LEWISTON — James R. Ostrander, D.O., a family medicine physician, has been appointed to the Central Maine Medical Center medical staff. He is practicing at Minot Avenue Family Medicine in Auburn.

Ostrander most recently worked for eight years as a family medicine physician at Winthrop Family Practice in Winthrop. For the past seven years, he also served as medical director for Heritage Rehabilitation and Living Center in Winthrop, a facility that provides geriatric and long-term care. His experience includes two years as a family medicine physician at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston and some 25 years as a paramedic and firefighter on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

He is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Ostrander is practicing in association with Dana W. Little, M.D., Carolyn R. Pece, D.O., and Gerald G. Lachance, D.O. Minot Avenue Family Medicine is at 789 Minot Ave., Auburn. The practice can be reached at 795-8475.