The Breast Health Clinic at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, has been granted a three year, full accreditation designation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers, a program administered by the American College of Surgeons.
Accreditation by the NAPBC is only given to centers that voluntarily commit to provide the highest level of quality breast care and undergo a rigorous evaluation process and performance review.
During the survey process, the center must demonstrate compliance with standards established by the NAPBC for treating women who are diagnosed with the full spectrum of breast disease. The standards include proficiency in the areas of: center leadership, clinical management, research, community outreach, professional education and quality improvement.
A breast center that achieves NAPBC accreditation has demonstrated a firm commitment to offer its patients every significant advantage in their battle against breast disease.
WAMC is only one of two in the Department of Defense that has been designated with this accreditation.
Lt. Col. Juan A. Ortiz, chief of the Plastic Surgery Service at WAMC, is a member of the Breast Health Clinic and offers state-of-the-art reconstruction for patients and their loved ones. He is a board-certified plastic surgeon.
The plastic surgery service offers a full spectrum of services to include:
Breast reconstruction including nipple sparing mastectomies, as well as all other reconstructive needs due to cancer, problems with congenital defects and trauma.
Reconstructive breast surgery is done using only Food and Drug Administration-approved and U.S.-made breast implants for breast cancer patients.
"Ninety-five percent of the mastectomies we perform here at Womack, we immediately provide the reconstruction during the same procedure," said Ortiz. "We also provide breast reconstruction at a level comparable to other any other breast health centers in the United States" he added.
This year, WAMC has completed 310 breast reconstruction cases and a total of 684 reconstructive cases. The prosthetic reconstruction infection rate is less than one percent which is well below the tracked national average by the American College of Surgeons. The plastic surgery clinic sees an average of 400 patients per month.
Ortiz states that the biggest reward of his job is what he does every day helps patients feel complete and whole again. What a reward.
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