Meadowbrook, PA—October 15, 2012—Holy Redeemer is pleased to announce that breast surgeon Beth Baughman DuPree, MD, has been voted into the finals in Philadelphia magazine’s first annual Health Hero Challenge, a search for “local champions of health and wellness who are inspiring and helping the residents of their community to make changes in their lives to ensure a healthier future.”

In September, Philadelphia magazine first selected Dr. DuPree to compete in the Health Hero Challenge for her work as a breast surgeon and Medical Director of Holy Redeemer's Breast Health Program, where she diagnoses and treats women and men with breast cancer, and works to help her patients become thrivers—not just survivors.

As a result of the tremendous support Dr. DuPree received during the semi-final round, she has advanced to the Health Hero Challenge finals, during which she will compete against three other contestants to be named Philadelphia magazine’s first Health Hero. Fans are once again invited to vote in the contest, and can submit their ballots once each day by visiting holyredeemer.com/healthhero between Tuesday, October 16^th and Monday, October 29^th.

The winner of the Health Hero Challenge will be announced on November 7^th, and will receive $2,500 for their favorite charity. Dr. DuPree has selected the Healing Consciousness Foundation, a charity she founded to provide funding for healthy cooking programs, fitness classes including yoga and Zumba, and complementary therapies that her patients can participate in before, during, and after treatment.

Dr. DuPree and her colleagues at Comprehensive Breast Care Surgeons have offices in two locations: Holy Redeemer Women’s HealthCare at Southampton, 45 2nd Street Pike, Southampton, and Holy Redeemer HealthCare at Bensalem, 3300 Tillman Drive, Suite 100, Bensalem.

About the Holy Redeemer Breast Health Program
The Charles A. and Betty Bott Cancer Center at Holy Redeemer Hospital, in conjunction with Holy Redeemer Women’s HealthCare at Southampton, offers compassionate care for which Holy Redeemer is known, state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment options, access to clinical trials, as well as integrative services and community educational and outreach programs and screenings. The Holy Redeemer Breast Health Program, which focuses on wellness, state-of-the-art cancer detection, treatment, and holistic healing, is headquartered at Holy Redeemer Women’s HealthCare at Southampton (PA). This unique center combines diagnostics, real-time read results, surgical consults, and complementary therapies to help heal the whole woman. As a member of the Penn Cancer Network, Holy Redeemer’s cancer services are complemented by the resources and expertise of Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center.

Holy Redeemer BreastCare has earned several accreditations, including one for our exemplary delivery of breast care from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), and Accreditation with Commendation by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (ACoS CoC).

About Holy Redeemer Health System
With an emphasis on providing a continuum of care, Holy Redeemer Health System remains true to the mission to care, comfort and heal that its sponsors, the Sisters of the Holy Redeemer, began in our region in 1924 – to provide high quality, compassionate care. Today, Holy Redeemer offers a wide range of healthcare and health-related services, including an acute care hospital, home health and hospice services, two skilled nursing facilities, personal care, a retirement community, low-income housing, an active living community, and a transitional housing program for homeless women and children. With corporate offices in Huntingdon Valley, PA, Holy Redeemer is a Catholic healthcare provider, serving southeastern Pennsylvania and 13 counties in New Jersey, from Union County south to Cape May County.