Surgeon Kinga Powers, MD, PhD, Joins Cambridge Health Alliance

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NEWS FROM CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE

June 17, 2008

Surgeon Kinga Powers, MD, PhD, Joins Cambridge Health Alliance

Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Revere, Somerville, Winthrop, MA...Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) announced today that general surgeon Kinga Powers, MD, PhD, has joined its Department of Surgery. Dr. Powers will see patients primarily at CHA's Whidden hospital campus in Everett.

Dr. Powers' clinical practice at CHA is in general surgery and minimally invasive surgery, with special interests in endocrine surgery and surgical oncology. She earned her medical degree from Queen's University and completed surgical training, as well as a doctorate in molecular biology, at the University of Toronto. She came to the United States to complete an advanced fellowship in minimally invasive surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston, where she most recently served.

In addition to seeing patients at CHA, Dr. Powers will continue to be involved in several research projects in affiliation with BIDMC. Her area of study is simulation training of surgeons and surgical teams. She is also an instructor in surgery at Harvard Medical School.

Cambridge Health Alliance is an innovative, award-winning health system that provides high quality care in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston's metro-north communities. It includes three hospital campuses, more than 20 primary care and specialty practices, the Cambridge Public Health Dept., and the Network Health plan. CHA is a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate and is also affiliated with Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and Tufts University School of Medicine.