Lauren A. Geddes Wirth, MD, CEO and president of Dartmouth Health member New London Hospital (NLH), has been named one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s 90 critical access hospital CEOs to know for 2024. The CEOs recognized were selected for their devotion to high care quality, patient safety and financial stability, bringing crucial care services to their organizations, recruiting top physicians, and joining forces with larger hospitals and health systems that can provide additional resources.
Critical access hospitals are those that offer 24/7 emergency care and have no more than 25 inpatient beds. The executive honored by Becker’s were selected for being experts in service line expansion, provider recruitment and retention, and the establishment of key partnerships. Their efforts ensure their hospitals serve as vital resources for their communities.
Geddes Wirth was named NLH’s CEO and president last month, after serving in the roles on an interim basis since March. Prior to NLH, Geddes Wirth held multiple leadership positions in the Mass General Brigham (MGB) Community Physician Organization, including medical director roles and physician wellbeing chair. She also owned and practiced at Mill Brook Pediatrics, a MGB health system independent affiliate. Geddes Wirth is also a diplomat of the American Board of Pediatrics and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Geddes Wirth obtained her bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and attended medical school at the former Brown-Dartmouth Medical Program. She completed her pediatric residency at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Rhode Island and was selected to serve an additional year as chief resident in pediatrics.
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About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and largest private employer, serves patients across New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,300 providers in nearly every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH. Its network of hospitals, outpatient centers, clinics and home care facilities, spans a broad geographical area. Year after year, DHMC is named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is consistently recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, northern New England’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers and one of less than than 60 total nationally; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital (Children’s Hospital at DHMC/CHaD) and more than 20 locations around the region; eight member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont, Hampstead, and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Dartmouth Health Home Care; Dartmouth Health Connected Care Center for Telehealth, serving patients as far away as Texas; and more than 30 primary and multi-specialty clinics across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its partnership with Dartmouth College, Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the White River Junction VA Medical Center, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials with international impact. Dartmouth Health and its more than 16,000 employees are committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in the communities it serves and to providing every patient with exceptional, state-of-the-art, personalized care. Learn more at dartmouth-health.org.
About New London Hospital
The New London Hospital Association (NLHA) is a proud member of Dartmouth Health. It consists of New London Hospital (NLH), located in New London, NH, and Newport Health Center (NHC), located in Newport, NH. NLH is a critical access hospital, and has been serving 15 communities within the Greater Lake Sunapee region in central New Hampshire for more than 100 years. NLH provides a broad range of services in a patient and family-centered environment, from primary care to specialized clinical services. NHC is a rural health clinic that offers primary care and numerous specialty clinical services. Patients of NLH and NHC have ready access to the full breadth of Dartmouth Health services. NLH and NHC are dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality care and improving the health and well-being of the communities they serve. For more information, visit newlondonhospital.org.