Mercy Gastroenterologist Dr. Raymond Cross and Emergency Medicine Physician Dr. Michael Abraham Appear on Mercy’s Monthly Medoscopy Series

Raymond K. Cross, Jr., M.D., MS, AGAF, FACG, medical director of The Center for Inflammatory Bowel and Colorectal Diseases, part of The Melissa L. Posner Institute for Digestive Health & Liver Disease at Mercy in Baltimore, and Michael Abraham, M.D., chair of the department of emergency medicine at Mercy Medical Center and board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine, are guests of the hospital’s ongoing talk show series Medoscopy, airing on Facebook Watch, Wed.–Thurs., May 28th and 29th, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. (www.facebook.com/MercyMedicalCenter).

A 30-minute, pre-taped program that explores the background and lives of Mercy clinicians, patients and others, Medoscopy was launched in spring 2021 and airs in two 15-minute segments. To view past episodes, visit the Medoscopy playlist on the Mercy Medical Center YouTube channel.

In this latest installment, Dr. Abraham discusses his interest in the Compress and Shock Foundation, which provides free education in CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and AED (automated external defibrillator use). Dr. Cross mentions his efforts to raise funds for Take Steps, the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation’s largest nationwide fundraising campaign.

Medoscopy is filmed on the campus of Mercy Medical Center in downtown Baltimore with video, sound and lighting by Zinnia Film. 

Founded in 1874 by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Medical Center is located in downtown Baltimore City, about six blocks from Baltimore's famed Inner Harbor. A university-affiliated teaching facility, Mercy is a Catholic hospital with a national reputation for women's health care, orthopedics and other specialties. Mercy is home to the renowned Weinberg Center for Women's Health & Medicine and the $400+ million Mary Catherine Bunting Center. For more information, visit www.mdmercy.com, MDMercyMedia on Facebook and Twitter, www.youtube.com/mmcbaltimore, or call 1-800-MD-Mercy.