April 2010
Where caring counts. Feel the difference.
Alford Vassall Jr., M.D., talks with labor and delivery nurse Pamela Brenner, R.N, in Mason General Hospital’s newlyremodeled Birth Center.
Physician Follows in Father’s Footsteps By Rebecca Carpenter, McCarty & Associates “a marketing firm”
He was going to be an engineer.
“My dad is a doc and I didn’t want to do what he did,” explained Alford Vassall, Jr., M.D., chuckling at the irony. He completed his undergraduate degree in engineering in Canada, only to discover he really did want to be a doctor, after all. Though he liked the math and physics of engineering, that field just wasn’t rewarding enough for him. “I need to have people around,” he realized. So he enrolled in Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. He is originally from Jamaica. Now Dr. Vassall has been working as a boardcertified obstetrician and gynecologist at Mountain View Women’s Health Clinic in Shelton since July of 2009. “I like taking care of pregnant women. I like being around babies,” he said. Dr. Vassall also enjoys sharing in the whole delivery process. He also appreciates working at the women’s clinic, especially because of its high quality office staff, out-patient services, and follow-up care available. He works with colleagues, Dr. Lystra Wilson-Celestine and Dr. Nkem Nwosa. “I think that we offer a sophisticated level of prenatal care, what I would call, medium risk,” he said. Recently, the clinic extended its office hours until 7 p.m. for two days a week. A father himself, Dr. Vassall has two sons, one of whom wants to attend medical school, too.
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Vol. 26 No. 2
Hospital & Clinics Help Women Through Life’s Journeys F
rom birth to long after retirement, women at any stage of life may find the healthcare they need through Mason General Hospital’s family of clinics. Mountain View Women’s Health Clinic features three board-certified obstetrician/gynecologists: Dr. Lystra Wilson-Celestine, Dr. Nkem Nwosa, and Dr. Alford Vassall, Jr. The clinic provides general and high-risk obstetric care, including general well-woman care, family planning and infertility services, ultrasounds, Com peri-menopausal/menopausal care, e gynecological surgery, treatment for Free urinary incontinence, and urinary-tract Hea infections. It has recently extended See d lth Servic es eta its office hours to 7 p.m. two nights a page ils on 3... week, in order to Continued on page 6…
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Digital Mammo Funding Completed
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ason General Hospital Foundation (MGHF) completed its funding of the new Digital Mammography equipment by meeting a goal of $475,000 in 2010. Pictured receiving the “check”are (left to right) Janis Byrd, MGHF president; Terry Megiveron, chief of provider services; Bob Appel, CEO; and Eric Moll, CAO. The goal was reached due to the generosity of Treasures Thrift Store, community members, event steering committees, volunteers, and MGH Foundation affiliate organizations – Sherwood Hospital Guild, Centennial Hospital Guild, and the Karen Hilburn Breast and Cervical Cancer Fund.