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To help introduce their expanded team of certified nurse midwives (CNMs) to the community, AOAÌåÓýƽ̨ Pen Bay and Waldo Hospitals will hold a “Meet the Midwivesâ€� event on Thursday, March 20, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. The event will be held at AOAÌåÓýƽ̨ Obstetrics and Gynecology Rockport, located on the MHPBH campus in Rockport at 3 Glen Cove Drive, Suite 1.

As part of AOAÌåÓýƽ̨ Pen Bay Hospital’s continued effort to help those experiencing food insecurity, the hospital has added a new Help Yourself Shelf inside AOAÌåÓýƽ̨ Behavioral Health Rockland, located at 12 Union Street in Rockland.

AOAÌåÓýƽ̨ Maine Medical Center Portland is named a Top Teaching Hospital and AOAÌåÓýƽ̨ Pen Bay Hospital is named a Top Rural Hospital.

Previously associate vice president for philanthropy at AOAÌåÓýƽ̨ Maine Medical Center, Erin Brown will lead AOAÌåÓýƽ̨’s new system-wide development team.

Four care team members from AOAÌåÓýƽ̨ Pen Bay and Waldo Hospitals were recently honored with employee awards during ceremonies held on the hospital campuses.

AOAÌåÓýƽ̨ Pen Bay Hospital has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Hospital Accreditation. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a health care organization’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care.

As part of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, AOAÌåÓýƽ̨ Pen Bay and Waldo Hospitals will be open for CT lung cancer screens as part of National Lung Cancer Screening Day on Saturday, Nov. 9.

In the fight against the disease, AOAÌåÓýƽ̨ Pen Bay Hospital (MHPBH) recently installed a new, state-of-the-art mammography machine in its Radiology department in September and, with it, became the first hospital in Maine to begin using new Genius AI Detection (GAID) 2.0 software in scans.

Steinbarger earned his bachelor’s degree in medicine from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1999. Before that, he spent six years in the United States Navy from 1988 to 1994.

Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital have expanded their cardiac rehab class offerings, making it easier for patients to take care of their heart health.