Spring Registration is open!

    Make the decision today to join us and take a step toward a future free from Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Get your friends, families, and co-workers together and register your team today to start fundraising and raising awareness about Take Steps and IBD.

Take Steps Baltimore

Saturday, June 9, 2012
Federal Hill State Park

To learn more contact Katie Ramirez at kramirez@ccfa.org or at 443-276-0861

• SAVE THE DATE •

June 19 - 23, 2012

    Camp Oasis is a co-ed residential camp for kids with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Our 2012 session will be held at Camp Tall Timbers in High View, West Virginia. Applications will be available in mid-January 2012 for campers (grades 2 - 10 in fall 2012), Leaders in training (grades 11 - 12 in Fall 2012), and volunteers (age 18+).

Click here to learn more about this exciting program, or contact Caneka McNeil, Mid-Atlantic Regional Education & Support Manager at cmcneil@ccfa.org or 703-865-6130.

CCFA Spotlight Dinner & Auction
"The Faces of Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis"

    The CCFA Spotlight Dinner & Auction is an exciting event that pays tribute to our brave friends, relatives and colleagues battling Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, while raising money to support our mission of finding cures for these debilitating diseases. Our event's elegant combination of fabulous food and cocktails, stimulating conversation, good company, priceless auction packages, and a great cause will create an evening to remember. To find out more, or to become a sponsor of this event please call: (443) 276-0861

PATIENT & PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Our chapter will be sponsoring and supporting a variety of patient and professional education programs throughout the state with the support of our hospital partners. 

Listed above are the current Education Programs available.

For more information, contact Caneka McNeil, Mid-Atlantic Regional Education & Support Manager, at cmcneil@ccfa.org or 703-865-6130. 

Please note: All support group listings are subject to change. Please call the individual support group number or email listed below or call the chapter number above to confirm the meeting date, time, and place.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

Annapolis Support Group
Facilitator: Bradley Thomas
Location: Health and Sciences Pavilion (7th Floor), next to Anne Arundel Medical Center, 2000 Medical Parkway, Annapolis, MD. 21401 (Map & Directions)
Meeting Time: 1st Wednesday (monthly) 7 p.m.
Meeting Info: We laugh, cry, vent and rant about our experiences
with IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Diseases). We have facilitators who have lived with IBD for
over 20 years! All ages, (including children) are welcome to attend. For more information please contact Brad via email at bradley.e.thomas@gmail.com

BALTIMORE CITY

The Herbert & Walter Samuelson Children's Hospital at Sinai
New Adolescent Support Group for children ages 10 -15 and their Parents
Facilitator: Michelle Fink
Meeting Time: THIS GROUP IS CURRENTLY ON HOLD
Location: Herbert & Walter Samuelson Children's Hospital at Sinai, 2401 W. Bevedere Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215 (Map & Directions)
Meeting Info: Kids; This is your chance to share stories in confidence, make new friends, participate in kid friendly activities! Parents; This is your opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with other parents of kids with IBD!

For further information or questions please contact Michelle Fink at (410) 375-2516


University of Maryland Medical Center
Facilitator: Laura Stephens
Meeting Time: Meets on the 1st Thursday, Every Other Month, From: 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM. Next meeting is October 6, 2011.  Ostomy Nurse, Joan Selekof, will be our guest speaker.
Location: Patient Resource Center, 22 S. Greene Street, 1st Floor
Baltimore, MD (Map & Directions)
Meeting Info:  Please RSVP to Laura Stephens: lauras@verizon.net for exact dates.

BALTIMORE COUNTY

Green Spring Station Support Group
Co-Facilitators: Sharon Dudley-Brown, PhD, FNP- BC and Lizzette Donigan
Location: Johns Hopkins Foxleigh Building - Room #101 2330 West Joppa Road  Lutherville, MD 21093 (Map & Directions)
Meeting Time: Fourth Thursday (monthly) 6:00 p.m.

Please Note: The meeting scheduled for January 26th is cancelled.  

Towson Support Group
Facilitators: Lori Gunning, RN and Nancy Dabkowski, RN
Location: Saint Joseph Medical Center, 7601 Osler Drive, Towson, MD 21204 (Map & Directions)
Meeting Info: This group is for Adult patients with Crohn's Disease and
ulcerative colitis.  Friends and Family are welcome to attend.
The group meets Four times a year: March 6, 2012 - May 8, 2012 - September 11, 2012 - November 13, 2012
Meetings are held in the St. Clare Conference Room at 7:00 PM
Please call Community Outreach at (410) 337-1479 for more information.

HOWARD COUNTY

MARYLAND-SOUTHERN DELAWARE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Scott Canuel, Chair
Wealth Management Director,
PNC Wealth Management

Dr. Ray Cross, CMAC Chair
Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program,
University of Maryland
  
Mary Bolduc-Glagola, Immediate Past Board Chair
President, HoCo Promo & MEG-Communications, LLC

Richard Berman
President, Mid-Atlantic Shore Properties, Inc.

Matthew Campbell
Youth on Board

Gregg Cote
VP of Operations, Commerce Corporation, Inc.

Denise Dory
Patient Advocate

Dr. Jonathan Efron
Chief of Colorectal Surgery, Johns Hopkins University

Jason Fruman
President/CEO at The Great Cookie

William Herrfeldt
Associate, McGuireWoods, LLP

Alan Jefferson
Vice President, Commercial Banking Group, Sandy Spring Bank

Debra Kane
Freelance Writer and Editor

David Millman
Senior Vice President – Small Business Banker Manager, Bank of America

David Mitchell
President, E. Stewart Mitchell, Inc.

Donna O'Neill
Patient Advocate

Lesly Rehaut
Regional Director, Sol Melia Hotels & Resorts

Dr. Ron Surdin
Optometrist, The Optical Solution

CHAPTER MEDICAL ADVISORY & MISSION COMMITTEE

Raymond Cross, M.D., Chair
University of Maryland Medical Center, IBD Program

Jerrold Canakis, M.D.
Berlin, MD

Nadia Cheevers, BSN., RN
University of Maryland Medical Center, IBD Program

Dominic Cirincione, Program Analyst
FDA

Dr. Kester Crosse
Digestive Disease Associates

Sharon Dudley–Brown, Ph.D., F.N.P.
Johns Hopkins Hospital

Jonathan Efron, M.D. (Surgeon)
Chief of Colorectal Surgery,
Johns Hopkins University

John Fischel, Attorney
Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Mark Flasar, M.D.
University of Maryland Medical Center, IBD Program

Dora Frank, CNRP
IBD Infusion Center
The University of Maryland Medical Center

Neil Goldberg, M.D.
St. Joseph Medical Center

Mary Harris, M.D.
The Institute for Digestive Health & Liver Disease at Mercy

Stephen Kavic, M.D. (Surgeon)
Maryland of Maryland Medical Center, IBD Program

Suzanne Kohnke

Rabbi Chaim Landau
Ner Tamid Greenspring Valley Synagogue

Mark Lazarev, M.D.
Johns Hopkins Hospital

Mark Noar, M.D.
Mark D. Noar & Associates

Maria Oliva-Hemker, M.D. (Pediatric)
Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Johns Hopkins Children's Center

Lee Ann Pazulski
School Nurse, Howard County Public Schools

Suzanne Sankey, M.D.
Anne Arundel Gastroenterology Associates

Jeffrey Schwartz, M.D.
Maryland General

Joan Selekoff

Bishop Walter Thomas
New Psalmist Baptist Church

David Tuchman, M.D. (Pediatric)
Pediatric Gastroenterology Sinai Hospital
Michael Yao, M.D.
National Institutes of Health

Joetta Wade-Smith, Pharmacist
University of Maryland Medical Center

Lindsay Wilson, RN, MSN, CPNP (Pediatric)
Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Johns Hopkins Children's Center

Edward Wolf, M.D.
Woodholme Gastroenterology and the Endocenters
of Baltimore and Quarterfield Station