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Rahuldev Bhalla, MD, a fellowship-trained board-certified urologist, joined the combined medical group of RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Health, the systems said March 10. 

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health has broken ground on a radiation therapy facility that will offer two new therapies for patients with complex tumors. 

Neptune Township, N.J.-based Jersey Shore University Medical Center, part of Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health, has selected Roshani Patel, MD, to serve as medical director of breast surgery. 

The former chief cardiologist at a U.S. veterans hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., pleaded guilty to the sexual battery of a female physician under his supervision, the San Francisco Chronicle reported March 9.

Tulsa, Okla.-based Hillcrest Medical Center is offering a new therapy for central sleep apnea patients, News9 reported March 9.

Here are five cardiology-related studies published by Becker's since Feb. 1, starting with the most recent:

Here are four hospitals and health systems that have opened new cancer facilities or shared plans to open new centers since Feb. 3.

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health will be using new software this fall to support a common high quality evidence-based standard of cancer across its entire system, it said March 8.

Patient navigators have played a critical role in how Delaware has been able to lower cancer death rates and lessen racial disparities, NPR reported March 7. 

Registered nurses at Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope will hold a silent protest and press conference March 10 to protest the hospital administration’s "refusal" to address patient care and safe-staffing concerns at the cancer treatment center.