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From inside the PBMC website

Accepting New Patients
Help if you are looking for a physician

Pen Bay Healthcare maintains an always-current list of physicians who are accepting new patients. Please keep in mind that only some doctors who are accepting new patients also take MaineCare, the state's Medicaid insurance.  These links will open in a new window; please remember to scroll to see the entire list.

 MaineCare patients CLICK HERE.

Patients with insurance other than MaineCare CLICK HERE.

And, you can read a press release about the 3 new primary care doctors joining the PBMC family. Read now.

MaineHealth VitalNetwork (eICU)
An added level of critical care, delivered locally

24/7: The e-ICU uses advanced voice, data and video technology, along with early warning software, to enable clinicians at the bedside to co-manage patients at PBMC with the same intensive care team that manages patients at Maine Medical Center.  Learn more.

Important study released
PBMC urologist on national stage

Dr. Lars Ellison of Pen Bay Urology, the urology practice based at Penobscot Bay Medical Center, has released an article in the journal Cancer, published by the American Cancer Society, on the link between prostate cancer and the use of Agent Orange in the Vietnam War. To see an interview with Dr. Ellison (in a new window)  please click here.  Read the press release by clicking here.

Spouse and Caregiver Support Group
Hosted by the PBMC Cancer Care Center

Meetings of this new support group begin Aug. 26. Learn more by clicking here.


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News and Events
at Penobscot Bay Medical Center

Meet PBMC's New Primary Care Physicians
Penobscot Bay Medical Center is pleased to announce theFrom left, Dr. Jeffrey Landfair, Dr. Michael Kumin and Dr. Ted Wissink addition of three primary care physicians to the hospital's medical community. All three are joining Penobscot Bay Family Medicine in Rockport, which also includes Dr. Carrie Thackeray and a physician's assistant, Mira Su Thurston, PA.

"We have been successful in recent years in attracting new doctors to serve the community, having added more than 20 new physicians in just the last three years," said Dr. Dana Goldsmith, Vice President, Medical Affairs, PBMC. "In this highly competitive environment, recruiting these new primary care doctors to help meet the needs of the PBMC service area speaks highly of the reputation of our medical staff and our beautiful community." Read more now.

PBMC physician writes article in national cancer journal

Lars Ellison, MD

Dr. Lars Ellison of Pen Bay Urology, the urology practice based at Penobscot Bay Medical Center, has released an article in the journal Cancer, published by the American Cancer Society, on the link between prostate cancer and the use of Agent Orange in the Vietnam War. To see an interview with Dr. Ellison (in a new window)  please click here.  Read a press release by clicking here.

Brian King is PBH Employee of the Month
"I am fascinated by my job," said Brian King in a conversation about his nomination as Pen Bay Healthcare Employee of the Month for July 2008. "I get to watch surgeries, standing right there looking over the doctor's shoulder." Read more.

New Pediatrician, Dr. Sam Lew, Joins PBMC Medical Staff
Dr. Sam Wei Lew has joined the active medical staff of Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport. He is assuming the pediatricsDr. Sam Wei Lew, pediatrician practice of Dr. Alison Faulkingham.

"My aim is to establish a practice where families can feel that there is a medical home for them," said Dr. Lew, who comes to our area from Machias, where he was chief of Pediatric Services at Down East Community Hospital. "A pediatrician is there to keep families healthy and for the ‘lumps and bumps’ of childhood." Learn more about Dr. Lew.

Pen Bay Healthcare's Resources Can Help Those Seeking Nursing Home Care
Following the closure of two nursing homes in the midcoast, Pen Bay Healthcare, the Midcoast community healthcare network, is taking steps to help area families access resources and information about long-term care for their elderly relations. Read more now.

Use the links below to read more news from PBMC.

Updated: Aug. 25, 2008