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Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore includes the Brady Urological Institute, the Wilmer Eye Institute, the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. It is a teaching hospital affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital is part of the John Hopkins Health System, which employs about 15,000 workers. Johns Hopkins Hospital has about 8,700 employees. The hospital prides itself as being a teaching hospital and a leader in medical innovation. In 2007 the Johns Hopkins' Department of Radiology and Radiological Science was named the nation's best by readers of Medical Imaging Magazine, and several radiologists were named among...
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore includes the Brady Urological Institute, the Wilmer Eye Institute, the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. It is a teaching hospital affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital is part of the John Hopkins Health System, which employs about 15,000 workers. Johns Hopkins Hospital has about 8,700 employees. The hospital prides itself as being a teaching hospital and a leader in medical innovation. In 2007 the Johns Hopkins' Department of Radiology and Radiological Science was named the nation's best by readers of Medical Imaging Magazine, and several radiologists were named among their specialty areas. The hospital earned honors in 2007 from U.S. News & World Report, which ranked the facility #1 among America's top hospitals. It also placed first in the country in several specialty areas, including otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), gynecology, rheumatology and urology. It was among the top 10 hospitals in the country in an additional 11 areas.
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Despite economy, some retailers want to expand in Baltimore market
It may seem like a bad time to expand a retail business, with consumers cutting back drastically on spending and sales plummeting at many stores. But there are still some businesses thriving and looking to open up new stores. Five such companies told a...Tags: Sales, Belvedere Square, Hamburgers, Pasta, Foods and Beverages
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Two teens stabbed in downtown altercation
Two teen-agers were stabbed in downtown Baltimore on Saturday night during a fight between a group of boys and men that ended when a foot-patrol officer came upon the scene, city police said Sunday. A 19-year-old with multiple wounds was taken to Maryland...Tags: Assault
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Relatives of girl, 5, voice hope she'll live
Baltimore Sun reportersThe family of 5-year-old Raven Wyatt, who was struck in the head by a stray bullet last week, said in a brief interview that they believe the girl's condition has stabilized, and they are optimistic she will survive. Though the family requested that...Tags: Carrollton, Martin O'Malley, Regional Authority, Government, Juvenile Delinquency
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Look out, Baltimore, health care reform is on the way
New York thrived during the housing-finance bubble. The health-care bubble is being very good to metro Baltimore. Hospital wings are rising. Hospitals and doctors are still hiring. Along with government and education, medicine is one of the few things...Tags: Private Health Care, Medicare, Health Organizations, Healthcare Policies, Medicines
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Single act leads to new kidneys for 8
It all started when a Virginia man read his church bulletin one Sunday. A woman from his parish, someone he had never met, needed a kidney. Thomas F. Koontz, grateful that God had recently saved his teenage daughter from brain cancer, offered her one of...Tags: Oklahoma City, Society, Charity, Ceremonies, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia)
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One altruistic donor, eight kidney transplants
Baltimore Sun reporterIt all started when a Virginia man read his church bulletin one Sunday. A woman from his parish, someone he had never met, needed a kidney. Thomas F. Koontz, grateful that God had recently saved his teenage daughter from brain cancer, offered her one of...Tags: Human Body, Charity, Hospitals and Clinics
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Police Blotter
Baltimore Sun reporterPolice reports in Baltimore city and county Eastern Baltimore Shooting A male, 18, sustained a graze wound to the back about 11 p.m. Sunday in the 700 block of N. Kenwood Ave. and refused treatment by a Fire Department ambulance crew. No arrest had been...Tags: Parkville, Game Playing, Juvenile Delinquency, Assault, Prisons
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Kindness of kidney donor saves 8 lives
Tribune NewspapersIt all started with a Virginia man who offered his kidney to a woman from his church who needed one. They had never met, but Thomas Koontz thought the donation would be a good way to give back to God, whom he credited with saving his teenage daughter from...Tags: Oklahoma City, Human Body, Charity
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Md. doctor: Multi-kidney transplant record achieved with 8 donors, 16 surgeries over 3 weeks
Associated Press WriterBALTIMORE (AP) — A transplant surgeon who completed an unprecedented eight-way kidney swap this week said Tuesday he believes such intricate, multistate exchanges can drastically reduce the number of patients waiting for eligible donors. Dr. Robert...Tags: Oklahoma City, Charity, Surgery, United States, Health Treatments
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Md. doctor: Kidney transplant record achieved
Associated Press WriterA transplant surgeon who completed an unprecedented eight-way kidney swap this week said Tuesday he believes such intricate, multistate exchanges can drastically reduce the number of patients waiting for eligible donors. Dr. Robert Montgomery, chief...Tags: Oklahoma City, Charity, Health Treatments, United States, Human Body
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Md. doctors set kidney transplant record
A Maryland hospital surgeon is saying he and doctors in three other hospitals have completed what is believed to be the largest series of kidney paired donation procedures ever undertaken. Dr. Robert Montgomery of Johns Hopkins Hospital, along with...Tags: Human Body, Charity, Hospitals and Clinics
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Funnel cloud photos from June 9 storm
Maryland WeatherThe National Weather Service has begun to receive and pass along eyewitnesses' photos of a funnel cloud that formed in the outer portion of Baltimore Harbor last Tuesday, June 9. The twister formed as a strong gust front passed over......Tags: Apple iPhone, Dundalk, Tornadoes, Timonium, Medical Specialization
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