Dr. Ross Isacke

FARMINGTON — Franklin Community Health Network, a member of MaineHealth, has hired Dr. Ross Isacke as chief medical officer beginning Sept. 7.

Former interim CMO Ryan Knapp and current interim David Claud will continue to serve as advisors to the organization to ensure a smooth transition.

Isacke will be the leader for the FCHN physicians and advanced practice providers. Additionally, he will oversee the clinical operation that includes the quality of care and patient safety, clinical care coordination, development of clinical information systems and physician engagement in strategic initiatives. He will sit on the senior leadership team, play a vital role in clinical leadership and further develop Franklin’s relationship with the new MaineHealth Medical Group, the system’s physician organization.

Over the last several years, Isacke has worked as a hospitalist at Maine Medical Center and Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway while serving in several leadership capacities. He currently serves as the medical staff president-elect, medical director of the surgical care unit/medical-surgical unit, chief of inpatient medicine, as well as the inpatient medicine clerkship director for Tufts University medical students at Stephens. He is also the quality lead and assistant associate medical director at Maine Medical Partners Hospital Medicine.

Isacke has spent the majority of his medical career in Maine. Born in Gorham and raised in Yarmouth, Isacke worked at his local fire department in his youth and in EMS, and as a nurse’s aide during his Bates College and medical school years. He received his medical degree from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his residency in internal medicine at Maine Medical Center. He currently lives in Yarmouth with his wife, a MaineHealth sports medicine and family physician, and their two young sons.

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