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PORTLAND, Maine

University Health Care for Kids providers to move to InterMed

Four medical providers from the University of New England's University Health Care for Kids practice in Portland will be joining InterMed later this summer.

Effective August 1, faculty pediatricians Dr. Kristen Haddon, Dr. Andrew Tenenbaum and Dr. Margaret Zamboni, and pediatric nurse practitioner Karen Weiss, will join InterMed to help open a new pediatric office at 100 Foden Road in South Portland.

This move will allow InterMed, a premier healthcare provider in Southern Maine, to offer pediatric services in this South Portland location, while building an academic partnership with UNE that will establish educational opportunities for medical and other health care-related students.

InterMed CEO Daniel McCormick said, "This collaboration is very gratifying. Our patients and the community win because of the expanded care and services we can offer, and UNE and InterMed benefit because of the training and employment opportunities that arise from our working together."

InterMed's pediatricians provide comprehensive care to newborns, children, and adolescents and are consistently recognized as having among the highest vaccination rates in the state. And UNE educates the highest number of health-care professionals in Maine, graduating nearly 600 physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse anesthetists, dental hygienists, social workers, occupational therapists, physical therapists and athletic trainers each year.

Dr. Marc B. Hahn, senior vice president and dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine at UNE, agrees: "This arrangement is ideal. We are committed to a smooth transition and believe that our patients and the community will benefit from expanded services, as will InterMed and UNE through our academic partnership."

After July 31, 2012, University Health Care for Kids will no longer operate at Hannaford Plaza in Portland. The College of Osteopathic Medicine has developed clinical and academic partnerships that will transition providers, continue quality care and provide industry leading educational opportunities for students. Current UHC for Kids patients were notified of this transition.

As Maine's largest educator of physicians and fifth largest producer of primary care physicians in the country, as reported recently in US News & World Report, UNE has shown significant improvement across its educational programs.

Also named one of the best regional universities in America by US News & World Report, UNE is a leader in health sciences education, biomedical research, and the liberal arts, offering student-centered interdisciplinary programs in its College of Osteopathic Medicine, Westbrook College of Health Professions, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Pharmacy, and, beginning in Fall 2013, College of Dental Medicine.

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.