Welcome, Dr. Michael Murnik

Welcome, Michael Murnik, MD

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Michael Murnik to Healthy Acadia’s Board of Directors. Dr. Michael Murnik, MD, is a Family Medicine Specialist in Blue Hill, affiliated with Northern Light Blue Hill Hospital with over 32 years of experience in the medical field. 

Dr. Murnik grew up in Concord, Massachusetts, spending his childhood summers on the coast of Maine near the mouth of the Kennebec River. After 18 years living out West in New Mexico and Montana, he and his wife returned to New England and Maine 15 years ago to raise their three daughters and to be near the ocean. They have resided in Blue Hill since then and have no intentions of leaving.

 What influenced your decision to serve as a member of our Board? 

 I was trained in Family and Community Medicine. Modern medical practice is unfortunately increasingly divorced from holistic and community work. Collaborations with Healthy Acadia on a number of efforts have been nourishing on many levels, so the chance to support Healthy Acadia’s mission was very welcome.

 What most inspires you about Healthy Acadia's work? 

Healthy Acadia’s broad efforts on addressing elemental community health needs that others can’t, won’t, or don’t is work that needs to be done.

What most inspires you on a personal level? 

 Being of use.

 What is your favorite thing to do, or place to be, in Maine, and why?  

Being on, in, or near the water is my favorite thing to do and place to be.