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Our providers have experience, compassion, and stories to tell.They have treated children in Bangladesh, helped families in Appalachia, and worked at top medical centers here at home. Our providers aren’t just experienced practitioners, they’re amazing people too.
Helping others is a calling, and this physician heard it. Meet Dr. Pedro Gonzalez
Dr. Pedro Gonzalez, Penn Yan Community Health Compassion and a desire to serve the community brought Dr. Gonzalez to Penn Yan Community Health. His family was a big influence on his choice to be a physician, in fact, he is a third-generation physician. His family...
Nursing Runs in the Family, Meghan Hutchings, Family Nurse Practitioner
Meghan Hutchings, Family Nurse Practitioner, Port Byron Community Health Meghan Hutchings, FNP, comes from a family of nurses. Her mom, aunt and several family members are nurses, so joining the healthcare field came naturally. Meghan earned her Associates Degree in...
A Natural Born Nurse. Meet Connie Christensen, Family Nurse Practitioner
Connie Christensen, FNP, Penn Yan Community Health From an early age, Connie knew that she would grow up to be a nurse. Coming from a family of caregivers, caring for others was a strong value that she learned early on. She recalls...
From a mid-west farm to Upstate New York for Family Medicine. Meet Dr. Rachel Long
Meet Dr. Rachel Long, Board Certified in Family Medicine. She began her career in medicine with the desire to serve those most in need. Joining the National Health Service Corps while in medical school gave her the opportunity to experience this first hand. Originally...
This Health Center Feels Like Home. Meet Physician Assistant Matthew Thuja
Matthew Thuja – PA-S, Ovid Community Health Matthew Thuja has always had a strong interest in all aspects of medicine. From working with people, to the science behind it, and to serving his community -- he loves the fact that there are so many different...
Helping Others Comes Naturally for this Family Nurse Practitioner. Meet Janine Brink in Geneva.
Janine Brink, FNP-BC Simply put, Janine Brink chose a career in medicine because she enjoys helping people. From working 16 years in hospitals, nursing homes, hospice, emergency medicine, she finds that it comes naturally to care for others. With a...
An MD with a Passion for Community
Jose Canario, MD, FLCH Medical Director; seeing patients at Newark and Ovid Community Health From the time he was in Kindergarten, Dr. Jose Canario always knew that he wanted to be a doctor. Family Medicine appealed to him at a young age as his father was a family...
From the Emergency Room to Primary Care
Rebecca Martin, FNP-BC Rebecca Martin chose to become a medical professional for one simple reason: she has a passion for helping people. After four years as an RN in the Emergency Department, Rebecca began noticing the critical need for primary care for patients,...
Compassion and medicine always go together for this physician
Dr. Raquel Reyes - Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Geneva Community Health A series of life events led Raquel to study medicine. She chose a practice that would provide the opportunity to care for a diverse patient population, from young to old, and across...
Helping people is part of her DNA.
Darlene “Dee” Brezinsky, R.N., M.S.N., F.N.P., Family Planning Darlene “Dee” Brezinsky grew up with two uncles who were physicians and a tremendous inspiration to her – one did house calls and delivered babies! It motivated Dee to become a Nurse...
As an Internal Medicine Doctor and Pediatrician, Dr. Shelly enjoys helping babies, grandparents, and everyone in between stay healthy.
Dr. Robert Shelly, Board Certified in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine since 1998. Sodus Community Health Dr. Shelly has practiced at Sodus Community Health since 2010, providing medical care to families from infants to seniors. As a Pediatrician, he finds it fun and...