Touro Attains National Accreditation From The American College of Surgeons National Accreditation Program for Breast Cancer

Touro Attains National Accreditation From The American College of Surgeons National Accreditation Program for Breast Cancer

Accreditation demonstrates Touro's commitment to improve comprehensive breast care

(New Orleans, LA) Touro announced that it has received accreditation under the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC).

Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women in the United States after skin cancers. Programs accredited by the NAPBC follow a model for organizing and managing a breast center to facilitate multidisciplinary, integrated, and comprehensive breast cancer services. The NAPBC focuses on the spectrum of a patient’s journey with breast cancer or breast disease, including prevention, screening, treatment, and survivorship. By setting high standards, NAPBC accreditation guides breast centers in providing comprehensive breast care based on scientific evidence.

“We are thrilled to receive this prestigious accreditation from the American College of Surgeons in recognition of our outstanding Breast Care program at Touro,” explained Dr. Christopher Lege, President and Chief Executive Officer at Touro. “With breast cancer cases continuing to rise in our state and the greater New Orleans area, it’s our mission as a community hospital to provide the most advanced, high-quality, and comprehensive care to our patients. Touro is one of only two facilities in New Orleans and one of only five in the state of Louisiana to achieve this accreditation.”

As an NAPBC-accredited institution, Touro also becomes an ACS Surgical Quality Partner. Being a Surgical Quality Partner signifies an institution's dedication to consistently improving procedures and approaches, while maintaining a critical eye on process at every step. The Surgical Quality Partner designation lets patients know Touro is dedicated to quality and relentless self-improvement and has been verified or accredited by the ACS. Patients can trust that the care they receive at Surgical Quality Partner hospitals adheres to the most rigorous standards in surgical quality.

"ACS Quality programs are grounded in more than a century of experience and participation is an important measure of a hospital’s surgical quality. As an ACS Surgical Quality Partner, Touro has shown a commitment providing the best possible patient care, evaluating that care in a rigorous fashion, and dedicating themselves to continuous self-improvement," said ACS Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS.

Learn more about Touro’s Breast Care program at Touro.com/BreastCare

Learn more about the NAPBC.

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About Touro

Touro has been serving the New Orleans community for over 170 years, and today we are the city’s only community-based, non-profit, faith-based hospital offering comprehensive healthcare services at every stage of life, from delivering generations of New Orleans babies to providing comprehensive cardiac, cancer, and senior care. Touro is a proud member of LCMC Health, a Louisiana-based, not-for-profit health system.

About the American College of Surgeons

The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and educational organization of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to raise the standards of surgical practice and improve the quality of care for all surgical patients. The College is dedicated to the ethical and competent practice of surgery. Its achievements have significantly influenced the course of scientific surgery in America and have established it as an important advocate for all surgical patients. The College has more than 88,000 members and is the largest organization of surgeons in the world. “FACS” designates that a surgeon is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.