Author: Trudy
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Sick and Same Day Appointments
MPCP Queenstown has daily availability for Sick and Same Day Appointments. We encourage you to check with our office first for appointment availability prior to going to Urgent Care or the Emergency Room. With the addition of 3 Nurse Practitioners, who are accepting new patients, we are better able to meet all your primary care…
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MPCP Arnold Welcomes Sadaf Rahman, MD
Dr. Rahman earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from Grace University School of Medicine, and completed her residency at Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. She is local to the area, having resided here for 20+ years. Her passions include home improvement and interior design, as well as spending her free time with…
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MPCP Columbia Welcomes Justin Moy, DNP
Justin Moy, DNP is board certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Justin received both his Bachelors and Doctorate in Nursing degrees from the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Nursing. His specialty is Adult-Gerontology Primary Care, and his clinical interests include adult health, chronic disease management (especially diabetes), and preventative medicine. He is…
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MPCP Arnold Welcomes Leor Krichilsky, MD
Dr. Krichilsky is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. She recently relocated from San Diego, CA, where she worked as a primary care physician for two years. She earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College in Philadelphia, PA., and completed her residency at Kaiser Permanente San Diego Family Medicine…
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Strains, Sprains and Broken Bones
By: AKBER AHMAD, M.D. Imagine you’re walking the dog — you suddenly trip over a stone, fall and twist your ankle. You feel a sharp pain and your ankle starts to swell. You’re hurt, but is it a strain, sprain or broken bone? Should you apply ice, head to the emergency room, get an X-Ray?…
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MPCP Glen Burnie Welcomes Elizabeth MacNaught, CRNP
Ms. MacNaught is certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Towson University and her Master’s of Science in Nursing from Drexel University. We welcome this bright, enthusiastic provider to our practice!
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Patient Advocacy Corner: Maryland’s ER Wait Times…Yikes!
By: ARIEL J. WARDEN-JARRETT, MD, FAAFP Maryland continues to have one of the longest wait times for patients to be evaluated in the emergency department. At one point, wait times in some hospital systems were as long as 16-24+ hours. I think most of us can agree that this is ridiculous, but that does not…
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Introducing Dr. Margaret Wang
People sometimes ask if I have always wanted to be a doctor. No, but it is certainly one of the top-rated dreams for an Asian immigrant. Growing up in Beijing in the ‘80s, I rarely visited the pediatrician, and my family usually depended on traditional Chinese medicine. For example, whenever a runny nose and a…
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Naloxone: A Powerful Tool to Fight Opioid Overdose
By: ANDREA C. CUNIFF, M.D. The opioid crisis continues in Maryland and has gotten worse as the powerful drug fentanyl is increasingly mixed into illegal drugs. From 2022 to 2023, the state saw 2,583 fatal overdoses, and fentanyl was involved in about 81% of those deaths. In response, there has been a growing use of…
