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Dr. Walter Hayne (right), a breast surgeon with AdventHealth Medical Group, will begin seeing patients July 7 as AdventHealth Apopka expands access to breast surgery services for Apopka-area residents. Standing with him is Angela Bateh, PA-C.<\/p>\nDr. Walter Hayne (right), a breast surgeon with AdventHealth Medical Group, will begin seeing patients July 7 as AdventHealth Apopka expands access to breast surgery services for Apopka-area residents. Standing with him is Angela Bateh, PA-C.<\/p>\n
Courtesy of AdventHealth \u2013 Central Florida Division<\/p>\n
For Dr. Walter Hayne, bringing breast surgery services to AdventHealth Apopka is more than a professional assignment \u2014 it is deeply personal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Over the years, Hayne has watched multiple members of his own family battle breast cancer, including his wife, sister,\u00a0mother-in-law\u00a0and sister-in-law. Those experiences helped shape his calling as a breast surgeon and his commitment to caring for patients facing the disease.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMy wife has had breast cancer, my\u00a0sister\u2019s had\u00a0breast cancer, and my mother-in-law\u2019s had\u00a0breast cancer, and my sisters-in-law have had breast cancer,\u201d Hayne\u00a0said in a June 16 interview. \u201cGod has nudged me over the past 20 years that this is something that I need to do,\u00a0not because I am any better than any other surgeon, but\u202fI think it puts me in a position to have compassion and understanding for what women are going through.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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See Member Benefits<\/a>Join Our Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n Beginning July 7, Dr. Walter Hayne is\u00a0scheduled\u00a0to start seeing patients at a new breast surgery clinic at AdventHealth Apopka, expanding local access to specialized breast health care that previously often required travel to other AdventHealth campuses.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The clinic,\u00a0located\u00a0near oncologist Dr. Grant Jester on the hospital\u2019s second floor,\u00a0will allow\u00a0patients\u00a0to receive\u00a0imaging, surgical\u00a0consultations\u00a0and oncology care at the same campus.\u00a0AdventHealth Apopka opened in 2017 at 2100 Ocoee-Apopka Road and serves residents of Apopka and northwest Orange County.\u00a0<\/p>\n According to the American Cancer Society<\/a>,\u00a0breast cancer\u00a0comprises\u00a0for\u00a0about 30% of all new female cancers each\u00a0year and\u00a0is the most common cancer in women in the United States,\u00a0aside from\u00a0skin cancer.\u00a0A\u00a0woman in the United States has a 1 in 8 chance of developing breast cancer, the American Cancer Society\u00a0says.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Hayne, who has practiced within the AdventHealth system in Orlando, Orange City and Lake Mary, said his goal is to provide Apopka residents with the same level of care available at larger AdventHealth campuses.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think Apopka really has a good breast surgery program for patients with breast cancer,\u201d Hayne said.\u00a0\u201cIf we can actually allow women in the community here to have access to the same breast surgery program that we have at Orlando or Altamonte [Springs] or Lake Mary, therefore, when I was asked if I would come over to\u00a0here\u00a0[Apopka], I said absolutely.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n In addition to treating breast cancer, Hayne will provide care for breast masses, breast pain, breast\u00a0abscesses\u00a0and other breast-related conditions. The practice will also offer in-office ultrasound services and ultrasound-guided biopsies, helping patients receive diagnoses and treatment more quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hayne said one of the greatest challenges for patients is\u00a0the uncertainty that comes while waiting for test results and appointments.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe worst part of the possibility of a woman having breast cancer is the wait,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we can help get them in sooner, and right here, and they don\u2019t have to travel far, that\u2019s our goal.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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