Dartmouth Health has received a $2.5 million gift from generous donors and former Dartmouth-Hitchcock Trustee Barbara Couch and her husband, Dick Couch D’64, Thayer ’65, to establish the Couch Endowed Fund for Inclusive Excellence Faculty Fellowships at Dartmouth Cancer Center.
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Conversations that Matter Speaker Series: Caring for Muslim Patients During Ramadan
Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members on April 13, 2023, at 12:00 PM are encouraged to watch our live stream panel discussion on “Caring for Muslim Patients During Ramadan”.
Anti-Abortion Activists Urge Senate to Keep Penalties Against Doctors – New Hampshire Union Leader
Read article – Ilana Cass, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, is featured in an article about criminal and civil penalties for doctors who perform abortions after six months of pregnancy. “This will have an impact on my recruiting,” Cass said. (Picked up by Yahoo! News.)
Dartmouth Researchers Expedite Genetic Analysis for Patients (Video) – WCAX
Watch video – Wahab Khan, an assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, is featured in a segment about how DHMC is creating a gene database that will help speed up patient diagnoses as well as anticipate future ailments. For the first time in northern New England, we’ll be able to offer this at scale. That was not possible before,” Khan said.
Surveillance Colonoscopy ‘May Be Overutilized’ in Older Adults With Lower Life Expectancy – Healio
Read article – Audrey Calderwood, an associate professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute, is featured in an article about surveillance colonoscopies. “We have observed in clinical care that colonoscopy for monitoring in patients with a history of colon polyps is sometimes performed when people are of advanced age and/or when people may not be in the best health due to other medical problems or have competing health priorities,” Calderwood said.
Opinion: Medicaid Expansion Improves Cancer Care – Concord Monitor
Read article – In this opinion piece, third year Geisel medical student Lily Greene argues for the reauthorization of Medicaid expansion in New Hampshire, highlighting the positive impact it has had on cancer care in the state.
Geisel Ultrasound Team Gets 2nd Place in National SonoSlam Competition
A team of four medical students attended the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine UltraCon conference in Orlando, FL to compete in SonoSlam on March 25th.
Marriage, Children Tied to Earnings Penalty for Female Physicians – HealthDay News
Read article – Features research by Lucy Skinner, MED ’21, ’23, in an article about pay differences for female and male physicians. “Addressing the barriers that lead to women working fewer hours could contribute to a reduction in the male-female earnings gap while helping to expand the effective physician workforce,” Skinner said. (Picked up by Southwest Iowa Herald.)
Hospitals Are Increasingly Crowded With Kids Who Tried to Harm Themselves, Study Finds – The New York Times
Read article – Features JoAnna Leyenaar, an associate professor at the Dartmouth Institute, in an article about her co-authored research that found that mental health hospitalizations increased by 25.8% between 2009 and 2019, and cost $1.37 billion. (Picked up by Yahoo! News.)
Gender Pay Gap Persists for Physicians Across Ages, Family Types, Study Finds – Becker’s Hospital Review
Read article – Features comments by Lucy Skinner, MED ’21, MED ’23, in an article about her study that found female physicians earn less than their male counterparts across all ages and family types.


