MECHANIC FALLS – Christopher L. Short, D.O., a family medicine physician, has been appointed to the Central Maine Medical Center Medical Staff. He is practicing in association with Thomas J. Bosma, M.D., at Mechanic Falls Family Practice, 22 Pleasant St., a clinical department of Central Maine Medical Center.

Prior to beginning work in Mechanic Falls, Short served for more than three years as medical director for the Norway and Augusta offices of Concentra Inc., an occupational health and rehabilitation service. His professional background also includes more than four years as a primary care provider at Oxford Hills Family Practice in Norway, as well as work as an occupational health physician and as an emergency physician and primary care provider.

A graduate of Gannon University in Erie, Pa., he earned his doctor of osteopathy degree at the University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine, in Biddeford. He served an internship at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Utica, N.Y., and completed family practice residency training at Millcreek Community Hospital and Peninsula Family Practice Center, both in Erie, Pa.

He is certified by the American Board of Family Practice. He is also a certified aviation medical examiner qualified to provide Federal Aviation Administration flight physicals. He has training in aerospace medicine and aviation physiology, and is also certified by the Department of Transportation. He has demonstrated proficiency in providing osteopathic manipulative therapy

For further information, call the Mechanic Falls Family Practice at 345-9729.