New Primary Care Provider Joins Families First

PORTSMOUTH, NH — Families First Health and Support Center recently welcomed a new primary care provider, family nurse practitioner Kimberly Chase O’Mahoney, to the organization.

Prior to joining Families First, O’Mahoney worked as a family nurse practitioner at Portland Community Health Center in Maine. She has experience as a triage nurse, breast care coordinator, nurse manager and graduate teaching assistant. At Families First, she will be the lead provider in the Well Child program and will also see adult patients.

Submitted by Margie Wachtel.

O’Mahoney earned her undergraduate degree at Mount Saint Mary’s College in Los Angeles and a Master of Science nursing degree from the University of Southern Maine. She is certified through the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. O’Mahoney’s professional interests include working with children and young adults.

“I really like working with adolescents and college-age young adults,” she said. “They are going through a lot of stress in their lives and it’s often overlooked.”

A community health center like Families First is a good fit, O’Mahoney said, because, “I really believe in health care for everyone. I’ve worked in private practice before and it’s not for me. It’s important that everyone have access to health care."

She is accepting new patients, as are Families First physician Eric Samuel and nurse practitioner Elizabeth Harrison. The public is invited to meet these providers at an open house at Families First on Wednesday, Aug. 11, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Families First is a community health center that provides primary care for people of all ages and income levels, as well as dental care, prenatal care, behavioral health care, parenting and family programs, and mobile health care.

More information is available at 603-422-8208 and FamiliesFirstSeacoast.org.

Caption: Kimberley Chase O’Mahoney is a new family nurse practitioner at Families First.