Coastal Healthcare Connect
Vol. 01 No. 1 | December 2018
Meet Regional Chief Operating Officer, Cindy Wade, RN, BSN, MHA, CPHQ and Regional Chief Nursing Officer, Tiffany Love, PhD, FACHE, GNP, ANP-BC Cindy Wade is the Executive Vice President and Regional Chief Operating Officer for LincolnHealth, Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General. Cindy graduated from St. Joseph’s College in 1987 with a Bachelor’s degree in nursing and graduated from St. Joseph’s College with her Master’s in Health Care Administration in 2015. Early in her career, she spent 7 years in the Navy in various positions including Intensive Care, Cardiac Care, Emergency Care, Outpatient Care and Education and Training. Cindy returned to Maine in 1994
to work in Lincoln Tiffany Love, Regional Chief Cindy Wade, Regional Chief Nursing Officer Operating Officer County. She has held Lincoln Academy Boosters Club. various positions during her She lives in Sheepscott Village career including Manager of the with her husband James and has Medical Surgical Department, three sons, Derek, Jamison and Director of Quality and Patient Michael as well as one step son Safety, Chief Nursing Officer Christopher. and Vice President of Patient Care Services, Executive Vice President and Chief Tiffany Love, PhD is the Operating Officer. Regional Chief Nursing Officer Cindy is active as an Officer in the Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce; is the past President of the Sheepscott Community Church and current Treasurer; and participates in the
for Coastal Healthcare Alliance. Dr. Love received her Doctorate of Philosophy and a Master of Science in Nursing as an Adult and Gerontology Nurse Practitioner from Case Western Continued on page 4
Coastal Healthcare Alliance. Congratulations to our naming Dedicated to improving the health contest winner, Cheryl Cash and quality of life forfor theParker people practice manager of MidCoast Midcoast Maine. Chamberlin, MD (ENT at PBMC).
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Pen Bay Family Medicine welcomes Holly Thro, MD. Dr. Thro, a graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine, arrived in the Midcoast after completing a family medicine/psychiatry residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City, IA. Please call Pen Bay Family Medicine 921-5900 to schedule an appointment.
Please join us in welcoming our new providers across the system. Pen Bay Medical Center is pleased to welcome Richard Caesar, MD. Dr. Caesar a board certified urologist, has joined Pen Bay Urology to provide general adult and pediatric urologic care. Dr. Caesar, a graduate of Emory University and the University of South Florida School of Medicine, served on the medical staff of Eastern Maine Medical Center prior to arriving at PBMC. Please call Pen Bay Urology to schedule an appointment at 207-921-5400.
Waldo County General Hospital is pleased to welcome Daphne Lang, MD. Dr. Lang has joined Stockton Springs Regional Health Center to provide general medical care. Dr. Lang, a graduate of American University of the Caribbean completed her Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency in 2017 and completed a geriatrics fellowship in the summer of 2018. Please call Stockton Springs Regional Health Center to schedule an appointment at 207-567-4000.
Pen Bay Family Medicine recently welcomed William F. House, MD. Dr. House, board certified in family medicine is a graduate of Tulane University School of Medicine. Prior to his arrival here in the Midcoast, Dr. House was a resident of the Mount Sinai Health Alliance of the Hudson Valley/MidHudson Family Medicine in Kingston, NY. Please call Pen Bay Family Medicine 921-5900 to schedule an appointment.
WCGH is pleased to welcome Leigh Presutto, MD. Dr. Presutto has joined Lincolnville Regional Health Center to provide general medical care. 2
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Dr. Presutto, a graduate of SUNY Upstate Medical University has completed her MaineDartmouth Family Medicine Residency. Please call Lincolnville Regional Health Center for schedule availability at 207-236-4851.
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Updates PBMC PHARMACY & WCGH EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT Construction on the PBMC retail pharmacy began in mid-October. The installation of this containment wall (pictured left) will reduce the width of the hallway, but it will remain accessible for patients and colleagues throughout construction.
Construction on the WCGH Emergency Department is well under way (pictured left) and is scheduled for completion in the spring/ summer of 2019. When complete, this expansion will include six new private rooms, updated trauma facilities, and dedicated spaces for patients in psychiatric crisis. Thank you for your flexibility while we make these important upgrades.
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worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs since 2010. She currently serves on the board of directors of several healthcare organizations including Chairwoman of the National Health Care Diversity Council board, senior director of Case Western Reserve University Alumni board and is Regent for the State of Maine for the American College of Healthcare Executives.
CME Career Advancement Leadership Skills for Women in Healthcare and Writing, Publishing, and Social Media for Healthcare Professionals CME.
We are very pleased to have two experienced and thoughtful leaders join our team.
She also serves as faculty for Harvard Medical School CME
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Dr. Love comes to the Midcoast from Shreveport, Louisiana where she worked for the Veterans Affairs Central Office in a dual role as deputy associate director of patient care services/deputy chief nursing officer and as a member of the clinical integration Team. She had
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Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Cleveland State University.
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