Jaffrey Family Medicine

ReSponding to to an ad they’d seen in the New England Journal of Medicine, Drs. Ross and Lisa Ramey found themselves interviewing at Monadnock Community Hospital on Halloween of 1985. Being interviewed and lunched with medical staff dressed in Halloween costumes only reinforced their desire to practice medicine in a small town in New England. Dr. Paul Switzer dressed as a mad scientist, and the pediatricians dressed as babies in diapers and pink body suits, no doubt set the stage for years of notable costume designing by Dr. Ross over the ensuing years. In May of 1986 Lisa Ramey moved with her two children from Elgin Air Force Base in Florida to Jaffrey. The Rameys purchased Dr. John MacEachran’s practice at 77 East

Main Street (formally known as Turnpike Road). Dr. MacEachran, who was transitioning to ER medicine left a well-stocked office, nicely set up and easy to immediately start patient care. Ross joined Lisa in July, after his discharge from the Air Force. The practice grew with both physicians, and the addition of physician assistant Irene Miller providing inpatient and outpatient care, nursing home and obstetrics, as well as emergency night call. Both Dr. Ross and Dr. Lisa served as school physicians for the Jaffrey-Rindge schools. During their careers, Lisa and Ross made generous contributions of time to the medical community as well as education, theater, and sports programs throughout the Monadnock Region. In 1992, the practice was sold to Monadnock Community Hospital, became Jaffrey Family Medicine, and the Rameys became hospital employees, shifting office management to the Hospital and joining a growing number of hospital employed physicians. Dr. Ross joined Monadnock Family care on campus at MCH. Dr. Richard Hacker joined Lisa for several years in Jaffrey, making it easier for the Rameys to take family vacations together. Having outgrown 77 East Main Street the hospital and D. D. Bean worked together to build a new facility at 22 North Street. Expanding the practice to include Dr. James Potter of Peterborough, and nurse practitioner Ellen Ostreicher of Rindge joined the practice, and eventually Dr. Nadine Dubrule, Dr. Stephen Klonel, Dr. Marc Winiecki, and nurse practitioner Chris Jacobson. Physical therapist Greg Nerz saw patients in the North Street building as well.

In 2005 Jaffrey Family Medicine moved to its current location, 82 Peterborough Street, the former site of the Keene Clinic Satellite. ❦