Leadership
Valley Regional Hospital selects Christopher J. Laird, DNP, as its next chief nursing officer
Laird began new role January 5
Dartmouth Health selects Wendy E. Fielding as its next chief financial officer
Fielding currently serves as CFO of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics and senior VP of finance for the Dartmouth Health system
Three new trustees elected to Dartmouth Health and Dartmouth Hitchcock boards
New trustees began terms January 1
Dartmouth Health selects Randa Perkins, MD, MBA, FAMIA, to serve as health system’s next chief health information officer
Perkins will assume her role on January 19
SVMC’s CEO named a “Champion” of nursing excellence
Tom Dee is the first hospital CEO named a DAISY Champion.
Dartmouth Health’s SVMC selects Estevan Garcia, MD, as president and CEO
Garcia, a specialist in pediatric emergency medicine, has most recently supported Dartmouth College in addressing the student mental health crisis by utilizing a public health preventative approach.
Dartmouth Health leadership, board trustee awarded at New Hampshire Hospital Association annual meeting
Daniel Jantzen, Stephen LeBlanc and Patricia Putnam honored
Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center names Catherine A. Schneider, MD, FACS, chief medical officer
Schneider has been the section chief of surgical services at MAHHC since 2016 and of anesthesia services since 2021.
Tulika Ranjan, MD, MBA, named director of neuro-oncology operations at Dartmouth Cancer Center
Ranjan seeing patients in Lebanon and Manchester
Dartmouth Health CEO and president to speak at national summit on advancing rural healthcare
Theme of this year's Sanford Health Summit on the Future of Rural Health Care is “Advancing access, quality and sustainability”