FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

CONTACT: Theresa Mulkins, Director of Public Relations
OFFICE: (845) 483-6418
MOBILE: (845) 416-0377
tmulkins@health-quest.org          

Poughkeepsie, NY - July 23, 2010 - Health Quest Medical Practice (HQMP) is pleased to welcome its third fellowship trained breast surgeon, Dr Gregory Zanieski to its prestigious breast program. Dr. Zanieski will join Dr. Angela Keleher, Dr. Hank Schmidt and Sara Winterleitner, NP in their main office at the Dyson Center for Cancer Care at Vassar Brothers as well as their satellite office in Northern Dutchess Hospital.

Dr. Zanieski holds bachelor degrees in Physical Therapy from Boston University and biochemistry from SUNY Stony Brook where he also completed his medical degree. His residency in general surgery was completed at New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn and his surgical oncology fellowship was done at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

With three board certified and fellowship trained breast surgeons, Health Quest Medical practices and its affiliate hospitals of Northern Dutchess and Vassar Brothers now boast the most extensively trained team of surgeons of any program to serve women in the Hudson Valley. The Breast Center is accepting new patients for both its Poughkeepsie and Rhinebeck locations. For more information on Dr. Zanieski, the Health Quest Medical Practice Division of Breast Surgery or to schedule an appointment please call (845) 483-6500 or visit www.health-quest.org.

Health Quest Medical Practice (HQMP) is a multi-specialty medical group focused on delivering quality health care to the residents of the Hudson Valley. HQMP offers access to specialists in Breast Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, OB/GYN, Perinatology as well as Family Practitioners in offices conveniently located throughout the Hudson Valley.

HQMP is unique, as part of a system of hospitals and physicians working collaboratively to provide continuity of care no matter where patients are treated. Health Quest's extensive network, which includes Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Vassar Brothers Medical Center, represents the region's premier health care system. This special relationship of hospitals and physicians provides physicians with access to the latest technology, and patients with the strength of our collective resources, knowledge and compassion.

Health Quest is the Hudson Valley's largest healthcare system providing the highest quality care across a broad spectrum of services. Offering the full range of hospital services, urgent care, homecare and nursing home care, the Health Quest system provides immediate and caring service to the one million people who reside in the New York counties of Columbia, Dutchess, Ulster, Orange, Putnam and northern Westchester.

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