Orioles first baseman Chris Davis and his wife, Jill, announced a $3 million donation to the University of Maryland Children's Hospital Nov. 4.
The gift is the largest ever from a Baltimore sports figure to the University of Maryland Medical Center. The money will allow the hospital to construct a state-of-the-art pediatric hybrid catheterization and operating room. The donation will upgrade the hospital's children's heart program and expand the reach of that program.
"A decision was made 10 years ago that we needed a children's heart program here," said Dr. Steven J. Czinn, professor of pediatrics at University of Maryland School of Medicine. "There were too many kids leaving the state for care with congenital heart disease. We had a dream, we had a vision.
