Read article – Roberta Hines, MED ’78, has been named to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s board of trustees. She will serve a three-year term that began on April 1. Hines is the Nicholas M. Greene Professor of Anesthesiology at the Yale Medical School and chief of anesthesiology at Yale New Haven Hospital.

Read article – An opinion piece by Lara Ronan, associate professor of neurology and of medicine, in which she discusses how Congress and the White House must take measures to rein in drug pricing. “As a physician, I am watching the growing field of Democratic challengers for the 2020 presidential campaign and hoping that these candidates will elevate the crucial issue of sky-rocketing drug prices in our healthcare system,” says Ronan. “I am looking for real ideas that will impact Americans faced with prohibitive costs for medications.” (Ronan is participating in this year’s Dartmouth Public Voices project.)

Read article – Continued coverage of comments by Samir Soneji, associate professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about research he coauthored that found that quitting smoking during pregnancy reduces the risk of delivering preterm.

Read article – As a guest on the Resilient Performance Podcast, Michael Lauria ’05, Geisel ’08, discusses his career as a critical care flight paramedic and what civilian medicine and military medicine can learn from one another.

Read article – Cites data from the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, which measure variations in how medical resources are distributed or used across the country, among states, and down to a county level.

Read article – A news brief about how Greg Tsongalis, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, and Carin Reynolds, JD, have been named as honorary chairs for The Prouty, the annual charity event that has raised more than $36 million for Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center since its inception.

Read article – Highlights the career of Anne Hebert, MED ’82, who was the first pulmonologist at South County Hospital in South Kingstown, RI.

Read article – Continued coverage of comments by Nirali Chauhan, Geisel ’18, who attended yoga sessions operated by LoveYourBrain, an organization committed to improving life for people suffering from traumatic brain injuries, to recover from an accident that left her with a concussion. “After an injury that profoundly impacts you, I think it is natural to fight your brain or resist the changes that your injury has caused,” says Chauhan. “You have to nurture it and feed it and love your brain and your entire self, and only with that intention can you properly heal. It took me a little time to get to that point, but when I did, it only got better for me.” (Picked up by Lacrosse Tribune, The Sentinel, T&D, and Arizona Daily Sun.)