Dan Hamilton is a Physician Assistant in the Home Based Primary Care program at Togus VA Hospital where he provides Primary Care to Veterans in their homes throughout central Maine. He has been the liaison for the Literature & Medicine program at Togus since its inception several years ago. He graduated from the Physician Assistant program at SUNY at Stony Brook in New York in 1980. He is currently a preceptor of PA and Nurse Practitioner students in Geriatrics at Togus. Dan spent 1969-1970 in Cu Chi, Vietnam as a member of the US Army. He is a proud father of three women and grandfather of two wonderful grandchildren with another on the way.
Deb Hamilton has worked as a Homecare and Hospice nurse in rural Maine for 15 years. Hospice-certified, she specializes in palliative care and pain management. She has been a participant in the Literature & Medicine program since its inception at Togus VA hospital 8 years ago. Deb is also a Registered Maine Guide and leads trips into the great Maine wilderness. Her other great passion is her family—she is now a grandmother of two with another on the way.