Breast Care Program

Services: Digital and Film/Screen Mammography Services, Stereotactic Core Biopsy, Ultrasound Scanning of the Breast, Ultrasound-Guided Core Needle Biopsies and Aspirations, Dexa Scanning

Phone: 908-704-3740

Fax: 908-203-5971

Hours:

Mondays, Fridays & Saturdays – 8 a.m. to 4pm

Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays – 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Outpatient Instructions: Patients should be instructed to not wear powder or deodorant for mammography. Mammograms are easiest to perform immediately after menses has stopped. Patients should be told of our new location at The Steeplechase Cancer Center at Somerset Medical Center.

Rx/Requisitions: All screening and diagnostic mammography requires a written prescription. All interventional procedures, including aspirations and core needle biopsies, require the patient to have a surgical consult.

Verbal Orders: N/A

Standing Orders: N/A

Reporting Results: For staff physicians, screening mammogram results are sent electronically within 3 days. Diagnostic results are communicated to the patient at the time of the exam. Diagnostic mammograms and breast ultrasound are not performed in the evening or on Saturday. Results for all patients requiring biopsy are verbally communicated to the referring physician’s office within 3 days.

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