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The Orthopedic Center Hosts Community Event

October 16, 2023
UM Shore Regional Health (UM SRH) recently hosted a community presentation at UM Shore Medical Center at Easton on orthopedic and rehabilitative services offered at The Orthopedic Center (TOC).
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UM Shore Regional Health Celebrates Efforts of Team Members During COVID-19 Pandemic

October 12, 2023
Six people gather around artwork.
UM Shore Regional Health’s Senior Leadership team recently hosted post-COVID luncheons for team members in each of the five counties UM SRH serves — Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Talbot and Queen Anne’s — to celebrate the World Health Organization declaring an end to the COVID-19 public health emergency earlier this year and to honor all team members who served during the pandemic as “caregivers.”
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UM Shore Regional Health Celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October 06, 2023
Six people stand in front of a large tree with pink ribbons hung from its branches.
The Clark Comprehensive Breast Center at University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH) marked the beginning of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a brief ceremony in front of the “pink ribbon tree” in the front circle of UM Shore Medical Center at Easton.
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University of Maryland School of Medicine Cancer Research Featured at American Society for Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting

October 02, 2023
Researchers in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) presented significant findings in two studies featured today at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting in San Diego. They are among 10 top-rated research studies ASTRO is highlighting and 33 presentations by department members at this year's meeting.
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Internationally-Recognized Thoracic Oncologist Dr. Taofeek K. Owonikoko Named Executive Director of the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center

October 02, 2023
University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, and University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) President and CEO Bert W. O'Malley, MD, announced today that Taofeek K. Owonikoko, MD, PhD, a distinguished physician-scientist with a global reputation in thoracic oncology, has been appointed Executive Director of the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC).
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Breuer Joins UM Shore Medical Group – Women’s Health

September 25, 2023
McCall “Mickey” Breuer, CNM, WHNP-BC, recently joined UM Shore Medical Group – Women’s Health. Formerly a provider with WomanWise Midwifery in Blue Bell, Pa., her midwifery experience includes providing general benign gynecology, prenatal, OB triage, contraceptive and intrapartum and postpartum care. In outpatient and inpatient settings, she has managed patients with gestational hypertension, pre-eclampsia and gestational diabetes.
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