UMMC Doctors Perform Successful Heart and Double Lung Transplant
April 07, 2016UMMC doctors successfully performed a double lung and heart transplant on a father of six who waited 159 days in the hospital for suitable organs.
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New Recommendations Link Better Sleep to Improved Concussion Outcomes
March 31, 2016A national group of sleep and brain injury specialists recommends specific steps to test and develop sleep-related treatments to improve the outcome of mild traumatic brain injury.
University of Maryland Orthopaedics Opens New Outpatient Clinical Practice at Camden Yards
March 22, 2016The University of Maryland School of Medicine has opened a new outpatient orthopaedic practice at the Warehouse at Camden Yards in downtown Baltimore.
Celebrating the 46th Anniversary of the First MD State Police Medevac Mission
March 18, 2016Guest Blog Writer Sergeant Chad Gainey; Maryland State Police Aviation Unit, Flight Paramedic highlights the 46th Anniversary of the First Maryland State Police Medevac Mission: March 19, 1970.
UMMC Receives Award for Improving Patient Care and Health Delivery
March 02, 2016The University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) is the recipient of this year’s Intelligent Health Association (IHA) award for “Improving Patient Care and Health Delivery.”
ENT Team Returns from Medical Mission
February 26, 2016A University of Maryland head and neck team has returned home after Cyclone Winston rocked Fiji.
Shock Trauma Model for Critically Ill Patients Cuts Transfer Time in Half, Expediting Access to Lifesaving Diagnostics and Specialty Care When Minutes Count
February 23, 2016A novel unit to care for critically ill patients significantly speeds access to specialized care, according to a new study by physician scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC).
At University of Maryland, First Cancer Patients Receive Proton Therapy at New Maryland Proton Treatment Center
February 23, 2016The University of Maryland School of Medicine announced today that the Maryland Proton Treatment Center has treated its first cancer patients with proton therapy at a new $200 million facility in the University of Maryland BioPark in West Baltimore.
Multi-Campus University of Maryland Effort Connects Shock Trauma, College Park, and University of Maryland, Baltimore to Advance Surgical Care and Training
February 05, 2016Researchers from the University of Maryland's Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) in College Park and the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) in Baltimore have teamed up with physicians at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center to explore how virtual and augmented reality may revolutionize how doctors practice in the future.
UMGCC Joins Nation’s Cancer Centers in Endorsement of HPV Vaccination for Cancer Prevention
January 27, 2016In response to low national vaccination rates for the human papillomavirus (HPV), the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center (UMGCC) has joined 67 other top cancer centers in issuing a statement urging for increased HPV vaccination for the prevention of cancer.