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An Annapolis man and a Crofton woman were seriously injured Tuesday when the man's car crossed the center line of Defense Highway near the entrance to The Ridges and plowed into another car, county police said.Richard Lewis Gorman, 73, of the 900 block of Schooner Circle was in critical condition yesterday at Maryland Shock Trauma Center.Carol Jean Kosar-Meadows, 38, of the 2800 block of Bargate Court was in stable condition at Anne Arundel Medical Center.Police said Mr. Gorman was traveling east and Ms. Meadows west when Mr. Gorman's 1991 Buick LeSabre crossed the center line for no apparent reason and smashed into the left front of Ms. Meadows' 1993 Toyota Camry.

Officers responded to the 500 block of South Cherry Grove Avenue around 1:45 a.m. Tuesday for the report of a stabbing, Annapolis police said. The victim was walking away from the area, according to police, but did not provide any details about the stabbing or the suspect. Police said the victim had a total of five stab wounds and one laceration. The victim was transported to Anne Arundel Medical Center, police said. dean.jones@baltsun.com Orioles Insider | Live scores | Photos | Baseball app

Annapolis' Pleasant Plains Farm and the folks in it were all gussied up for the Anne Arundel Medical Center Auxiliary's 2000 Designer Show House Preview Party. Nearly 400 guests in black tie and cocktail attire perused the 1830s plantation farm house, completely redecorated by 23 area interior designers. Outside, under a couple of party tents, partygoers regrouped to feast on shrimp, ham and pulled pork and compare notes on their favorite rooms. Included in this fashionable throng: Marcia Lopata and Barbara Burns, event co-chairs; Richard Garis, Susan Myron, Kelly Brown and Maryada Ritchie, event committee members; Kathy Cook; Anne Arundel Medical Center Auxiliary president; Barbara Ray, AAMC Auxiliary past president; Chip Doordan, AAMC president; Jim McEneaney, AAMC board chair; Becki Kurdle, Constellation Energy Group director of local government and constituent affairs; Jim Barthold, Annapolis Boat Shows Inc. general manager; Dr. William Smith, Anne Arundel County Health Department dentist; Sergio Galindo, Merrill Lynch financial consultant; Clarke Miller, Naval Academy Athletic Association assistant director of operations; Nick Cannistraro, Newspaper National Network president; and Carl "Chuck" Brunetto, Anne Arundel Health Care Systems retired CEO.

Charged with being all down-to-earth and accessible, the first thing doctors John Martin and Briana Walton did was lose the white coats. Then they got down to business. "I'm really very surprised that so many people came out," said a smiling Martin. "Absolutely," nodded a smiling Walton. And thus it went Tuesday evening at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, as the hospital unveiled its monthly "DocsTalk" gatherings. Determined to make these informal health-information sessions as entertaining and jargon-free as possible, the hospital has come up with an approach that's equal parts "Today Show" and "Dr. Oz," but without the TV cameras.

Anne Arundel Medical Center now offers a full range of health care and health education services at Women's Health First, 476 Ritchie Highway in Severna Park.Dr. Louise DePodesta, a Severna Park resident, is the medical director of Women's Health First. The aim of the center is to provide a full range of health care needs at every stage of a woman's life, from a school sports physical through the childbearing years to menopause and old age.To learn more about Women's Health First, call 544-7711.

Lyme disease, a highly preventable bacterial infection, strikes nearly 20,000 people a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The peak incidence of Lyme disease will occur from May through early October, so now is the time to guard against the tick bites that transmit the infection. Dr. Thomas F. Hattar, of the Annapolis Center for Integrative Medicine and Anne Arundel Medical Center, offers five things to know about Lyme disease going into the summer season: * Lyme disease can usually be prevented by avoiding areas of tall grass and brush where ticks reside.

ONE DOESN'T have to be a clairvoyant to predict what the future holds for the downtown complex of the Anne Arundel Medical Center. Located in the heart of Annapolis, the hospital has nowhere to expand. As a result, more of its services -- inpatient as well as outpatient -- will move to its new Jennifer Road medical park in Parole, just beyond the city limits.It's no surprise, therefore, that hospital officials are again exploring the consolidation of all inpatient services at their suburban campus near the Annapolis Mall.

Anne Arundel Medical Center, continuing its rapid growth since moving out of downtown Annapolis three years ago, announced yesterday a $200 million expansion that hospital officials say will add operating rooms, surgical beds and more outpatient space to its campus off U.S. 50. A nine-story addition would be the centerpiece of the expansion, which would also include more parking on the campus, just outside Annapolis. The hospital would also add about 300 full-time workers to its staff of 1,695.

The hulking eight-story Anne Arundel Medical Center tower has, for as long as anyone can recall, been an outcast on the leafy, residential blocks of old Annapolis.The bustle of nurses in scrubs, the flash of ambulance lights and the building itself -- drab and boxy -- have looked entirely out of place in a neighborhood where misty mornings greet residents in slippers, walking their dogs past century-old homes to the waterfront.So when hospital officials announced they would be moving to Parole after 99 years in downtown Annapolis, residents began hoping for a replacement that would blend in -- some muted, tasteful homes, unassuming townhouses, perhaps a few small shops.

Anne Arundel Medical Center and Johns Hopkins Medicine announced yesterday a strategic alliance, giving the Annapolis hospital a chance to take advantage of Hopkins' cachet and programs and providing Hopkins access to more suburban patients. The affiliation will mean that Arundel Medical can offer new services and that the two institutions can share the cost of developing satellite medical centers and other initiatives. It also means AMC will send some patients to Hopkins' giant East Baltimore campus for complex treatments.

Carl Anthony "Chuck" Brunetto, former president and CEO of Anne Arundel Medical Center, died Saturday of respiratory failure at the hospital where he had worked for decades. The longtime Eastport resident was 79. Mr. Brunetto, the son of garment workers, was born and raised in Johnstown, N.Y., where he graduated in 1949 from Johnstown High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1953 from St. Bonaventure University in Allegany, N.Y., and completed pre-med studies at the University of Buffalo.

William F. Bruther, whose career as an Annapolis ophthalmologist spanned nearly 40 years and included having served as chief of ophthalmology at Anne Arundel Medical Center, died Thursday of liver failure at the medical center. He was 70. Dr. Bruther was born in Trenton, N.J., and raised in Annapolis, where his father was chief of personnel at the Naval Academy and his mother was a registered nurse. After graduating from St. Mary's High School in Annapolis in 1957, he entered Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1961 in biology.

Diverticulitis occurs when small, bulging pockets - or diverticula - occur within the colon and become infected. In most cases a slight or micro-perforation occurs. The majority of the time, the healthy body confines the infection to a very small space, and with time and a course of antibiotics, the infection will resolve itself. Dr. John L. Newman, a gastroenterologist with Anne Arundel Gastroenterology Associates, writes about diverticulitis. Diverticulosis, the presence of the pocket without infection, is very common as we grow older.

Maryland reports sixth death from swine flu Maryland health officials reported Thursday a sixth death associated with swine flu. Officials would not release details about the death, except to say it was an adult from the Washington suburbs with an underlying medical condition. As of last Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 436 deaths and 6,506 hospitalizations associated with the virus, known as H1N1. As infections continue to spread widely, the federal agency and state health departments have stopped recording confirmed flu cases that do not result in deaths or hospitalizations.

Christina Marie Morganti, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine with the Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center, explains "tennis elbow" - also known as lateral epicondylitis - and how to take care of it. * "Tennis elbow" is a tendinosis of the wrist and finger extensor muscles that occurs where they originate on the outside of the elbow. This area is where the tendons of the four to five muscles on the back of the forearm coalesce into one "common extensor tendon." Similar to this is "golfer's elbow," or medial epicondylitis, which refers to tendinosis of the wrist and finger flexor muscles on the inside (medial side)

Lyme disease, a highly preventable bacterial infection, strikes nearly 20,000 people a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The peak incidence of Lyme disease will occur from May through early October, so now is the time to guard against the tick bites that transmit the infection. Dr. Thomas F. Hattar, of the Annapolis Center for Integrative Medicine and Anne Arundel Medical Center, offers five things to know about Lyme disease going into the summer season: * Lyme disease can usually be prevented by avoiding areas of tall grass and brush where ticks reside.

Since her twin boys were born prematurely six weeks ago, Amanda Logan has been driving 90 minutes each way from her home in St. Mary's County to Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. Her boys, Anderson Seth and Andrew Scott, have spent their entire lives in the neonatal intensive care unit there, where doctors and nurses can keep a 24-hour watch on the boys' fragile health. Usually Logan packs herself a lunch, which she eats while driving to or from the hospital. So she was happy yesterday to eat a free Mother's Day lunch for parents with babies in the neonatal intensive care unit, courtesy of Morton's The Steakhouse in Annapolis.

Hospice of the Chesapeake names board member The board of directors of Hospice of the Chesapeake Inc. has named Catherine J. Brady-Copertino, executive director for the Anne Arundel Medical Center's Geaton and JoAnn DeCesaris Cancer Institute, as a member of its board. She has been executive director for the Geaton and JoAnn DeCesaris Cancer Institute since 2007, leading the hospital's Breast Center, Radiation Oncology, Nurse Navigation and other programs. Since 2005, she has served as vice president of corporate development and operations for Global Oncology Care, an Irish-owned company developing cancer centers in Ireland and Europe.