The Acadia Hospital is pleased to announce the promotion of three of its employees. Naomi Brown, PMH-NP has become the Director of Magnet and Research, Dan Johnson, PhD has become the Director of Education, and Jeanne Wypyski, LCSW, CCS has been chosen as the Administrator for Adult Inpatient Services.

Brown will bring her passion for nursing and Acadia Hospital to her position, and will work very closely with nursing leaders and with the new Director of Education to maintain Acadia's level of clinical and service excellence. She began her psychiatric nursing career at Acadia in 1994, working in various programs including inpatient, Mental Health Intensive Outpatient Program and Ambulatory Services. Most recently Brown served as an administrator.

Blue Hill Memorial Hospital recently acquired and installed the ACUSON S2000™ ultrasound system from Siemens Healthcare as part of its ongoing mission of providing outstanding and personalized care to its patients. 

 "This new system is state-of-the-art and will enhance our diagnostic capabilities," says Richard Seger, M.D., radiology director.  "The advanced technologies significantly enhance ultrasound image quality.  This enhancement is timely for the patients in our growing obstetrics, gynecology, orthopedics, general surgery and oncology programs.  The new ultrasound equipment will also support patients who come to our emergency department." 

Kathleen Ober, MD, the hospital’s obstetrician and gynecologist, is excited about what the new system will offer.  "This system creates photo-realistic fetal ultrasound images.  While this image quality is critical to helping us diagnose clinical issues, even mothers with a routine pr