Dartmouth-Hitchcock Board of Trustees Names Three New Members

LEBANON, N.H., March 30, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Board of Trustees elected three new members at the Board's spring meeting on March 20, 2015.

The new board members are Troyen A. ("Troy") Brennan, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of CVS Health; M. Brooke Herndon, MD, MS, a primary care doctor at Dartmouth-Hitchcock and assistant professor of medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine; and Charles G. ("Charlie") Plimpton, an Upper Valley resident recently retired after 31 years in investment banking, specializing in the non-profit sector of the health care industry. All three were unanimously elected to the 20-member volunteer board, joining colleagues from around the nation as well as from the Upper Valley in the leadership of New Hampshire's largest health system.

"We are delighted and honored to welcome Troy, Brooke, and Charlie to our board," said D-H Trustees Chair Robert Oden, PhD. "Their experience, and their passion for health care and for Dartmouth-Hitchcock make them all welcome additions. I look forward to their leadership as we continue to chart the future of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock system, creating a sustainable health system to improve the lives of the people and communities we serve for generations to come."

Read the full release at: http://www.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/news/article/30832

ABOUT DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK – Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H) is a nonprofit academic health system that serves a patient population of 1.2 million in New England. Anchored by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, the system includes the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, one of only 41 Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation; the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock; affiliate hospitals in Keene and New London, NH, and Windsor, VT; and 24 Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinics that provide ambulatory services across New Hampshire and Vermont. D-H provides access to more than 1,000 primary care doctors and specialists in almost every area of medicine. In partnership with the Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT, it trains nearly 400 residents and fellows annually, and performs world-class research.

SOURCE Dartmouth-Hitchcock

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