I'd like to extend a very warm welcome to you from the Central Maine Medical Center Family Medicine Residency.

We have been preparing family physicians to practice in rural America since 1978 (actually the world, with former graduates practicing in New Zealand and Norway, Scandinavia).

Our graduates leave CMMC prepared to practice the full scope of Family Medicine, in areas as remote as northern Maine and Alaska and as urban as San Francisco and Tampa. Our goal is to provide an emotionally supportive and intellectually stimulating environment in which to learn and develop your Family Medicine skills and your own practice style.

Prior to joining the residency in 2001, as the Program Director, I taught CMMC residents for 22 years. As a local community family doctor, I valued the graduates from this program so much that I hired four of them into my old private practice. I'm excited to contribute to, and work with, the future of Family Medicine - that’s you!

After you have a chance to check out our web site, I’d really welcome the opportunity to answer any of your questions. Please e-mail me at claxtone@cmhc.org.

I hope you enjoy exploring our web site and wish you well in your chosen career.


Edmund (Ned) Claxton, Jr., M.D.
Program Director