News Releases

A $1 million grant awarded to University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH) by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development will be dedicated to the "Four Eleven Kitchen" facility in the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy's Packing House project now nearing completion in Cambridge. The initiative is a strong complement to UM SRH's mission of Creating Healthier Communities Together.

Weight loss for adults, particularly those who are overweight or obese, may reduce their risk of developing a type of polyp that can lead to colorectal cancer, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM). Findings were published today in the journal JNCI Cancer Spectrum.

Erika Jordan has been promoted to Director of Operations for University of Maryland Shore Medical Group (UM SMG). Comprised of physicians and advanced practice providers who are affiliated with University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, UM SMG now includes more than 20 practices in a wide range of specialties with office locations in Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot Counties.

The University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center has been named a Circle of Honor winner in the Maryland Patient Safety Center's 2022 Minogue Awards for Patient Safety Innovation. The award-winning program, "Stroke 'SWARM' Process," streamlines the process for giving clot-busting drug therapy to stroke patients within 30 minutes of arrival to the hospital.

Need encouragement to help you keep your healthy New Year's resolutions? Join Jeanette Jeffrey, MS, MPH, MCHES, Health Educator for University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown, for Healthy for Life®, an online evidence-based community nutrition and well-being program designed to empower you to make healthy food, nutrition and lifestyle choices. Attend one or all 10 sessions.

Catherine Weishaar, PharmD, was recently promoted to Regional Director of Pharmacy at the University of Maryland Shore Regional Health after serving as Interim Director since August 2021.

Regional county officials, including the emergency medical services (EMS) departments of Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot counties, the chief clinical officer of Choptank Community Health, and the chief medical officer of University of Maryland Shore Regional Health are requesting action by local residents to help alleviate the unprecedented strain that the current COVID-19 surge is placing on the area’s EMS personnel, frontline responders and hospitals.

Physical Therapist Kelley Bohlman, DPT, recently joined the outpatient rehabilitation team at University of Maryland Shore Regional Medical Pavilion at Queenstown.

In a first-of-its-kind surgery, a 57-year-old patient with terminal heart disease received a pioneering transplant of a genetically-modified pig heart.

Dr. Scalea marks his 25th anniversary as the leader of the Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center and the Program in Trauma at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.