Johns Hopkins Hospital

Manuel M. Nicolaides, attorney

2013-05-17 13:59:00

Manuel M. Nicolaides, an attorney who served for many years on the Baltimore County property tax appeals board, died of congestive heart failure Monday at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Timonium resident was 92. "Manny served with distinction for many...

Philip Nivatpumin named medical director of Kaufman Cancer Center at Upper Chesapeake

2013-05-13 11:31:46

Upper Chesapeake Health (UCH) is pleased to announce that it has named Dr. Philip Nivatpumin has been named by Upper Chesapeake Health as medical director of the UCH Patricia D. and M. Scot Kaufman Cancer Center. The Kaufman Cancer Center is currently...

Helen Bruce Thomas, volunteer

2013-05-10 11:59:22

Helen Bruce Thomas, a retired nurse and homemaker, died April 23 at the Rogerson House assisted-living facility in Boston of unknown causes. The longtime resident of Phoenix, Baltimore County, was 89. Born Helen Whitridge Bruce in Baltimore, she was...

Lionel A. Jones Sr., decorated Army officer

2013-05-09 12:15:19

Lionel A. Jones Sr., a retired noncommissioned Army officer whose career spanned 25 years, died April 30 of cancer at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 76. He was born in Lancaster, Va., and moved to Baltimore in 1939. After graduating from Frederick...

Hospital rates vary significantly, Medicare data show

2013-05-09 09:55:00

Johns Hopkins Hospital charged $13,667 on average to treat one admission of a Medicare patient with diabetes in 2011, while a couple of miles away Mercy Medical Center billed an average of $8,425. The University of Maryland Medical Center charged $9,045...

Should doctors get random drug tests?

2013-05-07 08:52:00

What if you're doctor smoked marijuana and then performed surgery on you? Not a comforting thought, but it could happen. That is why two Johns Hopkins doctors and patient safety experts say hospitals should make alcohol and drug tests mandatory for...

Maryland hospitals oppose state plan to update waiver

2013-05-06 19:41:45

The Maryland Hospital Association has sent a letter to state health officials saying it will not support a proposal that would link medical spending to the state's economic growth. The state presented the proposal to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...

Wedded: Ashley Cook and Phillip Plymouth

2013-05-06 09:28:00

Wedding date: March 23, 2013 Her story: Ashley Cook, 30, grew up in Woodbridge, Va. She is a literary academic content liaison for Baltimore City Public Schools. Her mother, Sherry, is a facilities manager for a government contracting agency in...

No longer vacant, Baltimore home is where couple's heart is

2013-05-02 15:00:00

Jamila Ward and Lionel Jennings had been house hunting on and off for two years when their agent pointed the couple in a new direction: a formerly condemned property in a revitalized area of Baltimore. Some city neighborhoods, just years ago marked by...

9-year-old girl struck and killed in Middle River

2013-05-02 06:35:28

A 9-year-old girl died after being struck by a car in Middle River on Wednesday, Baltimore County police said. At 5:07 p.m., county police and fire personnel responded to Graythorn and Kingston roads for a report of a pedestrian who had been struck,...

Md. hospitals say rate vote means jobs cuts

2013-05-02 08:41:08

Maryland hospitals said they will need to cut jobs and patient services after a state panel voted Wednesday to keep hospital rates flat, despite a 2 percent cut in Medicare payments required by federal sequestration. "There are significant job cuts...

James F. "Frank" Welch, businessman

2013-04-29 13:30:00

James F. "Frank" Welch, the retired president and owner of an Anne Arundel County home building company, died Friday of heart failure at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 87. James Franklin Welch was born in Baltimore and raised in Glen Burnie, where...

Erica Fontes, 31, has to wear scrubs to work as an RN at Johns Hopkins Hospital. So, when this Guilford resident goes out - like to Mount Vernon's Flower Mart - it's an opportunity to indulge what she calls her "bohemian chic" style.

2013-05-03 00:00:00

Anne Arundel County native Johns Hopkins (1795-1873) was a successful merchant and investor, but that only tells a part of the story.

2013-04-16 00:00:00

Dr. Alfredo Qui�ones Hinojosa is an associate professor of neurosurgery, neuroscience, oncology, and cellular and molecular medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Qui�ones-Hinojosa, was an illegal immigrant working in the vegetable fields, worked his way to a Harvard education,

2013-04-13 00:00:00