FARMINGTON — Andrew Rice, MD, has been appointed hospitalist for Franklin Memorial Hospital, according to Dr. David Rice, FMH chief medical officer.

Hospitalists take care of patients from admission through discharge.

Rice received his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, followed by a three-year family medicine residency at Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine in Augusta and Waterville. He is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.

Rice most recently was a faculty physician in outpatient and inpatient obstetrics and pediatrics for residents and medical students through the Maine-Dartmouth Family Residency. He resides in Belgrade and has a professional interest in acupuncture.

Dr. Andrew Rice