Study Evaluates Heart Pump With Behind-the-Ear Power Connector vs. Infection-Prone Abdominal Portal

08/07/2013

Cardiac surgeons and cardiologists at the University of Maryland Heart Center are part of a multi-center clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of powering heart pumps through a skull-based connector behind the ear. 

Shock Trauma Founder R Adams Cowley Nominated for Congressional Gold Medal

07/22/2013

R Adams Cowley, the founder of the Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center and a pioneer in the practice of modern-day trauma medicine, was nominated by members of Maryland's Congressional delegation for the Congressional Gold Medal -- the highest expression of appreciation for distinguished achievements and contributions to society.

UM Researchers Enrolling Patients to Evaluate Long-Term Benefits, Risks of Common Diabetes Drugs

08/06/2013

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine are enrolling patients with type 2 diabetes into an NIH-funded clinical trial to evaluate the long-term benefits and risks of four widely used diabetes drugs in combination with metformin, the most common first-line medication.

Woman saves husband and father by donating one kidney

07/23/2013

In a twist of transplant fate, one woman's living kidney donation resulted in transplants for her ailing husband and father. Read more about her selfless act through the Paired Kidney Exchange program.