Protect Your Personal Health Information

At First Physicians Group, safeguarding your personal information is one of our highest priorities. We have layers of security to help prevent unauthorized access to patient information. Unfortunately, we are seeing an increase in cyberattacks on insurance providers and other companies processing medical information on behalf of our patients.

We encourage you to take these 6 steps to protect your personal information.

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All About Aortic Aneurysms

The heart is a hefty muscle. As such, it needs a hefty artery to handle all that blood it’s pumping. This is the aorta, which is the largest, strongest blood vessel in your body.

Your aorta carries the oxygenated blood from your heart to the rest of your body but sometimes, due to age, genetics or poor cardiovascular health, the walls of the aorta distend and threaten to tear. This is called an aortic aneurysm. There are no symptoms, and complications can be fatal, earning this condition a rather infamous name as “the silent killer.”

First Physicians Group Cardiovascular Surgeon Kristen Walker, MD provides insights. 

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Autologous Breast Reconstruction

FPG's Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery team offers multiple options for recovery from breast cancer treatments.

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon Jerette Schultz, MD, discusses autologous breast reconstruction as an option in this Ask a Doc video.

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