University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center

10/16/2025

Our Pediatrics After Hours Emergency Care at UM St. Joseph helps children and their parents breathe easier. ‌When 11-year-old Zola suddenly began struggling to breathe, her mother rushed her to UM St. Joseph where she received immediate care through Pediatrics After Hours Emergency Care. Read more about Zola's story and others in the Fall issue of Maryland's Health Matters: https://www.umms.org/sjmc/community/magazine

10/15/2025

UM SJMG welcomes our new Diabetes and Endocrinology practice! Drs. Leen Wehbeh (Medical Director), Yoon Kook Kim, and Daniel Kim, PA-C, diagnose and manage diabetes and a full range of conditions impacting the endocrine system including the thyroid, pituitary and adrenal glands. Our team also specializes in bone health and osteoporosis.

Now accepting new patients! For an appointment, call 410-337-1094

10/12/2025

True or False: Flu shots make you sick.

False! A small number of people experience short-term side effects like stuffy nose, low-grade fever, aches or fatigue, but it may be your body simply building antibodies to fight the flu.

Join us this week at the following locations for our FREE flu vaccination clinics:

The Orokawa Y in Towson: Monday, October 13, 3 – 7 pm
Our Lady of Grace Church: Tuesday, October 14, 3 – 7 pm
St. Joseph Parish Cockeysville: Thursday, October 16, 6 – 9 pm, and Friday, October 17, 9 am – 3 pm
The Y in Parkville: Saturday, October 18, 9 am – 1 pm

For more information and a complete list of our flu shot clinics, visit umstjoseph.org/flu

10/10/2025

Join our heart care team on Wednesday, October 29, at UM St. Joseph Medical Center for a heart failure education event – “Empowering Patients and Families Through Heart Failure Education.”

Learn to live your best life with heart failure, including tips on diet, exercise, medication management and more. Register today:

10/09/2025

Burnout is a frequent topic of conversation on morning news TV shows, but many people still don’t have a good understanding of what it looks and feels like. Could you recognize the signs that you’re doing too much? Learn more: https://health.umms.org/2025/07/01/signs-of-burnout/

10/07/2025

Meet Our Doctors: Dr. Alvin Detterline, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon at Towson Orthopaedic Associates specializes in sports medicine, arthroscopy (including knee, shoulder, and hip) and general orthopedics.

Check out Dr. Detterline’s videos:

Meet Dr. Alvin Detterline - a board-certified orthopedic surgeon at Towson Orthopedic Associates.

10/06/2025

ICYMI: Dr. Jeremy Po***ck, UM St. Joseph board-certified cardiologist, discusses the new blood pressure guidelines in this Maryland Public Television segment:

Jeremy Po***ck, MDUniversity of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Centerumms.org/sjmcLearn more on MPT: https://www.mpt.org Watch episodes on demand here: https://...

10/05/2025

Don't let the flu get you down this year! You can protect yourself and your loved ones by getting the flu vaccination. Join us this week at the following locations for our FREE flu vaccination clinics:

Cockeysville Branch of BCPL: Monday, October 6, 3 – 7 pm
Catonsville Branch of BCPL: Tuesday, October 7, 3 – 7 pm
The Y in Parkville: Wednesday, October 8, 3 – 7 pm

For more information and a complete list of our flu shot clinics, visit umstjoseph.org/flu

10/04/2025

Have you scheduled your appointment to give blood yet? We will be holding a blood drive at UM St. Joseph on Wednesday, October 8, from 11 am – 4 pm.

Schedule your life-saving donation today: https://www.umms.org/sjmc/community/blood-drives

10/03/2025

How you feel about your body can change from day to day. Some days you might feel confident about how you look. Other days, you might not like your body at all. While this is normal, there’s another way to think about your body — by not thinking about how it looks at all. Learn more: https://health.umms.org/2025/09/24/what-is-body-neutrality/

10/02/2025

Congratulations to Drs. Stephen and Jeremy Po***ck who appear in the October issue of Baltimore magazine's feature story, “The Beat Goes On: What’s it like for father-son cardiologists to work in the same hospital?” They share how grateful they are to serve their patients and work together every day at UM St. Joseph Medical Center.

The answer—from Drs. Stephen and Jeremy Po***ck of the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center—might surprise you.

09/29/2025

Flu season is here! You can protect yourself and your loved ones by getting the flu vaccination. Thursday marks the start of our FREE community flu vaccine clinics. Join us this week at the following locations:

Hereford Branch of BCPL: Thursday, October 2, 10 am – 2 pm
The Orokawa Y in Towson: Saturday, October 4, 9 am – 1 pm

For more information and a complete list of our flu shot clinics, visit umstjoseph.org/flu