CBS Affiliate WJTV has featured a series of stories with Baptist employees Tanya Grace and Merlene Myrick about fighting breast cancer.
Posts Tagged ‘breast cancer’
WJTV Showcases Baptist Employees Breast Cancer Awareness Efforts
Friday, October 7th, 2011October 17: Baptist Hosts Breast Cancer Support Group
Thursday, October 6th, 2011Join Radiologist Larkin Carter, MD, for this month’s event.
Power of Pink Kicks-Off September 30
Friday, August 5th, 2011Join Baptist and WLBT as we kick-off the Power of Pink breast cancer awareness campaign on September 30, 2011.
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner Talks about Breast Cancer Chemotherapy on WLBT
Monday, June 20th, 2011Baptist Breast Health Center Is Only Hospital in Mississippi to Receive Top Accreditation
Friday, June 10th, 2011Baptist Breast Health Center has been granted a three-year full accreditation designation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons.
Radiologist Represents Baptist, Qualifies for Two World Ironman Competitions
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011Radiologist Larkin Carter, MD, represented Baptist Breast Health Center, at the Ochsner Ironman 70.3 New Orleans in April 2011. Dr. Carter won his age group in the race, qualifying him for the IM 70.3 World Championship in Las Vegas in September 2011. The really big news is in October, Dr. Carter will be participating in [...]
Approximately 200 Baptist Employees, Their Families and Friends Run From Breast Cancer
Monday, April 18th, 2011Approximately 200 Baptist employees, their family members and friends join the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure this past Saturday in downtown Jackson. Baptist Team Captain Crystale Walker led the team in memory of her two sisters who passed away from breast cancer. Listen to Walker’s story in the Baptist for Women podcast by [...]
Baptist Earns Disease Specific Certifications
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011Baptist Medical Center is the only hospital in Mississippi to earn The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for Acute Coronary Syndrome, Heart Failure, Outpatient Diabetes, and Breast Cancer. These Baptist programs underwent a rigorous on-site survey in March and demonstrated compliance with The Joint Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety in [...]
Baptist Medical Center Awarded Gold Seal of Approval For Disease Specific Care
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011Baptist Medical Center has earned the only Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval™ in Mississippi for breast cancer, acute coronary syndrome, heart failure and outpatient diabetes. It also received The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for its Primary Stroke Center. Baptist demonstrated compliance with The Joint Commission’s national standards for health care quality and [...]
Two Fighters Leading Teams Racing to Find Cancer Cures
Friday, April 1st, 2011Melanoma is a word that makes Chris Vaughn cringe. For Crystale Walker, the words breast cancer make her determined to fight it. The two are fighting against the diseases and leading Baptist teams in two statewide events to raise money for a cure. In October 2006, Vaughn, a nuclear medicine technologist in Baptist’s Radiology Department, [...]
