Dr. David N. Maine, President and
CEO of Mercy Health Services, Mercy Medical Center, and Sister
Helen Amos, RSM, Executive Chair,
Mercy Board of Trustees, are the
guests for the hospital's ongoing talk show series, "Medoscopy,"
airing on Facebook Watch, Jan.
30-31st at 5:30 p.m. EST.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 11,
2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Dr. David N. Maine, President and CEO of Mercy
Health Services, Mercy Medical Center, and Sister Helen Amos, RSM, Executive Chair, Mercy Board of Trustees, are the guests for the
hospital's ongoing talk show series, "Medoscopy," airing on
Facebook Watch, Mon-Tues., Jan. 30th
and 31st at 5:30 p.m. EST
(http://www.facebook.com/MercyMedicalCenter).
A 30-minute pre-taped program that explores the background and
lives of Mercy clinicians, patients and others, Medoscopy was
launched in spring 2021 and airs in two 15-minute segments.
In this latest installment, Dr. Maine and Sister Helen discuss
their education and backgrounds, how they came to Mercy, and
established leadership roles with the nearly 150-year-old Catholic
hospital.
Dr. Maine noted how he was born the son of Jewish-Iraqi refugees
who fled Iraq for Europe in 1972 due to the ongoing persecution
of the religious minority. With the assistance of the Hebrew
Immigrant Aid Society, an international refugee aid organization,
Dr. Maine's family eventually immigrated to the United States, settling in Rochester, NY, where Dr. Maine became a fan of
the Rochester Red Wings, the Baltimore Orioles Triple-A affiliate
for many years.
Sister Helen noted her days in education before coming to
Baltimore, working as a teacher in
Georgia. Sister Helen took a
position as Registrar for Mount Saint Agnes College where she had
earned her degree in Mathematics in 1962. She served as Mercy
Medical Center president and CEO, 1992-1999, succeeding Sister
Mary Thomas Zinkand, RSM.
Thomas R. Mullen took the reins
after Sister Helen and was himself succeeded by Dr. Maine in
2020.
Sister Helen noted her interest in reading, tackling crossword
puzzles, though hasn't taken the Wordle challenge just yet. Dr.
Maine and Sister Helen discussed their friendly rivalry regards
their fan affiliations with the Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens,
respectively.
Medoscopy is filmed on the campus of Mercy Medical Center in
downtown Baltimore with video,
sound, and lighting by Zinnia Film.
Founded in 1874 by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Medical Center is
located in downtown Baltimore
City, about six blocks from Baltimore's famed Inner Harbor. A
university-affiliated teaching facility, Mercy is a Catholic
hospital with a national reputation for women's health care,
orthopedics, and other specialties. Mercy is home to the renowned
Weinberg Center for Women's Health & Medicine, and the $400+
million Mary Catherine Bunting Center. For more information, visit
http://www.mdmercy.com, and MDMercyMedia on Facebook and Twitter,
or call 1-800-M.D.-Mercy.
Media Contact
Dan Collins, Mercy Medical
Center, 4103329714, dcollins@mdmercy.com
SOURCE Mercy Medical Center