Birthing Center and Women and Children’s Welcomes UM SOM Pediatric Hospitalists

UM Shore Regional Health recently welcomed its first full-time Pediatric Hospitalist, Yara Abdelaal, DO. The Pediatric Hospitalist program is a partnership with University of Maryland School of Medicine to offer this service to UM Shore Regional Health’s Birthing Center and Women and Children’s unit, providing 24 hours a day, 7 days a week care to our pediatric patients, along with our UM Shore Medical Group – Pediatrics provider team. In addition to Dr. Abdelaal, several other UM School of Medicine pediatric providers round at UM Shore Regional Health on a part-time basis, including Kelleen M. Boehlke, MD; Stefanie Fischell, MD; Bakri Alzarka, MD; Nicholas P. Pietris, MD; and Krista Lynette Tookhan, MD. Pediatric patients are also seen by our UM Shore Medical Group – Pediatrics providers on a regular basis — 24 hours a day, seven days a week — including Gina Exantus-Bernard, MD; Ahmed Saad Gawad, MD; Mark Sterling Langfitt, MD; Michael Nicholas Pallone, MD; and Lauren Zimmer, DO.

Physician schedules are available via TigerConnect.