Greater Baltimore Medical

* Noted orthopedic surgeon Marc W. Hungerford has joined Mercy Medical Center as the 135-year-old downtown hospital's medical director of joint replacement and reconstruction. Hungerford joins Mercy after serving as chairman of the Johns Hopkins Division of Orthopedic Surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital. One of the few surgeons in Maryland specially trained to perform the latest minimally invasive single as well as double hip replacement procedures, Hungerford earned his medical degree at the Vanderbilt School of Medicine.

Dr. Jeffrey P. Sternlicht has been named chairman of emergency medicine at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. Sternlicht, an emergency medicine physician, has practiced at GBMC since 1998 and also is the hospital's primary disaster physician. He served as clinical director of emergency medicine before his promotion. Dr. Zeng-Jin Yang, research fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has been named the winner of the first American Heart Association-Philips Resuscitation Fellowship award.

The die-hard racing fans stood with binoculars in their hands, following every step as horses jumped the fences and ran the course. Children galloped on the grass, holding toy horses mounted on sticks, pretending to be jockeys. Foodies nibbled smelly cheese and sipped wine, paying little attention to the Legacy Chase. "You mean there's a horse race?" quipped Ellen Fish of Lutherville. About 15,000 spectators dotted the perimeter of Shawan Downs in Hunt Valley yesterday to watch the seventh annual Legacy Chase.

Katharine C. Fausel, 91, real estate agentKatharine C. Fausel, a homemaker and former real estate agent, died Monday of respiratory failure at the Blakehurst Life Care Community in Towson. She was 91.A longtime Ruxton resident who had also resided in Winter Park, Fla., she sold real estate in Baltimore during the 1950s. While living in Florida during the 1980s, she worked as an interior decorator.The former Katharine Conklin was born and raised in Waverly. She was married in 1928 to E. Edgar Thompson Jr., a chemical company sales representative who died in 1950; and in 1957 to Robert W. Fausel, a Curtiss-Wright test pilot who died last year.

Dr. Juan C. Arrabal, a Cuban who fought alongside a young Fidel Castro to eventually oust dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959, died Dec. 19 of lung cancer at the Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. He was 79.The 1944 graduate of the University of Havana practiced medicine in the Cuban province of Camaguey for 19 years. He met his wife, the former Diana Mercedes O'Bryan, when he was 16 years old. She was 13. They married in 1947 after a decade-long courtship.Soon after Castro took control of the Cuban government in 1959, Dr. Arrabal realized that one dictator had replaced another and he gave up a prestigious position as director of the Camaguey Hospital to join revolutionary forces.

Dr. Adam Francis Patrick Szczypinski Sr., a retired Baltimore surgeon who was known for his meticulousness in the operating room and concern for the welfare of his patients, died of leukemia Sunday at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. The Timonium resident was 68.Until retiring in April, Dr. Szczypinski, whose sub-specialty was vascular surgery, had practiced medicine more than 40 years and had an office in the 1400 block of E. Joppa Road in Towson.He also served on the staff of Union Memorial Hospital, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Franklin Square Hospital Center, Mercy Medical Center, St. Joseph Medical Center and Good Samaritan Hospital.

The political potshots came fast and furious -- courtesy of the comedy troupe Capitol Steps -- in an evening of musical political satire at the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation. After the show, 500 ticket holders were invited to a reception to meet cast members, and to congratulate U.S. Rep. Ben Cardin and his wife, Myrna, and Constance and Ramon Getzov, recipients of the congregation's Tzedek and Keter Shem Tov awards. The Cardins were honored for their efforts in social justice and service to the community; the Getzovs for their participation in and generosity to the congregation.

Richard Blundon Watts, a retired Martin Marietta purchasing agent, died Friday of cancer at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 62 and lived in Riderwood.An electronics purchasing agent, he joined Martin Marietta in 1980 and retired in 1992. He had formerly worked at AAI Corp. in Cockeysville.Born in Baltimore, he was a graduate of the Calvert School in North Baltimore and St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Del. He attended Drexel University and the Johns Hopkins University.He enjoyed Dixieland jazz and working with computers and electronics.

Charles F. Flamand, 71, construction sales managerCharles F. Flamand, a retired sales manager, died of a stroke Tuesday at Kuakini Medical Center in Honolulu while vacationing in Hawaii. He was 71.Before his retirement five years ago, Mr. Flamand worked for 30 years as an eastern district manager for Milwaukee-based Rex Works Corp., a construction equipment company.He and his wife of 45 years, the former Ann Sheehan, moved to the Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville three months ago after living in Severna Park for 27 years.

Rosa Jacobson Kolker, a homemaker and former social worker, died Saturday of complications from a heart attack at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. She was 91 and had lived in Lutherville for three years.Shortly after graduating from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., in 1927, she moved to Baltimore to work as a family case worker for the Hebrew Benevolent Society.In 1930, she married Irving Mason Kolker, a lumber executive. The couple moved to Pikesville in the early 1940s.

William E. Schaffner, a Jesuit educator who later was chaplain at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, died of pneumonia Sept. 15 at Manresa Hall Jesuit Community in Merion Station, Pa. He was 91. Father Schaffner was born and raised in Wheeling, W.Va. After graduating from Central Catholic High School in Wheeling, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1935 and professed his vows in 1937. He studied at the Novitiate at St. Isaac Jogues in Wernersville, Pa., from 1937 to 1939, and for the next two years, he studied philosophy at the St. Ignatius Jesuit Retreat House at Inisfada in Manhasset, N.Y. Father Schaffner completed additional philosophical studies at West Baden College in West Baden Springs, Ind., from 1940 to 1942.

Police reports in Baltimore city and county: Eastern Baltimore Burglary: Police were seeking a known female who entered an apartment in the 600 block of Gutman Ave. through the front door Sunday. It was not known if any property was missing, and the woman's name was withheld pending her arrest. Southern Baltimore Stolen vehicle: Police were seeking a black, four-door 1998 Jeep Cherokee with unknown temporary tags that was stolen Sunday from a parking lot in the 1400 block of W. Patapsco Ave. Baltimore Co. -- White Marsh Burglary: Someone used a ladder to enter the rear window of a house in the 1400 block of Lancelot Drive between Sunday and Monday and stole jewelry, coins and collectible currency, all valued at $20,000.

Patricia "Tricia" Kummerow, a retired teacher who helped raise funds for local charities and educational institutions, died of a stroke Tuesday at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Ruxton resident was 68. Born Mary Patricia Brosnahan in New Rochelle, N.Y., and raised in Chicago, Cleveland and Darien, Conn., she graduated from the Madeira School, near Washington, D.C., and received an English degree from Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. Mrs. Kummerow moved to Baltimore in 1973 and began her career teaching and tutoring dyslexic students at the then-new Jemicy School.

It's cold outside. And as people shovel snow, scrape car windows or just spend time in the frigid air, some find that their hands and feet become numb or painful. Better get indoors or warm up, because this could mean frostbite or, more likely, frostnip, says Dr. John Wogan, attending physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. What is frostbite? Frostbite is what happens when exposure to severe cold temperatures reduces blood flow and causes ice-crystals to form inside body tissues, leading to serious, even irreversible, damage.

* Noted orthopedic surgeon Marc W. Hungerford has joined Mercy Medical Center as the 135-year-old downtown hospital's medical director of joint replacement and reconstruction. Hungerford joins Mercy after serving as chairman of the Johns Hopkins Division of Orthopedic Surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital. One of the few surgeons in Maryland specially trained to perform the latest minimally invasive single as well as double hip replacement procedures, Hungerford earned his medical degree at the Vanderbilt School of Medicine.

Carol Sheddrick, a longtime Wachovia Bank employee and active member of Fulton Baptist Church, died of a heart attack Saturday at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. She was 47. Carol Glasper was born in Baltimore and raised on Rubin Avenue. She was a 1980 graduate of Northwestern High School and attended Morgan State University. She began her banking career in 1982 at the old Union Trust Co. in downtown Baltimore, and later moved to the bank's finance department in Columbia after it was taken over by Wachovia Bank.

Dr. Charles Ellis Ellicott, a retired Lutherville internist who worked with the disabled, died of pneumonia Nov. 25 at the Broadmead retirement community in Cockeysville. He was 85. Born and raised in Baltimore, Dr. Ellicott was a 1941 graduate of the Gilman School. He earned a bachelor's degree in botany from Yale University and his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at what is now Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Vanderbilt University and the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, N.Y. In 1950, Dr. Ellicott married Dr. Marjorie Jean Foote, who also graduated from the Hopkins medical school.

Baltimore County police asked yesterday for the public's help in identifying the two gunmen who kidnapped a boy and a girl, both 17 years old, from the parking lot of a light rail station in Timonium over the weekend. The girl was sexually assaulted, police said. The incident began about 9 p.m. Friday in a parking lot at Deereco and Padonia roads when two men with handguns forced their way into the teens' car and drove off with them, police said. The teens were released in the Cherry Hill neighborhood of Baltimore City early Saturday, police said.

* Jody Porter, Kim Bushnell, Lynn Marie Bullock and Lisa Paris have been accepted into the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and will begin in the fall. Bullock and Paris both work at Greater Baltimore Medical Center's Norman Baetjer Jr. and Jeanne H. Baetjer Center for Nursing Excellence. The center supports the professional development needs of nursing students and coordinates orientation and educational opportunities for nurses. Bullock, who has been a nurse for 15 years, serves as the clinical program manager for the Baetjer Center.

Robert Pratt Wingard, an architect who worked for more than 30 years with RTKL Associates Inc. and later established his own firm, died of heart failure July 30 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 61. Mr. Wingard was born in Baltimore and raised at "Eldon," his parent's historic Lutherville home on Lincoln Avenue, which dated to 1855. "It was built by Mr. Corkran, a wealthy lumber merchant, whose company, Stebbins Anderson, survives, who was also a political adviser to President Abraham Lincoln," said Robert W. Russo, a childhood friend and Mr. Wingard's personal representative.