IN PULSE Vol. 37 No. 3 •
News from Waldo County General Hospital • May 2017
WCGH executive team changes
Kent Clark, MD, has been named vice president of medical affairs at Waldo County General Hospital. CEO Mark Fourre, MD, said in his announcement of Dr. Clark’s new position: “Dr. Clark is a trusted member of the executive team and will be reporting to me in his new
position. He will continue to help with clinical duties in the emergency department and work collaboratively with leadership at Pen Bay Medical Center to enhance collaboration between our two hospitals. Rob Fowler, RN, who was serving as the associate chief operating officer, has accepted the role of
interim regional chief nursing officer. He will assume the duties of CNO Paula Delahanty, RN, who is transitioning into the senior regional director of education and professional development. In making the announcement, Dr. Fourre wrote, “This alignment optimizes our ability to meet the needs of the communities we serve...and position Coastal Healthcare Alliance as the employer of choice for all disciplines.”
Two longtime WCGH staffers retiring After 43 years at Waldo County General Hospital, Ann Hooper, the director of imaging services, has announced her retirement effective in early July. She joined the hospital as a radiology tech in the winter of 1974. Besides serving as the head of imaging services, Hooper also served as a member of the Waldo County General Hospital Board of Directors, now the Coastal Healthcare Alliance Board of Directors. After working tirelessly over the
years to ensure that WCGH was always at the forefront of patient care by building a state-of-the-art imaging center, Hooper has spent the last few years assisting with planning and creating a specialized women’s imaging center. The center is scheduled to open in late June. After 40 years as a surgeon at Waldo County General Hospital, David Crofoot, MD, will retire from his practice on June 15. Dr. Crofoot plans to spend his retirement years with his grandchildren, sailing in Maine and
enjoying life in Belfast. He said he is proud of the progress that Waldo County General Hospital has made. “I look back with pride at what a small number of dedicated physicians and staff have accomplished to transform our little rural hospital.” In 1977 when Dr. Crofoot opened his practice at WCGH, the physician staff included two internists, one family practitioner/obstetrician, a new pediatrician, an eye surgeon, two surgeons, including himself and a half-time radiologist. There was no anesthesiologist, orthopedist, cardiologist or emergency room doctors. “We were on call a lot,” he recalls.