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Liability among the hurdles St. Joseph hospital faces in attracting strategic partnership

A smoking cessation expert at St. Joseph Medical Center answers questions about quitting smoking

Terrence Golden, principal at St. Joseph School in Cockeysville, made good on a promise to dress in elf-wear when students met his challenge to assemble a record number of sandwiches for Our Daily Bread.

James H. Berger, a retired purchasing executive who was presented a Carnegie Hero Award for saving the lives of two family members in a 1958 Roland Park house fire, died Dec. 15 of prostate cancer at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 71.

The University of Maryland Medical System and LifeBridge Health are among five suitors vying for a partnership with St. Joseph Medical Center, though a deal will likely be complicated by the embattled hospital's poor financial situation.

Primary care physicians could prevent unnecessary procedures by specialists like Dr. Mark Midei

A stolen car, being pursued by Baltimore County police, spun out of control Thursday evening in Towson and slammed into a Jimmy's taxi cab carrying three elderly women passengers.

A state advisory group on Thursday recommended legislative changes to bolster oversight of coronary stent placements amid widespread concerns about unnecessary medical procedures, but it stopped short of proposing that state law regulate physician reviews in hospitals.

A Maryland Health Care Commission committee has been developing safeguards to prevent implantation of unnecessary stents. But one of its members — Dr. John Chung-Yee Wang — is himself accused of improper stenting in three separate legal claims

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Mark Midei tells his side of the stent story in an exclusive interview with The Baltimore Sun, his first extended comments since inquiries into unnecessary medical procedures were initiated against him in May 2009.

William J. Nauman Jr., a retired Verizon quality manager, died Nov. 17 of a brain tumor at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 78.

William J. Nauman Jr., a retired Verizon quality manager, died Nov. 17 of a brain tumor at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 78.

John R. McLean, a Salisbury physician, was sentenced to eight years in federal prison Thursday, making him the second cardiologist in the country to face incarceration for implanting unnecessary coronary stents in dozens of patients, then fraudulently billing thousands for the work.

Thief takes 5,000 X-rays from St. Joseph Medical Center to extract silver

Union Memorial Hospital and the chief of its cardiac catheterization lab have been sued by a Baltimore woman who claims that she unnecessarily had stents placed in her arteries

Jane E. Devlin, a former newspaperwoman turned hospital publicist, died Oct. 22 of heart failure at her daughter's Kingsville home. She was 88.

Dr. John A. Engers, a retired obstetrician and gynecologist, died of cancer Oct. 19 at his Phoenix home. He was 84.

Alice Gjerde, a retired Baltimore County elementary school teacher who assisted her sons in opening their first restaurant, died of an infection Oct. 18 at St. Joseph Medical Center. The Cockeysville resident was 71.

Alice Gjerde, a retired Baltimore County elementary school teacher who assisted her sons in opening their first restaurant, died of an infection Oct. 18 at St. Joseph Medical Center. The Cockeysville resident was 71.

Dr. Paul Chang, oncologist, dies of cancer at 65.

Revenue down at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson as it seeks a strategic partnership

This fall, 5-foot-9, 252-pound Garrett Radcliffe rejoined the Hereford program as a reserve defensive lineman and played in his first game against Woodlawn on Sept. 9.

Former Gilman School teacher and coach who was a World War II veteran, died Oct. 5 of heart failure at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 87.

A Baltimore law firm lost a portable hard drive containing information about its cases, including medical records for 161 stent patients suing Dr. Mark G. Midei for alleged malpractice at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson.

Eleanor V. Broadwater, who was a business administrator of a family medical practice, died Sunday of a heart attack at St. Joseph Medical Center. She was 69.

Mothers look for top-notch doctors and reputable medical facilities when it comes to giving birth. But more and more, they are also pining for a bit of luxury in their hospital rooms.

Louis R. Mills Jr., a nationally known and highly-regarded recording engineer who was called "Baltimore's Godfather of Sound," died of a heart attack

St. Joseph Medical Center held a news conference — not coincidentally on Labor Day — to announce the hospital's support for vaginal births whenever possible, even if a previous delivery was a Cesarean birth.

Thomas F. Cardegna, who taught at the University of Baltimore for more than three decades where he was also dean of the accounting department, died Aug. 16 of heart failure at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 85.

Thomas F. Cardegna, who taught at the University of Baltimore for more than three decades where he was also dean of the accounting department, died Aug. 16 of heart failure at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 85.

Terence Kennedy, a financial consultant and adjunct faculty member at Stevenson University, died Aug. 12 of heart failure at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 73.

Daniel A. Lafferty, a certified public accountant and world traveler, died Saturday at Gilchrist Hospice care in Towson from complication of a stroke he had suffered in April. He was 72.

Terence Kennedy, a financial consultant and adjunct faculty member at Stevenson University, died Aug. 12 of heart failure at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 73.

Daniel A. Lafferty, a certified public accountant and world traveler, died Saturday at Gilchrist Hospice care in Towson from complication of a stroke he had suffered in April. He was 72.

An item in last weekend's sport section mentioned the death of Gary Nixon, an acclaimed motorcyclist and member of the American Motorcyclist Hall of Fame. The Baltimore County resident was 70.

Two weeks after abrupt resignation, St. Joseph Medical Center replaces CEO