The Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital family was heartbroken to learn that colleague Dr. Emily Mecklenburg was tragically killed in a boating accident off the Rockland Breakwater, the two hospitals said in a joint Oct. 10 statement.

“Emily was a friend to so many and well known for the compassionate care she provided to patients,” the hospitals said. “We have reached out to her family to offer our condolences, and we have arranged for grief counseling and other support for our care team. Along with our community, we grieve Emily’s loss and send our thoughts and prayers to her family.”

Dr. Mecklenburg, of Rockland, was board certified in internal medicine after doing her residency in internal medicine at Maine Medical Center in Portland.

She graduated in 2013 from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, and has been affiliated with Maine Medical Center since 2017, Pen Bay Medical Center since 2016, and Waldo County General Hospital since 2018.