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Faculty

Program Leadership & Key Clinical Faculty 

Knauft

M. Elizabeth Knauft, M.D.

Director, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program at Maine Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: University of Vermont College of Medicine
Residency: Maine Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Washington Medical Center
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine; Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Interests: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension


Sears

Edmund H. Sears, Jr., M.D.

Associate Program Director, Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship Program, Associate Program Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: Dartmouth-Brown Program / Brown Medical School
Residency:Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, Brown University, Providence, RI
Fellowship: Pulmonary & Critical Care, Brown University , Providence, RI
Board Certification Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics; Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Diseases; Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Interests: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Cystic Fibrosis, Clinical Research, Medical Education


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Meagan Moore, M.D.

Attending, Pulmonary & Critical Care
Medical School: University of Connecticut Health Center
Residency: Yale University
Fellowship: Yale University
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Interests: Interstitial Lung Disease, End of Life Care, Advancing Careers for Women in Medicine


Jennifer Palminteri, MD

Jennifer M. Palminteri, M.D.

Attending, Pulmonary / Critical Care Medicine
Maine Medical Center
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School  University of Vermont College of Medicine
Residency: Maine Medical Center
Fellowship: Maine Medical Center
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine                               
Interests: Pulmonary Vascular and Interstitial Lung Diseases


Riker

Richard R. Riker, M.D.

Director, Medical Critical Care Maine Medical Center
Professor of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: University of Vermont College of Medicine
Residency: Northwestern University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Maine Medical Center
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine
Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Interests: Critical Care, Pulmonary, Sepsis, Sedation, Haloperidol, Toxicology, Research: Agitation and Sedation in the ICU, Sepsis, Expired Nitric Oxide, Haloperidol Use in the ICU


Van der Kloot

Thomas E. Van der Kloot, M.D.

Director, Rural Education, Maine Medical Center Physician Leader, CLER Program
Vice President, Chest Medicine Associates
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Residency: University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic
Fellowship: University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine
Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Interests: Tele-ICU; Critical Care; ALI/ARDS; Lung Cancer


Other Faculty

Adam A. Alter, M.D.

Attending, Pulmonary / Critical Care Medicine
Maine Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
Residency: Family Medicine Internship: Providence Milwaukie Hospital, OR
Fellowship: Internal Medicine: Providence Portland Medical Center, OR, Cleveland Clinic, OH
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic, OHs
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine
Interests: Critical care echocardiography, neuromuscular pulmonary, home ventilation, general pulmonary practice


George E. Bokinsky, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: Medical College of Virginia
Residency: University of Colorado
Fellowship: University of California, San Diego
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Sleep Medicine, American Board of Sleep Medicine
Pulmonary Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine
Interests: Sleep Medicine


David M. Cohen, M.D.

Attending, Pulmonary / Critical Care Medicine
Maine Medical Center
Medical School: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Residency: Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
Fellowship: Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic, OHs
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
Interests: Sarcoidosis, Tuberculosis, Thoracic Oncology, Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS), Critical Care


Jessica L. D’Amico, DO

Residency: Detroit Medical Center Sinai Grace Hospital, Detroit, MI
Fellowship: Maine Medical Center
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care Medicine
Area of Interest: Adult Cystic Fibrosis, General Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine


Stephen R. Gorman, D.O., M.S.

President and Medical Director, Maine Sleep Center at Chest Medicine Associates
Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
MS (Pharmacology): University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy
Residency: Maine Medical Center
Fellowship: Lahey Clinic Medical Center
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine
Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Sleep Medicine, American Board of Sleep Medicine
Interests: Asthma, Lung Cancer, Sarcoidosis, Sleep-related breathing disorders, Narcolepsy, Cardiopulmonary Exercise/Lung Function Testing, Endobronchial Ultrasound, Navigational Bronchoscopy


Colman Hatton, MD

Medical Director of Critical Care Ultrasonography and Echocardiography
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Residency: Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH
Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine and Critical Care (board eligible)


Michael David Jaeger, MD

Clinical Associate
Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Internship: Hennepin Healthcare
Residency: Hennepin Healthcare
Fellowship: Maine Medical Center
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine
Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine


Brittany Lachance, DO

Director of Critical Care Simulation
Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Internship: Lahey Clinic Hospital - GME, Internal Medicine
Residency: Boston University Medical Center, Neurology
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medicine GME
Board Certification: Neurology


Patrick T. Mailloux, D.O., M.Ed., FCCP

Director, Neurocritical Care
Maine Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University
Medical School: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY
Residency: Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA
Fellowship: St. John’s Mercy Medical Center & St. Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Board Certification: Critical Care Medicine, ABIM
Neurocritical Care, UCNS
Interests: Clinical Education, Hemodynamics, Neurocritical Care


Teresa L. May, D.O.

Attending, Neurocritical Care
Maine Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Maine Medical Center
Fellowship: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Maine Medical Center
Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine
Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Neurocritical Care, United Council of Neurological Specialties            
Interests: Neurocritical Care


Nicholas A. Pozzessere, DO

Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Maine Medical Center
Fellowship: Maine Medical Center
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care
Area of Interest: Endobronchial Ultrasound, Navigational Bronchoscopy, Critical Care, and General Pulmonary Medicine


David B. Seder, M.D.

Chief, Critical Care Services, Director, Neuro Critical Care 
Associate Professor of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Residency: Maine Medical Center
Fellowship: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Maine Medical Center
Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine
Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Neurocritical Care, United Council of Neurological Specialties
Interests: Neurological disease in critical care, Neurological resuscitation after cardiac arrest, Airway management in patients with neurological disease, Stroke


Hilamber Subba, MBBS, MD

Attending, Pulmonary / Critical Care Medicine
Maine Medical Center
Medical School: Manipal College of Medical Sciences (MCCMS)
Residency: UHS, Wilson Medical Center
Residency: Nassau University Medical Center
Fellowship: Maine Medical Center
Board Certification: Internal Medicine


Jason A. Yahwak, M.D.

Associate Director, Medical Critical Care
Clinical Instructor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine
Residency: Maine Medical Center
Fellowship: Maine Medical Center
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine
Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Interests: Ultrasound in the ICU, Medical Simulation, Advanced Bronchoscopy Techniques


Jonathan B. Zuckerman, M.D.

Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program Maine Medical Center
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: Brown University School of Medicine
Residency: George Washington University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine
Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Interests: Cystic Fibrosis, Bronchiectasis, Lung Transplantation

Research Faculty

Lucy Liaw, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist, Center for Molecular Medicine, Maine Medical Center Research Institute
Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Education: University of Arizona (BS)
University of Washington (PhD)
Associate Program Director, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Medical Director, Neurocritical Care MMC


Calvin P.H. Vary, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist, Center for Molecular Medicine, Maine Medical Center Research Institute
Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Education: North Carolina State University (B.S.)
Michigan State University (Ph.D.)
Syracuse University (Post-Doctoral)


Faculty Emeritus

Patricia Ann Lerwick, M.D., J.D., M.S.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: New York Medical College
Internship: University of Connecticut (Hartford Hospital Program)
Residency: Maine Medical Center
Fellowship: Maine Medical Center
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine
Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Interests: Critical Care Medicine, Ethics and Medical Education

Latest News

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David Scammon is first BEE Award Recipient

David Scammon recently received the BEE Award (Be Exceptional Every Day) at Franklin Memorial Hospital (FMH) in recognition of his exceptional non-nursing care.

TUSM-MMC Maine Track Celebrates Match Day

Of the 36 fourth-year students in the Tufts University School of Medicine – Maine Medical Center Maine Track program, 12 will be spending their residencies in Maine.

ICU nurse Kaitlyn Dube is first recipient of Franklin Memorial Hospital’s Daisy Award

In recognition of outstanding nursing care, Kaitlyn Dube, RN, was recently awarded the DAISY Award at Franklin Memorial Hospital (FMH).

MaineHealth Announces Unified Identity Across its Health Care System

The new approach, which includes renaming local hospitals and medical practices, will make it easier for patients to navigate their care.