Name: Susan Meis introduces herself as Beaver Island’s new physician assistant in January 2001
Start: 2001-01
End: 2001-01
Location: Beaver Island Rural Health Center

Event

Date: 2001-01
Kind: Appointment
Where: Beaver Island Rural Health Center
Carried out by: Beaver Island Rural Health Center
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcarecommunicationcommunityemergency-management
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Susan C. Meis introduced herself in the February 2001 Health Issues newsletter as the Rural Health Center’s new physician assistant. She described her nursing background, Pine River Medical PC supervision, the loss of Penny Kiss, and the center’s scheduled-hours and emergency-coverage plan while a second provider was sought.

Evidence limits

This is Meis’s introductory letter and does not constitute a personnel file or complete record of the Center’s coverage.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 2001, “New Physician Assistant writes to Islanders.”
Meis thanks residents for welcoming her, describes her family’s planned move, explains her nursing background and Pine River Medical PC supervision, and says the Health Center would remain open during the search for a second provider. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2001-02_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, February 2001, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the physician-assistant letter.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2001-02_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Susan Meis introduces herself as Beaver Island’s new physician assistant in January 2001”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-susan-meis-welcome-letter-january-2001/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2001, “New Physician Assistant writes to Islanders.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-05. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

BibTeX for “Susan Meis introduces herself as Beaver Island’s new physician assistant in January 2001”RIS for “Susan Meis introduces herself as Beaver Island’s new physician assistant in January 2001”