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UM Medicine Faculty-Scientists and Clinicians Perform Second Historic Transplant of Pig Heart into Patient with End-Stage Cardiovascular Disease
September 22, 2023After the world's first successful transplant in 2022, also performed at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), this groundbreaking transplant team performed second pig heart transplant on patient deemed ineligible for traditional heart transplant.
UM BWMC Physician Creates Gender-Inclusive Toolkit to Help Health Care Providers Offer More Equitable Care to Members of the LGBTQ+ Community
September 20, 2023Maryland Health Care Commission Dockets UM Shore Regional Health’s Application for Certificate of Need for New Regional Medical Center
September 19, 2023
University of Maryland Shore Regional Health’s plans for construction of a new Regional Medical Center (RMC) in Easton have moved a step forward as hospital officials have received notice that the Maryland Health Care Commission has docketed the application for the project’s Certificate of Need (CON).
Shore Community Outreach Team Attends Maryland Food Bank’s Mobile Market to Offer Free Health Screenings, Support
September 14, 2023The University of Maryland Shore Regional Health Shore Community Outreach Team (SCOT) provided blood pressure screenings, HbA1c assessments, and community case management information on August 28 at Mt. Olivet Church in Galena, Md., during the Maryland Food Bank's Mobile Market. Community members attending the event could shop the truck, participate in health screenings and visit other booths hosted by the Kent County Health Department.
Pink Polar Bear Golf Raises Funds over $10,000 For Eleanor & Ethel Leh Women’s Center
September 13, 2023
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.
University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center Announces Board of Directors Appointees
September 13, 2023Maryland ExpressCare Celebrates 30 Years of Providing Lifesaving Critical Care for Marylanders
September 13, 2023What started as a service linking non-affiliated hospital physicians with expertise at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) has grown three decades later into a thriving service encompassing a 24/7 call center, a fleet of ambulances and contracted medical helicopters providing time-sensitive critical care to sick and injured Marylanders.
Nurse at UM Shore Regional Health Donates Painting to Hospital’s Pain Management Center in Memory of Her Mother
September 08, 2023
University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH) vascular access nurse Terri Coleman, RN, daughter of the late Chris Mullikin, MSN, BSN, RN, recently donated a painting to the Pain Management Center at UM Shore Medical Center at Easton in her mother’s memory.
“Claws for a Cause” to benefit UM Shore Emergency Center at Queenstown
September 07, 2023
Final preparations are now under way for "Claws for a Cause," a crab feast fundraiser set for Thursday, September 14, from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Fisherman's Crab Deck in Grasonville. The annual event will benefit patient care services at University of Maryland Shore Emergency Center at Queenstown.