When a family member was involved in an accident, she realized what an impact medical providers could have. Meet Lisa Nelson, PA, Penn Yan Community Health.
Our Providers
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Jennie Bell, helps both children and adults.
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Jennie Bell, helps both children and adults.
Caring, empathetic, compassionate…that’s how Laurie Ellis, LCSW, describes her approach to counseling patients.
Laurie Ellis, LCSW, Director of Behavioral Health, Penn Yan Community Health Laurie was always interested in improving the lives of her patients by providing them access to physical and mental health services. After 20+ years of experience in social work and...
From a mid-west farm to Upstate New York for Family Medicine. Meet Dr. Rachel Long
Meet Dr. Rachel Long, Board Certified in Family Medicine. She began her career in medicine with the desire to serve those most in need. Joining the National Health Service Corps while in medical school gave her the opportunity to experience this first hand. Originally...
Helping others is a calling, and this physician heard it. Meet Dr. Pedro Gonzalez
Dr. Pedro Gonzalez, Penn Yan and Geneva Community Health Compassion and a desire to serve the community brought Dr. Gonzalez to Penn Yan Community Health. His family was a big influence on his choice to be a physician, in fact, he is a third-generation physician. His...
Proud to have the versatile Ellen Hey as part of our care team.
Proud to have the versatile Ellen Hey as part of our care team!
They call him “Dr. Tony. ” Meet our Chief Dental Officer.
Tony Mendicino Jr., Chief Dental OfficerEarned the Dr. Gary Ogden Rural Health Practitioner of the Year Award, the Dr. Elmer Green Oral Public Health Award, and a winner of the 2024 Teledentistry Innovation Award also known as The Tellies! Most people dread going to...
Meet Rebecca Martin, FNP-BC, Director of Nursing
With two kids of her own, Rebecca Martin, FNP, was happy to move to our new Penn Yan School Based Health Center.
Complex dental challenges keep Dr. Lehfeldt motivated to treat patients.
Christopher Lehfeldt, DDS, Sodus Community Health Dr. Lehfeldt was born deaf and wore hearing aids before upgrading to a cochlear implant. He noticed early on that people would cover their mouths while speaking because they were self-conscious of their bad or missing...
From Medical Illustrations to Dentistry
Spencer Phippen, DMD, Dundee Dental Before his career as a dentist, Dr. Phippen was a Medical Illustrator and created anatomical and surgical drawings for medical textbooks. Although he felt that the work he was doing served an important role, Dr. Phippen felt he...