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DonateLovejoy — This November, staff at Lovejoy Health Center are happy to welcome Catherine Bakey, FNP, to their professional clinical team.
Catherine Bakey
Bakey earned her Family Nurse Practitioner degree from Carlow University in 2023. Previously, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from California University of Pennsylvania. Bakey’s experience includes 15 years of registered nursing, chronic disease management for improvement of quality of life, early disease detection, patient education, and more. Her wide array of experience will make her an excellent addition to the Lovejoy clinicial team!
Of her new position with HealthReach, Bakey said, “I am beyond excited to have the opportunity to begin this new journey with HealthReach and serve the surrounding communities… Every patient, regardless of age, race, religion, education or socioeconomic background has the right to be an active participant in their health. They deserve to be heard, empowered, and provided with information to understand their medical needs… I also believe in the importance of effective team collaboration and lifelong learning to stay up to date with current evidence-based information to provide top-tier medical treatment to my patients.”
Bakey joins Lovejoy’s existing clinical team – Family Nurse Practitioner, Michelle Breen; Doctor Dean Chamberlain; Doctor of Podiatric Medicine, Daniel Keane; Physician Associates, Nichole Johnston, Cory Miller, and Haley Sherman; Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Melanie Morin; Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Alyssa Alley; and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Linda Lovrien.
Founded in 1978, Lovejoy Health Center is a part of HealthReach Community Health Centers — headquartered in Waterville, Maine. HealthReach is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating 11 community health centers and 2 school-based health centers, with the mission of serving the otherwise medically underserved communities of Central and Western Maine. HealthReach delivers high-quality, accessible healthcare services, including general primary and preventative healthcare, behavioral healthcare, substance use disorder treatment, dental, and podiatric care services. To ensure access for everyone, HealthReach accepts Medicare, MaineCare, and major insurance providers, and there are no eligibility requirements to access care through HealthReach; all are welcome. An Affordable Care Program is available to both uninsured and underinsured people. Assistance is available for applications to programs that help with your healthcare and medication costs, including enrollment support for Maine’s Health Insurance Marketplace.
The above is issued in furtherance of HealthReach Community Health Centers’ federally funded health center project. In 2025, HealthReach received $4,436,654 in federal assistance, which is estimated as constituting 12% of project costs. Of total project costs for 2025, HealthReach estimates 88% financed with non-governmental sources.
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