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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Mendocino Community Health Clinic (MCHC) is pleased to welcome two new providers at their Lakeside Health Center: Internist Dr. Thomas Luck and Family Nurse Practitioner Michael Gibson.
Dr. Luck was a Navy man, attending medical school on an Armed Forces Health Professions scholarship. After his service, he completed his residency at Temple University in Philadelphia.
Dr. Luck has worked as a hospitalist and a primary care physician, focusing on allergy and immunology as well as general internal medicine.
His recent experience includes locum tenens stints at Fort Defiance Indian Healthcare Facility and Chinle Comprehensive Healthcare Facility, both in Arizona.
He is a dedicated family man, to the point of temporarily giving up his practice to assist with aging parents and members of his wife’s family who have special medical needs.
“Dr. Luck is very thorough. He really pays attention to the details,” said Lakeside Site Manager Lori Conroy.
Dr. Luck is a member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; the Southeastern Allergy Association, and the Allergy Association of Northern California. He holds active medical licenses in Florida and California.
Mike Gibson has only been with MCHC a short time, but he’s already seeing 18 patients a day. His colleagues call him “easy to work with” and, according to Conroy, patients love him.
“Mike’s experience and relaxed demeanor put patients at ease,” Conroy said.
Gibson took a circuitous route in joining the ranks of health care professionals. He served six years in the Army, packing parachutes for jump school and Special Forces (among other responsibilities). He served in Georgia, North Carolina and Panama. After his experience in the military, he worked as a welder and journeyman sheet metal mechanic.
In 1991, he decided to make a change, choosing a career that “couldn’t be exported to India,” as he put it. He became a registered nurse in 1996 and after several years as an RN, he went back to school and became a nurse practitioner, graduating in 2009. He spent a year as a nurse practitioner at Hayfork Community Health Center, but it was a little remote for his tastes, so MCHC invited him to join their team.
Both providers are currently accepting new patients at Lakeside Health Center, one of three health centers owned and operated by Mendocino Community Health Clinic, a local non-profit organization providing access to health care for the most vulnerable people in our community.
