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Quality Care Dr. Margarita Zuley always puts her patients first and never stops her quest for knowledge “Patients are family,” says Dr. Margarita Zuley. As University of Pittsburgh professor of radiology and Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC director of breast imaging, the New Castle native graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 1991. Last month, she was promoted from associate professor to professor, training radiology residents and breast imaging fellows alongside her. She is a true nurturer, wife, and mother of three who comforts her patients through the most difficult time in their lives — the fight against cancer. On a typical diagnostic day, Zuley delivers good and bad news, does clinical exams, performs biopsies, and reads screening and diagnostic imaging exams, all while educating students and conducting research, among other duties. “It can be extraordinarily emotional,” she says. “Most patients are unbelievably brave in the face of diagnosis of cancer. To deliver the news that a patient has breast cancer, and to be present in that moment with the patient, is a very powerful thing.” Under Zuley’s direction, MageeWomens Hospital is a leader in technology, research, testing, and patient care worldwide. Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC
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By Andrea Bosco • Photograph by Michael Fornataro, from upmc creative services