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Chestertown Emergency Department Welcomes Geriatric Specialist, Katherine Selman, MD

August 03, 2021
The University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown is taking a significant step in its plans to become a designated Age Friendly Health System with the addition of Katherine Selman, MD, to the hospital's Emergency Department. Dr. Selman comes to UM Shore Regional Health from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill where she completed a Geriatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship.
UM Shore Regional Health

Sukhdeo Singh Joins UM Shore Medical Group - Neurology and Sleep Medicine

August 02, 2021
UM Shore Medical Group – Neurology and Sleep Medicine will welcome Rena Sukhdeo Singh, MD in August 2021. A board-certified neurologist, she will join M. Walid Kamsheh, MD; Rahel Alemu, CRNP; Fallon Bauer, PA-C; Trisha Lemay, CRNP; and Tatyana Valentin, CRNP, in the Easton-based practice. 
UM Shore Regional Health

Pink Polar Bear Golf Tournament Returns to Chestertown

August 02, 2021
Members of the Chester River Yacht & Country Club organized and participated in the sixth annual Pink Polar Bear Golf Tournament on Sunday, July 25, raising $2,610 to benefit patients served in the Eleanor & Ethel Leh Women’s Center at UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown. This year’s event attracted 84 club members.
UM Shore Regional Health

Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital Announces New Board Member and New Board Co Chair

July 29, 2021
The Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Board of Trustees welcomed Peter Mancino, deputy general counsel of The Johns Hopkins Health System ("Hopkins") to its board, following G. Daniel Shealer's retirement. Mr. Shealer, who had held board leadership positions including chair, retired from Hopkins where he served as Senior Vice President & General Counsel.
Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital