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FALL 2017 • stjosephtowson.com Maryland’s TM UM ST. JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER Exceptional Cancer Care, Close to Home PAGE 6 A NEW NONSURGICAL TREATMENT FOR ESSENTIAL TREMOR PAGE 10 GIFTS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE PAGE 14 KEEP YOUR FAMILY SAFE FROM THE FLU Everyone 6 months and older should get a fl u shot. For details, see p. 18. BE A PART OF SOMETHING GREATER. UMMS_StJoseph_2017FALL_01_Cover_Layout.indd 1 8/31/17 2:54 PM IN THIS ISSUE MIRACLE BY THE LACROSSE 5 FIELD 10 An athlete’s father STEADY is alive today thanks to HANDS the quick action of two AT LAST athletic trainers. The University of Maryland Medical Center now offers a new, nonsurgical procedure for essential tremor— a common move- ment disorder that affects an estimated 10 million Americans. DEPARTMENTS COVER STORY 3 A HEALTHY START EXCEPTIONAL CANCER 13 AT A GLANCE CARE, CLOSE TO HOME 14 FOCUS ON PHILANTHROPY 6 The Cancer Institute at University of 18 SPOTLIGHT Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center combines advanced diagnostic and treatment services 19 NEWS AND EVENTS with compassionate care. ON THE COVER: Personal trainer and nurse Donna Rae Maryland’s Health Matters is published by the Marketing and Communications Smith shares her “new normal” post breast cancer surgery Department at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. This publication is not intended to provide professional medical advice. with Dr. Michael Schultz. It is to provide general health and wellness information. BE A PART OF SOMETHING GREATER. STAY CONNECTED WITH US WE WOULD LIKE Visit our Facebook page to learn about the latest events TO HEAR FROM YOU and happenings at UM St. Joseph Medical Center. Please send us your President and CEO facebook.com/StJosephMedicalCenter comments, information Thomas B. Smyth, MD requests, change of Watch our doctors discuss prenatal care, joint replacement Vice President of Business Development address or opt-out requests surgeries and more. Walter J. Furlong to youtube.com/SJMCTowson [email protected] Senior Director of Marketing, or 7601 Osler Drive, Communications and Community Health Get daily, real-time health information and updates Jordan Center, Suite 158, Kellie Edris from our experts. Towson, MD 21204. Designed by twitter.com/SJMCTowson Or call 410-337-1700. 2 MARYLAND’S HEALTH MATTERS UMMS_StJoseph_2017FALL_02_TOC_Layout.indd 2 8/31/17 2:57 PM A HEALTHY START New Physicians to Care for You University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center is pleased to have these new physicians join our sta JEREMY S. POLLOCK, MD, CARDIOLOGIST KENNETH M. CRANDALL, MD, NEUROSURGEON Dr. Pollock, a board-certifi ed intern- Dr. Crandall is a board-eligible ist and board-eligible cardiologist, neurosurgeon. Most recently, he joins UM St. Joseph Cardiovascular completed a complex and mini- Associates following his fellowship mally invasive spine surgery at the University of Maryland fellowship at the University of Department of Cardiology. He received Miami Department of Neurosurgery. his medical degree from University Before that, he served as chief Jeremy S. Kenneth M. of Maryland School of Medicine resident in neurosurgery at both Pollock, MD Crandall, MD and completed his internal medicine the University of Maryland Medical residency at Vanderbilt University. He is also board Center and the VA hospital in Baltimore. certifi ed in echocardiography and nuclear medicine. Dr. Crandall received his medical degree from Dr. Pollock has served as an intensive care physician the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and at Montgomery General Hospital, as a hospitalist completed a neurosurgery residency at University at Good Samaritan Hospital and as a medical consul- of Maryland Medical Center. His awards include the tant at both GIC Informatics and Access Medicine. Alpha Omega Alpha honor society, an American He has a research background, serving as a research CancerSociety summer research fellowship and a U.S. assistant in several laboratories at University of Congressional Award. He served in the Civil Air Patrol Maryland studying biomarkers, myocardial stem cells, of the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary. heart failure outcomes and interventions for severe Dr. Crandall also serves as an assistant professor of coronary artery disease. neurosurgery at University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Pollock’s o ce is in the O’Dea Medical Arts Dr. Crandall’s o ce is in the O’Dea Medical Arts Building Building on the UM St. Joseph campus in Towson. on the UM St. Joseph campus in Towson. To make an To make an appointment, call 410-427-2580. appointment, call 410-337-8888. Continued on page 4 stjosephtowson.com | Fall 2017 3 UMMS_StJoseph_2017FALL_03-04_HealthyStart_Layout.indd 3 8/31/17 2:59 PM A HEALTHY START Continued from page 3 SARAH HOBART, MD TIFFANY TSAY, MD BRIAN SHIU, MD ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON PHYSIATRIST AND SPORTS ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON Dr. Hobart MEDICINE SPECIALIST Dr. Shiu joins Towson Dr. Tsay joins Towson Orthopaedic joins Towson Orthopaedic Associates of UM Orthopaedic Associates of St. Joseph Medical Associates of UM St. Joseph Center. Dr. Hobart UM St. Joseph Medical Center. completed her Medical Center. He recently orthopaedic sports She completed completed fellowship at the her fellowship a fellowship at Sarah Hobart, MD Kerlan-Jobe Ti any Tsay, MD in primary Brian Shiu, MD the Center for Institute: Santa care sports Shoulder, Elbow Monica Orthopaedic Group and her medicine at the Geisinger Health and Sports Medicine at Columbia orthopaedic residency at Lenox Hill System, where she taught University Medical Center. During Hospital in New York City. She had family medicine residents and his orthopaedic training, he has additional training in trauma orthopae- medical students. She completed assisted in the medical care of dics at the R Adams Cowley Shock her residency in physical athletes from Columbia University, Trauma Center at University of medicine and rehabilitation at the New York Yankees, the Rockland Maryland Medical Center, pediatric the University of Pennsylvania Boulders baseball team and local orthopaedics at Boston Children’s Health System, where she was high school teams in Maryland. Hospital and oncologic orthopaedics an educational chief resident. Dr. Shiu received his medical at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Dr. Tsay received her medical degree from the University of Center. Dr. Hobart received her medical degree from the State University Maryland School of Medicine, where degree from University of Maryland of New York Downstate Medical he was awarded the Thomas E. School of Medicine and is board- Center in Brooklyn. Her extensive Gillespie Award for Excellence in eligible in orthopaedics. experience providing athletic Orthopaedics. He completed his An athlete, Dr. Hobart played medical coverage to sports teams, residency training at the University soccer at Davidson College and was universities and marathons of Maryland Medical Center. an assistant coach of the Columbia includes the Wilkes-Barre/ Dr. Shiu has co-authored numerous University women’s soccer team. She Scranton Penguins, Misericordia scientifi c articles and has presented has served as a sports physician University, Wilkes University, his work nationally and internation- covering the USA Men’s and Women’s University of Pennsylvania ally. His academic accomplishments National Soccer Teams, Los Angeles Women’s Soccer and the include the Ulrich Research Award Galaxy, Pepperdine University, Long Philadelphia TriRock Triathlon. at the University of Maryland, a basic Island University and numerous high Dr. Tsay belongs to the science research award from the school teams. An avid cyclist, she has American Academy of Physical Maryland Orthopaedic Association also covered such cycling events as Medicine and Rehabilitation and and a Top 10 Paper designation at the the Amgen Tour of California and the to the American Medical Society American Academy of Orthopaedic Colorado Classic. for Sports Medicine. Surgeons Annual Meeting. Drs. Hobart, Tsay and Shiu are located in the Towson Orthopaedics Associates o ce at 8322 Bellona Ave., Towson. To make an appointment, call 410-337-7900. 4 MARYLAND’S HEALTH MATTERS UMMS_StJoseph_2017FALL_03-04_HealthyStart_Layout.indd 4 8/31/17 3:00 PM Miracle by the Lacrosse Field Athletic trainers save a spectator’s life ou never know when and where the medical professionals of YUM St. Joseph Medical Center (UM SJMC) will need to spring into action. In this case, it was a lacrosse field at Hereford High School last May. A Towson High School father went into cardiac arrest while watching his son’s game. Two athletic trainers at the game— Samantha Smith, ATC, of Towson Sports Medicine of UM SJMC for Towson High School, and Steve Kinsey, ATC, of Hereford High School—immediately ran to his rescue. “They administered CPR and re-established the father’s heartbeat using an AED [automated external defi- brillator],” explains Brian Perez, MS, ATC, head athletic trainer and executive director of Towson Sports Medicine. An AED is a portable electronic device used to administer an electric shock to the heart and restore the heart’s normal rhythm during sudden cardiac arrest. “The patient was transported by ambulance in stable condition to the nearest hospital in York, where he was treated,” says Perez. “Although caring for student athletes is the primary reason that Towson Sports Medicine was at the field, sometimes there are emergencies among spectators. I’m glad that Steve and Sam were there.” Adds Thomas Smyth, MD, president and CEO of UM SJMC, “This story proves that our people make the difference— Samantha Smith, ATC, of Towson Sports Medicine of UM SJMC for Towson miracles can happen outside of the High School, and Steve Kinsey, ATC, of Hereford High School. physical boundaries of St. Joseph.” stjosephtowson.com | Fall 2017 5 UMMS_StJoseph_2017FALL_05_FeatureMiracle_Layout.indd 5 8/31/17 3:01 PM Breast cancer survivor Donna Rae Smith and her nurse navigator, Rose Wolfe, RN. EXCEPTIONAL et’s start with the good news about cancer: Death rates have dropped by 25 percent from their peak in 1991, when some people were still afraid CANCER CARE, to even utter the word “cancer.” LToday, there are more than 15.5 million cancer survivors in the U.S.