Ear, Nose & Throat Team Returns from Medical Mission after Cyclone Winston Rocks Fiji
A 12-person team of nurses, surgeons, residents and anesthesiologists from the University of Maryland Medical Center have returned from their medical mission in Fiji. Team members performed 15 surgeries and saw 150 patients before Tropical Cyclone Winston rocked the islands. Watch the video above to hear about the mission from the team themselves.
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Previous coverage: ENT Surgical Team Annual Volunteer Trip
(Source: Life in a Medical Center)
Source: Life in a Medical Center - February 26, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Chris Lindsley Tags: Community Outreach Employees & Staff Nurses Uncategorized ear medical mission nose and throats Source Type: blogs
Brushing Twice a Day Keeps Decay Away – National Children’s Dental Health Month
By Zuryna Smith, System Communications Intern
National Children’s Dental Health Month was introduced by the American Dental Association as a way to provide crucial information regarding oral health in children.
It started as a one-day event in Cleveland. As the importance of the issue of oral health became more prevalent, the one-day event spanned across a week and eventually became a month-long event that garnered global attention.
The ADA provides health fairs, free dental screenings, and other activities that promote the adoption of healthy oral health techniques. This year’s campaign slogan is entitled “Sugar W...
Source: Life in a Medical Center - February 16, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Chris Lindsley Tags: Children's Health Community Outreach Health Tips Kids Dental Hygiene health topics Oral Health Source Type: blogs
American Heart Health Month
(L-R) Dr. Winakur, Ms. Robinson-Dawkins, Dr. Wen, Fellow Joyce Roller, Go Red for Women spokeperson, Ali Blais, Mayor Rawlings-Blake, Dr. Baker-Smith and Dr. Fisher.
By: Allie Ondrejcak, Communications Intern
Last week, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake held a Press Conference recognizing American Heart Month. The event featured: Dr. Leana Wen, Health Commissioner at the Baltimore City Health Department; Dr. Shannon Winakur, Medical Director at the Women’s Heart Center at Saint Agnes Hospital; Ali Blais, Director of Development for Go Red for Women; Alfreda Robinson-Dawkins, a heart disease survivor; and University of Mar...
Source: Life in a Medical Center - February 8, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Chris Lindsley Tags: Heart Heart/Cardiac Care American Heart Month heart disease heart health Source Type: blogs
Integrative Medicine – A Holistic & Individualized Approach to Care
By: Allie Ondrejcak, Communications Intern
Do you first think of medication, surgery or vaccinations when thinking about the field of medicine? If so, you are thinking of conventional medicine. This system of medicine, used by medical doctors and other health professionals, is a medical model of evidence-based practice used to treat symptoms and diseases. In the United States, conventional medicine is considered the mainstream approach.
If you did not think of medication, surgery or vaccination, did you think of acupuncture, supplements or nutrition? These unconventional approaches to medicine fall under the umbrella of c...
Source: Life in a Medical Center - January 27, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Chris Lindsley Tags: Integrative Medicine Source Type: blogs
ENT Surgical Team Annual Volunteer Trip
Annual Volunteer Trip Takes UM Surgical Team to Fiji to Treat Patients with Head and Neck Conditions
Update (2/21/16): This past weekend, Fiji was devastated by Cyclone Winston. All 12 members of the UM surgical team are OK and awaiting the international flight home.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Fiji as they struggle to rebuild, and we pray for the families who lost loved ones and whose homes were destroyed.
We are exceptionally proud of the courage and dedication of our mission team. They saw over 100 patients over the course of their stay and completed a large number of surgeries. The actions of t...
Source: Life in a Medical Center - January 12, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Chris Lindsley Tags: Doctors surgery ENT Fiji Jeffrey Wolf medical mission Natuvu Creek Rodney Taylor Vanua Levu Source Type: blogs
March of Dimes Thanks UMMC During Day of Gratitude
The March of Dimes recognized the University of Maryland Medical Center during their Day of Gratitude, Wednesday, Jan. 6. Staff at the UMMC Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) received a plaque to commemorate their efforts to support the March of Dimes mission to improve the health of babies.
UMMC is one of 33 Maryland hospitals to earn banner recognition from the March of Dimes as part of its “Healthy Babies are Worth the Wait” campaign, which aims to reduce the number of elective births before a full term of 39 weeks. The March of Dimes partners with the Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygien...
Source: Life in a Medical Center - January 11, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Hope Gamper Tags: Doctors Employees & Staff Kids Nurses Day of Gratitude March of Dimes NICU recognition UMCH Source Type: blogs
My Journey
By: Madhu Thibaudeau
When I was 13 years old, my mom got very sick and was in the hospital. After many days in the hospital, we found out she had a genetic disease that destroys kidney tissue function over time. The disease is called Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD). Our family took care of her as she underwent many tests, and a kidney transplant in 1984. Since then, my brother and I have watched our mom endure many hardships, including a second transplant (in 1992) that has lasted over 20 years (first one only lasted 8 years). My brother donated the second kidney to her, and it was at that point that I knew I would one d...
Source: Life in a Medical Center - January 7, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Chris Lindsley Tags: Patient Stories kidney transplant patient success story PKD Source Type: blogs
Greenebaum Cancer Center Recognizes Compassion, Humility in Two Staff Members
Two University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center staff members were recently honored with 2015 Greenebaum Compassion Awards. Medical assistant Heather Thomas and clinical nurse Thi Nguyen, RN, were nominated by their coworkers for exemplifying the qualities of compassion and humanitarianism while providing care for their patients.
Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum, for whom the Cancer Center is named, established the special award in 2007 to recognize staff members who go well beyond their normal duties and demonstrate extraordinary compassion, hope and dignity.
Thomas, a medical assistant at the St...
Source: Life in a Medical Center - January 4, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Hannah Braun Tags: Cancer award Baltimore compassion Greenebaum Cancer Center maryland University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center Source Type: blogs
A Season of Giving at UMCH
Vicki Slater with Shannon Joslin and Kayleigh McQuaid of Child Life
For the past 10 years, Vicki and Eric Slater have decorated their house, put out drinks and desserts and invited their friends and family over for their annual holiday party. The catch? Each guest is asked to bring a toy to be donated to the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital (UMCH).
When the tradition started years ago, the Slaters had a simple goal in mind: to help the less fortunate. Years later, with a daughter-in-law working at UMMC as a respiratory therapist and a swath of their own young grandchildren, the donation has taken on a new ...
Source: Life in a Medical Center - December 29, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Chris Lindsley Tags: Kids Child Life Hampton Inn Holidays Kamryn Lambert Foundation Maryland government Snow Pile UMCH Source Type: blogs
A Day in the Life
Yesterday was an exceptionally exciting day at the Medical Center.
Shock Trauma patients welcomed two violinists to the wing. USNA Midshipmen 1st Class Michelle de Vente and Deborah Mullen played a selection of holiday music for patients. Patients even made requests and de Vente and Mullen happily obliged. Thanks for bringing the sounds of comfort and joy to our patients!
The Children’s Hospital also had a special guest: the Baltimore Oriole bird!
Even though Camden Yards is in our backyard, a lot of our patients don’t get to attend games or see the Orioles in action. And that also means they don’t get to wa...
Source: Life in a Medical Center - December 18, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Chris Lindsley Tags: Kids Baltimore Oriole pediatrics shock trauma UMCH USNA Source Type: blogs
