ROCKPORT — MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital welcomes Jennifer Wooden, MD, MPH, to its Pediatrics department. She comes to MHPBH from Aurora Pediatrics in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, where she spent the past three years as a pediatrician.

Wooden, who is originally from the east coast and grew up in Midcoast Maine, earned her Doctor of Medicine in August 2017 from the Caribbean Medical University School of Medicine in Willemstad, Curacao. She earned a master’s degree in public health in August 2015 from Walden University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and holds a bachelor’s degree in exercise science with a minor in human performance from Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Conn.

Dr. Wooden is accepting new patients. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call MaineHealth Pediatrics Rockport at 301-5600.

MaineHealth is a not-for-profit, integrated health system whose vision is, “Working together so our communities are the healthiest in America,” and is committed to a mission of providing high-quality affordable care, educating tomorrow's caregivers and researching better ways to provide care. MaineHealth includes a Level 1 trauma medical center, eight additional licensed hospitals, comprehensive pediatric care services, an extensive behavioral health care network, diagnostic services as well as home health, hospice and senior care services. With more than 2,000 employed providers and approximately 23,000 care team members, MaineHealth provides preventive care, diagnosis and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire. MaineHealth hospitals include MaineHealth Behavioral Health at Spring Harbor in 2 Westbrook, MaineHealth Franklin Hospital in Farmington, MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta, MaineHealth Maine Medical Center in Portland, Biddeford and Sanford, MaineHealth Memorial Hospital in North Conway, N.H., MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital in Rockport, MaineHealth Stephens Hospital in Norway and MaineHealth Waldo Hospital in Belfast. MaineHealth also includes the MaineHealth Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland, MaineHealth Behavioral Health in Westbrook, MaineHealth Home Health and Hospice in Saco, the MaineHealth Institute for Research in Scarborough, the MaineHealth Medical Group and MaineHealth NorDx in Scarborough. MaineHealth affiliates include Maine General Health in Augusta and Waterville and St. Mary's Health System in Lewiston. It is also a significant stakeholder in the MaineHealth Accountable Care Organization in Portland and a joint venture partner in the New England Rehabilitation Hospital in Portland.