As CMO, I will work with my colleagues at Mt. Ascutney and within Dartmouth Health to continue to provide outstanding care to our patients.
Catherine A. Schneider, MD, FACSMt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHC), a member of Dartmouth Health, has announced the appointment of Catherine A. Schneider, MD, FACS, as chief medical officer. Schneider has been the section chief of surgical services at MAHHC since 2016 and of anesthesia services since 2021. She previously served as the chief medical officer of MAHHC from 2011 to 2014, and she first joined MAHHC as a general surgeon in 2008.
“Dr. Schneider has long been a trusted physician leader at MAHHC, and I am delighted to continue working alongside her in her new role,” said Matthew R. Foster, MD, MMM, CEO and president of MAHHC and Valley Regional Hospital. “Her leadership and deep commitment to our patients and staff make her an invaluable part of our team.”
Schneider has also worked as a general surgeon at Dartmouth Health members New London Hospital, Valley Regional Hospital and Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital (APD). From 2005 to 2007, she served as the medical staff president at APD.
Schneider received her medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, where she also served as a research fellow, general surgery resident and administrative chief surgical resident. She later completed a fellowship at the Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery and earned a master of science in management from New England College.
In addition, Schneider is a fellow and Vermont chapter treasurer for the American College of Surgeons and the Vermont delegate to the American Medical Association. She is also a member of the Vermont Medical Society and the New England Surgical Society.
“I am very excited about my new role at Mt. Ascutney Hospital. Since joining the medical staff in 2008, I have witnessed many changes in health care,” said Schneider. “As CMO, I will work with my colleagues at Mt. Ascutney and within Dartmouth Health to continue to provide outstanding care to our patients. I am looking forward to a close working relationship with Valley Regional Hospital, and their CMO, Dr. Juliann Barrett.”
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 Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center
Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHC), a member of Dartmouth Health, is a not-for-profit community-based, critical access hospital in Windsor, VT. It also includes the Historic Homes of Runnemede, a senior residential care campus in Windsor, as well as the Ottauquechee Health Center in Woodstock, VT. MAHHC provides primary care and a comprehensive suite of specialty services, along with 25 inpatient beds, a therapeutic pool and an acclaimed, fully modernized 10-bed acute rehabilitation center. MAHHC is dedicated to improving the lives of those it serves, and is at the hub of a wide network of community resources that have partnered to cover gaps in services and improve overall population health. Learn more at mtascutneyhospital.org.