Following a national search, Dartmouth Health's Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) announces that Tracy Galvin, MSN, RN, will be its next chief nursing officer. Galvin joins DHMC from Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, MA, where she served as chief nursing officer and senior vice president of the 345-bed, acute care hospital since 2015.
A New Hampshire native, Galvin holds a bachelor of science in nursing from Northeastern University and a master of science in nursing from Regis College. She is presently enrolled as a doctoral student at Regis College where she is pursuing her doctorate in nursing practice (DNP).
Galvin's career at Lahey began in 1987, when she joined the organization as a staff nurse. She progressed into leadership roles, including more than 10 years as associate chief nurse of critical care nursing services, where she worked closely with physician leadership to redesign the medical intensive care and coronary care units. She then served as associate chief nurse of inpatient services from 2013 to 2015.
During her tenure as CNO at Lahey, Galvin contributed to enabling and streamlining the cultural change process across the Lahey health system by establishing an interactive nursing culture committed to delivering excellent patient care through evidence-based best practices. Her commitment to the recruitment, retention and professional development has resulted in high employee engagement scores and low staff turnover rates.
"Tracy is a natural leader, demonstrated by a commitment to continuous rounding with the nurses she leads and open communication with her staff," said Susan A. Reeves, EdD, RN, CENP, chief nursing executive of Dartmouth Health and executive vice president of DHMC. "As DHMC looks to the future at a time when healthcare is changing, having a leader like Tracy will inspire our nursing staff—who are critical to the care of our patients and success of our medical center—to deliver the best care possible and continuously strive to be better. I am thrilled that she will be joining us."
Galvin's tenure at DHMC began on May 30.
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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.