LEWISTON — Pietro Guadalupi, M.D., a general, vascular and chest surgeon, has been appointed to the Central Maine Medical Center staff. He is practicing with Central Maine Surgical Associates and the Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute in Lewiston.

Prior to beginning his work in the Lewiston-Auburn area, he practiced at Chest and Vascular Surgery Clinic operating in Bluefield and Beckley, W.Va.

While serving in the U.S. Army, he practiced at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. He has worked as a surgeon at other health care organizations in the United States, Italy and the United Kingdom.

He presently serves as lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve Medical Corps.

Guadalupi earned his medical degree at Universita degli Studi in Milan, Italy. He completed a residency in trauma surgery and intensive care at Chirurgia d`Urgenza, Ospedale Maggiore, in Milan, Italy. He later completed a research fellowship in trauma surgery at the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, followed by a residency in surgery at The Union Memorial Hospital, both in Baltimore, and a residency in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Massachusetts in Worcester, Mass.

He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.

Guadalupi is certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery.

He speaks Italian, English, French and Spanish.

Central Maine Surgical Associates is a group surgical practice serving patients from offices at 12 High St., Suite 401, Lewiston. The office can be reached at 795-5767.