We are excited to grow the extraordinary group of committed caregivers here and we look forward to working together to benefit our region.
Pamela M. Hofley, MDDartmouth Cancer Center celebrated the expansion to its radiation/oncology unit at Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester with a beam-raising ceremony last week, expanding access to comprehensive cancer care in southern New Hampshire from the state’s only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. The expansion coincides with Dartmouth Cancer Center’s clinical and hematology/oncology infusion services in Manchester moving to the clinic from the Notre Dame Pavilion at CMC, giving patients greater access and efficiency in their care and treatment.
The expansion project is headed by Winchester, MA-based Wise Construction. Speakers at the ceremony included Steven D. Leach, director of Dartmouth Cancer Center; Pamela M. Hofley, MD, medical director of Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester; Charles R. Thomas Jr., chair of radiation oncology and applied sciences at Dartmouth Cancer Center; Bassem I. Zaki, MD, a radiation oncologist at Dartmouth Cancer Center; and Deborah F. Scribner, MBA, vice president of oncology services for Dartmouth Cancer Center.
“The co-location of cancer services on the Manchester campus and the introduction of radiation oncology services in the southern region will enable us to deliver more coordinated care for our patients throughout the greater Manchester, Concord and Nashua communities,” Hofley said. “We are excited to grow the extraordinary group of committed caregivers here and we look forward to working together to benefit our region.”
About Dartmouth Cancer Center
Dartmouth Cancer Center combines advanced cancer research at Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, with award-winning, personalized, and compassionate patient-centered cancer care and clinical trials based at the Norris Cotton Cancer Care Pavilion at Dartmouth Health's Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. With 14 locations around New Hampshire and Vermont, Dartmouth Cancer Center is one of only 57 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers. Each year the Dartmouth Cancer Center schedules 74,000 appointments seeing more than 4,500 newly diagnosed patients, and currently offers patients more than 240 active clinical trials. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2022, Dartmouth Cancer Center remains committed to excellence, outreach and education. We strive to prevent and cure cancer, enhance survivorship and to promote cancer health equity through pioneering interdisciplinary research and collaborations. Learn more at the Dartmouth Cancer Center website.
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and the state’s largest private employer, serves patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,000 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, as well as across its wide network of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. DHMC is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 57 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the only such center in northern New England; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital and multiple locations around the region; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and more than 24 clinics that provide ambulatory and specialty services across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually, and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials recognized across the globe with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth Health and its more than 13,000 employees are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.