Meet our team
Four clinicians care for our patients. Each carries their own panel, so you see your own physician — with easy coverage between them when you’re sick and yours is away.
Joseph Botta, MD
Board certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics; fellowship-trained geriatrician. Founder of the practice, 2009. Trained at Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, New York State/American Program, and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. Specializes in polypharmacy and medication reduction, memory care, weight management, diabetes, and complex chronic disease. Named to Connecticut Top Doctors five years running.
David Candow, MD
Board certified in Family Medicine. Joined Dr. Botta a decade ago. Practiced primary care at an underserved health clinic and spent many years as a hospitalist before returning to primary care for the time it allows. Runs the practice’s house call program. Named to Connecticut Top Doctors five years running.
Mae Wolslegel, DO
Board certified in Internal Medicine by the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine, with more than fifteen years of experience and training in osteopathic manipulative treatment. Earned her degree at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her residency at Frankford Hospital (Aria Health) in Pennsylvania. Most recently with Reliant Medical Group in Webster, Massachusetts. Joining the practice in November 2026 and accepting new patients.
Suzanne Reardon, FNP
Family Nurse Practitioner. A registered nurse for eleven years, including twenty years at Windham Hospital and most recently care management with Trinity Health of New England. Holds a Master of Science in Nursing with a Family Nurse Practitioner specialty from Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. Joined the practice in February 2026 and became a nurse practitioner here in August 2026.
And the rest of the team
Nurses, medical assistants, front-desk staff, and an office manager — all local, most with decades of clinical experience. They know your voice on the phone, and often your spouse’s and your daughter’s too. Some callers don’t say their name because they don’t have to. Also: Luna, Dr. Botta’s dog, is here most days. Her practice specialty is inducing smiles.
MARY JEAN BROWN
Gail Beausoleil, RN
Molly Wood, RN
Maren Crowley, LPN
Barbara Sarty
Gail McClellan
Kelsey Leclair
Kendra Sanchas
Luna Botta
Our Office
Our office doesn’t look like a typical doctor’s office, and that’s on purpose.
Wood throughout, warm light, and a different theme for each exam room make it feel inviting and not sterile. Dr. Botta’s fish tanks add even more interest — including one his father gave him when he made the honor roll at sixteen, which he’s kept for forty years.
Rooted in this community
Putnam is a small town that behaves like a bigger one. People here are invested in each other, and this practice is part of that — through Day Kimball Hospital, the local nursing facilities we round at, and seventeen years of patients who’ve been with us since the beginning.
Northeast Connecticut is short on physicians. Practices have closed and physicians have retired, leaving thousands of people in this region without primary care. We’re growing carefully to meet part of that need, without growing past the point where this model still works.
We also want to acknowledge Dr. Ronald Klare, who retires from clinical practice on December 31, 2026 after nearly fifty years of caring for families across this region — first alongside his father, Dr. Rudy Klare, at Woodstock Medical Group, and in recent years with us. His patients are transitioning to Dr. Wolslegel with his personal involvement in every handoff.