Dr. John Vogt Named Assistant Medical Director at Martin's Point

Dr. John O. Vogt, a pediatrician, has been named Assistant Medical Director of patient care at Martin's Point Health Care, Maine's largest primary care practice group.

In this role, Dr. Vogt will be managing the organization's clinical staff as well as the patient care process at the facility's four clinics.

"Dr. Vogt brings with him a wealth of knowledge. He is a great addition to our team," said Dr. David Howes, chief medical officer and president of Martin's Point Health Care.

Dr. Vogt has specialized his medical practice in pediatrics for more than 23 years. He formerly served as a physician with The Medical Group of Texas, a 100- physician group practice in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. He also was responsible for maintaining, augmenting and programming content on the center's corporate intranet, and oversaw its Regional Call Center as the Physician in Charge. In addition, Dr. Vogt served as chair of the Professional Services Specialty Review Board in Texas.

Before joining The Medical Group of Texas, he served as a pediatrician with the 150-physician Permanente Medical Association of Texas from 1979 to 1998. During that span, he also served as Associate Medical Director for clinical operations and as Associate Medical Director for resource management and healthcare information systems. Dr. Vogt also has served since 1979 as Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center. He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Dr. Vogt is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. A graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., he received his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, Mich., and completed his pediatric residency at the Children's Medical Center in Dallas.

A resident of Falmouth, Dr. Vogt is the father of four daughters and is married to Jane Makela, a labor and employment attorney.

Established in 1981, Martin's Point is now Maine's largest health care practice, employing 290 healthcare professionals who serve more than 44,000 patients at clinics in Portland, Windham and Brunswick, Maine, and in Newington, N.H., in the areas of family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, radiology, cardiology, mammography and other fields.

Martin's Point has attracted widespread attention for its high-tech initiatives, including a robot to assist in dispensing prescriptions, and Patients Personal Points, a free, Internet-based service that allows patients to use their computers to communicate by a secure server with their doctors to schedule appointments, ask advice, and obtain prescription refills. Patients Personal Points recently won a national technology award from the Healthcare Innovations in Technology Systems (HITS) "Partnership in Technology" national awards program.

Headquartered in Portland at 331 Veranda St., Martin's Point accepts all major health plans and insurance, including but not limited to HealthSource, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Harvard Community Health Plan, Maine Partners, Champus, Tricare, Aetna, Cigna and NYLCare Plans. For more information about Martin's Point Health Care, its physicians, or program offerings, visit the Martin's Point website at www.martinspoint.org.

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