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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Speare Memorial Hospital
(603) 536-1120
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December 6, 2006 |
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Urology Specialist Joins Medical Staff at Speare Memorial Hospital
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PLYMOUTH, N.H. --- Speare Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce a partnership with Concord Hospital Urology Group to expand local access to a urology specialist, and welcomes Dr. Thomas Schwaab to the medical staff.
“We are very pleased to have formed a partnership with the Concord Hospital Urology Group to provide access to specialists here at Speare Memorial Hospital,” says Michelle McEwen, president and CEO of Speare Memorial Hospital. “Our mission is to provide and coordinate quality healthcare services in response to community needs. The feedback we have received from patients has been very positive, and with Dr. Schwaab coming on as the primary physician, it will further enhance the doctor/patient relationship.” |
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| Dr. Schwaab visits with patients in the Visiting Physician’s office located on the second floor of Speare Memorial Hospital, which is accessible from the Avery St. entrance. Call Concord Hospital Urology Group directly at (603) 224-3388 to schedule an appointment. |
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| graduate of Hannover Medical School in Hannover, Germany, Dr. Schwaab completed residencies in general surgery at Klinikum Lippe-Detmold in Detmold, Germany and urology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover, N.H., where he was a chief resident. He also completed an internship in general surgery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Additionally, Dr. Schwaab holds a doctorate in tumor immunology from Hannover Medical School.
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| Dr. Schwaab is an adjunct assistant professor in Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s immunotherapy program in Hanover and his research has been spotlighted in various publications. He is trained to perform laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, a minimally invasive surgical procedure to remove the prostate, and his clinical interests include uro-oncology, laparoscopic urology and cancer immunotherapy. |
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| Speare Memorial Hospital is a 24-hour, acute care, non-profit community hospital and health care provider serving Plymouth, and the communities of central New Hampshire, for more than a century.
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Michele Barney Hutchins
Director of Community Relations
Speare Memorial Hospital
(603) 238-6468
mhutchins@spearehospital.com
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