Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women: Mammography

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The Baptist Women's Health Center is proud to offer mammography services, including digital mammography, both at the Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women and through mammography vans that travel throughout the Memphis Metropolitan area. By making it more convenient for more women to get screened, we hope to have even more success stories in the fight against breast cancer.

About the Women's Health Center
The Women's Health Center is a full-service breast diagnostics and osteoporosis testing center on the campus of Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women. Among the array of services offered through the center are:

Screening mammography
Mobile mammography vans (the only such service in the Memphis Metro area including digital mammography)
Diagnostic mammography
Diagnostic breast ultrasound
Breast cancer support groups
Breast Risk Management Center
Osteoporosis testing
Lymphedema treatment
Second Look® technology for reviewing both screening and diagnostic mammograms.

For more information about or to make an appointment, please call the Baptist Women's Health Center at 901-226-0810.

Baptist Mobile Mammography Van

Mobile Mammography Service
The American Cancer Society recommends that women have their first mammogram at age 40, then once every year after that. Baptist's mobile mammography service consists of two vans that offer a convenient way for employers and community organizations to help make sure busy women get screened regularly. The vans are available for businesses, schools, health fairs, and churches. To be screened, participants must meet the following conditions:

35 years or older
Have no symptoms (new lumps or masses)
Have no personal history of breast cancer
Not be pregnant or nursing
Not have breast implants
Have had a routine physical exam within the last three years
Have a physician who can receive the mammography results
Be able to walk up stairs and stand alone

How to Schedule a Baptist Mammography Van Visit
Organizations that wish to schedule a mobile visit can call
901-226-0810. You will be asked a few questions to be sure you meet the guidelines for a mobile mammography screening. Anyone being screened will be required to make an appointment and bring an insurance/ Medicaid/Medicare card to the mobile unit at the time of the screening.

The vans also make many scheduled stops throughout the Memphis community during the year. Click the link below to see the 2008 schedule.

Mobile Unit locations

Educational Sessions
As part of our extended service, the Women's Health Center offers onsite educational sessions prior to the arrival of a mammography van. At the seminar, employees can bring their lunch and listen to a registered nurse talk about breast health and answer any questions the employees might have. Please call 901-226-0810 to learn more.

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