Meet our palliative care team:

Jackie received her nursing degree from St. Mary's General Hospital School of Nursing in Lewiston. She earned her bachelor's degree from Westbrook College in Portland, and her master's degree with a certification as a clinical nurse specialist in critical care from Boston College in Newton, Massachusetts. She received her nurse practitioner certification from the University of Southern Maine in Portland, and is certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She is actively involved as a board member of the Maine Hospice Council and has been in hospice and palliative care serving patients and families in their homes for over 23 years. She feels that palliative care brings the art and science of nursing together to help families and patients with the healing process.

Bruce E. Condit, M.D., is a hospitalist as well as a palliative care physician. A graduate of Mt. Blue High School in Farmington and Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dr. Condit earned his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and completed residency training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. As a medical student he was presented the Gary G. Winzelberg, M.D., '74 Memorial Award for exemplifying "warmth, compassion and dedication." Dr. Condit is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, and is a Fellow in Hospital Medicine.

Thomas C. Hattan, M.D., is a hospitalist and palliative care specialist at CMMC. A graduate of the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H., he earned his medical degree at St. Louis University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He completed residency training in internal medicine at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington, and served a geriatric medicine fellowship at Puget Sound VA Health Care System/Madigan Army Medical Center, both in Tacoma, Washington. He served as a medical officer in Iraq. He also worked as a geriatrician at Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia. He served for two years as a clinical professor at Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia. Dr. Hattan is certified by the American Board of Geriatric Medicine and the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Laurin H. Koskinen, M.D., is a hospitalist and palliative care specialist at CMMC. She earned a bachelor's degree from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, and completed a three-year pre-med program at Harvard University Extension School in Cambridge before entering Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia, where she was awarded her medical degree. She completed residency training at Maine Medical Center in Portland and was a teaching fellow at Harvard University. She is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Karen graduated from the University of Maine at Farmington with a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation. She has worked in the hospital setting for more than 10 years. She enjoys being part of the palliative care team at CMMC, believing that the team enhances the quality of life for patients journeying through serious illness.

Kathy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who brings to the Palliative Care Team over thirty years of social work experience working with all ages and in a variety of settings from school social work and mental health centers to private practice and professional development. She graduated from the University of Southern Maine with a BSW degree and from the University of Connecticut with her MSW. She specializes in working with trauma and interactive modalities having obtained her national certification in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy. Her position as CMMC's Palliative Care Social Worker is a joint project with Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice where she hopes to provide a continuity of care as people with serious illness transition from one phase of care to the next honoring each individual's autonomy and goals of care.