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UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown’s Mobile Wellness Team Announces Name Change: Shore Community Outreach Team

March 17, 2023
University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown’s Mobile Wellness Team is now called Shore Community Outreach Team. The rebranding is in anticipation of Choptank Community Health System’s plans to launch a mobile wellness program that will include a van staffed by medical care providers offering health care services in locations throughout Kent County.
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Brady Joins UM Shore Regional Health as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

March 16, 2023
LuAnn Brady, MSPH, has joined University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH) as its Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. An accomplished senior health care industry executive, Brady has diverse and established credentials in strategic planning, program development and hospital operations for community hospitals, non-for-profit health systems and academic medical centers.
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Clinical Trial Aids Chestertown Man in Beating Aggressive Cancer

March 01, 2023
Chestertown resident Rick Miller stands in his workshop in front of a boat he is working on.
When Chestertown native Rick Miller began exhibiting puzzling and severe symptoms — fainting spells, changes in his speech and behavior, trouble walking, migraines and periods of confusion — he and his wife, Diana Miller, knew that he would likely require highly specialized care. The 61-year-old was ultimately diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer and received a combination of surgery and cancer treatments, thanks to the coordinated efforts of physicians within the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS).
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Primary Care Practice Serves Charles County with Offices in La Plata, Bryans Road

February 08, 2023
Adwoa Amponsah Poku, DNP, CRNP, FNP C
Nurse Practitioners Heather Oliver, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, and Adwoa Amponsah-Poku, DNP, CRNP, FNP-C, are the newest providers at the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Group – Primary Care practice and are taking new appointments at the La Plata and Bryans Road locations.
UM Charles Regional Medical Center

UM Shore Medical Center at Easton Recognized as High Performing in Maternity Care

February 07, 2023
Four people stand around a silver sign that says University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton.
University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton has been recognized for the second time as High Performing in Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals for Maternity Care. Among nearly 650 hospitals providing labor and delivery services nationwide, fewer than half received the "high performing" designation; in Maryland, UM Shore Medical Center at Easton was one of only five hospitals so designated.
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