On the Move, 7/27: Mercy Medical Center adds Kotiah to oncology/hematology department

Posted: 11:59 am Tue, July 27, 2010
By Wayne Countryman
Assistant Editor

Sandy Diana Kotiah has joined the medical oncology and hematology department at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. She is board-certified in internal medicine and board-eligible in hematology oncology. Dr. Kotiah previously worked at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, where she provided care for critically ill hematologic malignancy patients. She is certified in performing bone marrow biopsies and administering intrathecal chemotherapy. Dr. Kotiah has served as a researcher and clinical instructor.

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Awards

The Maryland Citizens for the Arts board of trustees appointed four board members in June to represent Western, Central and Eastern Maryland: Jose Dominguez, executive director of the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Silver Spring; Blake Robison, producing artistic director of Round House Theatre in Bethesda; Darcey Schoeninger, executive director of the Queen Anne’s County Arts Council; and Andy Vick, executive director of the Allegany Arts Council. The organization also appointed its first trustee emeritus, long-serving board member George Johnston.

The Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce presented its Ed St. John Volunteer of the Year Award to Cliff Ishmael, president of Strategic H.R. and chairman of the chamber’s legislative committee, at its annual awards ceremony in June. The chamber also awarded Merit Scholarship Awards to three students who recently graduated from Baltimore County public schools: Jonathan Comer received a two-year scholarship to the Community College of Baltimore County, while four-year scholarships were awarded to Megan Kellner for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Ivana Djukic for Towson University.

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Boards

The board of trustees of the Maryland Academy of Sciences, the parent organization of the Maryland Science Center, recently appointed three new members: York Eggleston IV, co-founder and CEO of Semantic Labs; Francie Cohen Spahn, an associate in the real estate department of Saul Ewing; and Brant J. Standridge, Baltimore regional president and Maryland state president for BB&T.

The Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce installed a new board of directors in June, led by Barry Luciani, senior vice president of Susquehanna Bank. He succeeds Gary Rubin, vice president of university advancement at Towson University. Luciani also serves on the boards Leadership Baltimore County, Heroes Helping Heroes and NeighborSpace of Baltimore County. Others installed as directors for the next year: Ken Abrams, Allstate Financial Services; John Conwell, Comcast; Karen Deeley, MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate; Kristie Durr, Nevins and Associates; Eli Eisenberg, VPC Inc.; Charles Fenwick Jr., Valley Motors; James Francis, SC&H Group; Mike Galiazzo, Regional Manufacturing Institute; Scott Guthrie, M&T Bank; Corinne Hart, Lowes Hotels; David Hash, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center; John Hayden, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston; John Hermann, COPT Property Management; Cliff Ishmael, Strategic H.R.; Alvin Katz, KAWG&F; Robert Liebreich, Erickson Living; Sandra Liotta, Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Larry Maykrantz, St. John Properties; Darlene Miglioretti, SunTrust Bank; Pam Moss, Baltimore Sun Media Group; Marshall Paul, Saul Ewing; Janet Rafky, Franklin Square Hospital Center; Gary Rubin, Towson University; Michelle Schiffer, Greenberg Gibbons Commercial; Dale Selchan, Shire Pharmaceuticals; Graylin Smith, SB & Co.; Jennifer Stine, Renegade Productions; Vince Talbert, Bill Me Later; Richard Webb, Atlantic Financial Federal Credit Union; and Barry Williams, Baltimore County Office of Employment.

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Grants

Carroll Hospital Center, in Westminster, recently received a $20,000 community grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to bolster workforce development at the hospital. The money will be used  for associates’ professional and leadership skills, clinical ladder programs for the nursing staff, and new  wellness programs to encourage staff members to lead healthful lifestyles.