There have been 293 homicides in Baltimore Many those who survive gunshot wounds will never fully recover and will be disabled for the rest of their lives It is care that will cost taxpayers millions Gunshot wounds and other violecne are now the leading cause of spinal cord injuries among black men in Baltimore City Director of Shock Trauma at the University of Maryland Medical Center He said medical treatments are better compared to 20 years ago and the lives of more gunshot victims are being saved he says more money must be spent in violence prevention programs plus education and job training programs to prevent young people from becoming criminals In a portion of the interview that did not air in the broadcast  Scalea also talked about a new experimental life saving procedure that is being tested at Shock Trauma and the flagship stations for the Baltimore Ravens Hearst Television participates in various affiliate marketing programs which means we may get paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites.©2023 on behalf of WBAL NewsRadio 1090 and FM 101.5 (7News) — Fairfax County Police arrested an instructional assistant at Langley High School after he allegedly committed a sexually lewd act inside a classroom the school administration told the school resource officer on Oct 11 that a student saw 40-year-oldDavid Scalea Detectives were notified and immediately began to investigate No students were physically harmed in the incident SEE ALSO |Fairfax Co. parents share concerns about new school redistricting proposal Scales was charged withObscene Sexual Display and Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor Scalea worked with Fairfax County Public Schools since 2020 He is currently being held without bond at theFairfax County Adult Detention Center Police are asking anyone with information about this incident or other incidents to come forward Fairfax County Public Schools did not have a public statement about the incident but said they were sharing information directly with families in their school community Those with information are asked to please call our Major Crimes Bureau at 703-246-7800 Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Solvers by phone – 1-866-411-TIPS (866-411-8477) and by web –Click HERE Download the ‘P3 Tips’ App and follow the steps to “Fairfax Co Crime Solvers.” Anonymous tipsters are eligible for cash rewards Please leave contact information if you wish for a detective to follow up with you NKyTribune Part of an ongoing series about eating establishments in Northern Kentucky Scalea’s Restaurant at 318 Greenup Street in Covington was a trendsetter In an article about Scalea’s opening restaurant critic Polly Campbell praised “this new Italian ristorante that melds settings and enticing tastes” to produce remarkable results Campbell credited Dean and Beth DiGiacinto with the vision After buying an Italian grocery on Cincinnati’s West Side in 1996 they decided to move it to Covington where they opened a deli and a bakery “they then bought the building next door and hired Anita Hirsch as a chef.” The result was a successful combination of neighborhood deli serves Italian food by one of the best cooks in town.” (Polly Campbell “Scalea’s Smooth Start,” Cincinnati Enquirer Amy Culbertson stated that the DiGiacintos had success first “with 70-year-old Scalea’s Italian Market bought from Salvatore and Maria Petrillo in 1996.” She commented liberally and positively about many of the dishes and added a sidebar entitled “Scalea’s meals end well” in which she concluded that “we didn’t find a dessert we didn’t like” (Amy Culbertson “Scalea’s Instant Success,” Cincinnati Post as the reputation spread about the combined talents of the DiGiacintos and Chef Hirsch a new opportunity arose that “could not be passed up,” especially for the chef In a series of articles that appeared in late 1998 and 1999 a leading staff reporter for the Cincinnati Post announced that Dean DiGiacinto and Anita Hirsch would become president and vice president respectively of Ciao Cucina Corp “Management would come from the Scalea offices in Covington… bringing to Ciao a terrific blend of experience both in running a business and in bringing creativity and a real edge to the menu and the food the turnaround artist who had been running Ciao since earlier in 1998” (Cliff Peale “Scalea’s Managers Taking Over at Ciao,” Cincinnati Post While chef Hirsch anticipated remaining with the DiGiacintos in this dual venture (Ciao and Scalea’s) Anita Hirsch says leaving will be hard [but]… when super-restauranteur Drew Nieporent’s Myriad Restaurant Group called she felt it was time to take ‘a step up.’” Culbertson added that Chef Hirsch would become the Executive Chef at Myriad’s highly acclaimed “Harbor View Hotel in the posh East Coast summering grounds of Martha’s Vineyard Massachusetts.” Hirsch and Nieporent had become acquainted at the “Taste of the NFL,” a Super Bowl Charity Gala she was invited “to cook for a tasting for the group.” Myriad was famous for a number of exclusive restaurants in New York City (5 DiGiacinto said that Hirsch would be missed at Scalea’s but added that “the front house and kitchen staff are almost intact from when they had opened a year before.” The new Executive Chef at Scalea’s would be Stefan Krause “former sous chef at the Maisonette” (Amy Culbertson “Chef Anita Hirsch Says She Couldn’t Pass Up Challenge,” Cincinnati Post Scalea’s closed temporarily so its new owners and menu.” It should be noted that the same group also owned Bella at Fountain Square and Jump in Over-the-Rhine (Polly Campbell “The Dish-Dining News to Use – Changes – New Ownership,” Cincinnati Enquirer the Queen City Restaurant group decided to change the name of Scalea’s to Bistro 318 “It was broadened to include dishes from Asian and other cuisines in addition to the Italian that was featured over the years at Scalea’s.” The other big change came with turning Scalea’s deli into a dining room (Polly Campbell “New and Noted: Scalea’s Changes Name to Bistro 318,” Cincinnati Enquirer The next major restaurant at 318 Greenup Street would be Blinkers a few iterations in-between from Pho Paris with the Jean-Robert Restaurant Group to Chalk Food and Wine with Jared Whalen as the Head Chef under the helm of Gary Ginn and Sandy Meyer with many awards over the years for “the best steak in Northern Kentucky” and many loyal regular customers who enjoy the “steak special” two nights a week and other comfort foods comfortable space occupied by patrons back to the days of Scalea’s That they have been equally as farsighted can be seen with their Fall 2021 decision to expand into a historic building formerly owned by former Kentucky Governor John W Stevenson (25th governor from 1867–1871 who also represented Kentucky in both houses of the US Congress) They opened Governor’s House Wine Bar and Kitchen with a menu that “includes shareables and full-size entrees with an Italian flare as well as a full bar and a large selection of wines and bourbons” (Emily DeLetter “Blinkers Tavern Owners Opening a New Restaurant in Covington,” Cincinnati Enquirer Blinkers and the Governor’s House remain leaders in bringing quality food and a sense of the past to the Northern Kentucky community Dr. Raymond G. Hebert is professor of History and executive director of the William T. Robinson III Institute for Religious Liberty at Thomas More University. He is the leading author of Thomas More University at 100: Purpose, People, and Pathways to Student Success (2023). The book can be purchased by contacting the Thomas More University Bookstore at 859-344-3335. Contact Ray Hebert at hebertr@thomasmore.edu Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD is Editor of the “Our Rich History” weekly series and Professor of History and Gender Studies at Northern Kentucky University (NKU). He can be contacted at tenkottep@nku.edu. Tenkotte also serves as Director of the ORVILLE Project (Ohio River Valley Innovation Library and Learning Enrichment). For more information see https://orvillelearning.org/ Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" An instructional assistant at Langley High School in McLean was arrested last week after a student allegedly saw him masturbating in a classroom “began inappropriately touching himself underneath his desk” in a classroom according to the Fairfax County Police Department “A student observed Scalea and immediately notified school administration,” the FCPD said in a press release yesterday (Monday) “No students were physically harmed.” Administrators then alerted their school resource officer prompting an investigation by Major Crimes Bureau detectives Scalea has been charged with obscene sexual display and contributing to the delinquency of a minor He’s currently being held without bond at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center According to the FCPD, Scalea has been placed on administrative leave by Fairfax County Public Schools, which has employed him as an instructional assistant since 2020. His LinkedIn profile indicates that he worked for FCPS prior to that as a substitute teacher from 2008 to 2019 though the school system didn’t immediately confirm that Image via Google Maps 2024 at 3:51 pm ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}David Scalea 40-year-old instuction assisstant from Great Falls was arrested after a student reported seeing him masturbating under his desk during school hours VA — An instructional assistant at Langley High School faces multiple charges including contributing to the delinquency of a minor after a student told school officials they saw him masturbating in a classroom School administrators notified the school resource officer about the incident was inappropriately touching himself underneath his desk No students were reported to have been physically harmed charging him with obscene sexual display and contributing to the delinquency of a minor Fairfax County Public Schools placed Scalea who has been an instructional assistant in the school system since 2020 He was then held without bond in the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center Anyone who has information about this case is asked to call the Major Crimes Bureau at 703-246-7800, option “4”. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Solvers by phone – 1-866-411-TIPS (866-411-8477) and by web – Click HERE Police ask that anyone who submits an anonymous tip to leave contact information so detectives can follow up on your tip Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. BALTIMORE — January 4th is the anniversary of the arrival of one of the top doctors in Baltimore Thomas Scalea got to Shock Trauma as its new physician-in-chief on January 4th he's cared for some of the sickest and most seriously wounded victims of crime car crashes and Covid-19 - and he's not showing any signs of slowing down He told WMAR-2 News that Shock Trauma exists to give patients a second chance at life “There are not a lot of jobs where every year you're smarter than you were the year before,” Dr He says the improvements made to trauma care - have been the best part of the past 25 years “We order the way we do things differently than we used to,” Dr “We give blood and plasma in a way very differently than the way that we used to If I can fix you with a stick in your groin instead of opening your abdomen from top to bottom you return to work or whatever it is you do quicker And all of that has been part of the last 25 years.” Shock Trauma is one of the busiest trauma centers in the world Since 1997 the facility has gone from treating about 5500 patients a year The largest percentage of patients come from vehicle crashes and other accidents “I always remind people it says "shock" on the front of the building before it says "trauma," and I just look at us as the sick people doctors - if you're sick and you are outstripping the resources where you are and many of those cases come with the toughest part of the job “It is an emotionally difficult thing to go tell some momma that her kid is not coming home,” Dr His position gives him a unique perspective on violence in Baltimore City and he says he can pinpoint when it got much worse - April of 2015 “This got acutely worse the day that Freddie Gray died It (has gone up) and it's (gone down a bit) but it's never really come down,” Dr And for the past two years - the Covid-19 pandemic has been a major focus I'll show you what it looks like and I promise you There's been major changes at the hospital including the conversion of a large intensive care unit to a heart-lung bypass unit which treats people with the worst cases of Covid pneumonia It is now the largest facility of its kind in North America “I’m sorry that we had to do it but I'm very proud of all of my colleagues who just came to work and said let's go,” Dr He says he has no idea how much longer he'll be leading the team at Shock Trauma But a retirement will not be happening until he has granted many more patients a second chance this can't go on forever but it's probably going to go on for another week or two As the Honorable Francis X. Kelly Distinguished Professor of Trauma Surgery and Director of the Program in Trauma at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and physician-in-chief of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) has pioneered advances to trauma care for patients in the United States and around the world He has cared for tens of thousands of Marylanders critically injured in motor vehicle collisions traveled to China and Haiti to render assistance to earthquake victims and worked alongside military physicians in war-torn Afghanistan He has steered Maryland’s highest-level trauma center through two years of the COVID-19 pandemic Scalea marked his 25th anniversary as the leader of the Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center and the Program in Trauma at the University of Maryland School of Medicine Shock Trauma delivers more trauma care than any other institution in the United States treating 7,000 patients a year with a 96 percent survival rate Scalea has carried on the legacy of Shock Trauma’s founder who championed the concept of the “golden hour” that has defined modern trauma care The Program in Trauma at UMSOM is the only multidisciplinary dedicated physician group practice that cares for injury in the United States The goals of the program go well beyond that of patient care with education and research at the cornerstone of its mission and educate all types of health care professionals from many disciplines “When I look at what we have been able to accomplish over the past 25 years I can truly say that we changed the face of injury care in the world,” said Scalea who is also system chief of critical care services for the 12-hospital University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) “I am very proud that we have been at the tip of the spear for many advances with a lot of innovation coming through our long partnership with the U.S military — all for the benefit of patients.” Scalea said Shock Trauma is recognized internationally for the use of endovascular care for trauma — using catheter therapies instead of open surgical procedures or in combination with open surgery It has also pioneered innovative therapies for severe traumatic brain injury and created a novel way to organize critical care through its Critical Care Resuscitation Unit and the Maryland Critical Care Network which is comprised of adult intensive care units at UMMS hospitals throughout Maryland “The concepts were reimagined and became very important during the COVID-19 pandemic serving as a model for the state of Maryland to ensure that critically ill patients received the right care at the right time at the right place,” he said Scalea has played an instrumental role in the leadership of the Shock Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR) Center multidisciplinary research and educational center focusing on critical care and organ support patient safety, and injury prevention Originally established by Congress as the Charles “McC.” Mathias Jr National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems the STAR Center was designated as an organized research center at UMSOM in 2007 It is the first research center in the nation dedicated exclusively to the study of trauma Scalea came to Maryland from New York City where he served as chief of critical care and trauma and founding chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Kings County Hospital/SUNY Brooklyn “I planned to live and die in New York City and didn’t really plan to move to Baltimore,” he recalled Shock Trauma — Maryland’s only primary adult trauma resource center (PARC) which is at the heart of Maryland’s unique Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System — has grown tremendously under Scalea’s leadership He has been instrumental in creating or developing many key programs and units for his incredible expertise as a trauma surgeon and physician-scientist who has made enormous contributions to trauma research those who have worked with him or trained under him will tell that you that Dr Scalea is an equally gifted leader and mentor,” said E and Akiko Bowers Distinguished Professor and dean of UMSOM Cowley’s original mission to provide cutting-edge care to ensure the survival of the critically ill and injured.” professor of otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery at UMSOM and president and CEO of UMMC added: “Tom Scalea is the heart and soul of Shock Trauma Our trauma center is regarded as the premier trauma hospital in the world in large part because of his hard work and commitment to serving the most critically injured and critically ill patients in Maryland and beyond He and his team always bring their ‘A’ game and have saved thousands of lives over the last 25 years developing new procedures and techniques that have been adopted by other trauma specialists O’Malley noted that Shock Trauma has been at the forefront of UMMC’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic executive director of the Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Tom Scalea hasn’t just led the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center he has devoted himself to the care of injured people throughout Maryland The value of his expertise and commitment to Maryland’s statewide emergency medical services system and its abilities to treat trauma patients is immeasurable.” who suffered a serious brain injury and nearly died from multisystem organ failure after falling off a golf cart in 2005 I know that if I were under the care of another physician and team He took care of both me and my family extremely well and we will be forever grateful.” She called Scalea “a wonderful physician and person.” “Sitting down with a mom and telling her that her kid is not coming home is just demoralizing at the highest level “Everybody who works here feels those losses in a very personal and very profound way Answering the bell has taken the now-70-year-old trauma surgeon to other parts of the world he headed the only non-Chinese team invited by the Chinese government to provide medical care to victims He personally led Shock Trauma’s efforts to help the victims of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti He traveled to Afghanistan in October 2011 to witness the “Wounded Warrior” care program in the field Shock Trauma provides pre-deployment medical training for U.S and medical technicians as part of the C-STARS program authoring or co-authoring more than 600 studies including a 2017 study published in the Annals of Surgery that found a blood-cleaning device could be put to new use to help patients with acute liver failure He also oversaw Shock Trauma’s participation in a groundbreaking 2015 transfusion study that aimed to save lives from major blood loss “It’s very exciting to create solutions for patients not helped by standard therapies — to innovate on the fly,” Scalea said “My team and I put our heads together and say ‘Let’s try this,’” whether it be an operative technique I have been practicing medicine for 40 years and that’s still an incredibly energizing experience.” He observed that trauma care has changed dramatically over the years staging of surgeries over the course of several days There have also been innovations in critical care which oxygenates a patient’s blood outside of the body “Every year we are better at doing this than we were the year before,” Scalea said “We are a lot smarter now than we were 25 years ago.” and professional organizations all over the world “Would Lincoln have survived if he was shot today?” at UMSOM’s annual historical clinicopathological conference and concluded that modern medicine likely would have saved the former U.S Scalea is a member of a host of trauma organizations and served as president of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the Western Trauma Association and executive director of the Pan American Trauma Society He is a member of the American Trauma Society and the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma He was featured in two TV programs about Shock Trauma “The Critical Hour: Shock Trauma” in 2004 and “Shock Trauma: Edge of Life” in 2015 with instilling in him a deep-seated desire to serve ‘You do for others before you do for yourself.’ It was the motto in my house who still performs about 600 surgeries a year said he loves his job and has no plans to retire “It’s what I will do until I can’t do it anymore.” “If the phone rings and somebody needs help Baltimore is the founding campus of the University System of Maryland 620 W. Lexington St., Baltimore, MD21201 | 410-706-3100 Get important news about your town as it happens Get the top stories from across our network Are you sure you want to unsubscribe from daily updates An instructional assistant at a Virginia high school was arrested after allegedly touching himself inappropriately in a classroom who worked as a Langley High School Instructional Assistant has been placed on leave and is behind bars after a student caught him in the act police say that a School Resource Officer was notified by administrators that a student observed an instructional assistant masturbating in a classroom behind his desk Detectives launched an investigation and investigators determined that Scalea was in a classroom and began inappropriately touching himself underneath his desk The 40-year-old was charged with obscene sexual display and contributing to the delinquency of a minor He was placed on administrative leave by the school and is being held without bond at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center Want breaking news in the DMV as it happens, or want to contribute? Join the DMV All Incidents Facebook group https://www.eventopeople.it/From 16 to 18 May 2025, the beautiful setting of Scalea (CS) will host Eventopeople Festival 2025, the unmissable event for lovers of Salsa, Bachata, Kizomba and Hip Hop. Three days of pure energy among stages, shows and unforgettable evenings, with the best artists and trainers on the international scene. A unique opportunity to improve your dancing skills, have fun and share your passion for dance in a welcoming and engaging atmosphere. A weekend of rhythm and fun, with lessons and evenings in an exclusive location overlooking the sea: the Santa Caterina Village. Street viewInterestedStageMediterraneo Dance Festival5 - 19 Jul Last update: May 5, 2025 6:01 AMContent owned by the Calabria Region | Tourism and Commerce Department issued under CC-BY License Download OFFICIAL TOURIST INFORMATION SITE © 2022 Calabria Region Tourism and Commerce Department BALTIMORE (WBFF) — As Baltimore City continues to claim lives a not-so-secret weapon in the fight against gun violence is Maryland’s designated trauma hospital Shock Trauma the chief and face of the trauma center for more than two decades almost missed our interview Wednesday after another young person came through his doors a victim “I just barely got here because we admitted a 20-year-old kid that came in desperately ill after being stabbed 2023 has not seen much improvement in his opinion ALSO READ |Three teens shot on Mother's Day, including 14-year-old girl we’ve not really seen a substantial decrease in it certainly doesn’t feel like we’ve had a substantial decrease in it and it’s not a very good part of it,” he said " “We’ve really sort of normalized this When something terrible happens you go that was only two and you go wait a minute that’s crazy that you think it’s okay only two kids got hurt this week Scalea was joined by University of Maryland Medical Center Dr one of the hospital's leading pediatricians Director of the University of Maryland Children's Hospital in declaring gun violence among young people a public health emergency “This is affecting so many youth and young adults and so many young children who are witnessing violence and the trauma that comes along with the violence they’re seeing in their neighborhoods and families,” said Dr a more than 50% increase over this time last year Nearly 40 other children have survived gunshot wounds Scalea acknowledged they definitely see the spike One of the youngest homicide victims was 12-year-old Jaylen Richards who was shot and killed last month in South Baltimore I could tell you the number of steps it is to the waiting room ALSO READ |14-year-old girl shot on Sunday | Juvenile boy in custody, police say the doctors say they often bring the pain and suffering home with them “What we’re doing is harming a whole generation of citizens It is just not right that the number one cause of death in children is gun violence who has been with the trauma center for more than two decades says it hasn’t crossed his mind yet that he can’t do the job any longer “I live a ten-minute walk from here and when I go home but it hasn’t beaten me down enough to quit yet most victims who come through the doors of Shock Trauma walk back out Scalea said when asked where the city would be without Shock Trauma that the homicide rate would be much higher “We’ll see 700-800 gunshot wounds this year We asked why the doctors believed this is happening I do know we haven’t done anything so far that’s had any measurable effect on it and I personally believe it has to do with this culture that is now part of Baltimore it’s accepted that people are going to get shot,” said Dr “We had a young kid come in and die recently with a gunshot wound We went down and talked to his parents and as I have remarked before they’re very sad It’s a lived reality for parents raising their children in Baltimore “We have a lot of hesitancy about asking about where guns are stored how do we keep them out of the hands of young adults and certainly children and I think this is a conversation everybody should be open to having if we’re going to start to make a difference,” said Dr We asked what their hope is for the children of Baltimore one year from now “What I care about is getting to a place where there are fewer holes in a smaller number of people When we have a solution that leads to fewer holes in a smaller number of people I’m all for it,” said Dr Covid pandemic and invasion of Ukraine have brought sudden halt to years of flourishing business in Calabrian town of Scalea The services listed on the billboard outside Rotondaro Costruzioni as are the details of the properties advertised for sale in the window display filled with plastic envelopes containing details of customers dating back to 2010 The majority of those property buyers were Russian A short distance away is a stretch of Italy’s southern Calabrian coastline lapped by clear-blue sea This is not the glitzy Costa Smeralda in Sardinia or Tuscany’s Forte dei Marmi where lavish villas and yachts belonging to Russian oligarchs have been seized over the last two months a low-profile holiday resort with a medieval hilltop village whose economy has flourished over the past decade partly thanks to the ordinary Russians who flocked here for the cheap property and sunshine is finalising the sale of another property a one-bedroom apartment worth €22,000 (£19,000) to a young Russian-Ukrainian man living near Naples The presence of Russian buyers and holidaymakers in Scalea had already all but evaporated as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the unauthorised status of the Russian Sputnik vaccine in the EU Now the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent economic sanctions means the Russians are unlikely to return for the foreseeable future “The Russians don’t come any more; they’ve been cut off.” Rotondaro is not the only one feeling the pinch bars and shops had come to depend on their Russian guests who tend to spend more than their Italian counterparts while elongating the holiday season by visiting outside the hot summer months has menus in Russian and Russian-speaking staff but when the Guardian visited at lunchtime on a recent national holiday Now there is not even one,” said Salvatore maybe they’ll return in time for the summer.” The estate agency Rotondaro Costruzioni in Scalea Photograph: Angela Giuffrida/The GuardianProperty-building boomed in Scalea and other towns along Calabria’s coastline driven by demand for holiday homes from Italian buyers “You could count the number of foreigners on one hand,” said Tony Hackett “But then people who bought during that period stopped coming and so a lot of property has been recycled.” Interest from Russians started to gather pace from about 2010 snapping up humble properties that even today can be bought for as little as €14,000 The most famous Russian property owner in Scalea was Boris Klyuyev Some of the property owners have settled in the town the president of the Calabria-Russia association which helps to promote Calabria in Russia and assists property buyers with Italian bureaucracy Stepura bought a home close to the beach in 2010 “The value of the rouble at the time meant it cost much less than buying land near Moscow,” she said Buyers with enough savings would purchase a property outright; others would obtain loans from Russian banks “Life here is simple: you have a beautiful beach you can eat out cheaply and have breakfast at the bar and the locals are welcoming,” Stepura said Scalea has been described by the local press as “a little Moscow in Calabria” there has been significant investment from Russia – obviously Scalea is different from Moscow for those who like the sun,” he said “But we also have other communities – Polish The property boom in areas of Calabria was partly fuelled by illegal building by mafia groups with a crackdown since 2013 leading to the seizure of hundreds of tourist resorts and holiday homes Some foreign investors became unwittingly entangled in the mafia’s real-estate crimes and now the local administration is hoping to put properties confiscated from the mafia on to the market “We’re participating in a competition for funding so that is the first step – to have the funds to tidy them up,” said Perrotta It remains to be seen if Russians will return to buy the additional property stock but Perrotta is confident that Scalea is in for a busy summer “We will wait for the Russians to come back … but after two years of the pandemic we anticipate a boom in tourist presence – we don’t only live off Russians; we have plenty of Italian visitors too.” 2023 at 9:54 am ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Michael Scalea is seeking re-election to the Marlboro Township Council is seeking re-election to office in the Nov Scalea, of Marlboro, has served as a councilman from 2015 to the present. His campaign link is: Home - Marlboro First Four candidates are seeking the two open seats on the Township Council: Democrats Scalea and Iqleen K They are running as a team with Marlboro Mayor Jonathan Hornik Republican candidates for council are: Renzo Kolenovic and John Russotto The Republican running for mayor is Feiby Dawod Scalea and his team all prioritize safety in the township working proactively with the Police Department as the liaison to the Recreation and Swim department says he is committed to endorsing new initiatives "Our dedication lies in delivering top-notch activities and programs for both the youth adult and seniors in our community," he says candidates provide voters with background about themselves and their positions on the issues Candidates were asked to provide their professional or volunteer information government experience and personal background a technology consulting company specializing in IT and management consulting services for the life sciences sector received recognition in The Healthcare Technology Report earning a place among the top 25 Healthcare Technology Leaders in New Jersey Educational background: Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Seton Hall University and an MBA from Walden University Volunteer: Dedicated numerous years to coaching youth sports notably serving as the president of Marlboro American Youth Football for a span of nine years became a member of the Marlboro Recreation and Swim committee actively contributing as a committee volunteer until appointment to the council in 2015 Family: Michael and his wife Maria have been married for 32 years and have lived in Marlboro for 23 of them Top issues:Candidates were asked about the important issues in their municipality and to offer ideas on how the governing body might address them going forward Safety stands out as a paramount concern in our township today and we take great pride in our ranking as the 19th safest town in the state This achievement owes much to our exceptional Police Department's unwavering commitment to safeguarding our community They proactively engage in disseminating crucial safety information to our residents and diligently patrol and fortify our neighborhoods We remain committed to fiscal responsibility by consistently making prudent choices in budget management Our AAA bond rating persists because we borrow when needed we always keep the potential tax impact on our residents in mind we have successfully maintained the municipal tax portion of our residents' obligations as stable as possible from year to year Having served as the liaison to the Recreation and Swim department for the last nine years I remain committed to endorsing new initiatives Our dedication lies in delivering top-notch activities and programs for both the youth Our ongoing efforts will focus on enhancing and maintaining our parks and fields we have successfully concluded the long-anticipated municipal turf replacement project which had been meticulously planned and budgeted for over the past few years My primary focus lies in the re-election of Mayor Jon Hornik and the team's election to the two council seats It is imperative that we uphold the town's current trajectory prioritizing the well-being of Marlboro above all else Candidates for Marlboro Township Council (Full term; vote for two) Note: Candidates who have not received their request for profile information from Patch should check their spam folders or can contact Pat McDaniel at patricia.mcdaniel@patch.com for the email with candidate questions Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. 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Scalea on juvenile violence: 'These are 100% preventable injuries'by Maxine Streicher BALTIMORE (WBFF) — For children growing up in Baltimore City “Living in the city where violence is rampant is considered an adverse childhood experience,” said Dr This year as juvenile violence spikes in the city no one is more intimately familiar with the pain and suffering of children than those on the front lines who’s siblings have been injured coming in with stories and we’re working with families who have dealt with loss and pain,” said Dr “Families don’t just bounce back and go on living when they’re faced with such incredible losses.” Director of the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital a leading pediatrician at the University of Maryland Medical Center sat down with us for an honest conversation about juvenile violence Scalea told FOX45 News he and his staff were feeling beaten down You can fix distracted driving and all of those things and there will still be vehicular crashes because there’s human error and all of those things but I don’t know where it’s written down that you have to pick up a gun and shoot somebody ten children have been killed in Baltimore City “I think it really speaks to the normalization of violence in the city and this is maybe a little off topic but what other city has the major newspaper report homicides every week “If you look at the homicides the day that Freddie Gray died With bloodshed ingrained into the fabric of Baltimore the doctors agree everyone has an obligation to make a difference in this fight it’s about the health of the public in Baltimore and this is a huge problem for the citizens of the city and the conversations need to be driven with that framework,” Dr “We need to dig in and use evidence based practices We need to define the path forward and we have to realize it’s not going to happen over a few months and we have to dig in for the long haul,” Dr Another important topic we discussed with the doctors was their part in a national campaign ALSO READ |Hard conversations surrounding the shooting of armed 17-year-old by police officer The campaign focuses on destigmatizing the conversation about guns and their safe storage how do we keep them out of the hands of young adults and certainly children,” said Dr “I think this is a conversation everybody should be open to having if we’re going to start to make a difference.” BALTIMORE (WBFF) — After more than two decades of service at the University of Maryland’s Shock Trauma Center Last month after an overwhelming day of carnage came through his hospital door There is so much violence in the city and the state,” Scalea Now in his first in-person interview in two years Scalea is standing by those words and his belief this is the worst it has ever been Watch the full interview with FOX45'S Mary Bubala above ALSO READ | Analysis shows Safe Streets success is inconclusive; program is poised to get more money Like a preschool teacher gathering his young students around him Thomas Scalea had his own form of “story time.” But instead of Thomas the Tank Engine Scalea’s topic was “Supporting Failing Organs” at the University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB) Entrepreneurs of the Year Presentation on Oct His “very cool story” took place not in a cozy classroom but in the auditorium of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center which is regarded as the world’s most advanced trauma center under physician-in-chief Scalea Physician-in-chief at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center delivers a lecture about “Supporting Failing Organs” at the University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB) Entrepreneurs of the Year Presentation and humility into a riveting hourlong presentation enjoyed by over 100 people “Anyone who has heard me knows I tell stories It’s the only thing I’m good at,” said Scalea Kelly Distinguished Professor in Trauma Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine It’s about the development of support for failing organs It’s a story about a whole bunch of entrepreneurs and their spirit that allowed us to accumulate the knowledge that has brought us to this point “It starts with the advent of critical care: When I finished my residency back in the Middle Ages there was a single fellowship program in critical care for surgeons — one My surgical critical care certificate number is 069 There weren’t that many,” said Scalea “So it’s a story of critical care that traces its maturation it’s a story of innovation and determination It’s a story that covers a long time Later called a “Pied Piper” by 2017 UMB Entrepreneur of the Year Bartley Griffith Scalea led the crowd on a journey of organ failure through the ages Kidney failure in World War II and the Korean War “because helicopters and blood banking made injured soldiers live who used to die from heart failure.” Lung failure in Vietnam Scalea dropped many names of pioneers in the fight against organ failure up to modern days Tom Petty “without the Heartbreakers.” Dave Ashbaugh so I dedicate this to his memory,” Scalea said Among the historical tidbits was that Safar in 1958 set up the first ICU in the United States “Where?” Scalea asked the assembled physicians The home of critical care in trauma in the United States is Baltimore.” Eventually Scalea got around to his greatest story of the day a former liver surgeon at Shock Trauma who is now director of liver transplants at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Their innovative application of the Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System (MARS) led to a study that found this “dialysis machine for the liver” can remove toxins and reduce brain swelling — allowing acute liver failure sufferers time for spontaneous recovery or transplantation “Usually as the senior member of the team I would have assigned this talk to Deb or Steve,” Scalea said early in his presentation “But he is in Dallas [at his new job] and she is in England [on vacation] so you’ll just have to put up with me.” How the MARS machine came to Shock Trauma combined knowledge “This guy comes in with a devastating liver injury from a gunshot wound,” Scalea recalls ‘What about this MARS machine?’ We’ve heard about it you think we could get one?’ ” Scalea recalled to the audience’s amusement “I say ‘Sure!’ I don’t know where the hell we are going to get one ‘You’re not going to believe this turn the truck around and bring it down,’ ” Scalea recalled ‘I wonder how much this thing costs?’ [more laughter] So I called Karen [Doyle senior vice president at Shock Trauma] and said can we have a dialysis machine?’ God love her you’ve got it.’ They deliver it and just like Petty [the pioneering lung specialist] It’s just a machine.’ The patient gets well.” and Hanish reported their findings to the American Surgical Association Now the nearly 14,000 Americans on the liver transplant waiting list have renewed hope chief enterprise and economic development officer and vice president at UMB “Through persistence and meticulous research the MARS team is on the path to turn inspiration to save one life into a new standard of care for thousands of patients.” Scalea sees it more as being in the right place at the right time “We had modern technology next to the patients,” he said “We controlled the technology ourselves we weren’t bound by conventional thinking and as physicians and surgeons we were together There are a zillion careers for those who want to take this on After Scalea took questions from the audience assistant vice president of research and development presented plaques to some of the 99 UMB researchers who had U.S and international patents approved in the past year “We’ve had an incredible year in extramural funding,” Hughes said “We had big growth two years ago and this year we grew the biggest we have ever had and the biggest of any University System of Maryland institution with $667.4 million There is a lot of great research being done here and that’s the foundation of much of the great entrepreneur work we are seeing.” BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Dr. Thomas Scalea is celebrating 25 years at the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center The physician-in-chief is a legend in trauma surgery He remembers his first day in Baltimore like it was yesterday “It was kind of the start of a dream come true,” he said A lot has changed and advanced in medicine over the past two decades but Scalea says the excitement remains “I think the most exciting time for us is when we invent a new solution So someone comes in and they’ve got something that isn’t cared for by traditional therapy and we innovate on the fly,” he said RELATED |Inside Shock Trauma: On the front line of a city in crisis Those solutions help people in need worldwide “That still is an incredibly energizing experience,” he said a city that sees hundreds of homicides a year and even more non-fatal shootings Scalea says the days in shock trauma are often long “There is no reason somebody needs to pick up a gun and go shoot somebody This is all completely preventable disease,” he said FROM THE ARCHIVES | Baltimore stands ready to help on 9-11-2001 Scalea admits he’s more beaten down than ever before by the seemingly endless violence plaguing the city while he’s saved hundreds of lives and become the face Baltimore often seen on television in the case of a major trauma Scalea says he’s delivered news of death to many families too “I went down to tell this lady her son had died and I walked in and she said oh thank God it’s you I did not recognize her and she said you don’t remember me but you took care of my other son who died and I know you’re not going to tell me my only other child is dead It’s hard to imagine something worse than that,” he said Scalea says the care of those suffering from gunshot wounds has advanced in time in more ways than one “We give blood much earlier than we used to,” he said “We stage the operative care in a very different way than we used to.” Shock trauma sees 7,500 patients a year and has a 96% survival rate “The Shock Trauma Center is a gift from the people of Maryland to the people of Maryland and we really believe that and use those gifts in the most responsible way we possibly can,” he said Scalea says he’ll keep giving his gift to Baltimore for as long as he can “I’m really happy and blessed to do what I do this long Surgeon and School of Medicine faculty member aims to save lives by transforming the field of transplantation with innovative ideas around organ logistics Baltimore (UMB) commemorates our rich history and celebrates the future we’re building together during Founders Week Among the highlights is recognizing the extraordinary work of UMB’s faculty and staff with four awards each signifying outstanding accomplishment in one facet of our mission Leading up to Founders Week, we will highlight the award winners every Wednesday on The Elm. For more information on UMB’s annual celebration and associated events, please check out the Founders Week website If you talk to Joseph Scalea for 20 minutes about his life’s work you’ll see why his colleagues in the fields of medicine and business rave about his can-do attitude and high energy You’ll also understand why he won the University of Maryland and energized about this award,” said Scalea associate professor in the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s (UMSOM) Department of Surgery and a multi-organ transplant specialist They remind me that the work we’re doing is important Scalea is rapidly executing his mission to save lives with a four-pronged approach encompassing research which all contribute to his game-changing entrepreneurial pursuits In only four years as a UMSOM faculty member he has built the largest combined kidney-pancreas program in the United States The Baltimore-based companies are designed to improve the logistics of the human organ transplant supply chain and provide innovative applications for unmanned aircraft These efforts brought national attention and acclaim to UMSOM and the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) in April 2019 when Scalea and his colleagues performed the first transplant of a human organ transported by drone He was the project leader and one of the surgeons who performed the successful kidney transplant at UMMC from near the Living Legacy Foundation to the roof of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center Scalea described the flight as “one small hop for a drone one major leap for medicine” as well as “a pioneering breakthrough in transplantation.” which was named Invention of the Year at the 2019 Baltimore Technical.ly Awards was born out of Scalea’s frustration with the challenges associated with organ tracking and shipment the process usually relies on expensive chartered flights or is limited by commercial flight schedules with organs sometimes being left on a plane or losing viability I cannot perform a transplant because logistics prohibits it,” Scalea said I may want to move an organ from Florida to Baltimore but I can’t do that because there are no flights and then my patient doesn't get a life-saving organ “So you either have to charter an extremely expensive flight or you have to wait for a commercial flight,” he added “But the organs can’t wait because every minute counts for a human organ and a transplant recipient So we’re trying to save precious time and we’re trying to improve quality.” Scalea also saw a need to monitor an organ’s location and health during transport so he collaborated with medical technology companies to design and build the HOMAL (Human Organ Monitoring and Quality Assurance Apparatus for Long-Distance Travel) The device monitored the organ in flight by measuring temperature Collaboration also was critical to the drone flight which included more than 100 contributors and a partnership among the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) the University of Maryland Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site “One of my proudest moments was seeing that drone land on the roof of Shock Trauma not only because it was a technological and a scientific achievement but because it represented the efforts of more than 100 people,” Scalea said “The team included aerospace engineers “The amount of collaboration that came together through UMB It’s the coolest team I’ve ever had the good fortune to work on and leading that team will be one of the fondest memories of my career.” Those leadership skills and Scalea’s positive attitude have inspired and impressed UMMS President and CEO Mohan Suntha as he’s gotten to know him over the past few years Scalea’s infectious personality is only matched by his passion to transform health care and he has demonstrated a sustained focus on driving new and innovative technologies that will impact the fields of surgery and transplantation,” Suntha said “It’s clear to me that Joe has the potential to make a significant and positive impact on health care outcomes through his commitment to innovation Scalea’s advances in transplantation have been disruptive and led to the foundation of several startups he founded Transplant Logistics and Informatics (TLI) in 2018 which aimed to understand and optimize the challenges around organ shipment TLI was restructured in 2019 to form MissionGO in collaboration with high-impact investor Scott Plank and retired Navy Commander Tony Pucciarella MissionGO’s foundation vertically integrated unmanned aircraft shipment of life-critical payloads with optimization of transplant logistics As MissionGO grew to more than 12 employees a separate company that focuses on specific challenges around transplantable organs which offers the first-ever comprehensive organ management system inspired by Scalea’s initial prototype began generating revenue in September 2020 “These companies have the potential to save the transplant industry tremendous amounts of resources annually through improved communication,” Suntha said agreeing with Suntha that Scalea’s ideas and innovations will change the landscape of transplantation “As our newly formed companies have grown Scalea's entrepreneurial skills blossom,” Plank said “He has all the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur and is well-positioned within our companies to improve the lives of patients worldwide.” He was recruited to UMSOM in 2016 to direct the pancreas program and tasked with improving access to pancreas care Using a multidisciplinary and entrepreneurial approach his team increased patient volume by more than 200 percent in less than 24 months while improving quality of care and providing an annual revenue increase of $10 million UMSOM became the busiest combined kidney-pancreas transplant program in the United States for 2018 and 2019 Scalea’s efforts also have led to multiple state and National Institutes of Health grants and three patents and he has written more than 65 peer-reviewed publications and 10 book chapters His educational history includes an undergraduate degree in information technology from Virginia Tech and fellowships at Harvard University’s Transplant Biology Research Center and the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics The journey includes Maryland stints for medical education at UMSOM and a residency at UMMC Scalea points again to his University of Maryland pride “It gives me great pride as a Maryland alum to show what kind of innovation our education system yields,” he said “Working with friends and partners through the Maryland system has been just a wonderful addition to my career And I want to thank the Maryland community for supporting me in that regard.” Submit Your Content Subscribe to Elm Weekly The Elm is a dynamic, community-driven website where faculty, staff, students, and affiliates of the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) can publish, engage with, and access a variety of online content. 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Read the UMB Notice of Non-Discrimination University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) sent the following letter to UMMS colleagues on Tuesday for his 25th anniversary as Physician-In-Chief of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center Kelly Distinguished Professor of Trauma Surgery and serves as director of the Program in Trauma at the University of Maryland School of Medicine: Today marks a significant milestone for one of our most renowned physicians as he celebrates 25 years as the Physician-In-Chief of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center considered to be the worldwide leader in trauma care provides complex care to nearly 7,000 patients every year with an astounding 96 percent survival rate statistics that speak to the amazing work Dr Kelly Distinguished Professor of Trauma Surgery Scalea serves as Director of the Program in Trauma at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and System Chief of Critical Care Services for the 12-hospital University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) and education has firmly established the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center as the world leader in trauma medicine Scalea has cared for tens of thousands of critically ill and injured Marylanders and has changed the face of injury care not just in Maryland but across the globe which is at the heart of Maryland’s unique Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System — has grown tremendously — from the construction of the cutting-edge Critical Care Tower to the expansion of hands-on training opportunities for physicians Globally recognized for his advancements to the field of shock and injury care Scalea’s influence extends well beyond the hospital walls Scalea has authored or co-authored more than 600 articles and mentored countless physician-scientists Through public health challenges and the growing complexity of trauma care Scalea has enhanced and developed programs processes and protocols that are recognized as best practices worldwide He leads the most coveted and competitive fellowship program in the country for trauma care training and is committed to providing time-sensitive critical care medicine to every patient in need of immediate care.  Scalea lives one mission: to give every patient a second chance at life you will find him in the operating room or at the bedside fully devoted to his patients and leading his team Scalea for his commitment to the University of Maryland and are proud of his outstanding accomplishments and innovative leadership over the last three decades We hope you will join us in taking a moment to recognize Dr Scalea’s achievements and invaluable contributions to our patients — and to all of us BALTIMORE — Doctors from Shock Trauma and MedStar Harbor Hospital spoke about their experience with the mass shooting over the weekend RELATED: Two killed, 28 injured overnight in a mass shooting in South Baltimore “I mean we have never been through anything like this before," says Dr 19 people flooding the emergency room at harbor east all with gunshot wounds which needed immediate care 6 of the 19 were then taken to shock trauma neither hospital knowing how many people were on the way we’re never really sure how it’s going to work when it actually happens," says Dr Apart of the preparation was locking down the hospitals making sure there is no threat to the patients who were getting treated READ MORE: Police search for 'Brooklyn Day' shooters that left two dead and 28 injured Hania Habeeb said she didn’t even know if the shooter was close by she said she did notice how quickly everyone took action to treat the patients “When I got there the situation was thankfully very calm compared to what I expected," says Dr Scalea says he hasn’t seen anything like this since the riots in 2015 “This was as organized a response as I have ever seen," he says “We had all hands on deck I was seeing techs nurses physicians from the hospital all in our emergency department helping out," says Dr Both doctors say they are proud of the response from the medical staff and proud they were able to treat the 28 patients in their emergency rooms which already had other patients seeking treatment “The ED at harbor wasn’t empty and our TRU was far from empty on Saturday night at 1 o’clock," says Dr Some patients were treated at other area hospitals two at Baltimore Washington Medical Center and the other seven at Union Memorial Hospital Sharon Henry, MD On June 6, 2011, an investiture ceremony was held to award Sharon M. Henry, MD, FACS, with the Anne Scalea Professorship in Trauma. The professorship was established in honor of Anne Scalea, mother of Thomas M. Scalea, MD Kelly Professor of Trauma Surgery and Director of the Program in Trauma as a living legacy to honor her guidance and inspiration Scalea instilled in her five children a passion for learning “She taught us to believe in ourselves,” said Dr She taught us the value of service to others and the importance of loyalty and family values She taught us humanity and she taught us humility.” overwhelmed and humbled by this ceremony,” said Dr and expressed here gratitude to all of the donors who made this professorship possible “Your generosity insures that the highest standards for education research and patient care will be available at this institution.” Henry is the founder of the Division of Wound Healing and Metabolism and the Soft Tissue Infection Service at the Shock Trauma Center She is a recognized international expert on soft tissue injuries who is often called upon by the U.S As State Chair of the Maryland American College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on Trauma Henry revamped the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course in Maryland which is now considered a model for ATLS courses across the U.S including Advanced Trauma Operative Management (ATOM) and Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma with the result that the University of Maryland is now the only institution in the country to offer all three courses Henry received the ACS Meritorious Service Award in 2009 for her work with ATLS and currently serves as national director for ATOM This investiture ceremony continued the School of Medicine’s tradition of honoring faculty members who receive endowed professorships with a special medal to uniquely recognize their accomplishment The front of the medal features the image of a founder and first dean John Beale Davidge and the historic Davidge Hall The back of the medal lists the four tenets of the School of Medicine's mission: education as well as the official name of the endowed professorship “Endowed professorships provide an outstanding opportunity for us to retain and recruit the very best faculty members,” said E vice president for medical affairs of the University of Maryland and the John Z “The School of Medicine is fortunate to have a faculty member as talented and dedicated as Sharon Henry.” For more information on establishing an endowed professorship in someone's honor please contact the Office of Development at (410) 706-8503 © University of Maryland School of Medicine See Current Issue ’20 became engaged on March 11 in Jersey City The couple met as juniors at Rider in the fall of 2016  Lauren Mayer ’09 and Kristian Feher ’13 ’19 and Glen Rokicki ’18 became engaged on March 26 at the Barnegat Lighthouse in Long Beach Island Mickey Bagnato ’17 and Katy Weniger ’17 became engaged on May 23 The couple has been together since they met at Rider during their freshman year move-in day.  ’20 and Brian Kluse ’18 met freshman year in Conover Hall while living on the same floor and became great friends they started dating and have been together ever since Kluse proposed to Fahey on the beach in Long Branch where they had their first apartment together.  Anita Chomenko ’16 and Stefan Hueneke ’15 became engaged on April 7 in Jersey City The couple met during their first year at Rider while attending classes for their radio and television majors.  Megan Weindorfer ’18 and Carter Siani ’19 became engaged on April 7 The couple met while working as tour guides for the Office of Admission.  Peter Butrico ’17 proposed to Jordan Shamas ’18 on Feb Shamas says the answer was an easy “yes.” The couple started dating in 2016 while students at Rider.  ’20 and Alexis Eggert (née Esposito) ’17 were married on March 10 They met through the College of Education and Human Services Both sides of the bridal party included Rider alumni and many Rider guests.  Ken Karcinell ’64 self-published the book Characters Some of the stories in the book took place during his early “Rider Days” when Rider University was Rider College I often pause to reflect on those years at Rider and I always conclude those reflections with feelings of pride!” Martin Asiner ’70 has published a series of books on philosophy about the German philosopher Immanuel Kant was published early in April Asiner retired from high school and college teaching in 2020 after a 40-year career he and his wife have weekly jaunts to Atlantic City Gregory Owens ’76 was the recipient of the Champion of Justice award from the National Association of Social Workers The award honors an individual who has made significant strides working on a prominent social environmental and/or economic justice issue Owens is a licensed master social worker and worked for New York State for over 34 years before retiring in 2021.  Hitting Drills and Much More and A Story of Life a Bronze Star Medal for bravery and a New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal He has had 37 op-ed letters published in local newspapers and three short stories published in national magazines reflects on his time in Vietnam when he was twice given last rites and survived on March 18 from son Andrew and daughter-in-law Melissa was married last Labor Day weekend in Indianapolis Anastasia Brophy Snyder ’84 joined the Pittsburgh family law firm Pollock Begg as an associate attorney Cynthia Celmer Tomassetti ’84 was named a Top Residential Real Estate Agent in Jacksonville She was ranked 91st out of 12,000 based on a sales volume of $9,560,000 over 12 months Tomassetti also serves as a real estate expert for her local NBC affiliate and was recently quoted in The Washington Post’s business section She received a bachelor’s in communication from Rider Judith Atkinson (née Reid) ’85 was selected as a Distinguished College Administrator by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society This award recognizes college leaders for their outstanding support of student success Atkinson is the vice president of student services at Rowan College of South Jersey Jim Byrnes ’86 celebrated his daughter’s wedding on July 8 at Greate Bay Country Club in Somers Point Naveen Anand ’88 was appointed president of Cirrata Group Ambac Financial Group’s distribution division Ambac is a financial services holding company he will be responsible for expanding Cirrata Group and building its profile in the specialty property and casualty insurance market Ed Polansky ’91 was hired as the director of client services for Deep Blue Investment Advisors in Tampa He will focus on building Deep Blue’s team of client services professionals to serve the firm’s growing client base He will also provide logistical and marketing support to the client advisory team which administers the Florida Fixed Income Trust and Texas Fixed Income Trust Barbara Sargent ’92 was appointed the new superintendent of West Morris Regional High School District Board of Education in New Jersey she served as the superintendent of the Parsippany-Troy Hills School District in New Jersey O’Connell ’93 was named president of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA) audit partner in the technology and life sciences practice at WithumSmith+Brown has been active at the NJCPA since joining in 1997 and has served as secretary and trustee He is currently a trustee of the NJCPA Scholarship Fund and has participated in several committees and interest groups Kevin Toner ’93 was promoted to MITRE’s vice president Center for Government Effectiveness and Modernization MITRE is a company that works to advance national security and serve the public interest as an independent adviser Linda Walters Bakos ’93 was promoted to director of finance and administration for Ronald McDonald House of Central & Northern New Jersey which provides a respite for thousands of families with seriously ill children while they receive care at nearby medical facilities she is charged with ensuring the stability of the organization’s finances Larry Steenvoorden ’00 became chief financial officer of Chembio Diagnostics a leading point-of-care diagnostics company focused on infectious diseases He has more than 25 years of financial leadership experience business development and commercial strategy Terry Walsh ’00 became senior vice president of operations at SI Group Walsh has extensive experience in lean manufacturing process improvement and supply chain planning He will be responsible for overseeing SI Group’s manufacturing and engineering operations globally Timothy Wilkinson ’00 earned his doctorate in educational leadership from Appalachian State University His dissertation topic was “Factors that Influence Sense of Belonging in Student Government at a Mid-Sized Private Institution: A Collaborative Ethnographic Study.” He serves as the senior associate dean of students at Wake Forest University ’04 performed with other opera singers and The Harlem Chamber Players in Harlem Songfest II a summer concert held at Columbia University’s Miller Theatre in June She earned her bachelor’s in music education and master’s in voice performance and pedagogy from Westminster Choir College ’05 was promoted to department chair of the Counseling Department at Bethune-Cookman University a historically Black university in Daytona Beach Vanessa Bekarciak ’05 was named assistant superintendent for student services for Lawrence Township Public Schools in Lawrenceville 14 of which as a special education administrator Bekarciak earned her graduate degree in school psychology from Rider Joseph De Julius ’08 was honored with the Henry G Cram Accreditation Leadership Award from the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools The award honors unsung heroes of the accreditation process who devote countless hours and energy to obtain and maintain accreditation of their schools Recipients are chosen for their strong belief in and deep understanding of the Middle States accreditation process as well as a track record of creating and maintaining a school culture focused on continuous school improvement De Julius is the assistant principal of Lenape High School in Medford Allyson Brunette (née Watson) ’10 earned the Woman-Owned Business Enterprise certification from the state of Wisconsin Ryan LaBoy ’10 was named music director of the Berkshire Concert Choir He has a master’s in choral conducting from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor’s in music education from Westminster Choir College Blair ’11 is the new director of special education for the Haddonfield School District in Camden County She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and Secondary Education at Rider Chelsea Smith ’11 is the new lifestyle director at Cresswind Georgia at Twin Lakes As a part of the First Service Residential team Smith develops innovative social programs and engaging events to enhance the Cresswind community experience Before joining Cresswind Georgia at Twin Lakes Smith worked as a cruise director for American Cruise Lines ’14 was promoted to partner at RRBB Accountants & Advisors advisory and consulting firm located in central New Jersey He focuses his general accounting practice on higher-level complicated tax issues for high-net- worth individuals and families His diverse clientele also includes businesses in various industries Joe Forte ’13 was named to ROI-NJ’s inaugural list of Leading Figures in New Jersey’s LGBTQ+ Community The list recognized LGBTQ+ individuals that have had a significant impact in the business sector and political world Forte currently serves as the deputy chief of staff and chief diversity officer for the New Jersey Department of State He is also the vice chair of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee’s LGBTQ+ Caucus ’18 is the new assistant principal at Neil Armstrong Middle School in Fairless Hills She earned her bachelor’s degree in history and secondary education and her master’s in special education from Rider Yulieth Le ’15 was selected as the recipient of the Governor’s Educator of the Year award at Lawrence Intermediate School in Lawrenceville The Governor’s Educator of the Year Recognition Program honors educators who have gone above and beyond in their service to New Jersey’s students This program promotes a culture that recognizes excellence creates a sense of pride and brings public attention to the work of outstanding educators Wostenberg ’16 was promoted to senior editor at Insight Editions where she acquires and edits a wide range of officially licensed pop culture She earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Rider ’21 was promoted to audit and assurance senior at Deloitte She earned her bachelor’s and master’s in accounting from Rider Tristan Watson ’20 was promoted to director of subservicing pricing for Cenlar FSB the nation’s leading mortgage loan subservicer Chris McGinnis ’21 is the new general manager for Second Stage Theater on Broadway where he is responsible for the general financial oversight of all productions maintaining relationships with agents and high-profile artists and negotiating and ensuring compliance with entertainment labor unions Trevor Sullivan ’22 was hired as chapter and volunteer services director for Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity training and managing of the fraternity services team while also coordinating the fraternity’s strategic plan in five regions Sullivan earned his bachelor’s in popular music studies from Rider Tiffany Beckford ’23 played the character of Alyssa in the Tony-nominated musical The Prom at the Cumberland Theatre in Maryland Madeleine Caccavale ’23 is the new event coordinator for Rolling Stone under Penske Media Corporation She received a bachelor’s in arts and entertainment industries management from Rider Kendall D’Angelo ’23 became a school psychologist at Hopewell Valley Central High School in Pennington Allison Koopman ’23 started her career as a senior laboratory technician at American Spraytech a formulator and filler of personal care and over-the-counter aerosol and bag-on-valve spray products Thomas Trimarco ’23 was hired as a part-time multimedia content producer for New Jersey 101.5 Kayla Wagner ’23 accepted a full-time position at Syneos Health within its Graduate Trainee Program joining the Chamberlain Healthcare Public Relations team Information on rider.edu may be subject to change President & CEO of the University of Maryland Medical Center Dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine it is my pleasure to mark a very special anniversary today On January 4, 1997, Thomas M. Scalea, M.D., the Honorable Francis X. Kelly Distinguished Professor of Trauma Surgery and Director of the Program in Trauma at the School of Medicine, and Physician-in-Chief at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center – joined our team Shock Trauma has grown tremendously – from the construction of the cutting-edge Critical Care Tower to the expansion of hands-on training opportunities for physicians Scalea’s unwavering commitment to trauma care research and education correlates to his team’s ability to treat more than 8,000 critically ill and severely injured people – a remarkable 97 percent of whom survive -- every year It is no wonder that the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center is the world leader in trauma medicine and is committed to providing time-sensitive critical care medicine to every patient in need of immediate care He has also been a prolific scientific investigator with competitive federal research funding  In addition to serving as a research mentor to other faculty two books and 75 book chapters on critical areas such as emergency medicine Scalea for his commitment to the University of Maryland and am proud of his outstanding accomplishments and innovative leadership over the last two decades.  I hope you will take a moment to recognize Dr Scalea’s achievements and invaluable contributions to our patients -- and to all of us.  R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center Board of Visitors Office of Public Affairs655 West Baltimore StreetBressler Research Building 14-002Baltimore Maryland 21201-1559Contact Media Relations(410) 706-5260 a 57-year-old patient with terminal heart disease received a successful transplant of a genetically-modified pig heart and is still doing well three days later It was the only currently available option for the patient The historic surgery was conducted by University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) faculty at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) together known as the University of Maryland Medicine University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean announced today the hiring of two internationally-renown transplant professionals: a surgeon scientist and a transplant scientist The unique pair of transplant professionals provides UMSOM with a powerful combination of leadership in both clinical surgery and surgical science More than 70 doctors who provide care to patients at the University of Maryland Medical Center Downtown and Midtown Campuses have been recognized as "Top Doctors" in the November 2018 issue of Baltimore magazine All of the recognized physicians are also faculty members of the University of Maryland School of Medicine more than 32,000 Americans die from gunshot wounds A significant proportion of these deaths involve head wounds researchers know little about the variables that determine whether a victim of these injuries will live or die the Peter Angelos Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Chair Department of Surgery at University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) and Executive Vice President and Surgeon in Chief for the University of Maryland Medical System Kelly Distinguished Professor of Trauma Surgery at UM SOM has been appointed as the Director of the Division of Critical Care and Trauma Education at the Program in Trauma at UM SOM Discovery Life’s new unscripted docudrama series Shock Trauma: Edge of Life follows a team of medical professionals at the world-renown University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center (“Shock Trauma” UM School of Medicine (SOM) faculty physicians and trauma surgeons alongside University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) residents perform lifesaving medical care in the first and highest volume trauma center of its kind in the United States When a human organ is donated to a patient for transplant But that also requires a longer trip between cities in which organs travel in a variety of vehicles helicopter or perhaps more increasingly in the near future there’s a lot that goes into the journey to insure that it travels safely a human organ that is being given to help sustain life is among the most precious of cargo And there are many stakeholders involved in this process from donor organizations and couriers to surgeons and hospitals It’s the logistics behind these trips that is being tackled by a new Baltimore venture whose founders include an investor who built technology powering supply chain and logistics systems at Under Armour a University of Maryland Medical Center transplant surgeon and a retired U.S Navy commander and pilot with a background in manned and unmanned aviation The venture, called MediGO created a hardware and software platform that allows the stakeholders involved to track and monitor organ shipments and allows for communication while using data to help further improve the trips an investor and transplant surgeon who led the project soon decided to form a company that could tackle the logistics of transplantation that would help the organs get to labs like Scalea’s more efficiently the retired Navy Commander and pilot who is the company’s president “The Baltimore community has been incredibly supportive of us,” Dr The 15-member team is working out of space owned by Plank near a helipad on the Canton waterfront Located on the water looking out at the port “we are standing on shoulders of giant logistics companies.” Like many companies looking to build new technology they sought to talk to potential users at the organ procurement organizations that arrange the transport as they created the platform recipients and surgeons inside transplant centers Backed by published research that was led by Dr the team learned that to bring new solutions to this transport the key point to focus on was the workflow used by the stakeholders Joseph Scalea at a test flight for the first organ drone delivery One critical component that the platform can improve is timing Being able to understand an organ’s status and when it will arrive can help a tightly scheduled surgeon like Dr Scalea know when he has to be in place to receive it or whether he can be helping other patients donors are monitored minute to minute after an organ is removed But the time during which an organ is being transported is a “black box,” Scalea said and the platform can give insight into what’s going on And when it comes to the quality of the shipment the technology also includes tracking of the environment that it’s in the platform is also designed to help improve the process over time bringing efficiency and eventually creating what Plank called an “AI-informed travel agent” that could offer the best routes for time Key scientific advances have allowed animal organs to be transplanted into people and the development of techniques that extend the life of an organ and 3D-printed organs Scalea said this platform to help get the organs between two points is right up there with improvements that can change the transplant field “This is one of the most important advances in transplantation in the last two decades,” Dr The team is looking to expand use of the platform globally and also sees opportunity to move into transport of other medical payloads Join 5,000 tech professionals and entrepreneurs in our community Slack today Your support powers our independent journalism we count on your personal and organizational contributions 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Collegium Holdings renowned veteran of the communications industry will lead the firm's business innovation and integration efforts  This announcement comes as Collegium continues to experience dramatic growth both organically and through strategic acquisitions Scalea brings a unique and important perspective to Collegium.  For more than twelve years he held senior positions within the network of holding company giant WPP Scalea served as Chief Strategy Officer of J Walter Thompson/North America and then as CEO for The Brand Union/Americas.  During his time with WPP he served on strategic and executive management committees; cross-network international business development initiatives; and advisory groups related to training/ development and social impact programs.  Prior to WPP Scalea spent seven years as EVP/Director of Marketing Sciences for Hill Scalea works with companies in different sectors as well as with non-profit organizations.  His focus with Collegium will be on helping to ensure that each operating unit realizes its full potential while also building systems and protocols to enable efficiencies and opportunities firm wide Collegium is the first holding company of its kind focused on the nonprofit services sector  Each company within Collegium operates independently from one another and collectively they provide a wide range of complementary and integrated services.  Key focus areas include: association management; fundraising; digital & tech; communications; branding & marketing; social media; public relations; research & data analytics; sponsorship & events; and talent management expertise – all delivered across the entire nonprofit landscape.  Collegium clients represent a wide range of sector verticals including healthcare; education; professional/trade associations; faith-based institutions; the arts; and environmental groups; as well as corporate social responsibility (CSR) clients CEO of Collegium and former chief executive of Graham-Pelton "We are thrilled to have someone of Rob Scalea's caliber join us Our continued growth will require the right leadership in place to continue delivering on our vision – to provide seamless 'one-stop shopping' solutions in the not-for-profit sector.  Rob has a highly successful record as both a strategist and an executive." "The parent company model brings tremendous advantages to firms serving not-for-profit clients just as it has for the for-profit world" said Scalea.  "Significant integration and efficiencies can be achieved while still affording members a high degree of independence and the ability to retain their unique cultures Collegium is establishing a common network platform for innovation which is critical to our success and that of our clients especially as the communications landscape continues to become even more competitive." Scalea's appointment is effective immediately a groundbreaking partnership of diverse professional services firms serves all sectors of the nonprofit and social impact space including: healthcare; education; faith-based institutions; environmental groups; the arts; international social change; and professional and trade associations  Collegium partners are highly specialized best-in-class firms across the entire nonprofit consulting landscape including management; communications; fundraising; technology; corporate social responsibility (CSR); research; and talent management For more information, visit www.collegiumholdings.com https://www.collegiumholdings.com Do not sell or share my personal information: Aug 25, 2020 | Innovation, News When Trina Glispy received a kidney at the University of Maryland Medical Center After waiting eight years for a successful match the 45-year-old Baltimore resident volunteered in 2019 as the first patient to be gifted with an organ that was delivered to the downtown academic teaching hospital via drone “This whole thing is amazing,” she said moments before being wheeled into the operating room this was not something that you would think about.” On that early April morning, the mother of three joined a growing community of courageous patients who have helped advance the field of transplant technology. She also helped realize the dream of a multidisciplinary team of experts—led by University of Maryland Medical Center transplant surgeon Joseph Scalea and exhaustive planning culminated in this pioneering first flight Like all transplant surgeons, Scalea, who is also an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine has spent his career contending with organs’ most implacable enemy—time The story follows a familiar narrative: a successful match is identified but getting the organ to the recipient demands navigating a complex web of organ transportation In a world where cars can be summoned with a tap of a phone and packages delivered in a matter of hours moving an organ still involves a cobbled-together system in which cancelled flights and traffic jams can mean the difference between life and death increases the risk of diminished organ quality and transplant complications Scalea recalls once waiting 29 hours for an organ to make its way from Birmingham Alabama to Baltimore—a flight that should take about four hours “It’s one of the biggest problems in modern medicine,” he said noting that CIT is the second most common reason that more than 400 kidney organ offers are turned down every year at the University of Maryland Medical Center Motivated by years spent waiting for organs and continued frustration over lost opportunities He envisioned a nationwide on-demand system which would be seamlessly managed through smart phones using unmanned drones (also known as unmanned aerial vehicles Scalea dreamed that with a few taps of an app a transplant surgeon could assess an organ offer accept it and initiate the transport process via UAV the surgeon could monitor real-time data such as organ temperature GPS location and other vital information until the UAV arrived safely at the hospital Companies around the world are already using UAVs to advance health care and save lives California-based medical product delivery company Zipline operates a network of UAVs that deliver medicine and blood supplies to remote health clinics in Rwanda and Ghana following a pilot program that made hundreds of test flights around the WakeMed Health and Hospitals campus in North Carolina was awarded Federal Aviation Administration approval for UAV delivery of packages containing blood and tissue samples on medical campuses around the country “We owe it to patients and to the community to push past what is considered conventional in organ transplantation transportation and use data tracking to improve results,” said United Network for Organ Sharing chief medical officer David Klassen “There is more work needed to be done before drone transport can be a reality but because there’s such a huge potential for reducing organ wastage and saving more patients The future Scalea envisions also includes a new approach to the transplant process in which local surgeons would perform organ recovery By keeping transplant surgery teams out of the air and moving organs directly from point to point Scalea believes that the organ transplant network could be made faster “You could get higher quality organs transplanted more frequently,” he said “We think as many as 2,500 kidneys a year could be added to the pool.” nationwide organ transport system from scratch using a still young technology and regulatory issues to be addressed would be dauntingly complex and Scalea is a busy surgeon whose expertise is in transplant He might easily have left his vision at just that—a vague idea of what could be “Get a bunch of people who are smart who can help you answer the questions the team would come to include nearly 100 individuals working together toward a shared goal “The amount of teamwork that it took to make this happen was really unbelievable,” Scalea said everyone carried the flag for a period of time and everyone saw the very clear finish line And everyone understood their role in the process of how to get there.” The team designed a custom-built UAV with fail-safes that included redundant rotors and a parachute to ensure consistently reliable performance even in the case of a possible component failure Scalea’s group developed technology for real-time remote monitoring of the organ After 44 test flights and three years of extensive refining University of Maryland Medical Center transplant surgeon pictured next to a prototype of the drone developed by a multidisciplinary team of experts 10 things UNOS is doing to get the right organ to the right patient at the right time Collaborative space innovating for increased transplants View feature collection In the pre-dawn darkness of April 19, 2019, Glispy’s new kidney would travel 2.8 miles from the Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland organ procurement organization to the University of Maryland Medical Center’s rooftop landing pad Scalea recalls gathering with the team of flight-landing crew members medical personnel and engineers on the hospital roof As they anxiously scanned the sky for the first distant flash of light that would signal the drone’s approach At the Disco played from a Bluetooth speaker part of a custom playlist that Scalea created to help pass the time nine minutes and 52 seconds after launch—“it felt like 90,” Scalea said jokingly—the drone landed on the helipad Scalea estimates it would have taken at least twice as much time to deliver the kidney by ground transport the safely delivered organ package held tightly by his side then we can look at much greater distances of unmanned organ transport This would minimize the need for multiple pilots and flight time and address safety issues we have in our field.” president and CEO of the Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland “The University of Maryland organ transport project is incredibly important,” said Charlie Alexander Glispy was discharged from the hospital on April 23 Though it was a distance of only a few miles the flight served as an important milestone in demonstrating that UAV transport of organs “is not some pie-in-the-sky dream,” Scalea said And that success has served as a catalyst. In 2019, Scalea co-founded MissionGO along with impact investor Scott Plank and logistics expert and retired Navy commander Tony Pucciarella MissionGO is a highly disruptive company that provides life-critical organ transportation using drones “The early medical focus is on the transportation of human organs,” Scalea said More recently, Scalea and his partners also co-founded MediGO an organ transplantation logistics company that enables stakeholders across the transplantation continuum to track organ shipments regardless of how the organ is shipped and communicate in real time to safeguard the irreplaceable gift of life from donors and donor families “MediGO provides the first comprehensive organ management system for the transplant community,” Scalea said adding that he expects the company to help organ procurement organizations and surgeons better plan for surgery and help inform important aspects of organ shipment “We are commercializing the organ tracking software and hardware that informs all transplant stakeholders about the location and status of shipped organs,” he said once everybody is assimilated on the platform the utilization of unmanned organ shipment will become a reality.” Disclaimer: Any reference obtained from this article/publishing to a specific product or service does not constitute or imply an endorsement by UNOS of the product The views and opinions expressed in any reference do not necessarily state or reflect those of UNOS UNOS is a nonprofit organization with decades of experience in helping save lives through research, technology, innovation and education. Learn more Andrew Klein shares first-hand experiences as a liver transplant surgeon and how Congressional action can help strengthen the system The average number of people dying per day waiting for a transplant has dropped under UNOS’ operation of the U.S By gaining a better understanding of data analytics predictive data models and AI technologies in organ transplantation we can foster more thoughtful and informed conversations about the possibilities they offer moving forward © 2025 United Network for Organ Sharing, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization | Guidestar | Sitemap | Legal * Information to set your password will be sent to your email The Florida Lottery said 44-year-old Jean Scala spent $20 for a Quick Pick Powerball ticket at a gas stationat 2741 South State Road 7 in Wellington (CBS12) — A woman from Wellington took a chance buying a lottery ticket and it paid off See also: Affordable workforce housing comes to Delray Beach, homes sold quickly during the Powerball drawing,Scalea's ticket matched all five of the white ball numbers but did not match the Powerball number Officials said Scalea claimed her $1 million prize at the Lottery’s West Palm Beach District Office The gas station will also receive a $1,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket 2024 at 4:43 pm ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Marlboro Mayor Jonathan Hornik (center) and Councilman Michael Scalea and Councilwoman-elect Iqleen Virdi will be sworn into office at a meeting at Town Hall on Thursday NJ — The Township Council will reorganize for the new year at a meeting Thursday Mayor Jonathan Hornik and Councilman Michael Scalea and Councilwoman-Elect Iqleen K Hornik has served as mayor since January 2008 He was elected in November to another four-year term Scalea has served as a councilman from 2015 to the present Virdi will be sworn into her first term on the council Hornik ran as a team with fellow Democrats Scalea and Virdi He has said his focus as mayor has been on safety The invocation at the meeting will be presented by Rabbi Yossi Kanelski "Words of Wisdom in Governance" will be presented by Rabbi Michael Pont Hornik will present a State of the Township address "Words of Success" will be presented by Pastor Ken Jasko The meeting will also include the election of the council president and vice president The council will approve appointments and re-appointments of many professionals for the township and volunteers for local government boards and committees. See the agenda of the meeting here for the list of appointments The meeting will end with a benediction by Dr The Feast of Madonna del Carmelo will take place from 14 to 16 July 2023 in Piazza Maggiore de Palma (Scalea). Street viewInterestedReligiousMuzike Nen Yje - Music under the starsOct 6, 2024 Last update: Jul 13, 2023 6:07 AMContent owned by the Calabria Region | Tourism and Commerce Department issued under CC-BY License Daniele Scalea is founder and President of Centro Studi Machiavelli He graduated in Historical Sciences from the University of Milan and has a PhD in Political Studies from  Sapienza University He is professor of History and Doctrine of Jihadism and Geopolitics of the Middle East at Cusano University From 2018 to 2019 he was Special Advisor on Immigration and Terrorism to the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Guglielmo Picchi His latest book as editor is L’attualitá del sovranismo Tra pandemia e guerra (The Topicality of Sovereigntism which has recently been translated into Hungarian and published by the Center for Fundamental Rights Hungarian Conservative interviewed Mr Scalea at the book launch in Budapest Could you please describe briefly what your book titled Immigrazione Le ragioni dei populisti is about and explain its relevance to our readers as it was first published in Italian back in 2019 have any updates been necessary for the Hungarian edition the book is about the real numbers of immigration that many people in the general public actually didn’t know or still do not know about So the way it is understandable is the ethnic replacement of the Native European peoples.The real impact on an economic and social point of view also mainstream scholarly research that point out our mass and regulated immigration as having a very high toll from a social and economic point of view especially for the middle class and the lower classes It also offers an explanation of why in the neo-Marxist left it is considered so important to achieve this project of multiculturalism that actually is ethnic replacement I have made some update for the Hungarian edition about the numbers So all the statistics are updated to the last available 2022 what has also changed since 2019 is that then there was the Conte government in Italy in which Matteo Salvini was interior minister We are very close to record numbers with more than 130,000 illegal arrivals in Italy by mid-October  So the situation is quite different now: in 2019 we were witnessing a positive moment with a very positive trend especially in terms of the numbers in Italy I can say that the alarm bell is ringing again The migration situation along Hungary’s southern borders has recently deteriorated raising concerns about potential confrontations between immigrants and Hungarian law enforcement we Hungarians have been closely monitoring the developments in Lampedusa with a mix of concern and empathy Could you provide an update on the current situation in Lampedusa How does the Italian public assess the situation the situation in Lampedusa is not really a crisis any more because it has been the same for many years given that it’s the closest island to Africa But we shouldn’t focus just on Lampedusa only because these illegal landings are happening in large numbers in Sicily about 15 per cent of the arrivals are by the land route from the Balkans with migrants entering from the north-eastern part of Italy The government is struggling to manage this new situation essentially for two reasons The first one is that Georgia Meloni wants to avoid clashes with the judiciary and with the European Union that happened during the period in which Matteo Salvini was minister of the interior The other problem is that Salvini successfully managed to focus on the role of the NGO ships in the Mediterranean we used to have 150,000 –180,000 migrants arriving each year in Italy more than 40 per cent of whom were transported by NGO ships Now that proportion is far lower: it is about five per cent and they are less decisive than they used to be The plan of Meloni is to reach an agreement with Tunisia similar to that reached with Turkey or with Libya The problem is that the European Union was very swift when it came to reaching an agreement with Turkey because both those countries that are usually critical towards immigration and countries like Germany that is usually the forefront of the pro-immigration efforts in the European Union were involved This time since it is an issue that regards mainly Italy the current leftist government is an even stronger supporter of immigration into Italy—not into Germany Therefore it is quite hard to convince the other European Union countries that we have to pay something to Tunisia to avoid those mass landings the problem is that we have to finalize these sorts of financial agreements with Turkey Libya or Tunisia because of the EU rules that mandate that if you enter in contact with a migrant and this migrant asks for asylum you have to allow them into your country and their request while they are staying in your country So we are outsourcing to non-European countries the role of blocking these immigrants This is very hypocritical because we do not want to do that ourselves The problem is that the asylum rules are completely outdated because they were created in the 1950s and the 1960s when the means of transportation were totally different when it was unthinkable that millions of people would move each year from one continent to another one million people requested asylum in the European Union But less than half of them actually received some form of protection And less than half of this 40 per cent has actually been recognized as a refugee receive these subsidiary protections that is something that the European Union has invented of the one million people coming and asking for asylum only 20 per cent are actually genuine refugees What is happening is that hundreds of thousands of people who are in fact economic migrants are taking advantage of rules that were created for people who were truly persecuted your view of migration is that it is as a detrimental process that certain political forces are intentionally fuelling This process causes serious damage not only to the recipient countries but also to the source countries and often on the migrants themselves could you briefly elaborate on your assessment mass immigration is detrimental for the countries that are receiving it because with such large numbers integrating or even assimilating those migrants because is not an option migrants also choose to settle in neighbourhoods or cities where they can find other people coming from the same country or who are maybe even their relatives Since every person can only have a certain number of interpersonal relations it is way more probable that a migrant from Pakistan or some other source country of mass immigration towards the European Union would end up having close interpersonal relations in the host country only with their fellow Indians and no close interpersonal relations with any native of those countries This is the first reason why mass immigration is incompatible with assimilation it has been demonstrated by many studies that the mass arrivals of many low skilled people from foreign countries translates into a loss of jobs for the low skilled native people migrants are way more prone to committing crimes They do not have those forms of social control or self- restraint that are inspired by the fact that your neighbour is your conational someone who is of the same religion as you or is someone whom you have known for many years In every crime statistic in any major country of Europe with a lot of migrants you can see that migrants are disproportionately represented among the perpetrators of many and robberies compared to their actual percentage of the population The Israeli-Palestinian armed conflict is reverberating in Europe manifesting in increased tensions between immigrant populations and law enforcement in major Western European cities we have had this illusion that Palestinian terrorism was just a matter between Israelis and Palestinians terrorist organizations perpetrate attacks in Europe especially the one with a more Islamic orientation such as Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad they are just the local branches of transnational movements that exist and are very strong in all the Arab countries sometimes also in all the Muslim countries Some of them think that they have to prioritize the close enemy others think that it is the farthest enemy that they have to prioritize And we’ve seen this in the last years in France many countries on our continent that those types of terrorist attacks carried out with the same methods as the ones the Palestinian terrorist organizations use So you cannot keep saying that Israelis are the targets because Israel is occupying a part of Palestine Because we are still in charge of our countries But this is not an unlawful occupation or something unfair A large part of the Muslim immigrant communities cannot accept that we’re still the masters in our own countries that you do not have Islamic law in other countries So they’re using the exact same method in Europe and the objective is the same It’s not that they have determined that for instance the ultimate goal of the Islamic Jihad is to destroy Israel considering the destabilization of the Middle East do you predict that there will be a change in the patterns of migration towards Europe They do not want Palestinian refugees and not only for economic and social reasons but also because they perfectly know that if you import these refugees Just as Lebanon had in the 1970s and 1980s and Jordan had in the 70s In Jordan they actually fought a civil war to get rid of these Palestinian organizations So these Arab countries do not want them any more Their plan is to have Europe absorb all these people from Palestine But if we become a erfuge for all of these Palestinians our situation will get worse because we will have more people who are willing to join these terrorist organizations or that maybe are already members of those terrorist organizations who may end up targeting anything that is Western Hungarian Conservative is a quarterly magazine on contemporary political philosophical and cultural issues from a conservative perspective University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA announced today that Baltimore Real Estate Developer and Philanthropist has extended his long-time support of the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) bringing his total gifts over the years to $6.5 million Mr. Brown chose to name this distinguished professorship, the Thomas M. Scalea, MD Distinguished Professor of Trauma Surgery, in honor of Thomas M. Scalea, MD Kelly Distinguished Professor in Trauma Surgery in gratitude for the skilled and compassionate care Dr Scalea is an internationally recognized innovator and leader in trauma care and protocols that are recognized as best practices in the field He has led the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center as its Physician-in-Chief for more than two decades.  It is the only free-standing trauma center in the nation and the best-known center in the world caring for more than 8.000 critically injured patients annually with a 96% survival rate Scalea has led the most coveted and competitive fellowship programs in the country for trauma care training and provided time-sensitive critical care medicine to every patient in need of immediate care “I am humbled by Howard’s generosity in establishing this distinguished professorship He is truly one of Shock Trauma’s most loyal supporters,” said Dr who is the director of the Program in Trauma and System Chief for Critical Care Services “This professorship will empower us to attract and retain our new Chief of Trauma an outstanding trauma expert and leader who will help inspire and mentor students and trainees make important discoveries through innovative research and provide expert clinical care.” “I have always believed in taking an active part in the development of both the business and philanthropic community of Baltimore.  Dr Scalea is a selfless hero serving our community His humanistic care has made an indelible impact on many families including mine I am pleased to have this opportunity to honor him.” The newly created endowment is the seventh endowed professorship within the School of Medicine’s Program in Trauma, and it will be awarded to the new Chief of the Trauma Division, David Thomas Efron, MD who joins the UMSOM faculty on September 1 Efron has served as Chief of the Division of Acute Care Surgery at Johns Hopkins Medicine As a nationally recognized trauma researcher he has made landmark findings in the regulation of inflammatory mediators of septic and post-injury states He is particularly focused on the role that statins may play to reduce inflammation during trauma especially with regard to potential translational research from the bench to the bedside Brown’s gift is the latest in a series of significant gifts he has made to the University of Maryland These include his $1.5 million gift in 2007 which established the first trauma research professorship in the United States Brown also gifted $1.5 million to the Francis King Carey School of Law he also donated $1 million to the University of Maryland Medical Center in honor of his parents who is also University Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs and the John Z Bowers Distinguished Professor.  “This will further enforce our strength in taking on the most critical and challenging cases and employing path-breaking science to advance trauma care.” the University of Maryland School of Medicine was chartered in 1807 as the first public medical school in the United States. It continues today as one of the fastest-growing top-tier biomedical research enterprises in the world -- with 45 academic departments and programs; and a faculty of more than 3,000 physicians including members of the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences and a distinguished two-time winner of the Albert E With an operating budget of more than $1.2 billion the School of Medicine works closely in partnership with the University of Maryland Medical Center and Medical System to provide research-intensive and clinically-based care for nearly 2 million patients each year The School of Medicine has more than $540 million in extramural funding with most of its academic departments highly ranked among all medical schools in the nation in research funding As one of the seven professional schools that make up the University of Maryland the School of Medicine has a total population of nearly 9,000 faculty and staff The combined School of Medicine and Medical System (“University of Maryland Medicine”) has an annual budget of nearly $6 billion and an economic impact of more than $15 billion on the state and local community which ranks as the 8th highest among public medical schools in research productivity with 600 active patents and 24 start-up companies with research and treatment facilities in 36 countries around the world and supporters traveled to the state capital yesterday to support Maryland Governor Wes Moore and House Speaker Adrienne Jones as they signed a consequential bill into law expanding annual funding for Maryland’s renowned statewide trauma system It will ensure access to world-class trauma care for Marylanders well into to the future A University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) faculty member was featured in a prestigious national news program over the weekend highlighting the lifesaving critical care medicine practiced at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) In an extended segment called “One Night in America” that comprised half of the evening newscast for NBC Nightly News and additional coverage on MSNBC a reporter was embedded in the trauma center from Saturday evening into Sunday morning to document emergency trauma cases caused by gun violence Reporters were also embedded in three other major cities showing different perspectives including police response to shootings and community support from a local street pastor Kelly Distinguished Professor of Trauma Surgery and Director of the Program in Trauma at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and Physician-in-Chief of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) Air Force personnel and worked alongside military physicians in war-torn Afghanistan He has steered Maryland’s highest-level trauma center through two years of the COVID-19 pandemic Several experts at the UMSOM received prestigious awards commemorating the UMB 2018 Founders Week was named "Researcher of the Year" for her extensive work in infectious diseases in the U.S MD Professor in Shock and Trauma– were named "Entrepreneurs of the Year" for their liver dialysis device called the Molecular Absorbent Recirculating System (MARS) The University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center provided special training today on methods to control bleeding as part of the “Stop the Bleed” campaign a national effort to teach basic bleeding control Health Care Heroes Well-recognized for his work in the field of shock and injury care Scalea is head of the internationally known University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore A graduate of the Medical College of Virginia performing more than 600 operations a year How has the pandemic changed your view on you job or broader profession We completely revamped the way we cared for patients We outfitted our resuscitation unit with plastic drapes to separate patients and to prevent transmission of the virus Each of us found new ways to communicate and interface with patients It was hard but we all did our best to bring as much humanity as possible Who has been the most influential person in your life and why My father left our family when I was young distinctly unusual for a traditional Italian family in the early 1960s My mother raised all five of us by herself my mother taught me the value of service and sacrifice “Do for others before you do for yourself” was her motto I must have heard her say that 10,000 times when I was a kid and I have lived that life to the best of my ability This profile is part of The Daily Record's Health Care Power List for 2023. 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the magnitude of the public health problem that injury represents it has not received the recognition that it deserves the relationships that govern blood loss and tissue crush injuries are complex Caring for injury is the quintessential example of multidisciplinary medical care Every discipline plays a role in caring for acutely injured patients Every basic science effort has projects that can be directly referable to injury investigation and/or care Clinical care at a trauma center must be streamlined as patients usually have life-threatening injuries Multiple casualties at the same time are the norm The trauma team must be able to spring into action at a moment's notice and must be able to expand and contract resources to meet the needs The environment can be highly charged and extremely hectic technical support personnel and physicians from multiple disciplines must be able to evaluate and treat simultaneously The trauma surgeon must be able to choreograph a sometimes seemingly chaotic ballet in order to ensure optimal outcome The trauma surgeon must be able to perform complex surgical procedures in all areas of the body Subspecialty consultation almost always would take too long the trauma surgeon must be a primary care physician and an intensivist at the same time He or she must be able to deliver bad news to a family and yet not lose focus as another patient may arrive in the next few minutes It takes a special set of skills to be able to do this work The Program in Trauma at the University of Maryland School of Medicine is the only multidisciplinary dedicated physician group practice that cares for injury in the United States Almost the entirety of clinical practice is at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center regarded as one of the international standard-setters for the care of injury The Shock Trauma Center sits at the top of the most sophisticated pre-hospital system in the country the Shock Trauma Center and the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems co-exist to provide sophisticated the goals of the program go well beyond that of patient care Education and research sit at the cornerstone of the Program in Trauma's mission and educate all types of healthcare professionals from many disciplines I am proud to be part of the Shock Trauma Center and the University of Maryland School of Medicine © University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore-based unmanned flight experts that were behind the drone delivery of a kidney across the city are flying high after a new feat this fall the team at Scott Plank-founded MissionGO helmed two test flights on Sept 17 in Las Vegas where unmanned aircraft systems transported a human organ and tissue which transported a kidney from West Baltimore to the University of Maryland Medical Center Another Las Vegas flight transported research corneas from Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center to Dignity Health — St The flights are testing new ways of delivering organs for transplant that don’t require going through traffic The team also worked to reduce the number of handoffs to make a more “touchless” process https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=17&v=eIPvrIFrE4A&feature=emb_logo who also have roles the University of Maryland UAS Test Site in St Scalea and University of Maryland Medical Center on last year’s Baltimore flight there’s now a company focused on unmanned aircraft operations around the efforts The sister company helmed by these cofounders, called MediGO is focused on logistics for transporting organs for transplant Scalea’s role is to analyze the corneas and kidney for tissue architecture and cell viability This aims to look at any impact the flight may have had on the human tissue Pucciarella said the test flights are “another data point to illustrate that unmanned aircraft are a reliable mode of transportation for life-saving cargo.” The company is planning additional flights in 2021 Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights Robert Glatter is a New York-based physician covering public health 07:02pm ESTShareSaveThis article is more than 5 years old.BALTIMORE MD - 2003: Doctors and nurses work on a patient at Baltimore's Shock Trauma ER Carnett/Bonnier Corporation via Getty Images) Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center of the University of Maryland had the tourniquet applied by a fellow officer Tourniquets are strap-like constricting devices which when applied to an extremity reduce blood flow and consequent blood loss in the setting of penetrating trauma (gunshot or stabbing) developed by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma in 2012 after the Sandy Hook tragedy is to teach bleeding control techniques to those in the community Scalea highlighted what happened to the police officer to emphasize the importance of learning and mastering such skills to save lives before arrival of medical personnel on scene and transport to the hospital Many doctors believe that learning to properly apply a tourniquet is equally as important as learning to perform CPR since it’s possible to bleed to death in under 5 minutes " Tourniquets save lives,” said Scalea in the press conference “There is a course and we are happy to teach you and I will not rest until every citizen of Baltimore and Maryland has taken this course because next time maybe it’s your family and you too will be able to help save their life.” Joseph Sakran, M.D, FACS Director of Emergency General Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a survivor of gun violence at the age of 17 when he was shot in the neck offered his perspective to help clarify confusion that has arisen about the role of Stop The Bleed in providing lifesaving treatment for victims of gun violence “The perception at times is that Stop the Bleed is meant to be used as a solution for Gun Violence Prevention and that is simply not case,” explained Sakran “Stop the Bleed is utilized as a life-saving skill in the scenario where someone is injured and bleeding to death: it could be your child who fell at the neighborhood park or passenger involved in a motor vehicle crash—similar to how we have invested in teaching citizens CPR,” he offered that human beings who are victims of gun violence have a face well beyond the statistics that we must never forget “...although the proportion of injuries that may have benefited from a tourniquet is small,...I would submit to you the moral question of what value we place on the life of a person These are human beings not just statistics.” While Sakran also touches upon the psychological impact and long term mental health effects experienced by survivors of gun violence along with the fear of active shooter training by children and adolescents whether or not added psychological stress is exhibited by being trained in bleeding control is undetermined at this point.” we are front and center of caring for firearm-related injuries on a daily basis Although hemorrhage-control training programs will not provide a preventive solution to this public health crisis we face in America as we have seen in prior scenarios like the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting We have both the opportunity and responsibility to think beyond the four walls of our trauma center or operating room to work on injury prevention strategies that can make communities safer.”