QMG Stories

Nave Wil­son has been attend­ing the Man Up event since its incep­tion. For him, it’s more than just an activ­i­ty; it’s a year­ly reminder to focus on his well-being. He encour­ages oth­er men to pri­or­i­tize their health as well.

Joni Cook greets patients at QMG Can­cer Insti­tute with a warmth that comes from a deep place of under­stand­ing. She’s not just a friend­ly face; she’s a fel­low can­cer sur­vivor who can relate to their strug­gles on a per­son­al level.

Each hol­i­day sea­son, Quincy’s Waver­ing Park trans­forms into a daz­zling win­ter won­der­land for the Fes­ti­val of Lights, a cher­ished tra­di­tion led by Eric Doo­ley and his fam­i­ly. For years, Eric’s health chal­lenges, includ­ing severe knee pain stem­ming from a high school ACL injury, made the phys­i­cal­ly demand­ing work of cre­at­ing the dis­play near­ly impossible.

Turn­ing to Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) for help, Eric began treat­ment with Nurse Prac­ti­tion­er Mary Beth Deck­er and even­tu­al­ly under­went knee replace­ment surgery with Ortho­pe­dic Sur­geon Dr. George Crickard III. The surgery was life-chang­ing, allow­ing Eric to walk with­out pain and ful­ly embrace his role in the Fes­ti­val of Lights.

Dr. Kendra Conkright, a physi­cian with Quin­cy Med­ical Group’s Pitts­field Clin­ic, is deeply com­mit­ted to her com­mu­ni­ty. Grow­ing up in near­by Grig­gsville, she devel­oped a strong con­nec­tion to the area and its peo­ple. Her child­hood expe­ri­ences with a med­ical con­di­tion sparked her inter­est in health­care, and she pur­sued her edu­ca­tion with the goal of return­ing to serve her community.

Care­givers face immense chal­lenges, includ­ing finan­cial strain and emo­tion­al stress. Learn how Mimi McK­in­ney and Michaela Fray-Tappe over­came these obsta­cles and the impor­tance of com­mu­ni­ty sup­port for caregivers.

Hol­ly B. pur­sued a career in health­care after years as a stay-at-home mom. Start­ing as a care­giv­er and inspired by a nurse she worked with, she became a med­ical assis­tant. Now, Hol­ly has found her pas­sion in pro­vid­ing care to patients at Quin­cy Med­ical Group.

Jonathan F. joined Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) as a med­ical assis­tant to gain hands-on expe­ri­ence before pur­su­ing med­ical school. His role allows him to con­nect with patients and make a mean­ing­ful impact on their lives.

Tiffany Greiman, a Nurse Prac­ti­tion­er at Quin­cy Med­ical Group, cares for patients in local nurs­ing homes. Inspired by her cowork­ers and shaped by her ear­ly expe­ri­ences with her grand­moth­er, Tiffany found her call­ing in geri­atrics, a field where she feels right at home.

Jor­dan Hogan, MSN, APRN, FNP‑C, cares for patients at Quin­cy Med­ical Group as a nurse prac­ti­tion­er in our Inter­ven­tion­al Spine and Joint Well­ness depart­ment. Jor­dan shares what inspired her career path, empha­siz­ing her pas­sion for help­ing oth­ers and her desire to make a tan­gi­ble impact on patients’ lives. 

Lisa Knuff­man, ANP-BC, AOC­NP, shares her jour­ney of becom­ing a nurse prac­ti­tion­er inspired by her per­son­al con­nec­tion to can­cer. With over 15 years at QMG, she has become a ded­i­cat­ed and trust­ed oncol­o­gy care provider, moti­vat­ed by the expe­ri­ence of sup­port­ing a close friend through leukemia.