We have Magnet Designation! The University of Maryland Medical Center held a big celebration with the official word from the American Nurses Credentialing Center that it had earned Magnet Designation. Now UMMC is among only 5 percent of hospitals nationwide that have this designation, which is recognition of excellence in nursing.
A jubilant celebration followed the [...]
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In March 2009, Sheila Wilson had surgery in her home state of West Virginia. Soon after, she started having symptoms in her stomach and esophagus. Her local gastroenterologist recommended the University of Maryland Medical Center, so Wilson decided make the three-hour drive to Baltimore.
She went to see Dr. Emanuele Lo Menzo, who [...]
Kathryn Stuart came to UMMC for a kidney-pancreas-transplant in January 2008. A diabetic for 32 years, Kathryn’s kidney function eventually got to the point where she needed a transplant. Kathryn then went on the Web and did research on the University of Maryland Medical Center and some other facilities.
She made a pre-transplant appointment in [...]
This short video introduces viewers to Maureen Black, Ph.D., the John A. Scholl Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Black also serves as a pediatric psychologist at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Some of Dr. Black’s special interests include child abuse, failure to thrive, high-risk parenting, and developmental [...]
Patients with cancers of the blood (leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and multiple myeloma) are treated in the Hematologic Malignancies Program at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center. Specialists from all disciplines — including medical, surgical and radiation onoclogists, pathologists, radiologists, genetic counselors, and others — meet to review each patient’s case and formulate the [...]
The Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center provides a full range of state-of-the-art radiation therapies to treat all types of cancer. Our experts work with other specialists in surgical oncology and medical oncology to provide a coordinated, team approach to your cancer care.
In this short [...]