Clinton Hospital and UMass Memorial Medical Group announced the addition of Dr. Kathryn Maier, to its Sterling Family Medicine practice, 50 Leominster Road, Sterling.

A graduate of New York Medical College, Dr. Maier performed her residency at UMass Medical School Graduate Medical Education Barre Family Health Center and is board certified in family medicine. She cares for patients of all ages, specializing in both adult and pediatric family medicine.

For more information, call (978) 422-5082.

Reliant Medical Group announced the addition of Dr. Diego Illanes to its medical team. Dr. Illanes will practice in Reliant Medical Groups Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, specializing in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery (urogynecology), at St. Vincent Hospital.

He received his medical degree from Universidad Catlica de Crdoba in Argentina. He then completed his internship at Albany Medical Center in Albany, N.Y., and his residency and fellowship at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. He is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Valerie Espeleta has been named employee of the month for August at Day Kimball Healthcare. Ms. Espeleta is an insurance verification specialist for Day Kimball HomeCare, which is part of the Day Kimball integrated health care system.

As an insurance verification specialist, Ms, Espeleta is responsible for assisting with the processing and screening of clinical referrals, as well as all insurance verification upon admission and resumption of care.

VNA Care Network & Hospice, a Worcester-based nonprofit serving Central and Eastern Massachusetts, recently appointed Dr. Mary A. Valliere, as chief medical adviser.

Her experience includes serving as the senior clinical consultant for the Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment Demonstration and Expansion Projects, palliative care clinical consultant for the UMass Memorial Medical Center and UMass Memorial Hospice, chief of palliative medicine for UMass Memorial Medical Center and hospitalist for UMass Memorial Medical Center, Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital, and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. She is assistant professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

A graduate of the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, she was a resident in internal medicine, chief medical resident and faculty scholar fellow in addiction medicine at the Medical Center of Central Massachusetts/Worcester Memorial Hospital. She was a faculty scholar at the Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care. She is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, American Society of Addiction Medicine and American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

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Dr. Maier joins Sterling Family Medicine