You may have seen an opinion column recently in the Baltimore Sun that made several unfounded allegations about Chesapeake Urology and the physicians, nurses and staff who practice and work here.
We wanted to be sure you understand that we have only one mission: to provide excellent patient care. Providing you with all of the information you need and all of the treatment options you have in order to make an informed decision is at the heart of that care.
Our method of treating prostate cancer is different than the traditional model because we utilize a fully-integrated approach to patient care. It used to be that you would visit your urologist for an examination and potential diagnosis. You would travel to a lab to have blood work done. You might then travel to see a radiation oncologist at a different medical practice or at a hospital if you were going to be evaluated for radiation therapy for treatment of prostate cancer or to a surgeon for some other urologic procedure.
Today, we offer patients the opportunity to see all of those expert doctors and technicians under one roof. It is a comprehensive team approach where your physicians and technician specialists in one medical practice provide you with all of the best available options for treatment. We’ve created a center of excellence in treating prostate cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death in American men. And we’ve found that, under our model, patients get better care, have better outcomes and are much happier.
But this model is under attack from those who want to go back to the old ways. And their trade associations and public relations firms are repeating falsehoods about Chesapeake Urology. So we wanted to set the record straight.
- Patients at Chesapeake Urology learn about all available treatment options before they and their families decide which option is best for them; Physicians here – urologists, uro-pathologists, and radiation oncologists – offer the latest, most effective treatments to address your condition. But we will only recommend treatment options. You and your families make the choice;
- Chesapeake Urology is operating in full compliance with all state and federal laws and any suggestion to the contrary is false;
- The cost of treating patients at Chesapeake Urology is no higher – and in some cases significantly less – than in other settings, like hospitals.
We are very proud of the work we do. We know we do what’s best – and only what’s best – for our patients every day. And we want to be sure you know that, too.
If you have any questions about your care here or about Chesapeake Urology, please ask your doctor or feel free to contact me personally.
Be well.
Sanford J. Siegel, M.D.
President & CEO
Chesapeake Urology Associates
ssiegel@cua.md
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