Celebrating Myrna: A Life of Love, Strength and Community
When you ask sisters Diane Daniels, Gilchrist’s Director of Development for Howard County, and Wendy Oshiki to describe their mom, Myrna Watkins, they don’t hesitate....
Finding Harmony: Meet Jake Rivers, Gilchrist’s New Music Therapist
Music has a way of reaching us when words cannot. For patients on hospice, music can soothe anxiety, unlock memories, and bring comfort to families...
The Power of Music: How Gilchrist’s Music Therapy Brings Joy to Tony Morrison
When Jillian Reed, a music therapist with Gilchrist, visits Tony Morrison, something special happens. His face lights up. His hands tap along to the rhythm....
Bringing Comfort Through Music
Music has long been recognized for its therapeutic benefits, especially in providing comfort during life’s most challenging times. At Gilchrist, the Music Therapy Program plays...
Integrative Palliative Approach
In honor of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, a Gilchrist mind-body specialist describes the Integrative Palliative approach to compassionate care. As specialists in Integrative...
The Healing Impact of Meditative Artwork in My Cancer Journey
“Have no expectations—just explore your creativity.” Dr. Delia Chiaramonte, Gilchrist’s Medical Director of Integrative and Palliative Medicine, expressed these encouraging words to me as part...
Gilchrist Integrative and Palliative Medicine: Using Our Toolbox to Enhance Well-being
Gilchrist’s Integrative and Palliative Medicine team focuses on the mind-body care of patients with serious illness and their families, using all the “tools” that work....
Integrative Medicine Helps Patients With Cancer Live Their Best Life
By Rhonda Gold, Ovarian Cancer Survivor Gilchrist’s Integrative and Palliative Medicine services are available to patients receiving cancer treatment at GBMC. Encouragement, mindfulness, hope and...
How Can Integrative and Palliative Medicine Help People with Serious Illness?
Each day, the physicians and nurse practitioners on our Integrative and Palliative Medicine team live and breathe Gilchrist’s philosophy of supporting patients and families through...
Integrative Medicine: Helping Cancer Patients Cope
What is Integrative Medicine? Integrative Medicine is a specialty that focuses on the care of the whole person, not just the disease. It uses a...
