Food and nutrition is such a huge part of our daily life. Not only does the food we put into our bodies fuel us, but it can be the center of our social interaction with family and friends. That’s why Fall is such a great time of year to focus in on our foods, find […]
Please enjoy the photo gallery from our 2022 Over The Edge fundraising event. In order to save a picture to your computer right click on the photo and select save image. This will bring up a pop up window that will allow you to select where to save it. If you have any questions please […]
At PCHC – our health care providers pride themselves on a collaborative model of care, with a number of roles, and specialties working together along with the patient to provide the greatest possible care. In honor of National Pharmacy Week, we wanted to shed light on a new role brought to these care teams, called […]
Samantha “Sam” Gilligan, FNP, medical director at Seaport Community Health Center and a widely admired provider and colleague, has been honored with the first statewide Theresa Knowles Award for Nurse Practitioner Excellence. The award was to be presented this week at the Maine Primary Care Association annual meeting in Rockport, but Sam learned of her […]
PCHC welcomed three new this week, as Erika Wentworth, PMHNP, Annie Powers, MD and Dale Walker, MD all started on Monday. Wentworth, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, joined Penobscot Community Health Center after most recently working at Acadia Hospital in Bangor. Wentworth has spent much of her career in Maine, including a stint at […]
We were fortunate to be able to sit down with Executive Clinical Director for Dental, Matt Offman, DDS and Care Management’s Mindy Tibbetts, RN to talk about how the disease has affected them and to stress the importance of consistent primary care and how it played an integral role in their journeys. Click on the […]
BANGOR, Maine—The New Balance Foundation is generously continuing its support of Maine’s premier childhood obesity clinic at Penobscot Community Health Care. A new $100,000 grant, awarded last month, will fund the WOW 4 Wellness clinic that helps kids and families throughout Maine. “Investing in childhood obesity research, treatment and prevention is critical to our mission […]
During our August Spirit Week, PCHC is excited to announce our 2022 Employees of the Year! Each day from Aug. 8 – 12 – we will announce a batch of EOTYs from our locations and departments. On Friday, Aug. 12 we will announce our organization overall winners. Please check out our daily annoucements and writeups […]
BANGOR, Maine July 21—A generous grant from the Maine Cancer Foundation will support a new cervical screening program, making exams and pap smears—potentially life-saving procedures–readily available as part of primary care. Penobscot Community Health Care, which serves 60,000 Mainers, announced this week that the $100,000, two-year grant will support development of the program at four […]
Noah Nesin, M.D., longtime family doctor and former chief medical officer at Penobscot Community Health Care, was honored by the state of Maine this week for his work treating substance use disorder. Gov. Janet Mills, addressing the 2022 Opioid Response Summit, announced that the Governor’s Award would go to Nesin “in grateful appreciation” of his […]