LEWISTON — Peter J. Higgins, M.D., an interventional cardiologist, has been appointed to the Central Maine Medical Center medical staff. He is practicing with Central Maine Heart Associates, at the main offices at the Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute in Lewiston. An interventional cardiologist diagnoses and treats cardiovascular disease and heart conditions using catheter-based […]
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McGillicuddy named to CMMC staff
LEWISTON — Edward McGillicuddy, M.D., a vascular surgeon, has been appointed to the Central Maine Medical Center Medical Staff. He is practicing with Central Maine Vascular Associates in Lewiston. Prior to joining the greater Lewiston-Auburn medical community, McGillicuddy was a vascular surgery fellow at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He completed […]
Patricia Ann Swett
1941 – 2015 STANDISH — Patricia Ann (Flynn) Swett died peacefully Saturday evening, Aug. 22, just before sunset, at her home on Sebago Lake in Standish, following a decades-long battle with multiple sclerosis. She was born in Auburn, on May 20, 1941, daughter of late the Raymond and Doris (Davis) Flynn. She was educated in […]
Mohamud wins Sunshine Award
LEWISTON — Zam Zam Mohamud, a certified nursing assistant at Central Maine Medical Center, has been named the organization’s latest Sunshine Award winner for providing compassionate and exceptional care. Mohamud was recognized for her commitment to patients and the extra care she provides to patients on the inpatient rehabilitation unit. She routinely adds special touches […]
Stein joins CMMC medical staff
LEWISTON — Benjamin Stein, M.D., M.P.H., has been appointed to the Central Maine Medical Center medical staff. He is practicing with Central Maine Gastroenterology, 77 Bates St., Lewiston. Stein completed residency training in internal medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, N.Y., and a fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical […]
CMMC family medicine residents graduate
LEWISTON — The Central Maine Medical Center Family Medicine Residency recognized seven third-year family medicine residents at recent graduation exercises. Honored were family physicians Clayton Bell, M.D., Aaron Hoffman, D.O., M.P.H., Genesis Juat, M.D., Erik Seth Kramer, D.O., M.P.H., Mariette Macrander, M.D., Aliya Rahemtulla, M.D., and Margo Sullivan, D.O. Several awards were also presented during […]
Peter C. Stenberg
1949 – 2015 LISBON — Peter Stenberg passed away on Sunday, Aug. 9, at home. He was born in Boston on Nov. 19, 1949, to Peter Stenberg and Sabina Mary Kavanaugh. He attended Boston area parochial schools as a child and graduated high school from Cardinal Cushing Academy. He went on to graduate from University […]
Birth announcements
CMMC Tucker Daniel Sabo, a boy to Christopher and Crystal Sabo of Auburn, June 1. Sibling, Leisl, grandparents, Scott and Lucy Packard, Buckfield, Randall and Susan Desmarais, Biddeford, Daniel and Katherine Sabo, Hampden, Mass., great-grandparents, Emile and Jeannine Bergeron, Lewiston. Gabriel Lane Bickford, a boy to Samantha Wilkerson and Milan Bickford of Lewiston, June 3. Siblings, Trevor, Laila, Jordan, grandparents, Kim and […]
Medical tourism in Auburn, Maine: What exactly is it?
Expert says wealthy patients come for better care, support services, amenities. In Maine, most people probably think of medical tourism as a thing Americans do to save money. A trip to Canada for cheap medication. Some time in Costa Rica for discount dental work. A flight to Barbados for low-cost fertility treatments. But while the […]
CMMC named a ‘Most Wired’ facility
LEWISTON — Central Maine Medical Center has been named a Most Wired facility by the American Hospital Association’s Health Forum and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives. According to CMMC President Tina Legere, “Central Maine Medical Center is one of only 338 hospitals in the country to receive this important recognition and this is the second […]