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DonateStrong — This July, staff of the Strong Area Health Center are happy to welcome Dr. Virginia Leone to their professional healthcare team.
Virginia Leone, MD
Dr. Leone earned her Doctorate degree from New York Medical College and Masters of Public Health from San Diego State University. Her wealth of medical experience includes work at a Federally Qualified Health Center in California, where she offered full-scope family practice and obstetric care. In addition to her certification in Family Medicine, she is board-certified in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine.
Leone shares, “I am so excited to be returning to Maine and joining the HealthReach family. From summers with my extended family in Edgecomb to my undergraduate years at Bowdoin, I have been lucky enough to experience what makes Maine such a special place and am glad to be part of the community once more.
I feel strongly that medicine is not “one size fits all” and take great pride in working with my patients to develop a relationship based on communication, connection, and trust. Everyone has different health goals, and I aim to make sure that each person who comes to the office feels genuinely heard so we can work together to make those goals a reality. With my additional training in preventive medicine, I make it a particular priority to identify potential health issues before they occur so that each patient I treat can live their healthiest life.”
Leone joins the existing Strong clinical team — Doctor Paul Gloe; Physician Associate, Madelyn Besse; Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Amy Peters; and Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Cinder Savage.
Founded in 1986, Strong Area Health Center is a part of HealthReach Community Health Centers — headquartered in Waterville, Maine. HealthReach is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating 11 family medical practices and 1 school-based health center with the mission of serving the otherwise medically underserved. 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% were financed with non-governmental sources.
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