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Evelyn McCallum, who prepared and served hundreds of thousands of meals to Baltimore City students in more than three decades as a cafeteria worker, has died.

Dr. Sandra Butchart headed the pathology departments at, successively, Maryland General Hospital and Franklin Square Hospital.

David Kwiatkowski, a traveling hospital technician who was sentenced to 39 years in prison for infecting patients in multiple states with hepatitis C through tainted syringes, has asked a federal judge to vacate his sentence, saying his lawyer was ineffective in representing him.

Patricia L. Young taught Sunday school at Churchville Presbyterian Church for 40 years.

Family and friends described Capital Gazette shooting victim Rebecca Smith as a sweet, beautiful soul during visitation preceding her funeral service on Sunday.

For Rebecca Smith, family, friends and workplace colleagues were the center of her life.

Dr. Henry B. "Harry" Wilson, a retired Baltimore ophthalmologist and bibliophile whose collection ranged from Golden Books to histories of Maryland and Baltimore, died Sunday froma heart attack at Oak Crest Village. He was 94.

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UMMS Midtown campus outpatient center also plans to provide inpatient care

Hogan commutes sentence of long-time lifer Joseph Smith, 68, convicted in a 1968 murder.

Doretha "Dottie" Hector, 74, a West Baltimore mortician, died of a heart attack Sunday at her Northwest Baltimore home. She was 74.

Dr. Mohan Suntha, credited for turning around University of Maryland's St. Joseph Medical Center after a scandal with one of its cardiologists, has been tapped

K. Lynne Adams, 62, a retired medical administrator and vice president of University of Maryland/Upper Chesapeake Health recalled as a patient advocate, died of cancer March 7.

The University of Maryland Medical System shared preliminary designs with the city Thursday for a new $50 million-plus outpatient center in midtown Baltimore, as it grows on the campus of the former community hospital.

The Rev. Philip B. Roulette, the former longtime rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Glyndon who was co-author with five other Episcopal priests of the Baltimore Declaration which caused considerable controversy in the American theological circles, died Saturday of cancer at his Rodgers Forge home. He was 74.

B. Dixon Evander, 87, a retired medical malpractice insurance executive, died of myelodysplastic syndrome at his Hunt Valley home.

Stephen Patrick Beatty clearly relished the drama of the courtroom, repeatedly asking the judge if he may walk forward in order to demonstrate some point, waving his arms, modulating his voice, as he took long dramatic strides across the floor.

When the board of Dimensions Healthcare System, owners of Laurel Regional Hospital, announced the closure of Laurel Regional on July 31, Maryland Maternity Access Coalition members were quick to turn their heads and voice concerns about the elimination of the facility's maternity ward.

Here's a look at some of the crime that's happened recently in the Baltimore metro area.

Two men were arrested after they crashed into an SUV and flipped their car while fleeing police near Maryland General Hospital in Madison Park.

Baltimore pays millions each year to resolve lawsuits against its nearly 3,000-officer police department.

John G. Schisler, who was the former longtime spokesman and director of public relations for the old Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., died Friday at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 85.

Dr. Charles E. Shaw Jr. was an internal medicine doctor back when doctor rating websites seemed unnecessary and bedside manners were prerequisites.

Dr. Sohaila Ali has been elected by her peers to serve as president of Carroll Hospital Center's medical staff.

Carroll Hospital Center is pleased to announce the addition of several health care providers to Carroll Health Group, its affiliated multi-specialty practice group. Specializing in gastroenterology, primary care and plastic surgery, these providers will offer community residents, in Carroll County and the surrounding area, skilled and compassionate care to meet their needs.

Plan to reduce inspections of health facilities in Maryland is not going to work

Dr. Abdul Ghaffar Qureshi, a retired surgeon who worked with the elderly residents of Baltimore's public high-rise apartments, died of complications of Alzheimer's disease May 6 at Quail Run Assisted Living in Perry Hall. He was 75 and had lived in Westminster and Linthicum.

Baltimore police identified the 67-year-old man who died after a struggle with Maryland Transit officers on a bus Tuesday morning as Antonio Moreno.

A 68-year-old man died after a struggle with Maryland Transit Administration police who responded for a report of an attack on a bus driver on Tuesday morning in West Baltimore, authorities confirmed.

Dr. Harry P. Porter, a retired Baltimore otolaryngologist who was known for both his clinical abilities and bedside manner, died Thursday of heart failure at his Timonium home. He was 96.

1199SEIU health workers' union is renewing a push to apply Maryland labor protections and collective bargaining law to the University of Maryland Medical Center.

Conner Lipinski is a sophomore guard from Gambrills and is a preferred walk-on for the University of Maryland.

A former hospital technician in Maryland was sentenced to 39 years in federal prison on Monday for his role in the spread of hepatitis C to patients at multiple hospitals around the country.

Mercy Medical Center is parting ways with a midwife group that has worked out of the hospital for years because of rising malpractice insurance costs. The decision to close Kathleen Slone CNM & Associates, which plans to stop delivering babies in February, left some to say that women will have fewer obstetrics choices outside of the traditional doctor.

Dr. Howard F. Raskin, former chief of the gastroenterology department at Maryland General Hospital, died Sept. 17 at Duke University Hospital during surgery to replace a heart valve. He was 87.

Chase Brexton moves to new larger headquarters as it plans for new wave of patients under health reform.