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Dr. Keith Berkle Offers
Outpatient Hysterectomies
By Jessica Kim Cohen
K
eith Berkle, MD, offers outpatient hysterectomies at healthcare
facilities throughout Virginia, according to the Richmond Times-
Dispatch. Dr. Berkle, who is board-certified in obstetrics and
gynecology, is a surgeon with Virginia Women's Center, a medical center
with seven locations throughout the state.
Here's what you need to know:
1. Earlier this year, Dr. Berkle began offering outpatient hysterecto-
mies at MEDARVA Stony Point Surgery Center, an ambulatory sur-
gery center in Richmond, Va.
2. He performs laparoscopic hysterectomies, which remove the uter-
us using small, centimeter-long incisions in the patient's abdomen,
rather than large incisions.
3. Dr. Berkle told Richmond Times-Dispatch that a patient's pain is
easier to manage with laparoscopic hysterectomies, and that pain
management is "the limiting factor when getting them home."
4. Dr. Berkle also said that many women are able to return to work
within two weeks of the outpatient procedure.
5. e Virginia-based healthcare systems HCA Virginia and VCU
Health offer outpatient hysterectomies, as well. However, while pa-
tients may stay in the hospital for 23 hours aer surgery at these facili-
ties, Dr. Berkle's patients oen return home aer only an hour.
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New Jersey Association of
Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Appoints 4 New Leaders
By Mary Rechtoris
T
he New Jersey Association of Ambulatory
Surgery Centers announced four new board ap-
pointments, according to True Jersey.
1. Andrew Weiss, CASC, will serve as NJAASC's presi-
dent for a second year. Mr. Weiss is the administrator
of The Endo Center at Voorhees in Voorhees Township,
N.J. He is on the board of Ambulatory Surgery Center
Association PAC and the Board of Ambulatory Surgery
Certification.
2. NJAASC named Jeffrey Shanton the board of direc-
tor's vice president, a two-year term. Mr. Shanton is the
director of billing and business development at Journal
Square Surgical Center in Jersey City, N.J.
3. Scott Bergman, MBA, will serve a second three-year
term on the association's board. He is the administrator
of Cherry Hill, N.J.-based Millennium Surgical Center.
4. Bonnie Lavoie will serve a three-year term as a board
member. She previously served on the NJAASC board
from 2011 to 2014.
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