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New Physician Joins Amy Esdale Primary Care 

ADDISON GILBERT HOSPITAL WELCOMES KAREN DAMICO, D.O.

Physician is newest addition to Amy Esdale Primary Care

(Gloucester, MA) October 24 - Amy Esdale, M.D. is pleased to announce that Karen Damico, D.O. has joined her practice and will be seeing patients at Amy Esdale Primary Care at Addison Gilbert Hospital located at 298 Washington Street in Gloucester.

"I am very excited to welcome Dr. Damico to my practice," said Amy Esdale "She provides a great blend of top- notch clinical education and knowledge with a strong passion for providing community-based care. I also expect that she will be an active member of the community and that will be evident over the course of the months and years to come".

Dr. Damico received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the New England College of Osteopathic Medicine located in Biddeford, Maine. She completed her residency at Brown University's residency program at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island located in Pawtucket, RI.  As an osteopathic medicine practitioner, she is trained in understanding how the mind, body, and spirit connect and impacts the body. "My approach is empathetic and non-judgmental. I see myself as an educator and a guide who empowers individuals to become active decision-makers in their own care," says Damico.

Amy Esdale Primary Care is a primary care, family medicine practice providing comprehensive healthcare services; patients also have access to Beverly Hospital at Danvers, a state-of-the-art facility that includes radiology and imaging services, orthopedics, day surgery, lab services, cardiovascular care and more.  Amy Esdale Primary Care offers patients high quality, personalized health care.  Physicians have a wide range of clinical interests and understand the importance of getting to know patients personally, their medical history, their family and all of the factors that have an impact on their health. 

For more information on the practice or to schedule an appointment with Dr. Karen Damico, please contact 978-283-2726.

AddisonGilbert Hospital

Addison Gilbert Hospital is a full service, 70-bed medical/surgical acute care facility. The hospital, founded in 1889, provides state-of-the-art inpatient and outpatient care to residents of the Cape Ann community in specialties such as radiology, cancer care, primary adult and pediatric care, day surgery, midwifery, gynecology and maternity care, inpatient geriatric services, and emergency medicine. Among all other Massachusetts hospitals we continue to score among the top hospitals in the nation for patient satisfaction in surveys conducted by Press Ganey Associates. In addition, Addison Gilbert Hospital has been named one of the nation's "100 Top Hospitals" by Thomson Reuters.