A Resource Room is accessible to patients, their family and friends. A computer with Internet access, library and video player is provided. This room is stocked with helpful information pamphlets, including complementary or alternative medicine options - to encourage patient involvement and exploration. The Betty Lou Ourisman Breast Health Center offers the physical examination and imaging services of health care professionals who exclusively subspecialize in the breast. This health care professional devotes his clinical time exclusively to breast physical examination and management and monitoring of any positive findings.
Continuity of care is emphasized as well as expert physical examination and second opinion services.
This professional also offers patient education and training in breast self-examination. A private training area with breast simulators encourages the patient to learn or improve self -examination techniques. The Breast Imaging Division offers the services of full time subspecialists in this field of Radiology. Dr. Rebecca Zuurbier, Associate Professor of Radiology is a Harvard trained radiologist who is the Director of Breast Imaging as well as Director of the Betty Lou Ourisman Breast Health Center. She trained with Dr. Daniel Kopans world leader in the field, at Massachusetts General Hospital and has been on the Georgetown Faculty since 1993.