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pating in Robotics through TechBrick. This year, his
hopes to advance to the world competition. Some
and Rubik’s Cubes, and performing card sleight-of-
team has advanced to the state competition and
hand. When he is not doing school, Gabe is active
Community College. While he is taking classes to
start his college career, he is also actively partici-
of his hobbies are playing piano, solving puzzles
Gabriel Raiber is a high school senior, with dual
enrollment through homeschool and Harford
million. Mr. Sheldon continues his forward thinking in health care. UM UCH’s telemedicine
community by leveraging the best technology and the best health care providers in order
to a new level of community medicine. The Senator Bob Hooper House, an assisted living
ford County, the cancer center features the newest technology available as well as highly
opment. It is his vision, innovation and leadership that evolved Fallston General Hospital
new, modern medical campus in Aberdeen to replace the beloved but aging UM Harford
gency interventions raised University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health (UM UCH)
in Harford County with more than 3,200 team members and an annual budget of $550
trained specialists needed to serve our population and dramatically change the survival
their homes through remote technology. Currently, Mr. Sheldon is focused on building a
to the state-of-the-art Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air in 2000. Dramatic
rate of individuals afflicted with cancer. Today, UM UCH is the largest private employer
facility specializing in hospice, galvanized the community around end-of-life care close
improvements in areas such as award–winning cardiovascular interventions and emer-
Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace. The goal is to improve access to care across our
care settings and skilled nursing facilities in our community avoiding unnecessary trips
to the hospital. In addition, cardiac patients today are monitored from the comfort of
For over 32 years Lyle Sheldon has led Harford County’s health care growth and devel-
program provides an efficient and effective means of communication between health
Patricia D. and M. Scot Kaufman Cancer Center to fruition. The first of its kind in Har-
to home. Collaborating with the University of Maryland Medical System brought The
Speakers and Honorees
graduation, Gabe will pur- in his local church and likes to play soccer. Upon sue a degree in Mechanical Engineering from York Col- lege. Specifically, he wants to apply his knowledge to manufacture medical assistance machines used for surgery.

Lyle Sheldon, Visionary Award to deliver the right care, at the right time in the right place. Hannah Yamagata, an NMTC Bravura 2019 Scholar- ship recipient, is a first-year student at Johns Hopkins University studying biomedical engineering where she has been conducting research using polymeric nanoparticles for non-viral delivery of nucleic acids, which may later be used to treat cancer and other genetic disorders. Her efforts have already