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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from Allegheny Health Network, the hospital announced Tuesday that Dr Kirsten Newhams was appointed as the new director of the Esophageal Institute. Dr. Newhams will succeed Dr. Blair Jobe after Dr. Jobe chose to retire. Dr. Newhams is also a speaker who is well-known in the medical field and is a member of a few professional organizations, including the American Foregut Society, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, and the American College of Surgeons.