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Dr. Rebecca Edmonds, a surgical oncologist specializing in the treatment of diseases of the liver, pancreas, gallbladder, spleen, colon, thyroid and breast, has joined the Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute.
Edmonds comes to AHN from UPMC — St. Margaret, where she was vice chairwoman of surgery and chief of general surgery.
The New Bethlehem native will perform surgeries at ACMH Hospital in Kittanning, providing care for cancer patients in Butler, Armstrong, Clarion, Lawrence and Westmoreland counties. Edmonds will see patients at AHN Cancer Institute-Butler, 160 Hollywood Drive, and Richard G. Laube Cancer Center in Kittanning.
Edmonds is a graduate of Bucknell University, and received her medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine. She completed her residency and surgical oncology fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery.
ISMAILIA, Egypt — A giant container ship remained stuck sideways Friday in Egypt's Suez Canal, as authorities race to free the vessel and reopen traffic in a crucial East-West waterway for global shipping.The Ever Given, a Panama-flagged ship that carries cargo between Asia and Europe, ran aground Tuesday in the narrow, man-made canal dividing continental Africa from the Sinai Peninsula.The ship, owned by Japanese firm Shoei Kisen KK, has blocked traffic in the canal, leaving dozens of smaller ships stranded in the Mediterranean and Red Seas.The vessel's bow was touching the eastern wall, while its stern appeared lodged against the western wall — an extraordinary event that experts said they had never heard of happening before in the canal's 150-year history.The ship ran aground some 3.7 miles north of the southern mouth of the canal, near the city of Suez, an area of the canal that's only wide enough for a single lane.From staff and wire reports
