Primary Care of Rochester hires two nurse practitioners with local ties

Jean Ball, left, and Lori Wood (Courtesy photos)

ROCHESTER - Two experienced advanced nurse practitioners with strong ties to the Rochester area, Jean Ball and Lori Wood, are joining Wentworth-Douglass Hospital's newest family practice, Primary Care of Rochester.

Ms. Ball, APRN, comes from Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NH, where she worked as a family nurse practitioner since 2008. Prior to her time at Frisbie, she worked as a nurse practitioner at York Hospital in York, Maine.

Ms. Ball also has experience working as a family nurse practitioner at Sacopee Valley Health Center in Porter, Maine, and a nurse practitioner at Carroll County House of Corrections in Ossipee. She also owned and operated the Davis Hill Farm assisted living home from 1997-2003.

Ms. Ball graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Boston with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She furthered her education at the University of Lowell with a Master of Science in Gerontological, Nurse Practitioner and the University of New Hampshire with a Post Master's in Family Nurse Practitioner.

Ms. Wood, APRN, comes from Family Care of Farmington in Farmington, where she worked as a primary care provider since 1995.

Ms. Wood graduated from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She furthered her education at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell with a Master of Science in Nursing, and earned a post-graduate certification in family practice from Simmons College in Boston.

Both practitioners are accepting new patients at Primary Care of Rochester and can be contacted at (603) 516-4212.

Primary Care of Rochester, a Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center, is located at The Ridge Marketplace (92 Farmington Road, Route 11, Suite 9).