LEWISTON – “Balancing Life with an ICD” will be the topic of a free presentation set for the Thursday, Dec. 18, meeting of the Central and Western Maine ICD Support Group.

Deborah Taylor, PhD, associate director of the Central Maine Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program, will discuss “How do I balance being happy that I have this device without being too worried that it won’t work?”

The support group is for individuals who have an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). Family members and other support persons are also welcome.

Taylor coordinates behavioral science educational activities and assists with administration of the residency program.

Prior to joining the CMMC Family Medicine Residency Program faculty in 1992, she served as director of Psychology Consultation Services at Ohio State University Hospitals in Columbus, Ohio. Taylor was recently elected to the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine board of directors.

The meeting will be held from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute first-floor conference room.

For more information, call or e-mail physician assistant Joe Sala at 753-3900 or [email protected].