OGDENSBURG -- Certified nurse practitioner Martha Cole has joined the medical staff at Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center.

Cole, who specializes in women’s health, will begin seeing patients April 1 at 3 Lyon Place, Suite 300, Ogdensburg. Appointments can be made by calling 393-6186.

Cole most recently was with Partners in Women’s Health, Canton, where she practiced for seven years. Cole also practices at SUNY Canton’s Davis Health Center where she has worked since 2005.

Her role at Claxton will be to provide comprehensive health care to women throughout the lifespan, with an emphasis on reproductive and gynecologic health needs.

Cole received a bachelor of the science degree in nursing from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and earned her nurse practitioner certification from Community General Hospital in Syracuse. She is certified as a family nurse practitioner through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

For more information, visit http://www.claxtonhepburn.org or call (888) 908-2462.