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Ophthalmologist Allen Beck, MD, has been appointed a permanent member of the executive committee of the Childhood Glaucoma Research Network, according to a news release.

Frederick (Md.) Memorial Hospital created a new logo to reflect its vision of "Superb Quality. Superb Service. All The Time."

Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., is seeking a demolition permit to tear down the old Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago and replace it with a new medical research center, according to a CBS Chicago report.

Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem plans to open an ambulatory care center in Gurnee, Ill., Sept. 10, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

Atlanta Medical Center is Level I trauma center operated by Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare.

Children's Specialized Hospital in Mountainside, N.J., an affiliate member of Robert Wood Johnson Health System in New Brunswick, N.J., announced the opening of a new pediatric outpatient center in Egg Harbor Township, N.J.

Clara Maas Medical Center in Belleville, N.J., is a member of Barnabas Health in West Orange, N.J.

Roughly nine out of 10 physicians plan to vote in the November elections, and physicians currently favor more Democrats than Republicans by a slim margin, according to Physicians Practice's "Great American Physician Survey."

Dallas-based Texas Oncology announced plans for a $105 million proton therapy facility to be developed in collaboration with McKesson Specialty Health, a division of McKesson Corp., and Baylor Health Enterprises, an affiliate of Dallas-based Baylor Health Care System.

Columbia St. Mary's in Milwaukee, part of St. Louis-based Ascension Health, announced the opening of a new Multiple Sclerosis Clinic in its Orthopaedic & Neuroscience Institute at Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee.