HOULTON – The following employees of The Aroostook Medical Center have been selected to participate in the Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems Leadership Academy:

Barb Robinson, Horizons Health Services; Dawn Poitras, Horizons Occupational Health and Wellness; Liz Martin, laboratory; Gary Michaud, social services-quality management; Paul Barrett, pharmacy; Jim McKenney, Crown Ambulance; Steve Caron, facilities-plant engineering; Sherry Mantlow, patient accounts; Robin Holmes, Hospice of Aroostook; Jane Ellen Sprague, nursing services; Kathy Lancaster, Horizons Health Services; and Kim Robertson, Visiting Nurses of Aroostook.

The leadership academy is a two-year program designed to develop management skills across Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems. The TAMC group will join 40 others from throughout the system for the 2004-05 program.