UM Upper Chesapeake Health Announces Rebranding of Primary Care Programs to “Danny and Gail Jones Primary Care”, Reinforcing Commitment to Patient Care

University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health (UM UCH), a member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), announces the rebranding of its primary care programs to “Danny and Gail Jones Primary Care”. The new name reflects local philanthropists Danny and Gail Jones’ investment in UM UCH to expand services and advance the health care of Harford County.

With this community-focused investment, UM UCH’s unwavering commitment to providing patients with the highest level of primary care remains the same. This transition is part of a broader initiative to enhance patient access.

“Danny and Gail Jones Primary Care” will continue providing personalized and compassionate care for patients seeking their annual physical exam, routine immunization, a new or acute health issue, or ongoing management of a chronic condition. “Danny and Gail Jones Primary Care” has various practice locations throughout Harford County, including Abingdon, Aberdeen, Bel Air, Forest Hill, and Havre de Grace. The newest location across from UM Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, scheduled to open in Fall 2025, aims to be the future hub of primary care for this area, offering more than 15 medical providers to help meet the community’s growing demand for primary care and a patient-oriented layout which will make the experience as smooth as possible.

"We are excited to embark on this new chapter as ‘Danny and Gail Jones Primary Care’," said Elizabeth Wise, FACHE, MSN, MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer of UM UCH. "By bringing together established practices and respected providers from Upper Chesapeake Primary Care and Harford Primary Care under one unified name, our ongoing dedication to evolving and improving the patient experience is clear.”

"The Jones family has always put their hometown of Harford County first," added Ken Ferrara, Senior Vice President of Philanthropy and External Relations at UM UCH. "Rebranding our primary care programs with their names at the forefront is our way of saying “thank you” for their transformational community investment."

For more information regarding the philanthropic investment: https://www.umms.org/uch/news/2024/um-upper-chesapeake-health-announces-$20m-transformational-gift-at-starnight-gala

About University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health

University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health (UM UCH), part of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), includes the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center Bel Air and the Patricia D. and M. Scot Kaufman Cancer Center on its Bel Air campus. Upper Chesapeake Medical Center Aberdeen includes a state-of-the-art Emergency Department, Behavioral Health Pavilion and the Anna and James Lambdin Health and Wellness Center. The Klein Family Center in Bel Air offers services for behavioral health. The Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill is an assisted living facility that specializes in hospice. The leading health care system and the second largest private employer in Harford County, UM UCH offers a broad range of health care services, specialty care, technology and facilities to the residents of northeastern Maryland. Visit www.umuch.org for more information.

About the University of Maryland Medical System

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high-quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state's future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System's anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.