Blog Posts in November, 2005

Berlin, Md. -- The Ladies Auxiliary of the Ocean City Elks #2645 has generously donated $2000.00 to the Atlantic General Hospital Foundation’s annual campaign. This year’s campaign is devoted to raising money for the purchase of a ...

Berlin, Md. - Through a partnership with GE, Atlantic General Hospital now offers its radiology technologists free continuing education to assist them in maintaining their professional certification. The staff can take the classes through the ...

Berlin, Md. - Atlantic General Hospital was recently awarded a $2,500.00 grant by the Gannett Foundation to help in the purchase of preventive medicine brochures. Through this grant and other funds, Atlantic General Hospital will purchase eight ...

Monday, December 5 Free Hypertension Clinics & Health Education Apple Discount Drugs, Berlin; 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Happy Harry’s, Ocean Pines; 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Circuit Training AGH Cardiac Rehab Center Berlin Shopping Center; 4:30 ...

Berlin, Md. - As part of its annual meeting, Atlantic General Hospital Corporation appointed four new officers to the Board of Directors. Chairman Thomas K. Coates, Esq., of Berlin, the new chairman, practices law with his father, two brothers, wife ...

Berlin, Md. - Atlantic General Hospital held an open house on November 17, 2005 to introduce the Women’s Diagnostic Center to the public and thank the community for its support in making the center a reality. The center’s staff offered ...

Berlin, Md. - At a time when long emergency room waits are reaching crisis levels, Atlantic General Hospital reports shorter wait times across the board – from the time individuals enter the emergency room to their discharge after treatment, ...

Berlin, Md.,– James M. Brannon, Vice President of Human Resources at Atlantic General Hospital, has earned board certification in healthcare management and been named a Diplomate of the American College of Healthcare Executives, an ...

Berlin, Md.- The Atlantic General Hospital and Health System Medical Staff elected new officers and chiefs for 2006-2007 during their annual meeting held on November 11, 2005. Chief of Staff is Edwin T. Castaneda, M.D., F.A.C.P. Castaneda, who has ...

Berlin, Md.- Atlantic General Hospital recently appointed or re-appointed the following physicians at the hospital and Atlantic General Health System (AGHS): Christian D. Bounds, M.D., a cardiologist and graduate of the University of Maryland. Bounds ...

Berlin, Md. – In a ground-breaking procedure for Atlantic General Hospital, local gastroenterologist Jerrold Canakis, MD, used Botox injection – typically thought of as a cosmetic application -- to treat a patient’s achalasia, a ...

Berlin – Atlantic General Hospital will hold an open house Thursday, November 17, 2005 to celebrate the opening of its new state-of-the-art Women’s Diagnostic Center. The center’s staff will offer attendees refreshments and tours of ...

November 3, 2005 -- Atlantic General Hospital announced today that due to the overwhelming response from the community to its initial free flu shot clinics, all future scheduled clinics have been cancelled. In cancelling the November 5 clinic ...

Berlin, Md. – An open house to celebrate Atlantic General Health System’s new Snow Hill office and to welcome Dr. Andrea Mathias, MD, MPH, was held October 26, 2005. Mathias recently joined AGHS as a family physician when she opened her ...

Berlin-Atlantic General Hospital recently held its first annual Thanks for Giving Reception at Harrison Harbor Watch to honor those who have generously supported the Atlantic General Hospital Foundation during it’s capital and Perdue- Kresge ...