Three Dartmouth Health leaders were recognized for their contributions to healthcare in New Hampshire at the New Hampshire Hospital Association (NHHA) and Foundation for Healthy Communities (FHC) annual meeting on October 19.
Justin Looser, MSW, MBA, CEO of Dartmouth Health’s Hampstead Hospital, received the Champion of Care Award from the NHHA, which recognizes the clinical and nonclinical professionals and support team members whose leadership, compassion, and dedication make a meaningful difference for patients, their families, colleagues, and communities.
Looser was recognized for his commitment to strengthening Hampstead Hospital, New Hampshire’s only acute psychiatric facility for children and adolescents. He has advanced initiatives to improve employee engagement, accountability, patient access and safety; invested in workplace support and professional development; and strengthened care teams to enhance the quality and consistency of care. In September, Looser was also recognized as a 2026 New Hampshire Healthcare Hero for his contributions to healthcare in the state.
Julie S. Bosak, DrPH, CNM, MSN, community health and director of Dartmouth Health’s Northern New England Perinatal Quality Improvement Network and New Hampshire Perinatal Quality Collaborative, received the FHC’s Innovator’s Award. She was recognized for her efforts to improve outcomes for mothers and babies through collaboration and educational programming, including the TeamBirth model, which is being implemented in hospitals across New Hampshire.
Susan A. Reeves, EdD, RN, CENP, chief nursing executive of Dartmouth Health, was recognized for her service as she rotates off of the NHHA Board of Trustees. Reeves was presented with a clock in appreciation of her leadership, wisdom, guidance, support, and commitment to the association and its members.
“Justin, Julie and Sue’s roles at Dartmouth Health represent some of the most critically important functions of our health system: providing outstanding care for vulnerable populations, like youth with behavioral challenges and pregnant and parenting women in rural communities, and providing stellar leadership for our nursing professionals, who are the backbone of any hospital,” said Dartmouth Health CEO and president Joanne M. Conroy, MD. “I’m very proud that NHHA and FHC has recognized them to their contributions to the health and wellbeing of New Hampshire.”
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, the Golisano Children's Hospital at Dartmouth Health, 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.