NAPLES — Annamarie Jean Pond, D.O., a family medicine physician, has been appointed to the Bridgton Hospital Medical Staff. She is practicing with Naples Family Practice.

Prior to starting her practice in Naples, Pond completed her residency training at Central Maine Medical Center Family Medicine Residency in Lewiston, where she served as chief resident.

Pond earned her doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford. She is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass., where she earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and completed her honors thesis.

Pond has an extensive research background, including neurobiological research positions at Schering-Plough Research Institute in Kenilworth, N.J., through Harvard University Medical School at the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center of McLean Psychiatric Hospital in Belmont, Mass., and at the New England Regional Primate Research Center in Southboro, Mass. Her scholarly work has been published in numerous professional journals. She also holds both U.S. and European patents for her research.

She has worked as a volunteer at the Biddeford Free Health Clinic. She served as an educator throughout medical school and during her residency and plans to continue teaching medical students as part of her practice.

She currently lives in Auburn with her partner of 21 years and is the mother of a newborn son. She plans to relocate to the Lakes Region with her family.

Naples Family Medicine is at 410 Roosevelt Trail in Naples. The practice can be reached at 693-6106.