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Kno-Wal-Lin Home Care and Hospice has announced its schedule for public flu clinics. Clinics start on Friday, Oct. 10, and continue through early December at various locations in Knox, Waldo and Lincoln counties. See clinic details & schedule. 


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.

Take a new look at Pen Bay
Our new ad campaign

We are pleased to share the new ad campaign featuring Penobscot Bay Medical Center. Click for more.

PBMC fundraising events
Auction to benefit PBMC childcare center

The PBMC Creative Learning & Childcare Center is holding is 6th annual silent auction and 2nd live auction. The silent auction runs from Oct. 30 to Nov. 12. The live auction is Friday, Nov. 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lincoln Street Center in Rockland. More information.

November is Diabetes Month
Learn more for yourself & your loved ones

Nearly 21 million children and adults in the United States are living with diabetes, and another 54 million people are at risk. Around the world, diabetes affects 246 million people; especially hard hit are people in developing countries. Read a press release.

Here in Maine, nearly 100,000 people have been told by their doctor that they have diabetes.  Learn more at the Pen Bay Healthcare Diabetes & Nutrition Care web page, pbmc.org/diabetes. Click here.


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Two Promotions Enhance Child Psychiatric Services
Penobscot Bay Medical Center is pleased to announce the promotion of two Dr. Sally Cooper and Dr. Luke Engerisermental health specialists in the hospital's Outpatient Psychiatry Department. Dr. Luke Engeriser has been named medical director of outpatient psychiatry. Dr. Sally Cooper has been named associate medical director for child psychiatry. Previously, both were staff psychiatrists at PBMC. Learn more now.

Meet PBMC's New Pediatrician
Dr. Kevin Strong has taken over the pediatrics practice of Dr. Edna Sayat in Dr. Kevin StrongRockport. He was previously in private practice in Fairfield, Conn. When Strong and his wife, Amanda, decided to move to an area with a less hectic lifestyle, they found the choice an easy one. "This was my favorite job offer and my wife's favorite community, so it was doubly attractive," he said. "The other pediatricians as well as everyone I've met professionally at Penobscot Bay Medical Center are just great."  Read more now. 
 

 
PBMC has Maine's Outstanding Dietician for 2008Marcia Kyle, left.
Marcia Kyle, RD, LD, CDE, a dietician at the Pen Bay Healthcare Diabetes and Nutrition Care Center, was recently named Outstanding Dietitian of the Year by the American Dietetic Association.  Read more.

In related news, the Pen Bay Healthcare Diabetes and Nutritional Care Center has received the prestigious American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Certificate for its diabetes self-management education program. Personnel at the Diabetes and Nutrition Care Center are Registered Dieticians Eileen Molloy, MS, RD, CDE and Marcia Kyle, RD, LD, CDE and Registered Nurses Brenda Berry, RN and Donna Dugal, RN. Read more now.

PBMC Welcomes Dr. Colin CoorDr. Colin Coor
Dr. Colin Coor has joined the active medical staff in the Emergency Department at Penobscot Bay Medical Center.
A native of Burlington, Vt., Coor is a graduate of the University of Vermont College of Medicine. His undergraduate degrees, in nutritional biochemistry and biological sciences, are also from UVM, where he was second in his undergraduate class. Read more about Dr. Coor

Dr. William MasterDr. William Master is the new president of the PBMC medical staff
As chief medical officer of the hospital, Dr. Master acts as a day-to-day liaison with the Pen Bay Healthcare Board and the chief executive officer. He also reports on the medical activities of the staff and represents their views and needs to the Board and CEO. Read more now.
 
Meet PBMC's three new primary care doctors
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.

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