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EILEEN CONSORTI, MD DIRECTOR OF SUTTER HEALTH’S CAROL ANN READ BREAST HEALTH CENTER
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“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” Those inspiring words from Helen Keller frame the collaborative, inclusive spirit that has always been at the heart of the Clinic’s philosophy and success. Over the last 18 months, Keller’s mantra has been exemplified and amplified through extraordinary community partnerships, notably with Sutter Health and its Berkeley hospital, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center. Dr. Eileen Consorti, a noted breast cancer surgeon, former Alta Bates’ medical staff president and chief of surgery, has been the impetus for much of this success. Among her numerous responsibilities and accomplishments, Dr. Consorti heads the Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center at Alta Bates Summit, and has been the engine behind the rollout of Sutter Health’s mobile mammography services. The van’s inaugural visit to the Clinic in December 2020 was an amazing statement and ray of hope to physicians, patients and staff, with the knowledge that women without insurance now have access to top-flight technology and diagnostics, including 3D digital mammography, a comfortable waiting area and private changing and exam rooms.
