Maureen Poe is a Board Certified Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and Certified Geriatric Case Manager. Her passion is caring for the fragile needs of our aging community. Mrs. Poe serves as a collaborative nurse practitioner as well as a primary care provider. Through her compassionate approach, she thoroughly assesses the needs of her clients and provides individualized treatment which also aims to enhance quality of life.
Mrs. Poe has served our community in private collaborative practice alongside, Dr. Garrett Ryder, MD, since 2004. Dr. Ryder’s private practice, Gulf Coast Psychiatry, located at 4045 Ernest Street in Lake Charles, houses Mrs. Poe’s private practice, Geriatric Resources, Inc. Together, she and Dr. Ryder intervene, using a team approach to holistically treat the psychiatric and medical needs of their clients. Mrs. Poe understands that this approach is necessary for the treatment goal of all her clients.
Dedicated to this model of care, Mrs. Poe maintains multiple collaborative relationships with many other respected physicians in our community. For these physicians, she is a trusted resource in helping meet the needs of their clients. Mrs. Poe believes in direct lines of communication with all care providers involved, to ensure the most definitive information is readily available about their clients, enabling them to make the best treatment decisions available. As a primary care practitioner, Mrs. Poe practices this same philosophy to provide the best treatment and plans of care for her clients.
Mrs. Poe is proud to announce the growth of her practice, Geriatric Resources, Inc. and she is welcoming new clients. At Geriatric Resources, we demonstrate a Comprehensive Approach to Geriatric Care and we are excited to serve our growing aging community in a new way.