University of Maryland Chester River Health Foundation will host an informative seminar, “The Importance of Advance Directives and the Maryland MOLST Form,” on Saturday, September 13 from 10 a.m. until noon in the second floor meeting room at Town Hall, 118 N. Cross Street in Chestertown.
Guest presenters are Wayne D. Benjamin, MD, board certified family medicine physician of Chestertown Family Medicine and president of the medical staff at University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown; Maddie Steffens, RN, BSN, HPCN, palliative care nurse and Quality in Life Team (QUILT) Coordinator at UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown; and Megan Bramble Owings, Esq., an associate in general practice with C. Daniel Saunders in Chestertown and in-house counsel for David A. Bramble, Inc.
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- Wayne Benjamin, MD
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- Maddie Steffens, RN, BSN, HPCN
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- Megan Bramble Owings, Esquire
This informational seminar will explore how health care providers will care for patients based on their Advance Directive selections and how those directives are translated at the bedside. Additionally, the new Maryland MOLST (Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) form will be discussed and an explanation offered of who needs a MOLST form and why. Ample agenda time is planned for questions and answers.
For more information or to register for the seminar, please contact Joanna Pierce, development specialist, UM Chester River Health Foundation at (410) 810-5681 or by email at [email protected]. This event is free and open to the public. However, seating is limited and therefore pre-registration is required. Light refreshments will be served.
The UM Chester River Health Foundation is a private, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization serving the fundraising needs of UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown and University of Maryland Shore Nursing & Rehabilitation Center at Chestertown.
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