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HEALTH • Fall 2016 27 Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer announced the opening of its new Center for Hand and Plastic Surgery. Patients can come to the center for hand procedures such as carpal and cubital tunnel release, hand and wrist fractures and other surgeries. Plastic and reconstructive surgeries, including breast recon- struction, scar revisions and skin cancer surgery are also available. A new obstetrics and gynecology practice, Women's Wellness Associates, is open at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester. Doctors Patricia D. Chernosky and Brenda E. Hallenbeck welcome their existing and new patients. MedPost, a national chain of urgent-care centers, opened three new clinics in Central Massachusetts -- its first clinics in the northeast. Each clinic, in Wayland, Northborough and Franklin, will employ about 10 people, according to MedPost. The Franklin and Wayland locations are affiliated with MetroWest Medical Center, and the Northborough clinic is a Saint Vincent Hospital affiliate. South Bay Mental Health has rebranded as South Bay Community Services. The behavior- al health provider has locations at Framingham Early Childhood Services, Leominster Mental Health Clinic, Worcester Day Services, and at Worcester Mental Health Clinic. Coming Soon! Seven Hills Foundation is H RING Seven Hills Foundation, an Integrated Health and Human Services Network, supports individuals with disabilities, brain injuries, mental illness and more at 160 locations throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island. We are always seeking qualified candidates for the following positions: n RNs, LPNs, CNAs n Nurse Care Coordinators n Community Health Workers n BCBAs, BCABAs n Clinicians n Clinical Supervisors 81 Hope Avenue, Worcester, MA 01603 • 508.755.2340 • sevenhills.org Seven Hills offers highly competitive salaries and generous benefits. Apply online: sevenhills.org/careers (800) 521-5539 www.vnacare.org CELEBRATING OF HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE CARE HOME HEALTH HOSPICE VNA of Boston, first organized home health care provider in the country, established 1886 Elizabeth Evarts de Rham Hospice Home, Massachusetts' first hospice residence, opened 1991 130 25 years! years! The Mohs Micrographic Surgery Clinic is open at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance in Leominster. The surgery is an advanced treatment for treating common kinds of skin cancer. Pictured are Colleen and Wayne Elliott, the first patients to receive the procedure at the new clinic. Construction is underway for an 8,500-square-foot behavioral health inpatient unit at Harrington Hospital's Webster campus, to provide comprehensive care for individuals with both a mental health and a substance abuse disorder. Pictured, left to right, are: Ed Moore, CEO, Harrington HealthCare System; and Phil Freeman, project superintendent, Monitor Builders of Boston. [ N E W P R A C T I C E S ]

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