BRMC's Dr. Tahara Becomes Fellow
By George Nianiatus, senior writer Communications Department Robert W. Tahara, M.D., director of Bradford Regional Medical Center's (BRMC's) Peripheral Interventions Program and also Allegheny Vein & Vascular, has been named a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. This enables Dr. Tahara to use the credentials F.A.C.S. after his name to indicate his elevation from Associate Fellow to Fellow, says Cynthia Hicks, supervisor of the credentials section of the Division of Member Services at the American College of Surgeons in Chicago. Becoming a Fellow means the surgeon's education and training, professional qualifications, surgical competence and ethical conduct have passed a rigorous evaluation and are consistent with the high standards established by the American College of Surgeons, she says. "I'm very pleased and honored to be named a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons," says Dr. Tahara, who's been with BRMC for the past seven years. The ...
