Orchard Health Care belongs to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center network, where Dr. Kanner and Dr. Isselbacher are members of the active medical staff.
Dr. Kanner and Dr. Isselbacher look to the superb specialist staff of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, for much of their patients’ referral and hospital care.
However, Dr. Kanner has strong ties to many other colleagues and institutions in the unsurpassed Harvard Medical School teaching network, where both Dr. Kanner and Dr. Isselbacher have been faculty members for many years. These other Boston institutions include the Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
In addition, Dr. Kanner and Dr. Isselbacher have close professional ties to the staff of two wonderful, local community hospitals, Beth Israel Needham and Newton-Wellesley Hospital, where they are also on the medical staff.
In seeking specialist or hospital care for their patients, the key issue Dr. Kanner and Dr. Isselbacher consider, with the patient, is which person or institution will offer that patient the best care. Dr. Kanner and Dr. Isselbacher look first to the staff and facilities at BIDMC and its network, but if the patient’s needs (or preferences) are better met elsewhere, those specialists or institutions are promptly engaged to help the patient.
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