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UM Shore Regional Health Announces Central Scheduling Phone and Fax Number Change

November 02, 2021
Effective Monday, November 8, 2021, the telephone and fax numbers for the scheduling of patient imaging and radiology services will be changed. Services such as ultrasounds, mammograms, MRIs, and CT scans, currently scheduled using 410-822-1000, ext. 2600, will be scheduled by phone at 443-225-7474 or through fax at 410-822-0433.
UM Shore Regional Health

Opening Ceremony at UM Shore Regional Health at Cambridge Marks New Era of Health Care in Dorchester County

October 27, 2021
A group of people smile while cutting the ribbon to the new Cambridge freestanding medical facility.
University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH) celebrated the opening of University of Maryland Shore Regional Health at Cambridge on Tuesday, October 26, with an outdoor ribbon-cutting ceremony on-site at Cambridge Marketplace on Rte. 50/Ocean Gateway. The opening of the $53 million, state-of-the-art facility, which has been under construction since January 2020, marks the beginning of a new era of expanded access to quality health care services for Dorchester County residents.
UM Shore Regional Health

Feed the Frontline

October 26, 2021
A group of local residents and business leaders provided hot meals to University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center employees on October 24 and 25 to thank them for their hard work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center