Internal Medicine

Dr. Richard J. Bouchard, cardiologist

2013-05-21 14:47:29

Dr. Richard J. Bouchard, a retired cardiologist who played an instrumental role in the establishment of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at St. Agnes Hospital, died Saturday from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at Stella Maris Hospice. The longtime...

Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes

2013-05-18 12:11:54

Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...

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...

Bel Air man advocates against eating meat [Letter]

2013-04-16 16:25:00

The new link between meat consumption and heart disease, discovered by Dr. Stanley Hazen of the Cleveland Clinic, is just the latest evidence linking meat consumption to killer diseases that cripple, then kill, 1.3 million Americans annually. Hazen's...

Family of injured GBMC doctor providing updates online, reports 'excellent progress'

2013-04-03 09:05:00

A webpage updated by the family of Dr. Theodore Houk of Lutherville has detailed the injuries suffered when the doctor was hit by a car on his run to work last week, and reported "excellent progress" as of Tuesday evening. A spokesman for Greater...

Condition improves for Lutherville doctor struck by car

2013-04-01 19:54:00

Dr. Theodore Houk's condition after being struck by a car on North Charles Street on Thursday was upgraded from critical to serious over the weekend, according to a Maryland Shock Trauma Center spokeswoman. Houk, 50, is well-known for jogging 5.5...

Lutherville doctor known for running habits critically injured in Towson accident

2013-03-29 06:04:00

Shirtless, hair flowing, legs pumping, Dr. Theodore Houk is a familiar sight running along North Charles Street on his twice-daily, 5.5-mile trek between his Lutherville home and his job at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. "You always see him out...

Best wishes to one of our most dedicated letter writers, Ted Houk

2013-03-29 08:55:00

Loyal readers of The Sun's opinion section may have felt a twinge of name recognition at the news of a 50-year-old Lutherville physician accidentally struck and seriously injured by an SUV on northbound North Charles Street Thursday morning. That might be...

O's doctor becomes defense target in Angelos asbestos case

2013-03-27 19:16:00

The Orioles' team doctor, William H. Goldiner, tended to orange-clad ballplayers at the same time as he diagnosed thousands of blue-collar workers with asbestos-related illnesses whose cases were taken up by prominent lawyer and team owner Peter G....

300 Baltimore medical students learn their professional fate on 'Match Day'

2013-03-15 16:25:43

Vernissia Tam gulped down half a glass of champagne at noon Friday and prepared to scream. She was about to find out what kind of doctor she would become, and where she would train. "No peeking," a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine official...

Dr. William R. Law, physician

2013-03-07 12:42:35

Dr. William R. Law, a retired Baltimore internist whose career at Bon Secours Hospital spanned more than three decades, died Feb. 20 of cancer at Stella Maris Hospice. The longtime West Towson resident was 77. The son of an electrical engineer and a...

End the 'doc fix' charade, once and for all

2013-01-22 03:00:00

Doctors are breathing a collective sigh of relief because we again escaped a cut in Medicare payments. But this whole recurrent charade underscores, once again, the unresolved issue of how to pay doctors. The fiscal cliff rescue included the usual "doc...

Restaurant meals and processed foods are not doing your diet any favors, according to two new studies in JAMA Internal Medicine.

2013-05-13 15:07:56

UC Irvine medical student Christine Louie celebrates after learning she got into a UCI/CHOC residency program on Match Day in 2011. Once again, more medical students chose residencies related to internal medicine and primary care in 2013.

2013-03-15 14:31:35

Dr. Mark Lowitt, a dermatologist at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, has been practicing in the field for 22 years. What does your job entail? The patient care part of my job involves medical care of thousands of different skin conditions.

2013-02-15 00:00:00