General Practitioners

• Stroke Rehabilitation
  NERHP’s Outpatient Center provides comprehensive rehabilitation services for individuals with diverse diagnoses. Our results-oriented therapy programs help people improve their level of function and reclaim their role in the community, at home and at work. NERHP is Joint Commission accredited with a disease-specific certification in stroke care and licensed by the State of Maine.
• Rheumatology
  A complete evaluation of patients with pulmonary hypertension is required to provide the optimal treatment to each individual. Diagnostic services offered include experienced pulmonary, cardiology, rheumatology, endocrinology and hepatology consultation as necessary, echocardiography (transthoracic and transesophageal), ventilation-perfusion lung scanning, pulmonary function testing, sleep and cardiopulmonary exercise testing, pulmonary angiography, chest computed tomography scanning, and direct hemodynamic/vasodilator assessments.
• Pediatric Care
• Smoking Cessation
• Sleep Disorders
  Your continued health is important to us. Chest Medicine Associates is happy to provide you with any health information related to our practices. Please download information below regarding the care and treatment of lung disease, sleep disorders, cystic fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension.
• Pneumonia

Internists

• Internal Medicine
  Member, Board of Directors of Chest Medicine Associates; Assistant Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program at Maine Medical Center. Director, Respiratory Care, Maine Medical Center. Assistant Program Director, Internal Medicine / Pediatric Residency.

Neurologists

• Neurology

Psychiatrists

• Mental Health
  Millions of Americans suffer from sleep disorders that affect the quality of our sleep. Sleep disorders tend to interfere with our physical and mental health and should be treated. Sleep studies, or polysomnograms, regularly take place at the Maine Sleep Center at Chest Medicine Associates, a state-of-the-art facility for the diagnosis and management of sleep disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia, restless legs syndrome, narcolepsy, and parasomnias (such as sleepwalking).
• Insomnia

Endocrinologist

• Endocrinology
  The Maine Pulmonary Hypertension Program at CMA serves patients with pulmonary hypertension from throughout Northern New England. Patients with suspected or known pulmonary hypertension undergo comprehensive evaluation and management led by one of our experienced pulmonary physicians at the Chest Medicine Associates’ office in South Portland. Evaluation may also include additional consultations with cardiology, rheumatology, endocrinology, and hepatology as necessary. Testing may include echocardiography (transthoracic and transesophageal), ventilation-perfusion lung scanning, pulmonary function testing, sleep and cardiopulmonary exercise testing, pulmonary angiography, chest computed tomography scanning, and right heart catheterization for direct hemodynamic/vasodilator assessment.

Radiologist

• Ultrasound
  Area of Interest: Endobronchial ultrasound, navigational bronchoscopy and lung biopsy; thoracic ultrasound, critical care medicine, medical simulation
• X-Rays
• Computed Tomography
  The physicians of Chest Medicine Associates are specially trained to diagnose and treat diseases of the lung. We evaluate patients for symptoms such as cough, shortness of breath, and wheezing. We also evaluate patients for abnormal chest x-rays and CT scans, including lung nodules, lung masses, and interstitial lung disease. We treat diseases such as asthma, COPD, emphysema, pleural effusions, pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis, pulmonary hypertension, and sleep apnea.

Physical Therapists

• Physical Therapy
  A native of Maine, Dr. Palminteri returned from Vermont and did her residency and fellowship at Maine Medical Center. She joined CMA in 2015 and started the ILD program. She is particularly dedicated to improving the physical therapy and psychosocial support systems available for our patients with ILD as she is familiar with the population of Maine and the challenges for care in a large rural state.
• Occupational Therapy