From the First Lady visiting patients to a new president & CEO announcement and nurse recognitions, these are this week’s top stories from MHA’s News Roundup newsletter.
GBMC HealthCare Names New President and CEO
Baltimore Business Journal, by Matt Hooke
GBMC HealthCare has tapped Dr. Paari Gopalakrishnan, an executive with experience turning around a struggling New England hospital, as its next CEO. Dr. Gopalakrishnan will assume the role in September, taking over from longtime CEO Dr. John Chessare, the Baltimore County health system announced Wednesday. This story was also covered by Becker’s Hospital Review, Citybiz, and The Daily Record.
UMMS Spins Off Gallion Health to Scale AI-Driven Supply Chain Platform
Becker’s Hospital Review, by Alexandra Murphy
The University of Maryland Medical System, based in Baltimore, has spun off Gallion Health, a digital supply chain platform developed in house. The cloud-based platform, launched in 2021, integrates with EHR and enterprise resource planning systems across UMMS’ 11 hospitals, according to a July 8 news release from the health system.
Melania Trump Meets with Patients, Visits Garden at Children’s National Hospital
WRC, by Michelle L. Price
First lady Melania Trump visited with sick patients at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., on Thursday as the children made Fourth of July arts and crafts ahead of the holiday. Continuing a tradition of support by first ladies for the pediatric care center, she also stopped by the hospital’s rooftop “healing” garden she dedicated during the first Trump administration to first ladies of the United States.
Mercy Medical Center Honors Six Nurses with 2025 Sisters of Mercy Awards
The Daily Record
Mercy Medical Center celebrated National Nurses Week with its annual Sisters of Mercy Nursing Awards ceremony on May 7 in the hospital’s Bunting Center. The event honored six nurses selected from a record 250 nominations for demonstrating compassion, leadership, hospitality, vision, analysis, and community impact.
MedStar Nursing Programs Gain National Recognition
The Southern Maryland Chronicle, by David M. Higgins II
MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center and MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital have received accreditation for their employee-based nurse residency programs from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), as announced in May 2025. The accreditation, granted by a nationally recognized authority on nursing education quality, affirms both hospitals’ commitment to excellence in preparing new nurses for clinical practice.
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