MCMH in the News

September 22 2006

 

Pamela L. Pentin, MD Appointed to Medical Staff of Maine Coast Memorial Hospital

Pamela L. Pentin, MD, a Family Medicine Specialist has joined the Medical Staff of the Eleanor Widener Dixon Memorial Clinic in Gouldsboro.

Dr. Pentin comes to Maine Coast Memorial Hospital from The faculty of Puget Sound Family Medicine Residency, Naval Hospital Bremerton, Washington, where she also was a Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Previous to her Washington post, she was an instructor in Family Medicine at Brown University, Medical School, and a staff physician at Naval Hospital, Newport, Rhode Island.

Dr. Pentin has fourteen years of combined active and reserve service as a medical officer in the United States Navy and she remains a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy Reserve. She is a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Pamela Pentin is a New England native and discovered Coastal Acadia and Downeast Maine while living, working and being educated in Philadelphia. Many of her friends in Philadelphia shared their love for Downeast Maine with her and husband Tom. As a result the couple rented a summer home in Marlboro for a number of summers. Dr. Pentin has now returned to Maine because she believes “we live in one of the most beautiful places in the world”.

When not practicing medicine, she looks forward to antiquing, service work in the community and tending to a love for knitting.

With respect to her special interest in medical practice in Maine, she looks forward to working with patients on healthy life style changes, women’s health issues and focusing on total family healthcare.

Husband Tom is an attorney and writer of crime fiction.

For further information on Pamela L. Pentin, MD, or for an appointment, call the Eleanor Widener Dixon Memorial Clinic, Gouldsboro at 963-4066 or 664-5610.
 

 

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