As the toll of America’s opioid epidemic continues to mount, the University of Maryland School of Medicine announced the Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine, where researchers, substance use disorder specialists and doctors will work together to change the way addiction is treated, prevented and studied.
Dr. Ferdinand S. Leacock, a retired thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon who served as a combat field surgeon during the Vietnam War, died Oct. 5 of multiple myeloma at his Pikesville home. He was 88.
Following a successful pilot of its Academy of Clinical Essentials (ACE) initiative which puts a cohort of nursing students at the bedside under instruction of an experienced hospital-based nurse, the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is preparing to welcome its first full class of nursing students as the initiative expands to more locations across .