News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
CHESTERTOWN, MD: Members of the Chester River Yacht & Country Club organized and participated in the 12th annual Pink Polar Bear Golf Tournament this summer, raising a record $10,200 to benefit patients served at the Eleanor & Ethel Leh Women’s Center at UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown. This year’s event attracted nearly 90 club […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD: Grace Street, a new Recovery Community Organization in Easton, invites the public to its open house, from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, September 27, 2023. The open house offers an opportunity to tour the new center, at 8626 Ocean Gateway; meet the team; learn about the center’s activities; and explore partnerships and collaborations. […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD: The Birthing Center at University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton recently was recognized by the Maryland Perinatal-Neonatal Quality Collaborative (MPNQC) as a Platinum-level participant in the organization’s Neonatal Hypertension and Neonatal Antibiotic Stewardship initiatives. This recognition highlights the Birthing Center and Pediatrics teams for their commitment to providing quality health care […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD: University of Maryland Shore Medical Group – Nephrology recently welcomed a new provider, Mohamed Ahmed, MD. Dr. Ahmed is seeing patients at UM Shore Medical Pavilion in Denton. Dr. Ahmed joins the nephrology practice after completing a residency in internal medicine at Rochester Regional Health’s Unity Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. Previously, he completed […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD: S. Dale Greenhawk Jafari, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, a provider with UM Shore Medical Group – Women’s Health, has been inducted as a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). This honor has been bestowed on less than one percent of the 355,000 nurse practitioners in the U.S. Jafari was one of […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD: University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH) has welcomed Mary Grace Hensell, MHS, BSN, RN, CNOR, as Director of Perioperative Services, and Tisha Thompson, DNP, RN, NE-BC, as Regional Director of Emergency Services. In their new roles, Hensell and Thompson are responsible for perioperative services and emergency departments and services, respectively, in […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD: Hilary Schmitt recently was named Director of Operations at University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, where she will assume leadership of several non-clinical services including Clinical Engineering, Food and Nutrition Services and Environmental Services. Schmitt will also retain her role as Director of UM SRH’s Heart and Vascular Services. In her new role, […]
Continue ReadingChoptank Community Health System is recognizing National Health Center Week, August 6-12, 2023 with the theme for the National Association of Community Health Center’s initiative set as “Community Health Centers: The Roadmap to a Stronger America.” “Health centers provide preventive and primary care to more than 30 million people across the country, with services tailored […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD: The Population Health team at University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH) launched a campaign in July 2022 to encourage people of all ages to complete an advance directive and share it with the health care system to be scanned into their personal electronic medical record (EMR). During the first year of […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD: University of Maryland Shore Medical Group – Women’s Health recently welcomed Janyne E. Althaus, MD, a University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) perinatologist who specializes in managing high-risk pregnancies, and Abbie L. Fields, MD, a leading gynecologic oncologist with UM SOM. Dr. Althaus and Dr. Fields are seeing patients at the Easton-based […]
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