Upper Chesapeake Health

Joint pain seminar to offer tips, options Upper Chesapeake Health is offering a free seminar on joint pain from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 15 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Dr. Brian DeMuth, board certified orthopedic surgeon, will offer tips on how to have a better quality of life and different options for individuals suffering from joint pain. Registration is required. Information: 800-515-0044. Registration being taken for CPR class Upper Chesapeake Health is offering a cardiopulmonary resuscitation class from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Aug. 16 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center.

Leonard E. Cantrell Jr. has resigned as president and chief executive officer of the Upper Chesapeake Health System, which operates Harford Memorial and Fallston General hospitals.The resignation, which took effect Nov. 27, was announced Dec. 1.A brief press release announcing the resignation said Mr. Cantrell's replacement would be named early next year.Allan Acton, Upper Chesapeake's vice president for marketing, declined to comment on the resignation.Frederick O. Mitchell, president of the board of directors of Upper Chesapeake, will be interim president.

Bank appoints regional vice presidentPhilip G. Wohlfort of Bel Air was appointed regional vice president of the First National Bank of Maryland's northeast region, which includes Harford and Cecil Counties and eastern Baltimore County.As regional vice president, Mr. Wohlfort, who has more than 13 years' experience in the banking industry, will oversee commercial and retail banking for 17 First National branches.Mr. Wohlfort earned a degree in business administration and economics from Towson State University.

Upper Chesapeake Health is offering a free class, "Bariatric Surgery: New Course for Life," at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 5 and 13 in the Havre de Grace Room at Harford Memorial Hospital. Participants will learn from the staff of Upper Chesapeake Bariatric Surgery whether the procedure is right for them. A monthly support group for people who have had the surgery will meet at 7 p.m. Nov. 5, after the class. Information: 800-515-0044. Dinner lecture to focus on staph Upper Chesapeake Health will hold a "Dining with Docs" dinner, lecture and discussion at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 7 in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center's Chesapeake Conference Center.

Upper Chesapeake Health is offering "A Course in Miracles" weekly with Dr. Dahlia Hirsch. Guest lecturer Jim Goldstein will share insights on how to help people improve their situations, at 7 p.m. Thursday at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Information: 410-676-9691. `Look Good' slated for cancer patients The American Cancer Society is sponsoring a "Look Good, Feel Better" program for cancer patients at 6 p.m. Nov. 13 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. The program provides makeup and hair techniques to combat the effects of treatment.