Resilience Conference, 23 named Top Doctors: Seacoast health news
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Core Physicians has 23 named as Top Doctors
EXETER – Twenty-three physicians from Core Physicians’ primary, pediatric and specialty care practices were recognized among the best physicians in the state in New Hampshire Magazine's 2023 Top Doctors issue.
“We are so fortunate to have such an outstanding group of physicians and providers in Core Physicians. I remain proud and honored to see our physicians recognized as Top Doctors year over year,” said Melanie Lanier, DO, President of Core Physicians. “Our ever-growing team of physicians and providers, across a multitude of specialties, are leading our organization into the future of community-based care. One that is centered on partnering with patients to help them lead their best lives, focused on delivering accessible, evidence-based medicine that is personalized, integrated, comprehensive and high value.”
The primary care physicians named as Top Doctors include Timothy Keenan, MD, Michael Pangan, MD and Mark Reeder, MD; pediatricians include Alexandra Bonesho, MD, Eileen Forrest, MD, Kristen Johnson, MD, Jennifer Jones, MD and Steven Loh, MD.
Specialty care physicians named Top Doctors include Roderick Bruno, MD, A. Neil Clerk, MD and Thomas McGovern, MD of Core Orthopedics; John Brennan, MD and Paul Deranian, MD of Core Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine; Peter Ihm, MD, Core Otolaryngology & Audiology; Cullen Jumper, MD, Core Urology; Jay Swett, MD, FACS, Core General Surgery; Daniel Kunz, DO, Core Rheumatology; Mini Mahata, MD, Core Endocrinology; Daniel Zipin, DO of Core Physiatry & Spine Care; as well as William Berndt, MD, Gregory Goodkin, MD, Ernest Podrasky, MD and Jessica Sutherland, MD of Core Cardiology.
Core Physicians, an affiliate of Exeter Hospital and Rockingham Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice, is a community based multi-specialty group practice with more than 50 primary care providers and 60 specialists throughout the Seacoast. For more information, visit corephysicians.org.
Pinetree Institute hosts 4th annual virtual conference
PORTSMOUTH — Pinetree Institute, a workshop and learning center focused on building trauma responsive communities is hosting its 4th Annual Resilience Conference on May 5. This virtual conference is for those interested in cross-professional collaboration to help communities enhance their response to trauma and build resilience in their communities. To register and learn more, go to www.pinetreeinstitute.org.
This conference features two of the national leaders in trauma informed care. Dr. Sandra Bloom is one of the early pioneers of the trauma informed movement and has led successful endeavors in communities throughout the United States. She is the originator of the Sanctuary Model which served as the inspiration for many of today’s trauma informed programs. Bloom brings her vast experience, deep concern and robust sense of humor to every engagement and will challenge our thinking on how to make our organizations trauma responsive.
Laura Porter is known to many for her work on building trauma informed communities in Washington State over a 10-year period. She was one of the earliest adopters of education on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) as a community-wide intervention strategy. Porter will share her insight and learning on the most recent best practices in building trauma informed communities. We are excited that both of these leaders will share the day with us and lead us in our thinking about applying best practices in our communities.
This conference is appropriate for anyone who works in the field of trauma informed care and is particularly suitable for the following groups; Mental Health and Addiction Counselors Health Care Practitioners, Social Service Providers, Educators, Law Enforcement Professionals, Community and Business Leaders and Engaged Citizens.
The conference will be a combination of speakers and interactive groups. During the conference, participants will rethink the way they work in organizations to make them truly trauma responsive and develop ways to work together in our communities.
Natural Health Practice is now West End Wellness
PORTSMOUTH — West End Wellness is here. In November 2022, Dr. Michael Blackman opened Complementary Applied Nutrition at 27 Albany St., in Portsmouth, N.H. The popular practice, which specializes in holistic health through nutrition counseling, is now called West End Wellness and is rolling out new branding and a new website: www.westendwellness.us.
West End Wellness focuses on creating customized diet and supplement programs designed to target individual patient needs. Dr. Blackman sees patients of all ages and backgrounds, with many patients seeking help for fatigue, weight gain, inflammation, depression/anxiety, insomnia, hormone issues, immune support, skin conditions, digestive problems and other concerns.
Blackman was previously based in Dover, N.H. where he had a thriving chiropractic practice for more than 20 years. During his time there, he also provided nutrition counseling. After seeing the benefits to his patients, he decided to specialize in the functional medicine aspect, and moved to Portsmouth where he could more easily see clients from Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
As part of his diagnostics, Blackman offers Nutrition Response Testing, which is a non-invasive system of analyzing the body in order to determine the underlying causes of ill health. When these are corrected through safe, natural, nutritional means, the body can repair itself and more optimal health can be maintained.
West End Wellness sees many seniors who want to remain as healthy and active as possible as they age, but also many young people. “Young people today are very into health and fitness but unfortunately they are often overwhelmed by the amount of information—and misinformation—on the Internet. We help them sort through the confusion and develop plans that put them on a positive path to good health for the long term.”
Blackman also notes that among his most frequent patients are working women with children who are plagued by fatigue and may or may not be battling hormone problems as well. He notes that adjustments in diet can make a big difference in energy levels.
For more information about West End Wellness, call 603-703-3643 or visit the website at westendwellness.us.
Dartmouth Health expanding Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center’s Heart & Vascular Center
LEBANON – Heart and vascular health problems tend to increase with age. Situated on the border of two of the fastest-aging states in the nation—New Hampshire and Vermont—the need for comprehensive cardiovascular care in the Upper Valley and all around the region is critical. Residents of the Granite and Green Mountain states are fortunate to have the expertise of an academic medical system at their fingertips in Dartmouth Health, especially the Heart & Vascular Center at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), but increasing capacity issues at DHMC is making it harder for cardiology providers to deliver care to their patients.
“Currently, we’re constrained by space. Every day, we turn patients away who want—and need—to come to DHMC for their heart and vascular care,” said David B. Min, MD, director of clinical cardiology at Dartmouth Health. Fortunately, the opening of DHMC’s new Patient Pavilion this spring will provide a solution to many space concerns at the hospital, including for the Heart & Vascular Center.
Opening in May 2023, the Patient Pavilion will house Heart & Vascular on all of its Level 4 in the Patient Pavilion, Wings A and B, as well as Level 3, Wing B, for a total of 48 beds at DHMC. “It’s a remarkable, beautiful space,” said Min. “I’ve been in hospitals on four continents—in the newest facilities in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, in addition to hospitals all around North America. The new Patient Pavilion is truly state-of-the-art, incorporating cutting-edge technologies that will help us diagnose and treat patients faster. This will allow us to see more patients and open up our cardiovascular intensive care unit to accept even sicker patients.”
The state-of-the-art rooms in the Patient Pavilion will give patients and their families more privacy, and space for loved ones to stay overnight. “The rooms also incorporate contemporary technology to help patients understand their condition as well as their treatment plan,” Min said. “Integrated tablets with MyChart Bedside will increase the ability of patients and family members to communicate with the care teams. There will also be conference rooms where we can connect with patients and family members to have conversations about their care.”
In addition, the expanded unit will feature wireless monitoring technology, which will give patients the freedom to move around and gain their strength back more quickly. Electronic signage both inside and outside of patient rooms will be updated in real time to alert the care team regarding changes in their condition.
This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Resilience Conference, 23 named Top Doctors: Seacoast health news
