Austin, TX – February 25, 2009 – Solis Women’s Health today announced the appointment of Marla R. Lander, M.D., as its Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Lander replaces Timothy Freer, M.D., the founder of Solis’ predecessor organization, and the first CMO of Solis, who has retired.
Dr. Lander is the lead physician at the Solis Breast Health Center in Indio, California, and is also responsible for the newly opened Solis Mammography Center in Rancho Mirage, California. A graduate of the University of California – Irvine, Medical School, Dr. Lander also completed her residency in radiology at that institution. She is board certified in radiology, and has completed three fellowships in breast imaging, including one in Falun, Sweden, where she trained with the world renowned mammography expert, Laszlo Tabar, M.D. Dr. Lander has been a leader in screening and diagnosis of breast cancer in the Palm Springs area for twelve years.
“In selecting the CMO, we needed to look beyond clinical quality, which distinguishes all Solis physicians,” said Solis CEO Brad Hummel. “Dr. Lander has developed a special passion for teaching and research, and has an extraordinary commitment to the patient. We look forward to the benefits of her teaching talent, passion and for the collective voice she will provide our physicians, as we continue our growth, further integrate our network of facilities, and develop our services”.
Dr. Lander commented “I am very excited about the prospect of filling the CMO position for Solis. The company is committed to making very high quality breast care uniformly available in its centers across the US. This is a new, important, and refreshing development in a vital area of women’s care.” Dr. Lander continued, “I look forward to working with management and the board of directors to ensure that the company and my physician colleagues continue to be at the leading edge of patient care and clinical excellence. When breast cancer is found early in its development, it can actually be cured with minimal therapy; our goal is to find that cancer as early as possible with well educated, caring physicians using state of the art technology.”
About Solis Women’s Health
Solis Women’s Health is a specialized healthcare provider focused exclusively on the screening and diagnosis of breast cancer. Headquartered in Austin, TX, Solis operates ten North Central Texas facilities; The Women’s Imaging Center of Southeastern Radiology and the Solis-Bertrand Breast Center in Greensboro, North Carolina; Solis-BenOra Imaging in Phoenix, Arizona; ten Solis/MedTech Mammography Centers in Greater Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Indianapolis Breast Center, Indiana; Solis Women’s Imaging & Wellness Center in Dublin, Ohio, The Breast Health Center in Indio, CA; and has several sites under development in markets across the United States. Solis provides a complete range of breast health services including screening mammography, diagnostic mammography, computer-aided detection, breast ultrasound, automated breast ultrasound, bone densitometry and stereotactic and ultrasound-guided biopsy, breast specific gamma imaging and breast MRI. More information is available at www.SolisHealth.com.
