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Maine Medical Center. Maine Medical Center (commonly abbreviated to MMC or contracted to Maine Med) is a 700-licensed-bed teaching hospital in Portland, Maine, United States. Affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine, it is located in the Western Promenade neighborhood. It has a staff of over 9,500. [1]
Robert E. McAfee is a general and vascular surgeon, physician and advocate for the prevention of family violence and the better healthcare, particularly for adolescents. [1] He was the 149th President of the American Medical Association (AMA) in 1994–95. [2] McAfee used his influence to educate the medical community on family violence issues ...
Eastern Maine Medical Center. Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center (frequently shorted to Eastern Maine or simply EMMC) is a hospital located in Bangor, Maine that serves communities throughout central, eastern, and northern Maine. NLEMMC is the second largest hospital in the state with 411 inpatient beds, [1] serves more than 40% of the ...
Martha A. Zeiger is an American endocrine surgeon and scientist. She is currently Director of the Center for Cancer Research Office of Surgeon-Scientist Career Development at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She is also an adjunct investigator in the Surgical Oncology Program [1] at NIH's National Cancer Institute, where she previously ...
Edville Gerhardt Abbott (November 6, 1871 [1] – August 27, 1938) was an American orthopedic surgeon, orthotist and inventor.. Abbott was recognized for pioneering a new treatment of lateral curvature of the spine (), creating the first modern scoliosis brace and for co-founding a worldwide famous children's hospital for crippled children with scoliosis in Portland, Maine.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Profession. Surgeon, politician. William Leslie MacVane Jr. (June 12, 1915 – August 1, 2010) was an American surgeon and politician. MacVane assisted in the first open heart surgery performed in Maine in 1959 and served as the mayor of Portland, Maine, for one term in 1971. [1]
Arnold Wing. The Tufts University School of Medicine is the medical school of Tufts University, a private research university in Massachusetts. It was established in 1893 and is located on the university's health sciences campus in downtown Boston. It has clinical affiliations with numerous doctors and researchers in the United States and ...
General surgeon. General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on alimentary canal and abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland. General surgeons also deal with diseases involving the skin, breast, soft tissue ...