ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital welcome Lexi Carter, DNP, to their Rheumatology teams.

Carter began her career as a registered nurse at Creekside Behavioral Health in Kingsport, Tennessee, where she worked for a year before moving to Holston Valley Medical Center, also located in Kingsport, for three years. From there she became a traveling nurse, working at The Johns Hopkins Hospital University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Most recently, she worked as travel registered nurse at Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford.

Carter earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee, in 2019, and her Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

The Rheumatology practices at PBMC and WCGH treat people of all ages with musculoskeletal and autoimmune disorders including lupus, osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis, among others.

For more information about Pen Bay Rheumatology, please call 301-3730 or visit pbmc.org.

To learn more about WCMP Rheumatology, please call 505-4015.

About Pen Bay Medical Center

Pen Bay Medical Center is part of MaineHealth, a not-for-profit integrated health system consisting of eight local hospital systems, a comprehensive behavioral healthcare network, diagnostic services, home health agencies, and more than 1,600 employed and independent physicians working together through an Accountable Care Organization. With more than 19,000 employees, MaineHealth is the largest health system in northern New England and provides preventive care, diagnosis and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire. For more information, please visit pbmc.org.

Waldo County General Hospital

Waldo County General Hospital is part of MaineHealth, a not-for-profit integrated health system consisting of eight local hospital systems, a comprehensive behavioral healthcare network, diagnostic services, home health agencies, and more than 1,600 employed and independent physicians working together through an Accountable Care Organization. With more than 19,000 employees, MaineHealth is the largest health system in northern New England and provides preventive care, diagnosis and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire. For more information, please visit wcgh.org.