Health care professionals: Names to Know
Access Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics welcomes Deborah Pacik, MD, MPH
EXETER — Access Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics welcomes Deborah Pacik, MD, to their practice.
Dr. Pacik has a specialty in physical medicine and rehabilitation with a sub-specialty in sports medicine and interventional spine. In her practice, she focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal pain, including joints such as the shoulders, elbows, hips, and knees, as well as back pain. Her areas of expertise include regenerative medicine, such as platelet rich-plasma (PRP), shockwave treatments, micro-fragmented adipose tissue (MFAT), and prolotherapy for tendon and joint problems. She has extensive training in ultrasound-guided musculoskeletal diagnosis and injections and fluoroscopically guided spine injections. In addition, she is an experienced acupuncturist.
Dr. Pacik graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington, Conn., followed by a residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Montefiore Medical Center/Einstein College of Medicine. She completed her fellowship in Sports Medicine and Interventional Spine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Prior to medical school, she received her Master of Acupuncture from the New England School of Acupuncture and was one of the first acupuncturists practicing in New Hampshire.
Her professional affiliations include the Interventional Orthobiologics Foundation, Spine Intervention Society, American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (AAPM&R), National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, American College of Sports Medicine, and the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine. She has published on regenerative medicine and the impact of exercise on COVID severity.
Having grown up in Goffstown and then did medical training throughout the Northeast, she is excited to return to N.H., bringing her knowledge and experience to patients with musculoskeletal and back pain. Her primary interest is keeping people active at all stages of life, from the elite to the recreational athlete. She enjoys cross-country skiing, downhill skiing, and trail running.
Dr. Pacik will be accepting new patients at the Exeter location of Access Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics in August 2023. To make an appointment with Dr. Pacik, please call Access Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics at 603-775-7575 or visit accesssportsmed.com.
Lamprey Health Care appoints Susan Durkin as Co-CEO
NEWMARKET – The Lamprey Health Care Board of Directors voted to adopt a Co-CEO structure for their leadership team. Susan Durkin has been appointed Co-CEO of Lamprey Health Care, sharing the leadership responsibility for Lamprey Health Care with Gregory White.
Durkin joined Lamprey Health Care in 2018 as Chief of Clinical Services. She is a Registered Nurse with 25 years of experience in nursing and administration. Focusing primarily on community health, she has extensive experience leading teams in program development, operations, quality, and risk management. She has a particular interest in developing services for vulnerable populations.
Durkin has a Master of Science degree in Organizational leadership from the University of Colorado at Boulder, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from College of the Holy Cross, and an Associate of Science degree in Nursing from Rivier University.
“I am excited about this opportunity,” said Susan Durkin. “While working at Lamprey Health Care, I have seen incredible resiliency, innovation, and most of all, teamwork. Together we have added to both the depth and scope of our services, and connected to our communities in new ways by providing care inside a shelter, in community mental health centers, and at mobile locations throughout our regions. We have added specialized programs within primary care that meet the needs of our patients. I see this as just the beginning. I look forward to hearing from our communities about their needs and working with our team to assure that our services not only meet those needs, but are delivered in a way that fosters diversity, equity, and inclusion for all. Our employees are our most valuable asset and I look forward to supporting them in carrying out our mission.”
“The appointment of Sue Durkin as Co-CEO will maintain Lamprey Health Care’s position as one of the finest Community Health Centers in the country. Our Board is very excited about this new chapter. Lamprey Health Care was founded in 1971 and is one of the first community health centers in the country. We are a leader in the field, and as Lamprey has done in the past, we seek new ways to improve the quality of care to better serve our patients, employees, and our community,” said Frank Goodspeed, Chair of the Lamprey Health Care Board of Directors.
While each Co-CEO will share many responsibilities, it also allows each each to focus on their respective areas of expertise. White who has served as Chief Executive Officer since 2013 commented on the new leadership approach. “While this may be unconventional, it is becoming more common. It allows us to optimize our ability to achieve more, to deliver a higher-level of care for our patients, support for our staff and to set ourselves apart from those around us. I truly feel invigorated by this opportunity to have clinical representation, and perspective melded and balanced with finance into a partnered leadership of the organization.”
This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Health care professionals: Names to Know
