Emergency Medicine


Manjunath Bannur, MD, MSA
Redington-Fairview General Hospital
46 Fairview Avenue
Skowhegan, ME 04976
Telephone: (207) 474-5121

Dr. Bannur completed a Residency in Family Medicine at Wayne State University/Crittenton. He graduated with a Master of Science in Health Services Administration from Central Michigan University, and received his MD degree from Dr. BR Amdedkar Medical College in India, where he graduated in the top 25% of the class. He is a member of the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Family Physicians.


Christopher Blanchette, PA-C
Redington-Fairview General Hospital
46 Fairview Avenue
Skowhegan, ME 04976
Telephone: (207) 474-5121

Christopher Blanchette received his Master of Science for Physician Assistant from the University of New England and is a graduate of the University of Maine, Orono. He is NCCPA board-certified as well as certified in ACLS/PALS and BLS.

Amanda Byrne, PA-C
Redington-Fairview General Hospital
46 Fairview Avenue
Skowhegan, ME 04976
Telephone: (207) 474-5121

Amanda Byrne received her Master of Science for Physician Assistant from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and is a graduate of the University of Maine, Farmington.


John Comis, D.O.
Redington-Fairview General Hospital
46 Fairview Avenue
Skowhegan, ME 04976
Telephone: (207) 474-5121

A graduate of the University of New England, he completed his internship and residency at Eastern Maine Medical Center. Dr. Comis is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.



Brian Fortie, PA-C
Redington-Fairview General Hospital
46 Fairview Avenue
Skowhegan, ME 04976
Telephone: (207) 474-5121

Mr. Fortie is a graduate of the University of Utah and received his Masters in Physician Assistant Studies from the University of New England. He has served with the United States Air Force and currently with the Maine Air National Guard as a Public Health Flight Supervisor/Technician.

Timothy Gagne, M.D.
Redington-Fairview General Hospital
46 Fairview Avenue
Skowhegan, ME
Telephone: (207) 474-5121

Dr. Gagne received his MD degree from the Dartmouth Medical School.  He completed his residency in Family Medicine at the Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.


Melissa Michaud, PA-C
Redington-Fairview General Hospital
46 Fairview Avenue, Skowhegan
Telephone: (207) 474-5121

Ms. Michaud received her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from Springfield College in Massachusetts, where she also attended as an undergraduate. A member of the Downeast Association of Physician Assistants and the American Academy of Physician Assistants, she has previously worked at Expresscare Walk-in Clinic in Waterville and for the MaineGeneral Medical Center Emergency Department.




Donald Zarfos, M.D.
Redington-Fairview General Hospital
46 Fairview Avenue
Skowhegan, ME 04976
Telephone: (207) 474-5121

Certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. A graduate of the University of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (formerly Rutgers Medical School), he completed a family practice residency at John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey. He is a member of the American Academy of Family Practice and the Wilderness Medical Society.