University of Maryland Shore Regional Health Announces Updated Openings Following Winter Storm Fern

EASTON, MD (January 26, 2026) - Following the impacts of Winter Storm Fern, University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH) is resuming services across its five-county service area, with some locations opening on a delayed schedule to ensure the safety of patients, visitors, and team members.
The following services and locations will open and operate as scheduled on Tuesday, January 27, 2026:

• All in-hospital elective procedures
• Diagnostic testing conducted within hospital facilities at UM Shore Medical Centers at Chestertown and Easton
• Pain Center, Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, and Outpatient Behavioral Health services located within hospital facilities at Chestertown and Easton
• The Orthopedic Center in Easton
• Ambulatory Surgery Center, Laboratory Imaging, Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, diagnostic testing, and Rehabilitation services at the Medical Pavilion in Cambridge

The following locations will have a delayed opening at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 27:

• Easton Outpatient Surgery Center
• UM Shore Cancer Center, Easton
• Diagnostic & Imaging Center, Easton
• Outpatient Laboratory locations in Chestertown, Denton and Easton
• Outpatient Imaging locations in Denton, Easton, and Queenstown
• Outpatient Rehabilitation locations in Denton and Queenstown
• Clark Comprehensive Breast Center, Easton
• All Shore Medical Group practice offices

Outpatient Laboratory services at UM Shore Medical Pavilion in Queenstown WILL NOT OPEN
UM Shore Regional Health's hospitals and Emergency Centers remain open and available to provide care.
While services are resuming, patients are reminded that snow and ice that melt during the day may refreeze overnight, creating hazardous travel conditions. Patients are encouraged to allow extra travel time, use caution when traveling, and contact their medical provider directly if they have questions or concerns before coming to an appointment
Additional updates will be shared as needed through UM Shore Regional Health's website and social media channels.

About the University of Maryland Shore Regional Heath
A member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH) is the principal provider of comprehensive health care services for more than 170,000 residents of five counties on Maryland's Eastern Shore: Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot. UM SRH consists of approximately 2,000 team members, including more than 400 health care providers on the Medical Staff, who work with community partners to advance the values that are foundational to our mission: Compassion, Discovery, Excellence Diversity and Integrity. For more information, visit https://www.umms.org/shore

About the University of Maryland Medical System
The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state's future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System's anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of 10 University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org