News Releases

Rebecca Bair, Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) has been named Vice President, Philanthropy, for UM Memorial Hospital Foundation.

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).

University of Maryland Shore Regional Health is launching an in-person and participatory five-session workshop titled "Breathe Again: A Journey to a Smoke-Free and Healthier YOU," designed to help smokers who wish to quit. The class will be offered in-person from 1 to 3 p.m., beginning Monday, July 10, with sessions running through November. There is no charge for the course, but registration is required.

The University of Maryland Medical System announced a change in the organization's finance leadership that is effective this week. Michelle Lee, who had served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for UMMS since 2018, has stepped down from her role. Joseph E. "Joe" Hoffman III, a respected finance executive who retired from UMMS last year, will serve as CFO on an interim basis as a national search commences to identify a permanent finance leader.

The University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center's Stroke Center recently received a five-year re-designation from the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems.

Shore Community Outreach Team (SCOT) will offer a free program, "Organizing Your Health," on Monday, July 17, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Chestertown Town Hall, 118 North Cross Street. The event is sponsored by HomePorts, a 501(c)3 charitable organization serving the needs of greater Kent County residents 55 and over. HomePorts' mission is to identify, monitor and ensure access to a wide range of services that help members to remain safe and live comfortably in their own homes.

University of Maryland Memorial Hospital Foundation has scheduled its annual golf tournament fundraiser for Monday, August 28, at Talbot Country Club in Easton.

Claudia Tilley, MSN, RN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, patient education specialist and diabetes educator for University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, was instrumental in the passing of new legislation allowing clinical nurse specialists (CNS) in Maryland the authority to prescribe medication. Nurses who have achieved the CNS certification have had the legal authority to prescribe in 39 states, including Maryland’s border states - Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, as well as the District of Columbia.

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 practice at 522 Idlewild Avenue.

Two UM Charles Regional Medical Center nurses were honored recently at the Maryland Nurses Association (MNA) District 9 annual dinner and awards celebration.