Meet the team
Experience our care and understand why we are different
Our Team
At Encompass Healthcare you will find a staff of professionals ready to help you with all of your medical needs and concerns. We are ready to help schedule medical appointments or answer any questions you may have. Contact us and let's get started.
M.D.
Bruce E. Ruben
Dr. Ruben is the Founder and Medical Director at Encompass Healthcare. Our friendly family atmosphere, our dedication to our patients and our commitment to be the best wound care facility in the country are all rooted in Dr. Ruben. He started with a dream to create a comprehensive outpatient center for infection and wound care, precluding hospitalization.
Madeline Paquette
DNP, FNP-C, CWCN-AP
Maddy is a double board-certified DNP (Doctor of Nursing Practice, Nurse Practitioner) who works alongside Dr. Ruben to provide patients with excellent comprehensive care. Maddy graduated from Eastern Michigan University in December 2017 Summa Cum Laude with her BSN, then began working at Michigan Medicine on the surgical transplant unit. She quickly decided to attend the University of Michigan to obtain her doctorate. She continued to work on the transplant unit throughout pursuing her doctorate and family nurse practitioner certification. She was a primary unit charge nurse as well as a new grad preceptor in her 4 years stay at Michigan Medicine. She graduated with her DNP in December 2021 and became board certified as family nurse practitioner (FNP-C) through AANP. She is also board certified through WOCNCB as an Advanced Practice Certified Wound Care Nurse (CWCN-AP). She has a passion for patient centered wound care as well as healing wounds!"
Office Facilitator
Kitty Carpenter
Katherine “Kitty” Carpenter’s job title is Office Facilitator, but she’s really our “Office Everything.” If a patient needs a test, Kitty schedules it. If a patient needs a wound vac put on, she installs it. If a patient needs ANYTHING, Kitty will make it happen. She can be on one phone line scheduling an appointment, on another line getting a patient’s records faxed over, checking off her “to-do” list and unjamming a copy machine—all at the same time! This is no exaggeration. Our wound care staff and its attitude all begins with Kitty’s infectious smile. Kitty is an all-encompassing team player and she does it all with the most “can-do” attitude you will ever experience.
