Team Proulx

Jonathan Proulx MD

Dr. Jonathan Proulx grew up in Western Massachusetts and attended Western New England University. Following the completion of his undergraduate degree, he taught high school chemistry before attending medical school at St. George's University. He went on to complete his residency at the Jefferson University affiliate in Morristown, NJ where he received a graduate certificate in Medical Humanities and the A. Lester Granet Humanitarian Award for the Atlantic Health System. Dr. Proulx completed his fellowship at the University of Massachusetts Baystate medical campus in Springfield, MA.

Dr. Proulx recently relocated to New Hampshire with his wife. He enjoys exploring the many restaurants as well as hiking and biking trails that the seacoast region has to offer.

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Lauren Zanetti PA-C, MMSc

Lauren (Girard) Zanetti received a BS in Behavioral Neuroscience from Northeastern University, and earned a Master of Science in Medical Science/Physician Assistant from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, MA.

Before joining the Portsmouth team, Lauren worked as a Physician Assistant and Electronic Health Record Officer at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, where she received multiple awards in the Division of Cancer Medicine and in GI Medical Oncology. She previously worked as a Clinical Research Assistant at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. 

Lauren looks forward to providing compassionate and evidence-based care to patients in the Seacoast area.

Maureen Habif PA-C

Maureen Habif was born and raised in northern Vermont. Trading the mountains for the ocean, she moved to New Hampshire, where she received a BS in Biology at the University of New Hampshire. After graduation, she spent several years working in the biotech industry.

Following her passion for medicine, she received a Masters of Physician Assistant Studies from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. She worked for several years as an urgent care physician assistant and most recently as an infectious disease physician assistant in the inpatient and outpatient setting. Maureen is excited to continue providing patient-centered care as part of New England Cancer Specialists’ Portsmouth team.

Outside of work, Maureen enjoys spending time with family on Ossipee Lake, returning to the mountains, fly fishing, skiing, travel and catching up on reality tv shows.

Karen Kadish NP

A Massachusetts native, Karen received her BA from Bowdoin College and Masters of Science in Nursing from MGH Institute of Health Professions. After working as a registered nurse on the hematology/oncology floor at Lahey Hospital, she fell in love with the specialty, and stayed in the field when she went on to become a nurse practitioner. Before joining NECS in 2021, she worked for 11 years in malignant hematology at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

She recently moved from Boston to the Lakes Region of New Hampshire and resides in Laconia with her husband and “pandemic puppy” Molly. She enjoys hiking, wake surfing, snowboarding, watching football and Formula 1 racing, and traveling.