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Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert

Baltimore, Maryland
My name is Brian, and I blog on behalf of LifeBridge Health, a regional health care organization based in northwest Baltimore city and Baltimore County. LifeBridge Health consists of Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Northwest Hospital, Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital, Jewish... Full Bio
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Join the Sinai Pediatric Team and “Take Steps” to Cure Crohn’s Disease and Colitis by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Take Steps is CCFA’s national evening walk and celebration, and the nation’s largest event dedicated to finding cures for digestive diseases. Join us as we enjoy a casual ... Read on »
LifeBridge Health’s Support Helps Pass the TBI Trust by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Normally, we think of the healing process as a straight line. We get sick, we get help, and we get better: A, meet B; B, meet C; and so on. Recovering from a brain injury ... Read on »
Come and Celebrate Cancer Survivors’ Day with Me, by Marie Felder-Lane by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine There’s no greater experience than celebrating life. Whether good bad or indifferent, our instinctive goal is to “survive.” God has blessed me with continued life and has ... Read on »
LifeBridge Health Receives Three Awards from Practice Greenhealth for Green Initiatives by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine We are pleased to announce that LifeBridge Health has been honored for a third straight year with three Partner for Change Awards for its commitment to protecting the envi ... Read on »
Dawn J. Leonard, M.D., Breast Surgeon, Named to 2013 List of Maryland’s Top 100 Women by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Dr. Dawn Leonard Dawn J. Leonard, M.D. , fellowship-trained breast surgeon and medical director of the Herman & Walter Samuelson Breast Care Center at Northwest H ... Read on »
LifeBridge Health Media Monday News Clips – Week of May 6, 2013 by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Every week, news related to  LifeBridge Health  is featured in various media outlets, including business journal publications, local newspapers, online news sites, televis ... Read on »
Happy Birthday to Florence Nightingale, the Founder of Modern Nursing by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The name Florence Nightingale has become synonymous with nursing, so it is fitting that National Nurses Week wraps up on her birthday, May 12th. Her pioneering spirit has ... Read on »
Sinai NICU Reunion Inspires Hope and Fun by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine On Sunday, April 7, 2013, the Zamoiski Auditorium was taken over by fifty awesome NICU superheroes! These graduates of Sinai Hospital’s Jennifer Gandel Kachura Neonatal In ... Read on »
Sinai ER-7 Nurse Jessica Black Shares Her Hurricane Sandy Story by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine At 6:45 a.m. on October 29, 2012 Sinai Hospital went into Code Yellow. Hurricane Sandy was quickly approaching the Baltimore area and the hospital needed to prepare for a ... Read on »
Visit the Baltimore Food Truck Gathering at Sinai This Week for a Chance to Win Two Great Raffle... by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine If you don’t feel like cooking, want to try something you’d never make yourself and/or just want to enjoy a night of good food and conversation, plan to spend this Thursda ... Read on »
LifeBridge Health Honors Nurses with Thank You Video by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine LifeBridge Health is proud to honor its nurses during this week, and throughout the year! Here’s a special “Thank You, Nurses” video to show just how much we care. ... Read on »
LifeBridge Health Celebrates National Nurses Week May 6-12 by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine According to the National Nurses Association there are 3.1 million registered nurses in the United States, and 2.4 million of them are actively employed. This is good news ... Read on »
LifeBridge Health Media Monday News Clips – Week of April 29, 2013 by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Every week, news related to  LifeBridge Health  is featured in various media outlets, including business journal publications, local newspapers, online news sites, televis ... Read on »
Breast Cancer: What Goes Into Decisions Like Judy Blume’s by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine On Wednesday, September 5, young adult author Judy Blume announced on her blog that she recently underwent diagnosis and treatment for ductal carcinoma, a type of breast c ... Read on »
103 Pounds Later After Bariatric Surgery and I’m Registered for My First 5K! by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Diana Naanaa It has been awhile since you have heard from me. Sorry! Life officially stepped in the way. Don’t get me wrong, life did not get in the way of my weig ... Read on »
Cancer Institute Announces Development of Comprehensive Bone and Soft Tissue Tumor Center at Sinai by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The Alvin & Lois Lapidus Cancer Institute of LifeBridge Health launched the new Comprehensive Bone and Soft Tissue Tumor Center , which provides the most advanced treatmen ... Read on »
Day of Dance: One NIGHT to Remember! by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine On April 11, 2013, Northwest Hospital hosted its first Spirit of Women event of the year – Day of Dance!  This was an educational event to promote heart health through dan ... Read on »
Celebrating the Memory of My Father During the Baltimore Kidney Walk by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The 2013 Baltimore Kidney Walk takes place this Sunday, May 5, at the Maryland Zoo. Read on as LifeBridge Health team member Towanda Jones shares her father’s personal sto ... Read on »
May Diversity Message for LifeBridge Health by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders comprise a broad swath of ethnicities, languages and cultures. They have overcome adversity to make formidable contributions to our n ... Read on »
LifeBridge Health Community Events for the Month of May 2013 by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine LifeBridge Health  offers a variety of wellness education classes, lectures and screenings every week. These community events range from breastfeeding support groups to s ... Read on »