Maryland Medical Center

Dr. Merrill Jon Egorin, an internationally known cancer researcher, a founder of the University of Maryland's Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, and a co-director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute's Molecular Therapeutics and Drug Discovery Program, died Aug. 7 of multiple myeloma at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Shadyside Hospital. The former Reisterstown resident was 62. "He was a brilliant, insightful and funny man who always made me laugh.

A two-vehicle accident in Lutherville on Wednesday morning sent the driver of a tree-trimming truck to University of Maryland Medical Center, authorities say. The crash happened at Seminary Avenue and Jamieson Road about 7:15 a.m., according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. The truck driver had to be rescued from the vehicle, and he was flown by medevac helicopter to the hospital, fire officials say. The driver of the car was taken to Greater Baltimore Medical Center with injuries that were not life-threatening.

Lombard Street was closed for about three hours between Greene and Penn streets Friday afternoon due to a coolant gas leak at the University of Maryland Medical Center, a hospital spokeswoman said. A contractor working in the basement broke off a valve to a refrigeration system in a tank that holds coolant gas, said the spokeswoman, Sharon Boston. The gas can be an irritant, so as a precaution the haz-mat team from the city fire department is venting the gas outside, she said.

Fatigue is a common complaint of people who are not sleeping well or who are stressed, but severe or clinical fatigue may leave a person with generalized weakness and make it hard for him to initiate or maintain activity. People may also have difficulty with concentration, memory and emotional stability. Dr. Jamal Mikdashi, a rheumatologist at the University of Maryland Medical Center and an associate professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, explains how to tell whether a person might have chronic fatigue syndrome.

Dr. Davood Badie, a Harford County pediatrician, died Monday at his Bel Air home from complications of cardiovascular disease and Parkinson's disease. He was 79. Dr. Badie, the son of a farm owner, was born and raised in Mazandaran Province, Iran. He earned his medical degree from the University of Tehran in 1955 and moved to England five years later. In 1961, he immigrated to Baltimore. Dr. Badie completed a rotating internship at Maryland General Hospital in 1962 and a residency in pediatrics at what is now the University of Maryland Medical Center two years later.

In a race to stave off an unusually dangerous flu season, scientists at the University of Maryland and seven other universities in the U.S. will begin testing a swine flu vaccine in adults and children within the next few weeks - the first step in what could be a mass vaccination campaign. The trials, which will test the vaccines of two manufacturers, mark the launch of an aggressive government timetable to have inoculations ready for as many as 200 million Americans, including 2 million Marylanders, by mid-October.

Oakley Henry Saunders Jr., a retired pediatrician who had been president of the old Provident Hospital and later worked in medical accreditation, died of cancer Tuesday at his Forest Park home. He was 81. Born in Baltimore and raised in West Baltimore, he attended Frederick Douglass High School and served in the Army. He earned a degree from Howard University and was a 1957 Meharry Medical College graduate. After an internship at Provident Hospital and a residency at what is now the University of Maryland Medical Center, he established a private pediatric practice in 1960 on Madison Avenue.

* Dr. Rajabrata Sarkar, an expert in treating blood vessel disorders and a nationally known researcher in blood vessel growth and development, has joined the University of Maryland School of Medicine as professor of surgery and head of the division of vascular surgery. He also becomes chief of vascular surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Sarkar is a former associate professor of surgery and a vascular surgeon at the University of California, San Francisco. He received his medical degree and a doctorate in physiology from the University of Michigan Medical School.