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How Cool is That?

February 28, 2012

Being chosen as a Leapfrog “Top Hospital” for quality and safety six years in a row is so cool that the only way to celebrate was with ice cream. UMMC is one of only two hospitals in the country to meet the increasingly stringent criteria for this list every year since it was initiated by [...]

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Brain Attack Team Marshals Forces to Save a Stroke Patient

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Six weeks after suffering a stroke while driving on the Baltimore Beltway, Paul Sargent, 45, is back on his feet, speaking normally and continuing physical therapy. A sprinkler fitter with the United Association of Plumbers, Pipefitters and Steamfitters, Local 536, he often worked on ladders and aerials lifts that put him 100 feet in the [...]

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Blue Holiday Service Acknowledges Darkness While Seeking Growth and Hope

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By Susan Roy, DMin, BCC Pastoral Care Director As hospital chaplains working with patients, families and our fellow staff members, we know that the stream of cheerful holiday messages and images might only make it harder for individuals experiencing grief or loss. Each year, we offer a series of services for people who seek a [...]

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Mitral Valve Repair Lets Marathon Runner Boogie at Son’s Wedding

Nick and Patty Papas November 22, 2011

By Nick Papas I had just completed the 2011 Pittsburgh Marathon. It was not my best time. There was no personal record that day. It was a day marked by a continued struggle with a chronic heel injury.  But there was something more serious brewing in my body that day. It was a particularly strong [...]

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Celebrating “Great Stories” in Style

October 14, 2011

By Chris Lindsley Great employee stories occur every day at the University of Maryland Medical Center. On Monday, October 10, UMMC’s Employee Engagement Team, a part of the hospital’s Commitment to Excellence program, celebrated four such great stories in a moving ceremony that reunited patients and their caregivers and other hospital staff. The stories came from [...]

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Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day 2011

September 28, 2011
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By Sharon Boston Media Relations Manager On Friday, September 30, a trip to the doctor may seem a walk in the park, particularly when “Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day” takes over the park in front of the Medical Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) [...]

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Living Donor Fundraiser Exceeds $10,000!

September 14, 2011

In follow-up to a post from Marla Blackwell on living kidney donation, we are grateful to report that the 4th annual ‘Night with Nashville’ concert and fundraiser reached a new milestone by raising more than $10,000 on September 8! Guests partied the night away to country tunes from recording artists Megan Mullins and James Wesley, [...]

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The Ultimate Match Game: Donors and Recipients in Triple Kidney Swap Meet for the First Time

July 8, 2011

There were plenty of hugs to go around when six patients involved in a triple kidney swap conducted at the University of Maryland Medical Center met for the first time on July 8, 2011. Each recipient originally came to the hospital with an intended donor: a spouse, a sibling and a church friend. However, when [...]

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UMMC Heart Transplant Recipient Portrayed in New Film

June 29, 2011

Casey Towers, a young mother of two from Waldorf, Md., received a heart transplant at the University of Maryland Medical Center in 2006 after she was diagnosed with peripartum cardiomyopathy, a rare heart condition related to her pregnancy.  She later learned the identity of her donor — Luke Abbate, a high school athlete who was [...]

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Art Teacher Happy to be Back in the Classroom Following Successful Tinnitus Treatment

May 11, 2011
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Artist George Goebel first noticed a strange ringing sensation in his ears in December 2007. His ENT referred him to Dr. David Eisenman at the University of Maryland Medical Center, a specialist in treating disorders of the inner ear. After successfully treating George for endolymphatic hydrops, Dr. Eisenman recommended George meet with Dr. LaGuinn Sherlock [...]

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