James De Luca M.D., Medical Director
Dr. De Luca is respected as a pioneer in the science of mammography. Dr. De Luca a board certified Radiologist, was the first recipient of the U.S.P.H Mammography Teaching Grant for North Eastern United States in 1963. He trained 900 doctors in the interpretation of mammography. He has been a lecturer for the American College of Radiology, (ACR), and the American Cancer Society, (ACS). He had been a member of the Board of Directors at the ACS, and has served on the Committee on Mammography and Disease of the Breast and for he Committee on Breast Cancer for the ACR.
Richard Stapen M.D., Radiologist
Dr. Stapen had been the medical director of the WON program from 1984 through 1990. Dr. Stapen is a board certified radiologist who helped launch the WON program in 1984.He was the Director of the Department of Radiology at Hempstead General Hospital from 1991 through 2003. In 2003 he returned the WON program as an interpreting radiologist. His contribution to the success of the WON program can not be measured.
Mary Solomon, Executive Director
Mary has been Executive Director of Women's Outreach Network since 1987. Her responsibilities include directing mobile mammography program day-to-day operations including marketing, staffing, financial aspects, medical reporting, and patient navigation. The latter two areas are directly supervised by Medical Director James De Luca, MD, board certified radiologist. Solomon is responsible for design and maintenance of the computer system, maintaining patient information, generating mammography reports, patient notifications, scheduling services and staff, billing, and accounts payable and receivable. She attended Stony Brook University, majoring in mathematics and computer science. Previously, Solomon was Lead Specialist of the National Technical Support Center for Arrow Electronics.
Barbara Biehner and Regina Schmid, Radiological Technicians
Barbara and Regina are licensed x-ray technologists who have been specializing in mammography for more than 25 years each. They are both highly skilled radiological technicians. Regina is also certified to provide clinical breast examinations. Perhaps their most important attribute is their ability to make women comfortable with this important examination. Thousands of women return to the van annually and are both relieved and pleased to find these dedicated professionals are on board year after year to provide them with their mammography
Gina Cintron, Driver / Receptionist
Gina has been driving our mobile mammography vans for almost 10 years. Gina has driven thousands of miles throughout the New York Metropolitan area in our various mobile mammography vans over the years. Gina is bilingual and greets patients in both English and Spanish. She assists the patients in completing the medical history forms, surveys, and release statements insuring that the data collection is accurate and complete.
Marge Baldi, Patient Navigator
Marge has been providing patient navigation for five years with the WON program. She makes first contact with patients in need of follow-up. Marge advises and educates patients and families regarding the nature of the abnormal findings. She arranges follow-up appointments for the patients with a provider that either participates in the patient's insurance plan or with a provider that will provide free follow-up examinations. Marge's ability to convey to the patients the results of their mammography and clinical breast examinations in easy to understand terms, and as her kind and gentle consideration for the special needs of individuals makes her a tremendous asset to the program. Marge attended nursing school at Nassau County Community College. Previously Marge worked for South Shore Home Health Care, coordinating appropriate nursing care for patients.
Lorraine Birchall, Patient Navigator
Lorraine insures patient compliance and that follow-up is completed properly. She keeps in contact with follow-up patients to make sure they keep appointments and their care is completed. Lorraine requests follow-up reports which are reviewed to insure that follow-up patients are provided with appropriate and complete care. Lorraine's organizational skills and persistent approach makes her an ideal navigator. Lorraine has been responsible for urging patients to complete their follow-up even when some patients initially refused to comply. Lorraine previously worked at Hempstead General Hospital for 34 years. Her commitment to patient care is evident in our statistics which reveal a low rate of patients refusing follow-up.
Madeline Congemie, In-Reach worker
Madeline provides navigation for our large Spanish-speaking population. Her bilingual skills are an essential component to our navigation team. Madeline conveys follow-up information both written and verbal, to our Spanish speaking patients in their native language under the direction of our patient navigators. She also places scores of telephone calls daily reminding patients to return for their annual mammography appointment.
Erin Anderson, Medical Transcriber
Erin has been a valued employee of the WON program for many years. She is responsible for the timely reporting of the mammogram and clinical breast examinations. Erin insures that the mammographic reports are complete and accurate. She sends the reports to both patients and their doctors. Erin sends each patient a letter indicating the outcome of their examination and advises them when it would be appropriate for them to return for their next screening exam. She maintains patient charts insuring films and reports are kept properly for future comparison studies. She has crossed trained in all other areas of the program and is able to assist any other staff member.
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