Olney Medical Associates LLC - Dr. Ed Taubman

10/21/2021

We received an award from the State of Maryland for having reached the highest level of COVID vaccination in the State. Thx to our great staff who made it all happen. We are now giving Moderna Booster shots to all who qualify. If you are already a patient in our practice please call to schedule. If you are interested in a Moderna vaccine and are not already a patient in our practice please go to our website olneymedical.com and follow the instructions to pre register and and we will contact you to set up an appointment

05/01/2021

WE ARE RUNNING A MODERNA VACCINE CLINIC TODAY Saturday 5/1 !!!
Walk Ins Accepted; To Make Your Visit Go Smoother Please pre-register at OlneyMedical.Com

04/07/2021

WE HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERING MODERNA VACCINE FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS !!!! Starting on Monday 4/12 all Marylanders 18 and over are eligible to get the Moderna vaccine. We will continue vaccinating by appointment both our patients and as supplies allow to other patients in the community. If you are interested in getting scheduled send us an email to vaccine@olneymedical.com or call us at 301-774-5400. Please include your contact information and we will get back to you to schedule an appointment as vaccine availability continues to increase.

04/01/2021

Ariane Buckeridge RN Giving Covid Vaccine at our new office !!

03/28/2021

COVID Vaccine Update 3/31/21: We have started receiving and dispensing Moderna vaccine this week! Presently the State of Maryland has approved COVID vaccine for those in groups 1A,1B, 1C, 2A and as of Tuesday 3/30 2B (16 years and older w CDC listed higher risk comorbidities). We are notifying those in our practice who are eligible as we continue to receive vaccine to distribute. There is no need to call; we know who you are !! At this time statewide there is limited availability of vaccine with an estimated 3 million Maryland residents potentially eligible and pre-registering at various sites and with the state receiving about 300,000 doses to distribute per week and increasing. There are a number of ways to get the vaccine and our practice has been approved to be one such venue. If the vaccine becomes available to you we strongly encourage you to get whichever vaccine is offered wherever you can. Again If the vaccine becomes available to you we strongly encourage you to get the Pfizer, the Moderna vaccine or the Johnson and Johnson from wherever it is available to you. If you are local and your physician considers you to be particularly high risk but you are unable to find a place to receive vaccine you can have your physician contact us to add you to our list.

02/14/2021

Monoclonal Antibodies for COVID and You

Though most patients and the press are understandably focused on the availability of COVID vaccines one should be aware of the potential role of Monoclonal Antibodies. Monoclonal Antibodies are the ONLY treatment for early/mild COVID infection that has been shown to prevent hospitalization or worse. The data show that for every 10-20 COVID + patients given monoclonal antibodies one hospitalization or worse can be prevented. So far over 3000 infusions have been given to Maryland patients who meet criteria which has likely prevented as many as 300 hospitalizations.

In the state of Maryland there are presently about 2 million people who are eligible to receive the COVID vaccine for prevention with the state presently receiving just 72 thousand doses per week to distribute. On the other hand, there is a SURPLUS of monoclonal antibodies that have been provided to the state by the federal government which are sitting on shelves unused. So who is eligible to receive monoclonal antibodies for Covid? First you must have a positive Covid test either rapid antigen or PCR, second you must be considered “high risk’, third you must have “mild disease” which means that if you are sick enough to be hospitalized you likely won’t get the medication, and finally no more than 10 days have elapsed from the onset of symptoms until the outpatient infusion takes place.

“High Risk” includes being on immunosuppressants including chemotherapy, overweight (BMI greater than or equal to 35), diabetes, age of 65 or greater, chronic kidney disease, and for those 55 or over “cardiovascular disease” which includes coronary disease, peripheral vascular disease or just hypertension, “lung disease” which includes COPD. This list includes most of our patients! Other eligible include those ages 12-17 with chronic illness including asthma.

“Mild Disease” can mean just about anything including sore throat, nasal congestion, body aches, fever, cough, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea.

The State of Maryland has been very active in promoting the establishment of outpatient infusion centers dedicating to giving monoclonal antibodies which requires an IV and takes about an hour; presently there are about a dozen such centers throughout the state with more coming online every week. Treatment requires a positive COVID test as noted above, “mild symptoms” as noted, “high risk” as noted PLUS TREATMENT GIVEN WITHIN THE 10 DAY PERIOD from onset of symptoms. Additionally a referral by a physician is required.

Anecdotally we have arranged for about a half dozen of our patients to receive the treatment and we have see some dramatic and often rapid improvement of symptoms with to date no one requiring hospitalization and no reported side effects.

BOTTOM LINE; if you have even minor symptoms go out and get COVID tested and if you meet criteria we can quickly arrange for you to have a local outpatient infusion. DON’T wait a week w lingering symptoms to call us; there may not be enough time to have you tested and arrange for this potentially life saving treatment.

02/08/2021

We Are Excited to Announce that our office has relocated to a charming and Easily accessible location right in the heart of Olney at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Hillcrest. Parking behind with ramp access as well as ample parking on street. We are co located with esteemed Olney neurologist Dr Nirgal Nikhar who had the vision to transform this home into an inviting medical office. We will continue seeing patients via Telemed and when appropriate in person. Due to the ongoing pandemic for your safety and the safety of others please do not just show up.

We will only see patients in person by appointment
We will enforce social distancing and mask wearing and we will use personal protective equipment
We will check your temperature before entering the building
Whenever appropriate we will give shots while in your car in the parking lot behind the building
Prior to non sick visits such as annual wellness visits, blood pressure and diabetes checks we will have FedEx deliver to and pick up from your home a COVID PCR test and in addition may perform rapid COVID tests at the time of visits
We are working with the State of Maryland to receive COVID vaccines for our patients and will start administering as soon as available to us. If you are a patient in our practice consider yourself "pre-registered"; there is no need to contact us; we know who you are! and will contact you when we have vaccine to administer. In the meantime if the vaccine becomes available to you through another venue please take advantage of that opportunity.

07/08/2018

http://www.espn.com/specialolympics/story/_/id/23978732 Nurse Ginny’s brother !

Ben Collins can see only shadows and shapes, and he handles with aplomb a commute from Maryland to Washington, D.C., to work at the Special Olympics headquarters.