Dr. Pointer, Elle and Justin are three incredible examples of the talented and compassionate young people we have working for us at Dartmouth Health.
Joanne M. Conroy, MDThree employees from across the Dartmouth Health system have been named to the 40 Under Forty Class of 2026 by the New Hampshire Union Leader, New Hampshire’s only statewide newspaper. This annual list showcases dedicated young professionals who are difference-makers in their career or community, and often times both.
Dartmouth Health employees named this year are: Kelli B. Pointer, MD, PhD, a radiation oncologist with Dartmouth Cancer Center; Elle E. McGraw, RN, BSN, SCRN, clinical nursing supervisor for the neuro critical care and neuro special care unit at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center; and Justin B. Lyons, RN, MSN, CEN, TCRN, emergency department nurse manager at Cheshire Medical Center.
“New Hampshire is a special place, but no place can stay special without new generations taking the reins and continuously make it a better place to live, work, raise families, and thrive,” said Joanne M. Conroy, MD, CEO and president of Dartmouth Health. “Dr. Pointer, Elle and Justin are three incredible examples of the talented and compassionate young people we have working for us at Dartmouth Health. They are committed to the health and wellbeing of their patients and communities, and in so are doing their part to make the Granite State a better place.”
To view the complete Union Leader 40 Under Forty Class of 2026, visit go.d-h.org/kz5eky.
About Cheshire Medical Center
Cheshire Medical Center (Cheshire) is a Dartmouth Health member providing the communities in the Greater Monadnock Region a continuum of care spanning primary care and specialty medicine, to surgical services and acute inpatient care. For more than 130 years, Cheshire has been a key contributor to the health and vitality of the Monadnock Region. As a not-for-profit community medical center, Cheshire is deeply committed to delivering excellent care in a safe and welcoming environment. Cheshire is dedicated to being a great neighbor and serves as an integral community resource. Cheshire is the area's largest healthcare provider and leading employer. Along with the services delivered on their Keene campus and satellite locations, the Medical Center partners with local organizations to provide vital services and programs throughout the region. To learn more, call 603-354-5400 or visit the Cheshire Medical Center website.
About Dartmouth Cancer Center
Dartmouth Cancer Center combines advanced cancer research at Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, with award-winning, personalized, and compassionate patient-centered cancer care and clinical trials based at the Norris Cotton Cancer Care Pavilion at Dartmouth Health's Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. With 14 locations around New Hampshire and Vermont, Dartmouth Cancer Center is one of only 57 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers. Each year the Dartmouth Cancer Center schedules 74,000 appointments seeing more than 4,500 newly diagnosed patients, and currently offers patients more than 240 active clinical trials. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2022, Dartmouth Cancer Center remains committed to excellence, outreach and education. We strive to prevent and cure cancer, enhance survivorship and to promote cancer health equity through pioneering interdisciplinary research and collaborations. Learn more at the Dartmouth Cancer Center website.
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and the state’s largest private employer, serves patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,000 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, as well as across its wide network of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. DHMC is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 57 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the only such center in northern New England; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital and multiple locations around the region; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and more than 24 clinics that provide ambulatory and specialty services across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually, and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials recognized across the globe with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth Health and its more than 13,000 employees are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.