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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.

The first baby of 2022 arrived late Saturday night, January 1 at UM Shore Regional Health's Birthing Center at UM Shore Medical Center at Easton. The baby girl was born at 11:07 pm to Sandra Mérida-Donis, 27, of Easton.

The Chester River Health Foundation sponsored its annual Angel Tree on which "holiday wishes" were hung for children in the Kent and Queen Anne's counties’ foster care programs, and the Kent Center, which provides services for adults who have developmental disabilities.

Rena Sukhdeo-Singh, MD, has been named Medical Director of the Primary Stroke Center at UM Shore Medical Center at Easton.

UM Shore Medical Group – Palliative Care recently welcomed Melissa Leppert, MSN, APRN, FNP-C.

F. Graham Lee, Vice President of Philanthropy for University of Maryland Memorial Hospital Foundation and University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, is set to retire on January 7, 2022 after serving 45 years as a fundraising professional.

Mary De Shields, MD has retired as Medical Director, Shore Medical Group – Oncology after 23 years caring for patients of the Cancer Program at UM Shore Regional Health.