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NEW
FACES

CalvertHealth Primary Care

Adds New Providers

Certified Family Nurse Practitioner Board-certified Physician
Sarah Katkhouda, CRNP, (left) has Assistant J. Christopher
joined CalvertHealth Primary Care Costabile, PA-C, (left) sees
in Dunkirk. The practice, which also patients at CalvertHealth
includes Dr. J. Michael Brooks, Lacy Primary Care in Solomons
Pitman, CRNP and J. Christopher along with Dr. Maria Papino-
Costabile, PA-C, provides personalized Higgs, Dr. Keyonna Proctor
health care for the whole family including and Kimberly Cook, CRNP.
health screenings, preventive medicine, complete In addition to family medicine, he has experience in
physicals and well-woman exams. urgent care and neurology.
The providers are specialists in family Costabile said, “I was attracted to CalvertHealth
medicine and are trained to diagnose, treat because it is a comprehensive network with wide
and manage a wide range of medical conditions ranging medical expertise. This allows for quick and
from acute care to chronic disease for all ages efficient delivery of care as well as timely information
-- including babies, children, adolescents, adults sharing, which makes for good coordination.”
and the elderly. Their role is to be your advocate After his first career in information technology,
in achieving and maintaining good health. he decided to pursue his lifelong goal to practice
Katkhouda, who has been in nursing for medicine and attended DeSales University where he
more than 10 years, graduated from George earned his PA degree in 2011. “I care deeply for my
Mason University in 2008 and immediately patients. I consider them as part of my family,” said
started her career at Johns Hopkins Hospital in the father of seven and grandfather of 11.
hematology and oncology. Last year, she obtained Costabile believes in taking a holistic approach
her master’s in nursing as a family nurse to patient care. “I strive to delve into the core of
practitioner. the issue,” he said. “I do not want my patients to be
“I’ve had the opportunity to work with passive participants in their care. From time to time,
newborns, children, teens, adults and the they can expect some ‘homework’ such as reading or
elderly and love each age range for different watching an educational video.”
reasons,” she said. “I have a special interest in
health promotion, disease prevention, lactation
consultation/support and pain management CalvertHealth Primary Care has four
through alternative measures.” convenient locations to serve you better:
Her philosophy of care focuses on working with • Dunkirk
her patients as partners in their care. “My goal is • Prince Frederick
to guide my patients, not lecture them. Their best
interests are my priority 100 percent of the time. I • Twin Beaches
believe that no issue is too trivial to address with • Solomons
your primary care provider. If my patients have Call our centralized call line to make an
concerns, I want to hear about them.” appointment > 410.414.2778

18 CALVERTHEALTH WINTER 2019 | SPECIAL EDITION: CELEBRATING 100 YEARS of CARING