Be Healthy Maine

Jims D. Jean-Jacques, DO, FACC, was named the newest member of the Maine Medical Association (MMA) Board of Directors. In addition to his contributions to MMA, he is an active leader and highly respected provder within the St. Joseph Healthcare community.

Exciting changes are taking place within our Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SAFE) program to bring more education and prevention to our community! We are excited to announce Keri Kapaldo as our SAFE Clinical Leader.

Infusion therapy is just one of the many ways we help patients. Renee Watters, RN, shares what it entails and

"I let my hair grow out for 3 years. The last haircut I got was just before I started with Covenant Health. I wanted to honor her memory with something that was the hardest part of her cancer journey, losing her hair."

With gratitude we remember Sister Mary Romuald Bednarczyk, who was a member of St. Joseph Hospital’s founding community, the Felician Sisters for 65 years. She was an integral part of our beginnings and helped St. Joe’s grow into the healing ministry we know today.

Valerie was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a rare, life-threatening liver disease, as an infant. Because of the severe and rapid damage the disease was causing to her liver, Valerie was placed on the national organ transplant waiting list when she was just nine weeks old.