LEWISTON — The St. Mary’s Center for Family Urology, located on the fourth floor of St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, 93 Campus Ave., Lewiston, is now open. The center welcomes Michael Parker, MD, Candice Hammerton, RN, BS, FNP-C, CUNP, and Michael Gauthier, PA-C, RN, MS, to the new practice. The Center is committed to treating people of all ages — men, women, adolescents, children, and infants.

Urologist Dr. Parker earned his medical degree from the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara School of Medicine in Mexico, and attended Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. He performed his residency in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Michigan and surgery and urology at Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Urology and is a member of the Maine Medical Association, American Medical Association and the New England Section of the American Urological Association.

Hammerton earned a master of science degree and her bachelor of science degree in nursing from the University of Southern Maine in Portland. During her studies, she completed rotations in internal medicine, family practice and pediatrics. She has been employed as a registered nurse and nursing supervisor for local hospitals and a nursing home. Her clinical experiences give her a broad spectrum in caring for newborn to adult patients. She has been providing urologic care as an nurse practitioner since 2006. She is certified by both the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the Certification Board for Urologic Nurses and Associates.

Gauthier earned his physician assistant degree at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., a master of science degree in health care management from Rensselaer Hartford Graduate Center in Hartford, Conn., and received his bachelor of science degree in nursing from St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. His medical experiences include physician assistant in advanced laparoscopic, bariatric, trauma and general surgery. He is certified by the American Red Cross, American Heart Association, and the National Academy of Physicians Assistants with certification in surgery.

For more information or to make an appointment, call 755-3150.


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