Ann E. Traynor, M.D., a medical hematologist and oncologist, has been appointed to the Central Maine Medical Center Medical Staff. She is practicing with Hematology-Oncology Associates in Lewiston.

Before joining the Lewiston-Auburn area, she practiced at Maine General Oncology Services in Waterville and Augusta. She has more than 18 years experience in hematology, cancer care and research.

A graduate of Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass., she later completed the Boston University premedical curriculum. She earned her medical degree at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C., where she was recognized for academic achievement in biochemistry, pharmacology, internal medicine and psychiatry.

She completed residency training in internal medicine at the University of Vermont School of Medicine in Burlington, Vt., where she was presented a National Research Service Award. She served a hematology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. She also worked as a clinical and research fellow at Northwestern University in Chicago before entering the Northwestern University Medical School Faculty, where she served for 12 years before returning to New England.

Traynor's professional background includes 16 years of experience teaching physicians as well as performing research, first at the Northwestern University School of Medicine and later at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Mass. She is certified in internal medicine, hematology and medical oncology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Hematology-Oncology Associates is a clinical department of Central Maine Medical Center. The practice is also comprised of Nicholette L. Erickson, M.D., and Meghna Desai, M.D. The practice is located at 12 High St., Suite 205, in Lewiston, 795-2935.