ALUMNI PROFILE
Rebecca and Linton Evans on a bench in the Garden of Hope at Dartmouth Cancer Center at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
REBECCA EVANS, MD, HS’13 AND LINTON EVANS MED’10, HS’17:
A Love Affair in
MEDICINE
Although Becca and Linton Evans met at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC)—she was an intern; he was a medical student— they insist their relationship bore no resemblance to the popular medical television series Grey’s Anatomy. While the TV show centered around the drama of the characters’ personal lives, the Evans couple says that wasn’t the case at all for them. “No, we were really serious about our work,” Becca says, laughing. As their love for each other grew, so did their love for Dartmouth’s academic medical community, and both decided to dedicate their careers as physicians at DHMC and as faculty at the Geisel School of Medicine. Linton, who grew up in Vermont, found it easy to choose Dartmouth’s medical school to begin his training because of its small size, inspiring
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mentors, and the opportunity to advance his research. It was the medical center’s supportive faculty and dedication to academics and evidence-based training that cinched Becca’s decision to do her residency at DHMC. Becca is now an OB-GYN, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Geisel, and the residency program director at DHMC. Linton is a neurosurgical oncologist and an assistant professor of surgery at Geisel, and he recently became the residency program director for neurosurgery. “We are trying to give medical students and residents the same opportunities we had,” Becca says. Along that vein, Becca supported residents in their update of the OB-GYN health equity curriculum, which aims to address access, quality, and inequity in sexual and reproductive medicine. These changes reflect the Dartmouth medical community’s objective of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at the medical school and medical center. The overarching goal is to improve the healthcare setting for everyone in Dartmouth’s academic health system—patients, staff, students, residents, and physicians. “I love working with Geisel students to get their perspective of their cultural background and the type of medical care delivered to their families prior in life,” says Becca, who adds that a medical student or resident is by her side during at least half of her clinic schedule. “It’s inspiring to work with