better clinical technique to the
physicians and other staff in her facility.
Sandra is married, and resides in
Point Pleasant with her son, daughter, two
dogs and two cats.
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Deborah L.
Aventi, R.N., B.S.N., Breast Health Center Coordinator in
Doctors Hospital of Manteca, CA, became a MammaCare Specialist on
November 28, 2007. Deborah coordinates the
breast health program, oversees patients
through the entire process from diagnosis through treatment, and
provides community outreach with respect to
breast health. She will use MammaCare to
enhance her clinical skills in addition to instructing patients in
proficient BSE.
Deborah has three grown sons and one grandson. She lives with her
husband in the Sierra Nevada foothills of
Northern California. She enjoys sewing and
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Karen Jacobs, N.P.-C., Family
Certified Nurse Practitioner and certified breast health navigator with
Beverly Hospital at Danvers in Danvers, MA., joined the MammaCare family
on November 8, 2007. Karen sees patients referred to the breast center
for abnormal mammograms and coordinates appointments for patients in a
multidisciplinary clinic. She also runs a support group for breast
cancer patients and does some genetic counseling. She will use MammaCare
to enhance her proficiency at CBE and to introduce proficient
self-examination in the community.
Karen is married and has 7
year-old twins along with a five-year-old son. She enjoys reading,
knitting and making jewelry.
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Arati M. Shirali, M.D.,
Senior Specialist Breast Surgeon at Al Mafraq Hospital in Abu
Dhabi, UAE, earned her MammaCare Specialist’s pin on November 8,
2007. Dr. Shirali has been certified by the Royal College of Surgeons
for Advanced Breast Disease Management and Oncoplastic Breast Surgery.
Although trained in Europe, she credits her Indian origins for her
extraordinary tactile sensitivity. She will use MammaCare to help
her detect early lesions in younger women and to
offer her patients the opportunity to
learn proficient BSE.
Arati is married and has
a 4 year-old son. She loves reading, writing
poetry, the beauty of nature, and traveling to
different cultures.
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Arati M. Shirali |
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