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Richard Grunke joins Anesthesia Dept. at MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital
ROCKPORT — MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital welcomes Richard Grunke, DNP, CRNA, to its Anesthesia Department. Grunke and his family recently relocated back to the Northeast after spending the past three years in Wisconsin, where he completed his nurse anesthesia training. In May 2026, he earned his Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nurse Anesthesia from the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh.
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Abbas El-Khatib, MD, Joins MaineHealth Nephrology Belfast
Belfast, Maine – MaineHealth Waldo Hospital is pleased to welcome Abbas El-Khatib, MD, a board-certified nephrologist specialized in treating patients with kidney disease and hypertension, to its Nephrology Belfast practice. Dr. El-Khatib comes to Waldo Hospital from Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, W.Va., where he spent the past eight...
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Alison Bryant, MD, joins MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital Emergency Department
ROCKPORT — MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital welcomes Alison Bryant, MD, to its Emergency Department. Dr. Bryant joins Pen Bay after completing her residency in emergency medicine at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Portland. Prior to medical school, Dr. Bryant served as a Peace Corps volunteer working HIV prevention and education in South Africa.
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City of Bangor exercises right of first refusal to buy PCHC administrative facility
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) -The City of Bangor is moving forward with the acquisition of a key administrative facility from Penobscot Community Health Care after city councilors voted 7–1 Monday night to approve the $1.3 million purchase. The city exercised its right of first refusal on the property at 103...
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Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital receives grant to support earn to learn program
PITTSFIELD -- Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital announces a $3,000 grant from Bar Harbor Bank & Trust to support the hospital’s earn to learn program, an innovative education and workforce development initiative that cultivates the next generation of healthcare workers in central Maine. “It’s no secret that Maine has...
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Medicare 101 offered at Rockland Public Library
Spectrum Generations, in partnership with the Rockland Public Library, presents a Medicare 101 class, taught by Medicare certified volunteers on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 1 p.m., in the Library’s Community Room. Topics covered include: Medicare Parts A and B, drug coverage, Medigaps, Medicare Advantage plans, eligibility, avoiding penalties, Medicare...
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Alabama rehab provider cuts ribbon on $61M inpatient rehab hospital in Bangor
Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC), an inpatient rehabilitation provider based in Birmingham, Ala., cut the ribbon Thursday on a 54,000-square-foot, 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Bangor. The nation’s largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals said it expects to open the hospital, at 1017 Union St., to patients in...
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National addiction experts to headline MaineHealth substance use treatment conference
PORTLAND— MaineHealth will bring together health care professionals, behavioral health clinicians, advocates and people with lived experience on Wednesday, Oct. 21, for its annual substance use treatment conference, Break the Stigma: Build the Bridge. The daylong conference will explore approaches to preventing and treating substance use disorders, reducing stigma...
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Alison Bryant, MD, Joins MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital Emergency Department
ROCKPORT, Maine – MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital is pleased to welcome Alison Bryant, MD, to its Emergency Department. Dr. Bryant joins Pen Bay after completing her residency in emergency medicine at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Portland. Prior to medical school, Dr. Bryant served as a Peace Corps volunteer working HIV prevention and education in South Africa.