Recycle, and donate to charity
GFWC Wesley Chapel Women’s Club member Cara Alberghina collected more than 20 pounds of aluminum can pop-tops for the Ronald McDonald House, a charity with programs near top children’s hospitals that allows parents who are far from home to stay close to their hospitalized child. The parents can benefit from having the comforts of home without incurring hotel and food costs. If you would like to help Alberghina and other members continue to collect the pop-tops for this charity project, email .
New imaging scanner
St. Joseph’s Hospital-North, 4211 Van Dyke Road in Lutz, now has a CT scanner, known simply as the “Force.”
A patient’s chest, abdomen and pelvis can be scanned in 1.5 seconds, according to Chris Blanchard, the hospital’s imaging manager.
The speed also eliminates the need to use medications to lower a patient’s heart rate before undergoing a scan.
New staff member
BayCare Medical Group has welcomed Dr. Paula Lundgren, surgical oncologist, board certified in general surgery.
Lundgren is experienced in breast surgery, and the care of benign and malignant breast disorders.
She received her undergraduate degree in microbiology from Pennsylvania State University in University Park and earned her Doctor of Medicine from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.
Lundgren continued her medical education by completing a general surgery residency at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and a clinical breast fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio.
She is a member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons. She is affiliated with Morton Plant Hospital.
Dr. Lundgren will see patients at the Comprehensive Breast Care Center, 2102 Trinity Oaks Blvd., Suite 202, in Trinity.
For more information, visit DrPaulaLundgren.org.
