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The doctors and nurse practitioners at SSTAR demonstrate a wide range of specializations and treatment options, including pain management, addiction, infectious disease, endocrinology, HIV/AIDS, and more. Above all else, our knowledgeable staff is ready to treat you with the care and compassion you deserve.

The Family Healthcare Center

George Maxted, M.D.

Dr. Maxted completed his residency in Family Medicine at Duke University in 1980 and has been an active clinician, teacher, and medical leader ever since. He has been a Medical Director for most of his career, and comes to SSTAR mainly to be a clinician, mentor, teacher and medical director. Most recently he was the Associate Program Director and faculty physician at the Tufts University Family Medicine Residency at Cambridge Health Alliance. He has served as Medical Director for Valley-Wide Health Systems in Durango, CO, was twice President of the Medical Staff at Mercy Regional Medical Center, and was Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Colorado Department of Family Medicine. In 2001 he retired from the Indian Health Service as a Captain in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, after a 21 year career that included five years on the Hopi Reservation and 16 years at the Southern Colorado Ute Service Unit. He worked with the University of Massachusetts Family Medicine Residency from 2006 to 2010, and as clinician, Assistant Clinical Professor, Education Director and Vice President for Medical Services at the Family Health Center of Worcester.

Dr. Maxted has a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatrics. He also has had a CAQ in Sports Medicine. He has particular interest and skill in the areas of geriatrics, sports medicine, addiction, evidence-based medicine, metacognition (decision-making), office procedures, pain management and the breadth of Family Medicine.

Ashley Weber, M.D.

Ashley Weber, MD received her medical training at Pennsylvania State University in 2013 and completed residency in Internal Medicine at Brown University at Rhode Island Hospital in 2016. She has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Wellesley College and a master’s degree in medical science from Boston University.  Dr. Weber has a passion for practicing primary care in the community clinic setting and empowering patients to improve their own health. Prior to her work at SSTAR, she was the director of Women’s Health at Greater New Bedford Community Health Center. She serves on the board of The Women’s Center in New Bedford, MA -not to be confused with The Women’s Center at SSTAR. She volunteers with Walk With A Doc through New Bedford Wellness. She attends Mattapoisett Congregational Church and enjoys biking, hiking, skiing and gardening.  

Donald Page Rice, Jr., M.D.

Dr. Rice joined SSTAR as an Internal Medicine provider and Infectious Diseases specialist in December, 2017. He also works for the division of Infectious Diseases at The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital. He graduated in 2012 from Eastern Virginia Medical School. He completed Internal Medicine residency at Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, PA followed by fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, CT. His clinical and research interests include HIV and HCV care. Dr. Rice speaks Spanish.

Jesus Sosa, M.D.

Sarah Meyers, M.D.

Grace Sweetser, F.N.P.

Grace is a new Nurse Practitioner at SSTAR, she received her nursing education at UMass Boston and Pace University.  She recently moved from New York City where she spent 5 years working as a registered nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.  She has a passion for patient centered primary care and is excited to join the amazing team here at SSTAR.  Outside of work she enjoys spending time with my family and friends, she loves being outdoors and being active.  This summer she learned how to play pickleball! She has a passion for cooking and loves trying new recipes in her free time.

Hannah Girard, F.N.P, DNP

Hannah joined SSTAR in 2021 as a Family Nurse Practitioner providing services in Primary Care, Infectious Disease, Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy and Substance Use Disorders. She completed The University of Massachusetts Department of Family Medicine and Community Health / New England AIDS Education and Training Center / Family Health Center of Worcester HIV and Viral Hepatitis Fellowship in Worcester, where she previously practiced. She is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Medical School Graduate School of Nursing where she received her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) as a board-certified family nurse practitioner (FNP-BC). She is also a graduate of Arcadia University with a Master of Public Health in Community Health as well as a Master of Arts in International Peace & Conflict Resolution with a certificate in Restorative Justice. She speaks English, French and Spanish. She was raised in the northern Berkshires of rural western Massachusetts and loves to talk about nature, music, family, and culture.

Jillian Harrington, F.N.P

Jillian is an AANP certified Family Nurse Practitioner who joined the Health Center in 2024. Jillian came to health care later in life, having served a ten-year career in human services, working with system-involved children, youth, and families in both formal settings and in the community, providing education, support, and advocacy for those who need it most. Jillian has a Bachelor and Master’s degree in sociocultural anthropology, and completed a semester of fieldwork in Tanzania, exploring coded language and communication. Jillian has Associate, Bachelor, and Master’s degrees in Nursing, and has strong interests in holistic and lifestyle medicine, addiction medicine, and social justice advocacy. Outside of health care, Jillian enjoys being outside, large cups of coffee, reading science fiction, crossword puzzles, and striving to beat the WordleBot each day.

Maxine Dube, F.N.P

Maxine is a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner who joined SSTAR in 2024. She has a passion for physical and mental health and wellness, utilizing an interdisciplinary approach. Maxine has a Bachelor’s in Biology from UMass Amherst, Bachelor’s in Nursing from Northeastern University, and Master’s in Nursing from Mass College of Pharmacy Worcester. In her spare time, she enjoys fitness training and spending time with friends and family. Her goal is to advocate for and serve the community to effect pragmatic change.

Phyllis Cook, F.N.P-C

Phyllis is a board certified family nurse practitioner. Her first degree was from Northeastern University in Boston with a B.S. Degree in Athletic Training. After 8 years at Curry College as an assistant athletic trainer, she decided to further her education and earned a Degree in Nursing and a Master’s degree in Family Nurse Practitioner, both from Regis College. While in nursing school, she worked in Labor and Delivery at Boston Medical Center. She has a background in sports medicine and pain management. Phyllis enjoys yoga and going to the gym.

Ambulatory Behavioral Health

Genie L. Bailey, M.D.

Genie Bailey, MD is a Duke Medical School graduate who completed her residency in General Psychiatry at Yale University. She is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and is a Board Certified psychiatrist with 30 plus years of clinical and supervisory experience. She is also Diplomate of the American Board of Addiction Medicine, a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a Fellow in American Society of Addiction Medicine. Over the last sixteen years, she has focused on substance abuse treatment and research here at Stanley Street Treatment and Resources where she serves as Director of Research and Medical Director of the Medication for Addictions Treatment Program .Dr. Bailey has been site PI for five multi-center RCTs funded through NIDA’s Clinical Trials Network, has received RO1 funding as CO-PI with three other investigators and successfully enrolled substance abusers into fourteen pharmaceutical driven Phase II and III trials. She has numerous peer reviewed publications and is a highly sought-after lecturer at the local and state-wide level.

She enjoys Duke basketball, reading fiction, being in the Berkshires with her devoted husband of forty years and spending time with her two grown children and her grandson, Noah.

Emery W. Marcus, F.N.P-C, PMHNP-BC, CARN-AP

Emery is a dually boarded family nurse practitioner (FNP-C) and psychiatric nurse practitioner (PMHNP-BC) with a certification as an Addictions Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (CARN-AP). She has a Bachelor’s Degree from American University, received a Master’s in Nursing Practice from Simmons University and a psychiatric nursing specialization from Regis College. Emery worked as a primary care provider with a focus on mental health before specializing in addiction medicine and psychiatry. After working with patients in the Medications for Addictions Department for several years, she is currently working as a medical clinician in the SSTAR Research Department focusing on addiction research. Emery focuses on providing thoughtful and innovative care to patients with substance use disorder. She spends her free time baking and playing with her two Labrador retrievers.

Enoch Anyanwu, PMHNP-BC

Enoch is a board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner who believes that all humans have an innate ability to thrive.  His approach is to help individuals realize this regardless of mental health challenges.  He utilizes a collaborative approach with careful psychopharmalogical  management in conjunction with psychotherapy for best outcomes.  “Understanding the human brain as a complex structure with an intricate network of neuro-chemical activity and individual experiences is important to understand.”

Joyce Onyango, PMHNP

 

 

Kennia Dely, PMHNP

Maggie Carr, PMHNP

Mathew P. Bock, PMHNP

Sarlah Bernard, PMHNP

Sarlah is a multilingual PMHNP recently graduated with a master’s degree from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. She spent over a decade working as a Nurse Case Manager in a myriad inpatient and outpatient settings working with patients with mental health and medical conditions. She had the opportunity to lead the Case Management Nursing team for Reliant Medical group’s Accountable Care Organization (ACO). She spent the last couple of years working as a Clinical Manager for a Psychiatric VNA agency then transitioned into working as an RN at a psychiatric hospital.

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