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Updated: 2010-01-25 15:29:12
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Penobscot Bay Medical Center is joining all other hospitals in Maine to systematically gather data on the burden of methicillin-resistant Staph aureus (MRSA) bacteria in our community.
Read press release.
Pen Bay Pediatrics: A 'Medical Home' for the
Midcoast's Young Patients and Their Families
Effective Feb. 8, the four pediatricians at Penobscot Bay Medical  Center will be joining their practices in the same office in Rockport. Pen Bay Pediatrics will include Dr. Susan McKinley, Dr. William Stephenson, Dr. Sam Lew and Dr. Kevin Strong as well as Rachel Rivard, pediatric nurse practitioner, at offices in the Ledgewood Professional Park, 7 Madelyn Drive, off Route 1, a mile north of Penobscot Bay Medical Center. Read more now.
Pen Bay Internal Medicine Welcomes Dr. Neal Yetman
He joins the practice as an internist and is accepting new patients. Dr. Yetman is a graduate of Bowdoin College and has a degree from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Mass., a teaching hospital associated with Harvard Medical School. Read more.
 Pen Bay Internal Medicine
Welcomes Dr. Denise Anderson
She joins the practice as an internist; she is accepting new patients. She first came to Maine to work in Fort Kent at Northern Maine Medical Center as part of a National Health Service Scholarship she received while in medical school. Then she decided she wanted to stay in Maine. Read more.
PBMC Stroke Program Maintains Highest National Standards
Did you know PBMC was the first of three hospitals in Maine to have achieved Primary Stroke Center Certification from the Joint Commission, an independent overseer of medical care quality? The Stroke Program was recently recertified, demonstrating the continued maintenance of high nationl standards. Read more. Nursing Education and Retention, a Pen Bay Priority,
Gets $500K in Federal Funding
A nursing education and retention initiative at Penobscot Bay Medical Center will be getting a boost from $500,000 in federal funds. Learn more. Read about anesthesiologist Paul F. Barresi, who has rejoined the active medical staff at Penobscot Bay Medical Center. Reginald J. Albert has joined Pen Bay Healthcare as the organization's vice president of physician practices. Read press release.
Childbirth Education for 2010: pbmc.org/childbirtheducation H1N1 Flu Vaccine available at Kno-Wal-Lin for children and pregnant women. Also, there is pediatric seasonal flumist vaccine available at this clinic. Click to visit the PBMC flu shot listings web page. Rockland native Julie Hedrich Hurley has returned to the Midcoast as a family practice physician at Pen Bay Family Medicine. Read more. Meet John Bragg, PBH's new Physician Recruiter
Dr. Dana Goldsmith, vice president for medical affairs at Penobscot Bay Medical Center, said the position – Director of Physician Recruitment – is a necessity for the Midcoast and will help PBMC preserve access to care from both primary care doctors and specialists. Read more now.
A new surgeon, Dr. Cristan Anderson, has joined the Pen Bay family. Read more. Pen Bay Healthcare welcomes a new orthopedist, Dr. Douglas Macmichael, to the active medical staff at PBMC. Read more. PBMC Campus Now Completely Tobacco-Free
Effective Sept. 1, 2009, Penobscot Bay Medical Center is taking the ultimate step toward a completely smoke-free campus. This means the hospital's policy of prohibiting the use of all tobacco products (cigarettes, cigars, pipes and smokeless tobacco) on PBMC property including grounds, parking areas and all vehicles parked on the campus will be strictly enforced. Read more now.
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