Nashoba Valley Medical Center and Steward Medical Group recently welcomed board-certified General Surgeon Stacie Perlman, MD, to the medical staff. Dr. Perlman who specializes in general surgery and has a special interest in breast surgery, is the hospital’s first female surgeon to perform breast cancer operations. In addition to performing general and breast surgeries, she is fellowship trained in minimally invasive surgery and bariatric surgery.

Dr. Perlman received her medical degree from the Albany Medical College in New York, and completed her surgical residency as well as her fellowship in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery at Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut. She is a member of the American College of Surgeons, Society of Gastrointestinal/Endoscopic Surgeons, and American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

“We are very pleased to have Dr. Perlman join our surgical team,” said Salvatore Perla, president of Nashoba Valley Medical Center. “The addition of Dr. Perlman to the medical staff expands our overall breast care and minimally invasive services, and continues to meet the growing needs of our patients.”

Dr. Perlman joins the SMG Nashoba Valley Surgical Office, which is located at 190 Groton Road, Suite 210 in Ayer, Massachusetts. For more information about Nashoba Valley Medical Center’s surgical services, visit www.nashobamed.org/surgical-services.

About Nashoba Valley Medical Center
Nashoba Valley Medical Center (NVMC) offers community-based primary care and specialty
services. NVMC was a recipient of the Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval and was named
to The Leapfrog Group’s annual list of Top Hospitals in 2014. Areas of clinical strength include emergency medicine, diagnostic imaging, cardiology, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, oncology, orthopedics, physical therapy and general surgery. NVMC also offers a comprehensive Center for Pain Management, Diabetes and Endocrine Center, Travel Clinic and Occupational Health Services. Nashoba Valley Medical Center is part of the Steward Health Care System LLC, the largest integrated community care organization in New England which combines over 3,000 physicians, 10 acute care hospital campuses, managed care, insurance programs, home care, an imaging operation, and a number of other post-acute services, to provide the most cost effective and highest quality of integrated patient care. Additional information is available at www.nashobamed.org.

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