Maryland’s Health Matters - St. Joseph - Fall 2016 - 3

Welcome, New Physicians Andrea Collerius, MD A HEALTHY START ANDREA COLLERIUS, MD, WOMEN'S HEALTH ASSOCIATES BRIDGET HILLIARD, MD, HEREFORD HEALTH PARK SYED SHUMILE ZAIDI, MD The UM St. Joseph UM SJMC welcomes Women's Health Medical Group Health board-certified Associates welcomes Park at Hereford interventional board-certified welcomes board- OB-GYN Andrea Collerius, MD, a Bridget Hilliard, MD certified family medicine physician Bridget Hilliard, longtime member of the medical staff at University of MD. Dr. Hilliard joins Ruth Brocato, MD; Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. George LaRocco, MD; and Cynthia The Heart Institute at Syed Shumile Zaidi, MD cardiologist Syed Shumile Zaidi, MD, who has been appointed director of the Structural Heart Disease Program. Dr. Zaidi, who has board certifications Class-McGrew, CRNP; all experienced in internal medicine, cardiology, inter- community practice for about 20 practitioners who see patients in this ventional cardiology, echocardiography years in Towson and says, "I always get community-based, state-of-the-art office. and nuclear cardiology, offers expertise Dr. Collerius has had a popular, busy positive feedback from my obstetric Practicing medicine in Hereford in the complete range of interventional patients about delivering their babies is a homecoming of sorts for Dr. Hilliard, treatments for heart diseases, including at UM St. Joseph. It's known for its whose husband grew up there. They blocked coronary arteries, holes in the warm, family-centered approach and is and their children have moved into heart and valve diseases. He has unique unique at serving patients' needs." the area. skills to treat calcification and blockage Women's Health Associates is a With a decade of experience as of the aortic valve using a minimally inva- practice within University of Maryland a family practice physician, Dr. Hilliard sive procedure called TAVR (transcath- St. Joseph Medical Group, which most recently practiced in Greencastle, eter aortic valve replacement), which can offers a personalized, family-centered Pennsylvania. She received her medical be lifesaving for frail, older patients not approach to pregnancy and childbirth, degree from the University of Maryland eligible for open heart surgery. "I feel for- along with comprehensive well-woman School of Medicine and completed her tunate to offer TAVR because very few care, including education, nutrition residency at The Reading Hospital & medical centers in the U.S. do," he says. and exercise counseling. Medical Center Family Medicine Program. Dr. Zaidi completed an interventional "I enjoy family medicine and the and structural cardiology fellowship degree from the State University variety of seeing patients of all ages. at the University of Maryland School of New York (SUNY) Health Center We are hoping to expand pediatric care of Medicine, a cardiology fellowship at Brooklyn and completed her at Hereford now that both Dr. Brocato at Georgia Regents University and an residency at University of Maryland and I are seeing children. I try to spend internal medicine residency at the Medical System. She has been named a lot of time with my patients, focusing University of Tennessee. He has a a Baltimore magazine Top Doc. on their health history. My patients medical degree from Sindh Medical say I have strong communication and College, University of Karachi. Dr. Collerius received her medical Dr. Collerius is accepting new patients and is located at 7300 York Road, Suite 201, in Towson. To make an appointment, call 410-427-5470. listening skills," Dr. Hilliard says. Dr. Hilliard is accepting new patients Dr. Zaidi is located in the O'Dea Medical Arts Building, Suite 103, on the and is located at 14A Mt. Carmel Road UM SJMC campus in Towson. For in Parkton. To make an appointment, an appointment, call 410-427-2580. call 443-491-3333. stjosephtowson.com | Fall 2016 3 http://www.stjosephtowson.com

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