NEWS
February 13, 1991
Services for Dr. Herman J. Dorf, a retired pediatrician, will be held at 3 p.m. today at the Sol Levinson and Bros. funeral establishment, 6010 Reisterstown Road.Dr. Dorf, who was 98 and lived at Levindale, died of pneumonia yesterday at Sinai Hospital.He retired more than 20 years ago from a practice that included 28 years as chief of pediatrics at the old St. Joseph Hospital in East Baltimore.Dr. Dorf was on the staff of St. Agnes Hospital for more than 25 years and had worked in state baby clinics and in the clinic of the Babies Milk Fund Association.
NEWS
December 30, 2004
Dr. Dawn F. Audi-Racke, a Towson pediatrician, died of cancer Monday at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. The Sparks resident was 42. Born Dawn Freida Audi in Johnstown, Pa., she earned a bachelor's degree in biology at Haverford College. While a student there, she met Dr. Frederick K. Racke, a Johns Hopkins Hospital pathologist. They married in 1987. She earned her medical degree at Pennsylvania State University at Hershey and did her residency at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland.
NEWS
BY A SUN STAFF WRITER | October 19, 2000
An Ellicott City pediatrician is scheduled for arraignment Nov. 6 in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court on charges of tax perjury. Dr. Alfredo J. Herrera, 53, of the 2900 block of Poland Springs Drive was accused in an indictment last week of lying on state tax returns he filed for 1996, 1997 and 1998. The indictment alleges that Herrera tried to evade taxes by claiming personal expenses as business expenses. The Maryland attorney general's office, which is prosecuting the case, refused to elaborate on the charges - each carrying a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
NEWS
By Anne Haddad and Anne Haddad,Staff writer | August 4, 1991
Babies can develop complications so quickly that sometimes even fiveminutes is too long to wait for expert care.So whether it's noonor 3 a.m., there is a doctor in the house at Carroll County General Hospital who specializes in infants and children.The pediatrician might be in the nursery, the pediatric ward or the small room next to the nursery that has a desk, a chair and a bed for the overnight shift.One year after starting an in-house pediatrician program, the hospital has worked up to 24-hour coverage.
NEWS
July 24, 2003
Dr. Stanley L. Blumenthal, a retired pediatrician, died Friday of cardiac arrest at his North Baltimore home. He was 83, and had been under treatment for multiple myeloma. Born in Baltimore and raised on Reisterstown Road, he was a 1936 graduate of City College. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at the Johns Hopkins University, where he earned a degree in biology and played football and lacrosse. He attended the Hopkins School of Medicine and had his internship in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
NEWS
By Fred Rasmussen and Fred Rasmussen,SUN STAFF | August 26, 1998
Dr. Raymond Leopold Clemmens, a retired pediatrician, died Friday of a heart attack at his Towson home. He was 76.Dr. Clemmens was director of the Central Evaluation Clinic for Children at the Walter P. Carter Center in Baltimore from 1958 to 1984, and professor of pediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine from 1954 until his retirement in 1985.He was renowned in the fields of atypical child development, hyperactivity and behavioral and learning problems in childhood, and was the co-author of "Behavioral Pediatrics and Child Development."