BMH Physician Group announced that Amanda J. Hepler, MD and Jeff Meckling, PA-C, have joined Brattleboro Family Medicine and are accepting patients.
A graduate of Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Dr. Hepler served her family medicine residency at Latrobe Family Medicine in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. She is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.
Hepler most recently worked at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph, Vermont. Prior to that she spent two years at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, New Hampshire, where she supervised nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Hepler also spent four years maintaining a solo family practice in Rangeley, Maine.
Jeff Meckling spent 11 years practicing medicine in the Schenectady area after graduating with honors from the Hudson Valley/Albany Med Physician Assistant program in New York State. He has been with Brattleboro Primary Care for the past three years. Meckling also has more than a decade of experience as a firefighter, paramedic and emergency department technologist.
“We are pleased to have two such experienced and compassionate providers joining Brattleboro Family Medicine,” says Bonnie McKellar, Vice President of Physician Services and Business Development. “While the shortage of primary care physicians is being felt everywhere, our goal is to improve patient care by hiring skilled providers who can help us increase the number of new patients we’re capable of seeing in a timely manner.”
Brattleboro Family Medicine is located at 53 Fairview Street in Brattleboro. New patients can make appointments by calling 844-258-8777.
BMH Physician Group is a multispecialty group practice of primary care and specialty care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants that is part of the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Healthcare System. More information, including a complete list of providers and locations, is available at www.bmhphysiciangroup.org.
