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Calais Community Hospital is pleased to welcome Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Wendy Boucher Crawford.   She will begin seeing patients in the office in December.

Dr. Crawford is a board-certified Orthopedic Surgeon with over 18 years of experience, most recently practicing in Presque Isle, Maine.  She earned her medical degree at the University of Vermont College of Medicine.   Her internship and residency were both completed at Madigan Army Medical Center.   Dr. Crawford provides surgical and non-surgical treatments for most general orthopedic conditions: issues of the knee, shoulder, elbow and hand; sports health issues and injuries; fracture care; joint replacement; osteoarthritis/osteoporosis; and pediatric orthopedic care.   She is trained in the use of robotically assisted joint replacements which allows for extremely precise implant placement.

Dr. Crawford grew up on a farm in Massachusetts, that later became a chocolate factory – every kid’s dream!  She was the second youngest of eight children, having four brothers and three sisters.  She is an Army veteran serving for nine years and deployed to Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).   Dr. Crawford has traveled extensively visiting all but one of the 50 states.  She enjoys outdoor activities and sports.  She participated in soccer and alpine skiing in college.   For a short time even had a career as a professional ski instructor traveling internationally and spending five straight years living in Winter conditions.  Dr. Crawford and her husband Blair were wed a year ago.  Together they share five children and like to stay active as a family.  They are avid golfers, and enjoy boating, fishing and hiking.  She is working to make her new husband a skier.

Dr. Crawford explains she has always wanted to live on the coast, so when she went looking for a small rural hospital that allowed her family to stay close to her husband’s Canadian roots – Calais was the perfect fit.  Dr. Crawford looks forward to working with her patients to determine treatments that are suitable for them, that respects their wishes and works best for their condition or injury.

Referrals for orthopedic consultations can be made to CCH Specialty Services at 454-8432. If the chance arises, please take the time to welcome Dr. Crawford and her family to our community.

Calais Community Hospital is pleased to welcome Family Medicine Physician Dr. Jacqueline Russell to Calais Community Provider Practices.  Dr. Russell earned her medical degree from the University of New England Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford, ME. She completed a transitional intern year at St Barnabus NMM Residency in Bronx, NY and a Family Medicine Residency at Eastern Connecticut Health Network in Manchester, CT.  Most recently, Dr. Russell has been practicing primary care in Belfast, ME.

Dr. Russell says she spent many years trying to figure out what she wanted to do – nine years in the Marine Corps, twenty plus years in electronics, and the last eight doing therapeutic massage in Florida and Maine – before heading to medical school.   She explains that she desired a career where she could make a real difference in people’s lives.   She hopes to develop a relationship with her patients that will enable her to provide personalized care that truly fits with the patient’s life and goals.

Dr. Russell is the youngest of six children and was born in the small rural town of North Royalton, Ohio.  “We were one of four houses on the street, and I remember walking up to the little variety store with my friends when I was about 8 or 9 and playing outside till it was dark without ever worrying about anything bad happening,” she describes.   There was one grocery store and one elementary school.  Dr. Russell said her childhood home had a huge garden and thirty or more chickens and ducks, two huge rabbits, a dog, and a handful of cats.  At the age of twelve following the death of Dr. Russell’s father in a car accident, she moved from her rural roots with her mother and brother to Florida to be closer to her sisters.  And she has been moving ever since: military when she was 17-26, then moving with jobs, and finally to follow her dreams of medical school and residency.

Dr. Russell describes her best accomplishment as being the mother of two wonderful people and grandmother of seven.   Her son’s family is based in Biddeford while he works in DC and her daughter lives in Connecticut.   When she is not working, Dr. Russell has a variety of activities she enjoys.  She loves to garden and watch things grow – planting flowers, vegetables, and herbs.  Once she has settled in she hopes to have a garden full of parsley and lemon balm and mint and cilantro.  She also loves to cook, especially Italian or Thai food.  She likes to spend rainy days knitting and crocheting and doing puzzles.

Dr. Russell is looking forward to her move to Calais and getting to know all the area has to offer.  She describes, “I truly am looking for a place where I can settle and have neighbors that drop by and a community I feel I am a part of.  Big cities are hectic and oddly lonely- I hope Calais can be that home for me.”

Dr. Russell will begin seeing patients in September at the CCPP Primary Care office.  Call 454-8195, option 2 for an appointment or to inquire about her services.  Please take the opportunity to welcome our newest physician if the opportunity presents itself.