greater baltimore medical center

• Obituaries

Wilma A. Herman, secretary in hospital administration, dies

Wilma A. Herman, a secretary who had worked in hospital administration, died Saturday from complications of muscular dystropy at GBMC. She was 69.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jun 27, 2019

• Obituaries

Dr. Kenneth J. Murray, a retired neurosurgeon and avid skeet shooter, dies

Dr. Kenneth J. Murray, a retired neurosurgeon, died May 3 from respiratory failure at NIH. He was 73.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jun 4, 2019

• Maryland

Two Towson hospitals receive top grade from patient safety organization

Greater Baltimore Medical Center and St. Joseph Medical Center both received A grades from the Leapfrog Group.

By Libby Solomon

May 22, 2019

• Maryland

Olszewski announces effort to battle opioid crisis in Baltimore County

Joshua Sharfstein, vice dean at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is a key adviser in Baltimore County's effort to combat the opioid crisis,

By Libby Solomon

May 16, 2019

• News

One killed, one injured in overnight shootings, Baltimore police say

A man was killed and a woman was hurt in two separate shootings this morning, the Baltimore Police Department says.

By Sameer Rao

Apr 26, 2019

• Maryland

Stoneleigh Elementary students in Towson get a running start to the day

The Stoneleigh Elementary School PTA recently kicked off “The Morning Mile,” a fitness program that encourages students to start each day with healthy activity.

• Health

Other Maryland hospitals engage in deals with insiders but sidestep politicians — most of the time

As state lawmakers contemplate reforming how the University of Maryland Medical System handles contracts with insiders, a Baltimore Sun review of other hospitals' disclosures show the practice is not rare. Only Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation dabbled in politics.

• Obituaries

John A. 'Bud' Hatfield Jr., personable longtime owner of Valley Inn, dies

Longtime Valley Inn owner John A. “Bud” Hatfield Jr. presided over the Valley Inn and served unadorned Maryland cuisine.

By Jacques Kelly

Mar 11, 2019

• Maryland

Olszewski forms task force to review Baltimore County sexual assault investigations

For the second time in less than three years, Baltimore County officials say they will review the way police conduct sexual assault investigations following continued complaints about how authorities handle the cases.

By Alison Knezevich

Feb 25, 2019

• Obituaries

Caryl E. Peterson, retired professor of biology at Towson University, dies

Caryl E. Peterson was a 25-year trustee of McDaniel College, her alma mater.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Feb 6, 2019

• Opinion

Want to know the signs of dating violence? Watch the hit Netflix series 'You'

We need to talk about Netflix’s new hit series, “You.” If you haven’t heard, the show centers around Penn Badgley’s character as he develops an extreme infatuation for Elizabeth Lail’s character to the point where he will stop at nothing to be with her. This isn't love, this is stalking.

• Obituaries

Nellie M. Semans, a homemaker who also co-managed a family farm in Virginia, dies

Nellie M. Semans, a homemaker and former trustee of a historic Annapolis home and several medical facilities who also co-managed a family farm in Virginia, died Dec. 29 from melanoma at her Brooklandville home. She was 90.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jan 15, 2019

• Food & Drink

In the moment with Tony Foreman: Why Baltimore's fine-dining guru loves Eddie's tuna fish sandwiches

Time is of the essence for Baltimore restaurateur Tony Foreman. It’s something that has been in the back of his mind since birth. “I spent my entire time knowing that I have a bad heart and that time is limited,” he said.

By John-John Williams IV

Dec 20, 2018

• Maryland

Court records detail fatal hit-and-run crashes in Baltimore County this month

Court records shed more light this week on the circumstances leading up to and following the two separate fatal hit-and-run crashes in Baltimore County this month.

By Lillian Reed

Dec 18, 2018

• Health

GBMC forms center to hunt for treatments, cure for a rare genetic disease

Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson will house a new center to look for treatments and a cure for a rare genetic disease called Alstrom Syndrome and perhaps contribute to therapies for many other diseases.

By Meredith Cohn

Dec 7, 2018

• Opinion

Health care workers aim to end child sexual abuse

In the United States, one in 10 children will be sexually abused before the age of 18, and children with disabilities are three times more likely to suffer this kind of abuse. Confronted daily with child sexual abuse, health care workers are distinctly aware of this plight.

• Obituaries

Mary Jo McCrone, retired registered nurse, dies

Mary Jo McCrone, a retired registered nurse and avid reader, died Wednesday from a lung disease at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. The Baldwin resident was 64.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Dec 3, 2018

• Obituaries

Frank P. Fischer, mentor who fought predatory mortgages, dies

Frank Patrick Fischer, a teacher and counselor who prepared students for high school and later fought predatory mortgage lending, died of multiple organ failure Nov. 16 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The former Mayfield resident was 92.

By Jacques Kelly

Nov 26, 2018

• Obituaries

Dr. Michael E. Kolakowski Jr., a retired Glen Burnie dentist and memoirist, dies

Dr. Michael E. Kolakolwski Jr., a longtime Glen Burnie dentist whose hobbies included reading and gardening, died Nov. 10 from heart failure at the University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center. He was 85.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Nov 19, 2018

• Obituaries

Dr. Billy D. Davis, a West Baltimore dentist, who cared for his patients for more than 50 years, has died

Dr. Billy D. Davis, a retired dentist who cared for hsi West Baltimore patients for more than 50 years, died Nov. 5 from a heart attack at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Bare Hills resident was 87.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Nov 16, 2018

• Health

Pilot program to teach Baltimore doctors, nurses the latest in diabetes care standards

Doctors and nurses will learn the about the latest in diabetes diagnosis and care at Diabetes is Primary, a pilot training program by the American Diabetes Association that's

By Sarah Meehan

Nov 13, 2018

• Obituaries

The Rev. David M. Carey, who worked tirelessly to help the addicted find sobriety, dies

The Rev. David M. Carey, former School Sisters of Notre Dame chaplain and a recovering alcoholic who also worked with the addicted, died Nov. 2 from respiratory failure at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 83.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Nov 11, 2018

• Health

Here's how Maryland hospitals fared on latest safety report card

Maryland hospitals were safer for patients this fall than they were six months ago, according to the latest assessment from the Leapfrog Group.

By Sarah Meehan

Nov 8, 2018

• Obituaries

Elaine S. Mintzes, noted philanthropist for education and charities in Baltimore and Israel, dies

Elaine S. Mintzes, who with her husband raised millions for charities in Baltimore and Israel, died Oct. 25 from liver failure at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Nov 2, 2018

• Obituaries

Phyllis W. Rice, a World War II Navy veteran and longtime GBMC volunteer, dies

Phyllis W. Rice, a World War II Navy veteran whose career as a volunteer at Greater Baltimore Medical Center spanned more than four decades, died Sunday from coronary artery disease at the Blakehurst Retirement Community in Towson. She was 93.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Oct 24, 2018

• Obituaries

Dr. Alvin A. Stambler, longtime Baltimore pediatrician, dies

Dr. Alvin A. Stampler, a retired Baltimore pediatrician who cared for generations of infants, children and adolescents during a professional career that spanned 60 years, died Sept. 27 at Gilchrist Center in Towson from complications of a fall. The longtime Lutherville resident was 9

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Oct 11, 2018

• Obituaries

Nancy M. Holden, longtime community volunteer, dies

Nancy M. Holden, a volunteer and homemaker, died Oct. 4 from a non-malignant brain tumor at the edenwald Retirement Community in Towson. The former Guilford resident was 85.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Oct 10, 2018

• University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Joseph T. Michels, obstetrician who delivered more than 4,300 babies, dies

Dr. Michels worked at Mercy Medical Center, St. Joseph Medical Center, and the Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

By Colin Campbell

Sep 23, 2018

• Obituaries

Dr. Neil Novin, a retired general surgeon and former chief of surgery at Harbor Hospital, dies

Dr. Neil Novin, former chief of surgery at Harbor Hospital, died Sept. 16 from renal failure at Gilchrist Center in Towson. The longtime Pikesville resident was 88.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Sep 21, 2018

• Maryland

Havre de Grace accountant, with health care background, named chairman of Upper Chesapeake Health

University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health, owner and operator of Harford County’s two hospitals and other medical facilities serving Harford and Cecil counties, announced the election of several leadership positions on its board of directors and medical team.

• Maryland

GBMC to open kosher pantry for Jewish patients' families

The pantry will provide kosher food and a place of respite for Jewish families of patients at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson.

By Libby Solomon

Aug 23, 2018

• Maryland

Local group rescues dogs from Kuwait and Lebanon, places them with families in Baltimore area

Wings of Love, Kuwait first incorporated in October 2015, and started by adopting out about 45 dogs. Now, they've adopted out about 410.

• Maryland

Nonprofit with Towson ties helps breathe 'new life' into seriously ill Tanzanian patients

Gilchrist and the Nkoaranga Lutheran Hospital — which provide hospice and palliative care in the United States and Tanzania, respectively — first partnered in 2009.

• Maryland

Two Reisterstown teens killed in crash on Baltimore Beltway; police believe alcohol and speed were factors

The two teenagers in the front seat of the car survived, but police are unsure who was driving.

By Sarah Meehan

Aug 2, 2018

• Maryland

Woman charged with DUI after Baltimore County crash that killed 5-year-old and her grandmother

Callie Noble Schwarzman was arrested Tuesday night on charges that she violated probation for a 2017 drunken driving offense in Carroll County. Investigators obtained a warrant for her arrest Wednesday for charges related to the deaths of 60-year-old Deborah Limmer and 5-year-old Delaney Gaddis.

By Talia Richman

Jul 26, 2018

• Obituaries

Edward F. 'Ned' Gehret Jr., Johns Hopkins University computer expert, dies

Edward F. "Ned" Gehret Jr., longtime member of the administrative computing department at the Johns Hopkins University, died Thursday from pneumonia at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Sparks resident was 88.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jul 24, 2018

• Obituaries

James W. 'Bill' Middelton, former bank president and investment banker, dies

James W. "Bill" Middelton, former president of the old Equitable Trust Co. who later had a second carreer as an investment banker, died July 4 from complications of a stroke at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Mount Washington resident was 87.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jul 12, 2018

• Obituaries

Carolyn Parsons Fraser, homemaker, dies

Carolyn Parsons Fraser, an Eastern Shore native who last year was named “Towson’s favorite mom,” died July 1 of renal failure. She was 88.

By Christina Tkacik

Jul 8, 2018

• Business

Caribou Coffee returns to Baltimore in Einstein Bros. Bagels shops

Several years after Caribou Coffee left the Baltimore market, the coffeehouse chain has returned inside Einstein Bros. Bagels shops, the companies announced Tuesday.

• Maryland

Comfort and kangaroo care in GBMC's renovated NICU

Greater Baltimore Medical Center plans to cut the ribbon on a new neonatal intensive care unit June 18 with upgrades to make treatment more comfortable for its smallest patients.

By Libby Solomon

Jun 13, 2018

• Obituaries

Dr. Darrell A. Jaques, a noted head and neck surgeon who had served in Vietnam, dies

Dr. Darrell A. Jaques, a retired Baltimore head and neck surgeon who earlier had been a combat surgeon during the Vietnam War, died June 4 from complications of coronary artery disease at Brookdale Olney Assisted Senior Living in Olney. He was 88.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jun 13, 2018

• Opinion

Baltimore Sun's 2018 Business and Civic Hall of Fame honoree: Patricia J. Mitchell

Name a high-profile civic institution, and there’s a good chance Patricia J. Mitchell, or “P.J.,” has been involved with it, from the United Way and Notre Dame of Maryland University to chairing the board of the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

• Obituaries

Dr. John C. Price, head and neck surgeon, dies

Dr. John Price, a surgeon affiliated with GBMC and Johns Hopkins, was known for treating rare cancers and was popular with his patients.

By Jacques Kelly

Jun 4, 2018

• Health

Maryland's plan to control health costs gets federal approval

The federal government has approved a plan Maryland has been trying out for the past four years to control health costs.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

May 14, 2018

• Health

Maryland hospitals rise in safety grading system

A new hospital safety report by Leapfrog found that the overall performance of Maryland hospitals has improved.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Apr 24, 2018

• Obituaries

Dr. Bernard McGibbon, physician and plastic surgeon, dies

Dr. Bernard Michael McGibbon, a retired surgeon who practiced at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center and was known for his skill in reconstructive surgery, died of pneumonia complications April 18 at his Timonium home. He was 86.

By Jacques Kelly

Apr 24, 2018

• Health

Ask the Expert: Macular degeneration can lead to difficulty reading, recognizing faces and performing other fine tasks

There is not much people can do to prevent macular degeneration, a leading cause of severe visual loss in older people, but there are ways to cope with it.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Apr 17, 2018

• News

Baltimore shootings leave 5 dead — including 65-year-old woman — in weekend violence

A 65-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man were killed in the shooting in the 3900 block of West Mulberry Street, police said.

• Health

Pediatric cuts at Medstar Franklin Square cause uproar: 'Those dollars and cents are attached to people'

The decision to close the pediatric emergency room at Medstar Franklin Square hospital has caused an uproar from the community and hospital staff, who say MedStar has abandoned its mission to serve the community in the pursuit of profits.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Apr 12, 2018

• Obituaries

Thomas W. Burdette — tag maker, athlete, storyteller — dies at 82

Thomas W. Burdette, who won back-to-back lacrosse championships as a goalie at Princeton and owned the country’s oldest paper tag making company for nearly three decades, died of pneumonia on March 28 at the age of 82.

By Colin Campbell

Apr 8, 2018