Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
March 30, 2026
Robert Bach

Robert Bach

Robert Bach is a Doctor Emeritus, retired Palliative Care Physician at Northern Light, Eastern Maine Medical Center, previously a general and thoracic surgeon. He received a Masters of Divinity degree from Bangor Theological Seminary in 2007.

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About Robert Bach

Bob is a Doctor Emeritus, retired Palliative Care Physician at Northern Light, Eastern Maine Medical Center, previously a general and thoracic surgeon. He received a Masters of Divinity degree from Bangor Theological Seminary in 2007.

He is also founder of Partners in Health of Maine which has concentrated its efforts on the North Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua. In 2006 he received Nicaraguan’s “Orden Reuben Dario,” Humanitarian Award. In 2014 he received the International Humanitarian Award at the ACS Clinical Congress in San Francisco. In 2015 he received both the Mary Cushman, M. D. Humanitarian Award from the Maine Medical Association, and the Maine Hospice Council Humanitarian Award.

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  • Mother Earth Goes to the Palliative Care Clinic

    Bob is a Doctor Emeritus, retired Palliative Care Physician at Northern Light, Eastern Maine Medical Center, previously a general and thoracic surgeon.

  • Resurrection

    "...When rejection turns into acceptance..."

  • Eye for an Eye

    "...when retribution was the rule..."

  • A Wounded Dove

    "...So many have dedicated their lives in her name..."

  • Winter's Grace

    "...The glory of autumn becomes a vision of the past..."