ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center welcomes Elisabeth Frederick, CNM, to the Pen Bay Women’s Health team.

As a certified nurse midwife, Frederick provides care before, during and after childbirth, and guides patients through important health decisions and life stages at the hospital, the practice and at home. Frederick graduated this spring with her master’s in nursing midwifery from Frontier Nursing University in Versailles, Kentucky. She comes to Women’s Health with nearly 10 years of local experience working as a registered nurse at both PBMC and Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast.

Frederick also holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Southern Maine in Portland and a bachelor’s degree in history from Connecticut College in New London, Conn.

Frederick is accepting new patients. To schedule an appointment, please call 301-8900.

Pen Bay Medical Center is part of MaineHealth, a not-for-profit integrated health system consisting of nine local hospital systems, a comprehensive behavioral healthcare network, diagnostic services, home health agencies, and more than 1,600 employed and independent physicians working together through an Accountable Care Organization. With more than 19,000 employees, MaineHealth is the largest health system in northern New England and provides preventive care, diagnosis and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire. For more information, please visit pbmc.org.