Meet PBMC's 3 New Primary Care Doctors
Penobscot Bay Medical Center is pleased to announce the addition of three primary care physicians to the hospital's medical community. All three are joining Penobscot Bay Family Medicine, which also includes Dr. Carrie Thackeray and a physician's assistant, Mira Su Thurston, PA. The practice has moved to a new location in the LedgewoodProfessional Building, Suite 200, on Route 1 in Rockport.
(The mailing address is 7 Madelyn Drive, Rockport ME 04856.) For an appointment or more information, please call 593-5900.
"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."
Physician recruitment efforts continue for both primary care doctors and specialists, Goldsmith said.
From left, Dr. Jeffrey Landfair, Dr. Michael Kumin and Dr. Ted Wissink. All three have joined Penobscot Bay Family Medicine, located in the Ledgewood Professional Building, Suite 200, on Route 1 in Rockport.
Dr. Jeffrey Landfair is a second-generation physician from Pittsburgh, Pa. Following in his father's footsteps, Dr. Landfair values the role primary care physicians play in developing long-term relationships with patients as they help with their medical care.
A graduate of Penn State University and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Dr. Landfair completed his residency at MaineMedical Center in Portland and was familiar with the Midcoast, and Penobscot Bay Medical Center, from visits to the region during his training.
He says he was drawn to PBMC because of its size, location and the hospital's "excellent medical staff and good work environment."
His medical interests include preventative and sports medicine and developing group and individual education programs for patients. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the AmericanAcademy of Family Physicians and the Maine Academy of Family Physicians.
He and his wife and young daughter, their dog and their cat, live in Rockport. His interests include skiing, sea kayaking, hiking and photography.
Dr. Ted Wissink chose medicine for his career because he wanted to be in a profession where he would be "constantly learning as well as connecting with other people."
A native of Minnesota and a graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and the University of Minnesota Medical School, Dr. Wissink completed his residency at Maine Medical Center in Portland. He was also one of six fellows in the U.S. studying integrative family medicine through a Maine-based program under the aegis of Andrew Weil's Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona.
His experience also includes volunteer work with the San Lucas Health Project in San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala, where he organized mobile health clinics in rural areas and worked on a prenatal nutrition program for underserved Mayan communities.
His training includes traditional family medicine as well as osteopathic manipulation and acupuncture.
He chose Maine for his residency because his wife grew up here and the couple wanted to raise their growing family here. The couple has a two-year-old daughter and another child due in September. The Wissinks live in Rockport.
Dr. Wissink's interests include hiking, camping, skiing, mountain biking and ultimate Frisbee.
Dr. Michael Kumin is a Maine native who was inspired to go into medicine by the care his family received from a primary care physician when he was growing up in the Southern Maine town of Eliot.
Dr. Kumin chose Penobscot Bay Medical Center for his primary care practice because of the hospital's staff and location.
He is a graduate of Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y., and attended medical school at the Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He completed his residency at MaineMedical Center in Portland. "Having been raised in Maine and gone to school in other states, I realized Maine is the best place for me," he said.
He is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Maine Medical Association and the American Association of Primary Care Endoscopy.
His goal is to build successful and therapeutic relationships with both patients and staff. His interests include skiing, golfing, hiking and watching Red Sox baseball. Dr. Kumin and his wife life in Camden with their new puppy.
Penobscot Bay Family Practice is in the Ledgewood ProfessionalBuilding on Route 1 in Rockport. The address is 7 Madelyn Drive, Rockport., 04856. For an appointment or more information, please call 593-5900.
Anyone who needs assistance in establishing medical care for themselves or their family can also use the PBMC Physician Referral Hot Line, at (207) 596-8200, or use the PBMC website at pbmc.org/physicianfinder, to learn about all of the existing open physician practices.