WESTERN MARYLAND REGION

Archie Wallace, Acting Regional Director
777-2240

The Regional Director for the Western
Maryland Region oversees administration of com-
munity-based services and the Thomas B. Finan
Hospital Center.

THOMAS B. FINAN HOSPITAL CENTER

Kenneth W. Messmer, Administrator

P.O. Box 1722
Country Club Road
Cumberland, MD 21502 777-2240

Opened in October 1978, the Thomas B. Finan
Hospital Center provides services to individuals of
all ages with mental disabilities. The Center also
cares for substance abusers and mentally retarded
persons. Serving Allegany Garrert and Washington
counties, the Center is funded through the
Developmental Disabilities Administration and the
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration for 113
mental health beds (Code Health—General Ar-
ticle, sec. 10-406).

CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD FOR THOMAS B.
FINAN HOSPITAL CENTER

William C. Kercheval, Chairperson, 1991

Appointed by Governor upon recommendation of
Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene: Casper R.
Taylor, Jr., 1992; Barbara Pritts, 1993; Bonira
Distad, R.N., 1994; Marcus Luther, 1994; Daniel
F. McMullen III, 1994; Patricia J. Zimmerman,
1994.

Upon recommendation of the Secretary of Health
and Mental Hygiene, the Governor appoints the
Board's seven members to four-year terms.

EASTERN SHORE REGION

David W. Leap, Regional Director
228-2444

The Regional Director for the Eastern Shore
Region oversees administration of community-
based services and two mental hygiene facilities:
Eastern Shore Hospital Center, and Upper Shore
Community Mental Health Center.

EASTERN SHORE HOSPITAL CENTER
David W. Leap, Superintendent

PO. Box 800
Route 50
Cambridge, MD 21613 228-0800

Eastern Shore Hospital Center was established
in 1912 as Eastern Shore State Hospital (Chapter
187, Acts of 1912). The Hospital admitted its first
patients in 1915.

Department of Health & Mental Hygiene/297

The Center cares for mentally ill patients who
are residents of the Eastern Shore. The facility is
funded for a daily average of 170 patients (Code
Health—General Article, sec. 10-406).

CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD FOR
EASTERN SHORE HOSPITAL CENTER &
UPPER SHORE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH
CENTER

George R. Ames, Jr., Chairperson, 1991

Appointed by Governor upon recommendation of
Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene: G. Daniel
McAUisrer, 1991; Audrey Z. Archer-Shee, 1992;
Francis H. Ballard, 1992; Rev. Thomas W. Hurley,
1992; Audrey McMahan, 1992; Alberta Bishop
Purnell, 1992; Joy Gwillim, 1993; Grace V.
Townsend, 1993; Carol Bloodsworth, 1994;
Gwendolyn T. Rodney, 1994.

The Governor appoints the Board's eleven
members to four-year terms upon recommendation
of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene.

UPPER SHORE COMMUNITY MENTAL
HEALTH CENTER

William W. Tubman, Jr., Administrator

P.O. Box 229
Scheeler Road
Chester-town, MD 21620 778-6800

The Upper Shore Community Mental Health
Center, which opened in 1982, is a multipurpose
mental health hospital. The Center serves a daily
average of 55 patients and provides psychiatric
services for eligible persons, 16 years of age and
older, from Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's
and Talbot counties. The Center also provides a
15-bed juvenile detention center and a 20-bed in-
termediate care unit for alcoholics over the age of
18 (Code Health—General Article, sec. 10-406).

CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD FOR UPPER SHORE
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER

See Citizens Advisory Board for Eastern Shore
Hospital Center and Upper Shore Community
Mental Health Center

ALCOHOL & DRUG ABUSE
ADMINISTRATION

Howard R. Sampson, Director

201 W Preston St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
225-6925
directory of programs: 1-800-635-7619

By departmental reorganization in 1987, the
Drug Abuse Administration and the Alcoholism
Control Administration were merged to form the
Addictions Services Administration. The Addic-