Providing
Excellence
Recently,
the Maine Primary
Care Association issued a statewide call for
nominations for those health care providers
that exemplify excellence within their fields.
Aroostook County was fortunate to have two
of its practitioners selected on the basis of
their work, dedication and character. Mary
Allen, FNP-C was selected as the recipient of
the Nurse Practitioner Excellence Award and
Cecilia Pinter PA-C was selected to receive the
Physician Assistant Excellence Award.
Mary Allen, FNP-C of
Pines Health Services,
has
demonstrated
a
commitment to our rural
communities from day
one. From working locally
as a CNA from 2002 to
2004, a Registered Nurse
from 2004 to 2008
and now as a
Family Nurse
Practitioner
from 2008
to present,
Mary
has
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Pines Health Services
continuously shown a desire to help the
people of our local rural communities. Mary
provides high quality care and attention to all
patients and treats each patient as if they were
a member of her own family. Mary recently
took on the challenge of helping Pines Health
Services start a new practice in Washburn,
ME. Washburn lost their local health center
several years ago. Mary’s schedule is now split
between two health centers so that Washburn,
her home town, can have more convenient
access to primary care.
Cecilia Pinter, PA of Fish River Rural Health
has been an integral part of the Fish River
team since joining the practice as their very
first Physician Assistant in 1996. Cecilia is
actively engaged in our local communities. In
honor of her husband Jacques’ memory, an
avid skier, she took over his seat on the Board
of Directors at Lonesome Pines Trails in Fort
Kent, a non-profit organization that could
not operate without the help of community
volunteers. Cecilia also actively serves on
the Board of Directors of the Puppy Rescue
Mission, a non-profit organization which has
rescued over 500 animals in war torn countries
for our men and women in uniform. Cecilia’s
employee wellness program helped the Fish
River team lose over 120 pounds and also
improved comradery amongst departments
that sometimes otherwise do not have frequent
opportunity to connect.