Dorothy G. Hoefer Comprehensive Breast Center 

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Request an appointment online or call (757) 594-1899.

Accredited Care
The Dorothy G. Hoefer Comprehensive Breast Center is accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. To gain the accreditation, the centers must follow a multidisciplinary team approach, provide access to clinical trial information and offer new treatment options, among other requirements.

The breast center is also among an elite group designated as an American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. After rigorous evaluation of staff, equipment, physician credentials, technique and image quality, the centers are now fully accredited in the three major areas of breast imaging and cancer detection, mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy and ultrasound-guided biopsy.

All Sentara breast centers are also MQSA/FDA certified.

Services:

Fellowship-trained breast radiologists

Breast imaging procedures: 

– Breast Tomosysthesis (3D Mammography)
– Digital screening and diagnostic mammography with computer-aided detection
– High-resolution breast ultrasound 
– Breast MRI 
– Breast-specific gamma imaging

 Interventional and other procedures:
– Percutaneous (nonsurgical) needle breast biopsy
– Stereotactic breast biopsy
– Ultrasound-guided core breast biopsy
– MRI-guided core breast biopsy
– Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration
– Needle localization
– Galactography
– Bone densitometry

Patient navigator: A patient navigator serves as a resource through diagnosis and treatment for cancer patients and their families.

Patient History Form:
Those patients scheduled for an appointment at the Dorothy G. Hoefer Comprehensive Breast Center can print off a patient history form to be completed before your appointment.
Patient History Form

Read more about accreditations:
– National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers
– American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Center of Excellence 
– MQSA/FDA certification