Leslie Bradbury joins Swift River Family Medicine

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Leslie Bradbury, MD
Leslie Bradbury, MD

RUMFORD – Leslie Bradbury, MD, has joined the clinical staff at Swift River Family Medicine, a part of Rumford Hospital, located in Rumford.

A family physician, Bradbury is a recent graduate of the Central Maine Medical Center Rural Track Family Medicine Residency, a unique residency training program offered at Rumford Hospital as part of Central Maine Medical Center’s family medicine residency program. In her final year of the program, Bradbury was the rural track chief resident.

The rural training track offers family medicine residents real-world experience at Swift River Family Medicine and Rumford Hospital for the last two years of their residency. Since its inception in 2005, nine residents have graduated from the program. CMMC is the only hospital group in New England, and one of only five in the eastern U.S., that offers a Rural Track Program as part of its residency programs.

Previous to going through the CMMC Rural Track Family Medicine Residency as Swift River, Bradbury was earning her medical degree at the University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington.

Valedictorian of her graduating high school class at Buckfield Junior Senior High School, in Buckfield, Bradbury went on to receive a bachelor’s degree in science from the University of Maine, graduating summa cum laude with highest honors, with a focus on biology, chemistry, and psychology.

Besides offering numerous presentations and publication pieces on health-related topics, Bradbury, who lives in Greene, is a fan of baking, gardening and canning. In her spare time, she likes snowshoeing (in the winter) and singing (year-round).

In 2008 and 2009, she worked as a volunteer emergency medical technician with the Buckfield Rescue Department. From 2009 to 2013, Bradbury served with the Christian Medical and Dental Association, acting as the group’s University of Vermont chapter co-president.

Bradbury is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Maine Academy of Family Physicians.

Bradbury practices at Swift River Family Medicine in collaboration with Said G. Daoud, M.D., Dieter Kreckel, M.D., John E. Kroger, M.D., Jeffrey J. Lynds, M.D., Emily McCue, F.N.P., Shayna K. Shackford, D.O. and Lisa M. Torgersen, M.D.

Offering a variety of special services including preventative care, obstetrics-gynecology, and mental health, Swift River Family Medicine provides care to individuals of all ages in a family oriented setting. The practice’s staff treat patients of all ages with all types of chronic disease and acute health issues.

The practice is committed to educating patients and staff, and care providers participate in teaching both medical students and nursing students. Swift River Family Medicine providers have been recognized for providing high quality patient care by Anthem Quality Insight, Pathways to Excellence, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance.

The practice is part of Rumford Hospital, located in Rumford. It can be reached by calling 369-0146.

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