Leadership

Four new Board Trustees elected to Dartmouth Health, and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics
The newly elected trustees, all of whom were elected at the end-of-year 2024 meetings, began their terms this month.

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth name Sheila Ryan Barnett, MD, anesthesiology department chair
Barnett most recently served as director of quality for community anesthesia for Harvard Faculty Medical Physicians at Beth Israel Lahey Health.

Crisis in rural healthcare drives leading rural northeast health system CEOs to seek support in Washington, D.C., to preserve patient access
Leaders seek policies to help older, sicker, more vulnerable patients

DHMC VP of operations elected to New England Life Care’s board of directors
In addition to trustees, the NELC board of directors provides governance oversight and ensures strategic alignment between member hospital systems and NELC.

Dartmouth Health and Geisel School of Medicine announce new Chair of the Department of Radiology
David M. Naeger, MD, FACR, FAAR, will assume his role in August.

Tom Manion, MPA, named Chief Operating Officer of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Tom Manion, MPA, the current President and Chief Executive Officer of New London Hospital (NLH), has been named Chief Operating Officer of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC).

The Board of Trustees for Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics elects three new members
Their terms were effective on January 1, 2024.

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center’s executive vice president honored with President’s Award by New Hampshire Hospital Association
The President’s Award is given to an individual who has made an exceptional contribution to NHHA.

Scott W. Rodi, MD, named Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at DHMC and Geisel School of Medicine
Rodi’s appointment follows a national search to fill this important role. He has served as interim chair since 2020.

DHMC hires Tracy A. Galvin, MSN, RN, as next chief nursing officer
Following a national search, Dartmouth Health’s Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) announces that Tracy A. Galvin, MSN, RN, will be its next chief nursing officer.