LEWISTON – Dr. McCallum R. Hoyt has been appointed medical director of perioperative services at Central Maine Medical Center.

In this role, she works closely with the surgeons and anesthesiologists who practice at CMMC, and with the hospital’s perioperative staff and administration, to ensure that the Surgical Services Department functions efficiently while serving the best interests of patients and health-care providers.

Prior to joining the CMMC medical staff, Hoyt served for two years as chief of the newly developed Division of Obstetric and Gynecologic Anesthesia at the University Hospitals of Cleveland’s MacDonald Hospital for Women, which is the primary teaching affiliate of Case Western Reserve University, also in Cleveland.

For eight years previously, she was chief of obstetric anesthesia for the Department of Anesthesiology at University Hospitals of Cleveland. At University Hospitals, she was responsible for division development, residency education, compliance implementation and database quality assurance.

Hoyt served three terms on the Board of Directors of University Anesthesiologists Inc., University Hospitals’ anesthesiology department. She worked for four years as director of the department’s residency program, which included more than 40 residents and fellows. She also served on or chaired a number of University Hospitals’ committees.

A graduate of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, Hoyt earned her medical degree at Ohio State University School of Medicine in Columbus, Ohio. She earned a master’s degree in business administration at Cleveland State University in Cleveland.

She served an internship and residency in anesthesiology at New England Medical Center in Boston and The Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland. After some time in private practice, she completed a fellowship in obstetrical anesthesia at University Hospitals of Cleveland. She also was an associate professor of anesthesiology at Case Western.

She is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, International Anesthesia Research Society, American Society for Regional Anesthesia and American College of Physician Executives. She chairs the Government Affairs Committee and is a governing board member and treasurer for the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology. She is a past maternal health chair of the Ohio Society of Anesthesiologists.

She is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and has served as an associate board examiner for the organization.

Spectrum to add new color press

AUBURN – Spectrum Printing and Graphics Inc. announced recently the expansion of their Auburn facility.

The owners, Alex McCulloch and Michael Fournier, are installing an eight-color Mitsubishi 40″ perfecting press (prints four colors on both sides of the sheet at the same time) within the next two months.

The owners say this will be the largest commercial sheet fed press north of Massachusetts. The increased capacity will enable Spectrum to offer clients the convenience of larger press runs and quicker turn around.

The owners are also currently in negotiations to purchase a larger building to accommodate this new equipment.