Chesapeake Hearing Centers – Ocean Pines

Credentialed through the NRCCS to serve as an expert on insurance, Jennifer Schmeusser stands ready to help you with your insurance and billing questions. A lifelong Maryland resident, her favorite pastimes include eating crab with her family and playing with her boxer and miniature schnauzer. She spent 15 years designing bouquets at a flower shop and enjoys being creative through gardening and making gift baskets.

Friendly and easy to chat with, Maris Walker enjoys scheduling, helping resolve patients’ concerns, offering encouragement, and setting up outreach at health fairs, senior centers, and networking events. She has been a volunteer and mentor to many women in several support groups for almost 30 years. Since 2002 her passion has been her dedication to the Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation to help find a cure for childhood Alzheimer’s. Her two grown daughters and grandchildren are the lights of her life. Maris enjoys gardening, yoga, cruises, and walking.

Dr. Rachel Pomycala earned her doctorate from Gallaudet University. Hailing from Pasadena, Maryland, her clinical experience includes the Gallaudet Hearing and Speech Center and The Listening Center at Johns Hopkins Medical Center. Dr. Pomycala can communicate with patients in American Sign Language (ASL). Her passion for helping people with hearing loss took her to Cambodia and Nicaragua, where she had the opportunity to fit hearing aids for those in need. Dr. Pomycala’s interests include hearing aid technology, humanitarian audiology, volunteering at animal shelters, and beach time with her family and friends. She can be seen in our Ocean Pines and Salisbury (East Park) offices.

Layne Hartsig is a patient care coordinator greeting patients in our Ocean Pines and Salisbury offices. She has been in customer service for six years and enjoys helping people! She started out working as a lifeguard and pool manager, then worked at a physical therapy clinic as an office assistant. When she is not helping patients, Layne spends most of her time surfing at the beach. She loves spending time with her family and friends and is always up for new adventures.

Angie loves working with patients and brings 10 years’ experience in the medical field, including past tenure as a chiropractic assistant. With a can-do spirit and passion for helping others, she enjoys welcoming people at our Ocean Pines and Salisbury locations. Outside the office, Angie cherishes time with family, which includes her fiance and adult son. You might also find her visiting the beach, kayaking, playing video games, or heading to a Renaissance fair in her pink Cadillac, an ode to her favorite color.

Jada Handy is a dedicated patient care coordinator at our Salisbury and Ocean Pines offices. With a strong foundation in healthcare since age 18, she began as a CNA Trainee at TidalHealth and later gained valuable experience in a pediatric office. Jada aspires to pursue her dream of becoming an occupational therapist, with plans to resume her educational journey once her 1-year-old son starts school. Jada’s passion for both patient care and family shows in all she does. Her favorite past-times are spending time with her son and learning Spanish. Learning a new language enables her to communicate with more patients and will eventually allow her to teach her son, giving him more opportunities as well.