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Gross Joins UM Shore Medical Group - Gastroenterology
July 02, 2021Beth Gross, MS, ACNP, has joined UM Shore Medical Group – Gastroenterology. She is the latest provider to join the Gastroenterology practice, which also includes Hamza Abdulla, MD, George Kunnackal John, MD, Volkan Taskin, MD, Matthew Troshinsky, MD, Melissa Eigenbrode, CRNP, and Mary Horseman, CRNP.
M&T Bank Stadium Mass Vaccination Site Concludes Mission after Administering Almost 250,000 Doses of COVID Vaccine
July 01, 2021One of the country's highest profile mass vaccination sites closes today after delivering nearly a quarter of a million vaccine doses since opening its doors on February 25.
UM Shore Regional Health and Community Partners Schedule Additional Free Mobile Walk-up First Dose Vaccine Clinics
June 30, 2021The University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, in partnership with area churches and community organizations, has scheduled a number of free first-dose COVID-19 walk-up vaccine clinics during July and August.
University of Maryland Children’s Hospital Opens First Trauma-Informed Children & Adolescent Psychiatric Unit In Maryland
June 30, 2021Children and teens experiencing acute mental health crises have a safe and healing space to recover in the newly-opened Children & Adolescent Psychiatric Unit at the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital (UMCH).
UM Charles Regional Medical Center Names General Surgeon
June 29, 2021The University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center announced that Rumbidzayi Nzara, MD, will join the staff of the La Plata community hospital as a general surgeon.
UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown Moves Toward Maryland Rural Hospital Designation
June 29, 2021
The transformation of University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown is moving forward as planned, as the hospital proceeds toward a Maryland Rural Hospital designation, the first in the state of Maryland.
UM Shore Regional Health Golf Tournament Set for August 30, 2021
June 28, 2021
University of Maryland Memorial Hospital Foundation has scheduled its annual Golf Tournament fundraiser for Monday, August 30, 2021 at Talbot Country Club in Easton.
UM Upper Chesapeake Health Aberdeen Campus Topping Off Ceremony
June 16, 2021University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health (UM UCH) is holding a topping off ceremony at Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium on Thursday, June 24, at 5 p.m. to celebrate the vertical construction progress on the new Aberdeen medical campus site.
University of Maryland Children’s Hospital Named a Best Children’s Hospital for Cardiology & Heart Surgery, 2021-2022, by U.S. News & World Report
June 15, 2021The University of Maryland Children's Hospital (UMCH) was recognized today as a Best Children's Hospital for Cardiology & Heart Surgery, 2021-2022, by U.S. News & World Report.