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A new approach to type 1 diabetes......8 How scholarships shape careers................. 11 Tracing how pancreatic cancer spreads.......................................14

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MENTAL HEALTH MEETS GI HEALTH Introducing the Gastrointestinal Behavioral Health Program at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.

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CELLULAR DESTINY Geisel research team aims to uncover how pancreatic cancer cells become metastatic.

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INNOVATION IN MEDICINE & HEALTHCARE SWEETGOALS

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Giving in Action Fall 2024 EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Anne Holden MANAGING EDITOR

Eva Botkin-Kowacki

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ADVOCATING FOR CHILD HEALTH Dartmouth Health Children’s leads a regional partnership to advocate for pediatric patients’ complete well-being.

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Farah R. Doyle CONTRIBUTORS

Will Bailey Brian Buckley Ashley Festa Ana Liu Jeremy Martin DESIGN PRODUCTION

Farah R. Doyle Laura M. Young PHOTOGRAPHY

Rob Strong and Mark Washburn (except where noted) PRODUCED BY

Medical & Healthcare Advancement One Medical Center Drive, HB 7070 Lebanon, NH 03756-0001

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LEADERSHIP LETTER

Redefining

HEALTHCARE ACCESS

Our academic medical community excels at reimagining how patients access healthcare. As an engine of innovation, we are ensuring everyone can lead their healthiest possible lives regardless of circumstance.

From our campuses in northern New England to the wider world, the innovations we develop at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and Dartmouth Health reflect a deep understanding of the unique healthcare challenges faced by our neighbors residing in remote and rural areas—and others have taken notice. The solutions pioneered here often become models for improved care delivery around the nation and the world.

Our shared commitment to redefining and expanding healthcare access is exemplified by the Dartmouth Health Advanced Response Team (DHART). What started as a modest initiative to speed up paramedic response time is now a vital operation delivering life-saving critical care, by air and by ground, no matter how remote. In this year’s Giving in Action, we celebrate DHART’s 30th anniversary and showcase its plans to facilitate even broader access to care in northern New England—so that no patient will ever be out of reach.

DUANE A. COMPTON, PHD

Dean, Geisel School of Medicine

We also highlight the many new ways researchers, clinicians, and innovators across Geisel and Dartmouth Health are meeting patients where they are by treating not just disease, but the whole person.

For example, you will read about a program that brings specialized behavioral health treatment to patients grappling with chronic digestive health challenges. We also emphasize the importance of wellness beyond the clinic, as pediatric residents learn how to advocate for their patients. And we share how researchers are developing tools to empower patients, and are uncovering new knowledge to help take down one of oncology’s biggest foes.

We cannot understate the extraordinary impact generous donors have on access to care. The story of a Geisel scholarship recipient reveals how philanthropy can transform students into healthcare leaders. Ongoing support for our member hospitals is also driving critical improvements that ensure our world-class, compassionate care is available throughout our region. We are deeply grateful for the philanthropic partnership that makes all of this possible.

With your generosity, we will continue to knock down barriers to health, improving lives and strengthening communities for generations to come.

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JOANNE M. CONROY, MD

CEO and President, Dartmouth Health

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“ When you bring people together who work across different disciplines, who think in different ways, who push each other . . . you can get these breakthrough outcomes.

Sian Leah Beilock, PhD President of Dartmouth

Shaping the Future of Health In September, Dartmouth Health and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, along with The Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship, Thayer School of Engineering, and Tuck School of Business, brought together scientists, entrepreneurs, and innovators at the Innovation in Medicine & Healthcare Summit.

This summit featured Dartmouth leaders such as President Sian Leah Beilock, PhD; Geisel Dean Duane Compton, PhD; and Magnuson Executive Director Jamie Coughlin; in conversation with healthcare pioneers like Richard Levy, PhD, D ’60; Reed Jobs; and Gunnar Esiason, Tuck ’21, MED ’22. The gathering examined how to better align research, philanthropy, and venture capital to bring the best ideas to market, underscoring Dartmouth’s role at the leading edge of innovation.

READ MORE:

dartgo.org/InnovationSummit24

To learn more about medical and healthcare innovation, contact Bethany Solomon at 603-646-5134 or Bethany.Solomon@dartmouth.edu.

Where Mental Health

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Gastrointestinal Health

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

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hen Matt Knoepfle was 10 years old, he began to experience complex gastrointestinal (GI) issues. Episodes of chronic constipation that happened almost weekly caused him such severe pain that he would curl up in the fetal position on the floor.

While doctor after doctor looked for a definitive diagnosis and solution, Knoepfle managed his symptoms the best he could. He avoided situations with seemingly problematic foods, or sometimes intentionally ate them because the day or two after an episode often offered a reprieve.

But over the years these challenges haven’t just taxed him physically. They have disrupted his life and isolated him from friends and family. Knoepfle’s attempts at symptom management were largely trial and error, often focused on eliminating various

foods and trying to minimize stress.

Knoepfle isn’t alone in this experience living with chronic gastrointestinal challenges. For many patients like him, the disruption to life and lifestyle can be just as difficult as the physical pain and procedures. “It is so hard to see him get down on himself—he beats himself up because he can’t do certain things with me or the kids. He hates not knowing if he will be well enough,” says his wife, Jenny. “I really worried about his anxiety and depression caused by his GI issues.”

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MENTAL HEALTH

Resources and therapies to support patients like Knoepfle have been few and far between. But that could soon change, thanks to a burgeoning program at Dartmouth Health’s Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) that addresses the mental and behavioral health aspects of chronic gastrointestinal conditions alongside medical treatments.

The new initiative, called the Gastrointestinal (GI) Behavioral Health Program, is led by clinical psychologist Jessica Salwen-Deremer, PhD, director of behavioral medicine at the Walter and Carole Young Center for Digestive Health and assistant professor of psychiatry and of medicine at Geisel School of Medicine, who Knoepfle has been working with for nearly eight years. Salwen-Deremer specializes in providing targeted mental health care to help GI patients navigate life with chronic, stigmatized health challenges, as well as behavioral health therapies that complement clinical care and improve patient outcomes.

“She was the first therapist I had ever seen that understood GI issues,” Knoepfle says. “The mental impact of a chronic GI condition can be devastating, but at the same time, it is more within my control than my physical issues. Finding my therapist and putting in the work has given me tools to help me cope and live my life as fully as I can. She has been a life-saver in the truest sense of the word.”

Now with philanthropic support from LilaPants, a Knoepfle family business, Salwen-Deremer is building on her individual clinical work through the new program, developing a model for delivering this kind of care to patients around the country.

EXPANDING ACCESS TO CARE In her clinical practice, Salwen-Deremer had long felt there was more she could do for GI patients. “There’s a very limited number of GI psychologists in the country, and there’s a lot of patient need,” she says.

She would try to see more patients by offering them just a few sessions.

But it was long-term treatment that they really needed, and waitlists were still growing. By the time patients were seen, their symptoms had gotten worse, making treatment more difficult.

Three years ago, Salwen-Deremer said to herself, “Enough is enough,” and began developing group therapy approaches for GI patients.

She started by providing directed hypnotherapy in a virtual group therapy setting. This would retrain GI patients’ brains so that when their guts were doing normal, healthy things, like digesting food, their minds didn’t respond to the gurgling, for example, as if it was the same as the pain caused by their chronic conditions. Later, she launched more groups to provide other kinds of therapies and skill-building guidance, with the help of trainees embedded in her service at DHMC. In 2022, Salwen-Deremer received an award from the Susan and Richard Levy Health Care Delivery Incubator to formally develop and establish the GI Behavioral Health Program at DHMC, devising innovative workflows, content, and delivery mechanisms that improve access to care on a larger scale.

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“ This is a very specialized subfield where we’re working with the direct GI condition and GI symptoms.

Jessica Salwen-Deremer, PhD

Director of Behavioral Medicine at the Walter and Carole Young Center for Digestive Health at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of Medicine at Geisel School of Medicine

“That helped us with a lot of growth, and so it’s just been this steady improvement and increase of the ways that we can help people and the number of providers that we have,” she says.

Now, not only is Salwen-Deremer embedded in DHMC’s GI department, she is also accompanied by another full-time faculty member, a postdoctoral fellow, and an intern.

The program approaches patients with three different kinds of treatment: primary, complementary, and supportive. Primary treatment tackles the physical GI symptoms, using interventions like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or gut-directed hypnotherapy to disrupt the gut-brain connection that normally primes the body for activities like eating and excreting. Complementary treatment targets psychological challenges that interfere with a patient’s ability to manage their disease, such as treating them for panic attacks that they might have whenever they set foot in a hospital. And supportive treatment addresses the complexities of living with a chronic disease, helping patients lead “a life you care about in the context of unpredictable pain or symptoms,” Salwen-Deremer explains. Most sessions are conducted virtually, expanding the reach of the program and allowing patients like Maryland-based Knoepfle to participate.

PAYING IT FORWARD For Knoepfle, this kind of care is as vital as his medical care. Salwen-Deremer, he says, has been a critical part of his ability to navigate the tougher days.

She helps Knoepfle strategize and prepare mentally ahead of difficult surgeries with long recovery times and holds him accountable for skill-building. And now, through the GI Behavioral Health Program, she encourages him to participate in group sessions, where he has tried new therapies and connected with others in similar situations.

“It can help make it a little more normal to realize, hey, I’m not the only one dealing with this,” Knoepfle says. “Even if they have a different diagnosis, they’re still struggling” with similar challenges and can talk about how it affects family, friends, and the ability to live a fulfilling life.

The gift from Knoepfle family business LilaPants is supporting the program expanding its therapeutic offerings, training more clinicians like SalwenDeremer in GI psychology, streamlining access to the program, and supporting patients who may not be covered by insurance.

“If our donations can help anybody who is struggling, they’re worth their weight in gold,” Knoepfle says.

With this expanded support, Salwen-Deremer has already begun conducting trainings around the country about delivering behavioral health care to GI patients. “This is a very specialized subfield where we’re working with the direct GI condition and GI symptoms, and it takes a lot of additional training as a provider,” she says.

“We’re certainly leading the charge,” SalwenDeremer adds, saying that she aims to deliver therapy and training that can be replicated or adapted to circumstances beyond other academic medical systems. “I don’t want to just be a model for how people in other ivory towers can operate. That’s good, but it also means that we’re only reaching the patients who have access to that type of care” due to insurance, location, or other factors.

Matt Knoepfle (left) with his wife Jenny (second from right) and their two daughters, Georgia (second from left) and Lila (right).

To learn more about the Gastrointestinal Behavioral Health Program, contact Matthew Hall at 603-653-0723 or Matthew.R.Hall@hitchcock.org.

Photo courtesy of the Knoepfle family.

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A $14 Million Estate Gift to Revolutionize Digestive Health

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, N.H.

Dartmouth Health and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth have received an estate gift of more than $14 million to transform digestive health at Dartmouth Health’s Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. This bequest from the late Walter and Carole Young is one of the largest gifts in the history of New Hampshire’s only academic medical center.

This gift will enhance patient care; accelerate education, research, and clinical trials; and expand treatment and surgery for many chronic and life-threatening digestive health conditions— solidifying digestive health programs at Dartmouth Health as the most innovative and comprehensive in New England.

“The Youngs’ vision and compassion for this community will resonate through generations, touching the lives of patients, families, and healthcare professionals for years to come,” says Joanne M. Conroy, MD, CEO and president of Dartmouth Health.

To learn more about this transformative estate gift, visit dartgo.org/DigestiveHealthGift.

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“ This gift gives us the ability to operationalize what we believe is the best possible care for patients.

Corey A. Siegel, MD

Director of the Walter and Carole Young Center for Digestive Health, and Professor of Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice at Geisel School of Medicine

SweetGoals COULD INCENTIVES AND COACHING HELP YOUNG ADULTS WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES?

By Ashley Festa

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hen young adults begin leaving home for the first time, they become responsible for managing their lives without parent supervision. For those with type 1 diabetes, a chronic autoimmune disease that requires a complex medical regimen, this independence can put a strain on their health.

“Type 1 diabetes is often one of the most challenging chronic conditions to manage, and young people face unique obstacles when transitioning from pediatric to adult medical care,” says Catherine Stanger, PhD, professor of psychiatry and of biomedical data science at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and a faculty member at the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH) at Dartmouth. “There are lots of things people with type 1 diabetes have to do every day for self-management, especially tracking carbs.”

And, Stanger says, their long-term health is at stake. About 70% to 80% of young people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) don’t meet the benchmark

for healthy blood sugar levels. While they typically get better at glycemic control (blood sugar management) later in adulthood, Stanger explains that there’s a lifetime negative impact from any period of poor glycemic control—a “debt” that cannot be recouped.

This sobering fact was the impetus for Stanger’s work to help young people develop healthy habits early that they can maintain throughout their life. In a national randomized clinical trial, she’s currently testing whether two strategies—either financial incentives or human support through evidence-based health coaching—will help them do just that.

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In the study, all participants, ranging from 19 to 29 years old, use an app that Stanger created called SweetGoals. This app integrates with participants’ diabetes device to set actionable weekly goals. During the six-month intervention, participants are also randomized to receive either additional financial incentives for meeting daily health behavioral goals, or to have live web sessions with a health coach. Some participants receive both financial incentives and coaching. Six months after the intervention ends, Stanger assesses whether the participants have maintained the healthy habits they developed during the intervention.

Stanger hypothesizes that, when supplementing the SweetGoals app, both coaching and financial incentives will independently contribute to improved day-to-day management and overall blood sugar control among high-risk young adults with T1D. “This study uses existing evidence-based interventions, either a structured health coaching curriculum or a financial reward for engaging in clinically proven daily behaviors for healthy glycemic control,” Stanger says.

Stanger anticipates the results will reveal whether coaching or incentives—or both—are most effective. The first participants enrolled in 2021, and results of the study will be available next year.

“We don’t expect perfection in these behavior goals, but participants are building sustainable healthy habits,” she says.

“When the incentive or coaching is removed, we hope they will maintain those habits.”

TRANSLATING DISCOVERIES INTO IMPACT Throughout her career, Stanger has been studying the efficacy of offering incentives along with counseling or coaching support for achieving health goals for people of all ages with many kinds of medical conditions. Some of her earlier work used incentive-based interventions paired with counseling to successfully address adolescent substance use, promoting abstinence and reducing substance use among teens. Her current T1D study is an adaptation of that research.

“The goal of this large clinical SweetGoals trial is to demonstrate powerful efficacy of these interventions and allow us to move to dissemination and implementation,” Stanger

SweetGoals integrates participants’ diabetes device data and gives feedback on actionable weekly goals toward self-management of type 1 diabetes.

Images courtesy of Catherine Stanger.

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“ We don’t expect perfection in these behavior goals, but participants are building sustainable habits.

Catherine Stanger, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and of Biomedical Data Science at the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health and Geisel School of Medicine

says. “There are a number of stages to this kind of work. SweetGoals is the result of a decade of work developed from smaller pilot studies and grants.”

Stanger’s work is housed in Dartmouth’s CTBH, which is funded through the National Institute on Drug Abuse. As the director of CTBH’s pilot core, Stanger facilitates the awards of one-year grants of up to $20,000 for researchers conducting innovative studies on digital interventions for health behaviors, many of which include a focus on substance misuse.

Early-stage discovery science, which puts researchers on the path to earning larger grants from bigger organizations, is often funded through philanthropy, says Lisa Marsch, PhD, CTBH director and the Andrew G. Wallace Professor of Psychiatry and Biomedical Data Science at Geisel. In the digital health landscape, expediting research is critical because technology changes so rapidly. Seed funding provides researchers the flexibility to test

bold ideas and to take risks; to earn federal grants, researchers must already have proof of concept.

“As a center, we have the chance to fund pilot projects that hold lots of promise for digital health, especially mental health and addiction,” Marsch says. “We want to do more than rigorous science.

With more resources, we can also do translational work—getting these technologies into the real world and into people’s lives. The pace of science and interpreting results and implementation is agonizingly slow. Philanthropy is meaningful in accelerating science and the scope of work we can do.”

To learn more about the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, contact Bethany Solomon at 603-646-5134 or Bethany.Solomon@dartmouth.edu.

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SCHOLARSHIPS

A Journey to Emergency Medicine How Geisel Scholarships Shape Medical Careers

By Jeremy Martin

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or Joe Graterol, MD, MED ’15, the dream of becoming a doctor took root early in his childhood. Born in the U.S. to Venezuelan parents, Graterol spent his formative years between Ithaca, N.Y., and Venezuela. In Venezuela, he lived among extended family, and shadowed family members who were physicians. “Seeing so much need firsthand, I really enjoyed the idea of being able to help people through science,” he says.

Yet when it came time to pursue his dream of attending medical school, Graterol faced a seemingly overwhelming obstacle: cost.

“Our family didn’t have much in terms of built-up wealth . . . so when I came back [to the U.S.], I lived with my godparents for a little while,” he says. “I knew a scholarship was the only way that I was going to get through medical school.”

So when the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth offered Graterol the financial aid that made a medical education possible, it was a life-changing opportunity. That support paved the way for him to pursue not only a medical degree but also a career rooted in service to others. “I honestly don’t know where my career would be if I didn’t get a chance to be at Geisel, so I’m very appreciative of the people who made those scholarships possible,” Graterol says.

The Geisel scholarship opened more than just the door to medical education. It empowered Graterol to practice medicine in a way that reflects his values—providing highquality care to marginalized and underserved populations, and inspiring future generations of doctors from similar backgrounds to do the same.

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“ Seeing so much need firsthand, I really enjoyed the idea of being able to help people through science.

Joe Graterol, MD, MED ’15 Emergency Physician

BY THE NUMBERS

Scholarships

60% of Geisel MD students received scholarship support for the 2024– 2025 academic year

$7.1M total amount that Geisel paid out in scholarships for 2024–2025

70% of U.S. medical students graduated with education debt in 2023 (ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES)

“One of the benefits of Geisel is it exposes you to a lot of different clinical contexts,” Graterol explains. “It’s not only working at Dartmouth Hitchcock [Medical Center]. You get a chance to do rotations in a lot of rural and urban areas, too. I did a rotation in Portland, Maine; one in southern New Hampshire; and another in San Francisco.”

Each of these rotations immersed Graterol in new communities and allowed him to see firsthand the diverse ways healthcare is delivered across different populations. It was his rotation in San Francisco and his involvement in The Urban Health Scholars (UHS) program at Geisel that deepened Graterol’s passion for working with underserved urban populations. “We went on trips to Boston, Philadelphia, and elsewhere to learn about health problems specific to urban areas and how different places went about solving them,” he shares.

Through the UHS program, Graterol also helped develop a comprehensive Medical Spanish and Cultural Competency program, with electives, service-learning opportunities, and other enrichment activities for Geisel students, which the school continues to offer. “Spanish conversationally isn’t the same as communicating with Spanish-speaking patients in a medical setting,” he explains.

Now, as an emergency physician in San Francisco, Graterol uses these skills often. “Being in San Francisco, I get to use [Spanish] very regularly while working at the ER and just living in a place with a large Latinx population.”

At Geisel, Graterol not only honed his clinical skills but also gained the values and tools that would define his career. “All the skills—the whole patient-centered approach Dartmouth teaches, the empathetic communication techniques like motivational interviewing—I use to this day and try to teach to all my residents and students,” he says.

Today, as assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Graterol is shaping the next generation of physicians. He mentors young doctors, advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion in medicine, and develops innovative tools to address healthcare disparities. “Much of my work is to find pathways for people with disadvantaged backgrounds to both become physicians and work within emergency medicine,” he says.

Working in the fast-paced emergency rooms of the Bay Area, Graterol sees patients “from a wide array of different backgrounds, with a wide array of different complaints.” He notes that, oftentimes, the emergency room is the gateway to care for marginalized people, who end up going because they’re unable to access care via other avenues. “A lot of what happens in the community is reflected in the ER. Social problems, substance use

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Geisel alum Joe Graterol, MD, MED ’15 (right), with his wife Sara Kibrom, MD, MED ’15, and their son, Noah. Graterol’s journey from Venezuela to emergency medicine in San Francisco exemplifies how Geisel scholarships shape careers dedicated to serving diverse communities.

Image courtesy of Joe Graterol.

disorder, violence—all of this translates to the ER,” he explains. “And I’ve always felt it was important to address the root causes for why people end up in places like the emergency room.”

Graterol’s scholarly work at UCSF tackles those healthcare disparities, focusing on improving services for diverse and marginalized communities.

His research includes co-creating the development of a digital equity dashboard for emergency departments, which addresses inefficiencies in patient care. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he focused his research on vaccination rates among underserved populations.

Graterol’s story is just one example of how Geisel’s scholarship program empowers students to catalyze positive change in healthcare. For the 2024-2025 academic year, Geisel has distributed $7.1 million in need-based scholarships, supporting 60% of Geisel MD students with an average of $38,791 per financial aid recipient in the class of 2028. These scholarships represent far more than

financial assistance; they enable students to realize their dreams and serve communities in need.

“For me, receiving a scholarship was a paramount opportunity,” Graterol reflects. “I know the feeling of having financial hardships and how that can influence a person’s journey. So that’s inspired me to give back in whatever ways I can.”

As Graterol looks toward the future, he hopes that his journey inspires others to pursue careers in medicine, especially those from underserved backgrounds. “Being able to look ahead at someone who’s done what you’re dreaming of doing and knowing it’s possible” is powerful motivation, he says. “I have a lot of people to thank for giving me the opportunity of saying, ‘You can actually do this.’”

To learn more about the impact of scholarships on Geisel students, contact Elizabeth Dollhopf-Brown at 603-646-5792 or Elizabeth.Brown@dartmouth.edu.

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ARE SOME CANCER CELLS PREDESTINED TO SPREAD? Geisel Researchers Aim to Uncover Underlying Cellular Triggers of Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

By Ashley Festa

As a historian might create a family tree to study the relationships between ancestors and descendants, researchers at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth are tracking the lineage of pancreatic cancer cells to discover which ones will become metastatic, spreading to other parts of the body and posing the greatest risk to a patient’s life.

This genealogical information may one day lead to better, more targeted treatments and improved patient outcomes for this highly deadly disease.

“Many patients with pancreatic cancer die due to metastatic disease. But we don’t have a good understanding as to why the disease spreads.

What is different about the cells that leave the pancreas and go elsewhere?” says Aaron McKenna, PhD, assistant professor of molecular and systems biology at Geisel and Dartmouth Cancer Center.

“We’re interested in how tumor cells evolve over time. Our lab has technology that follows how that happens.”

Aaron McKenna, PhD, assistant professor of molecular and systems biology at Geisel and Dartmouth Cancer Center, investigates the cellular lineage of pancreatic cancer with his team, which includes Geisel MD/PhD student Abigail Marshall (left).

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BY THE NUMBERS

Pancreatic Cancer Photo Credit: Yale Rosen

3rd leading cause of all cancer-related deaths in the U.S.

EVOLUTION OF CANCER CELLS To trace the cellular lineage of cancer, McKenna and his team have turned to CRISPR, the revolutionary technology that enables scientists to selectively target and modify a specific DNA sequence in the cells of living organisms.

Since it was first described nearly 15 years ago, CRISPR has led to critical advances across broad swaths of science and medicine—from finding ways to neutralize malaria-causing mosquitos to protecting essential crops such as potatoes and citrus from disease.

McKenna is relying on CRISPR technology to create a genetic “ID tag” that can distinguish between cellular lineages that pose the greatest risk for cancer metastasis and those that do not.

Specifically, McKenna and his team use CRISPR to create breaks in cancer cells’ DNA, which in turn prompt DNA to repair itself. But this repair process is imperfect; those repairs often introduce errors in that cell’s genetic code. As the repaired cell divides and yields a new generation of cells, its daughter cells carry on the introduced “mistakes” in their DNA, too. Over time, these mistakes become the markers that distinguish between different cellular lineages, eventually allowing McKenna to track those genetic ID tags and find out which specific cancer cells will become metastatic.

“With lineage-related technologies [like CRISPR], we’ll be able to ask questions that we couldn’t ask in the past,” McKenna says. “Are there specific groups of cells that will always evolve to become metastatic as dictated by ancestral cells years ago?

Or can cells choose to switch into metastatic cells? Or is this random chance? Currently, we don’t understand the answers to those questions because we haven’t had these lineage trees before. We couldn’t trace the cells’ evolution because we haven’t been able to relate different cells to one another.”

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12.8% five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer patients

3.3% of all new cancer cases are pancreatic, but pancreatic cancer causes 8.5% of all cancer deaths

SOURCES: U.S. NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE’S SURVEILLANCE, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND END RESULTS PROGRAM; AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

Discovering the relationships between parent and daughter cells may reveal the answers to these questions about how cancer metastasizes. McKenna hopes one day scientists can improve cancer treatment by targeting the cause of metastasis: either the subpopulation (the “family”) of cells fated to metastasize, or the switch before they become metastatic, depending on what’s happening within the cells.

“ Without knowing how cells are related, we don’t know how to target treatment, so we’re hopeful that we can track the identities of cells and the ‘family tree’ that relates them all.

Aaron McKenna, PhD

Assistant Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology at Geisel and Dartmouth Cancer Center

“Without knowing how cells are related, we don’t know how to target treatment, so we’re hopeful that we can track the identities of cells and the ‘family tree’ that relates them all,” McKenna explains. “We will be able to ask questions about the cells at the bottom of the tree and all the cells throughout the tree. When it comes to treatment, cell evolution matters.”

BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR PATIENTS Pancreatic cancer currently has a very low five-year survival rate of less than 13%—something that Gail Coleman knows all too well. Pancreatic cancer took the life of Coleman’s mother in 1989, her father in 2002, and her husband, Ken Bruntel, D ’71, in 2009. Coleman’s parents each died within weeks of being diagnosed, and her husband died exactly four months after his diagnosis. After Bruntel died, she thought, “I have to do something about this, to honor his memory and my parents.”

In part because of Bruntel’s connection to Dartmouth as an alum, Coleman visited the Dartmouth Cancer Center and learned about McKenna’s research project, “Mapping the evolution of pancreatic cancer treatment resistance.” Coleman decided to fund the project with a $250,000 donor-advised charitable gift she established in Bruntel’s memory. She is eager to be part of the research, learning about the findings and watching its progress.

“I want to understand,” says Coleman, who has given philanthropic gifts to several institutions to support pancreatic cancer research. “I want to fund projects I think are promising, and I’m especially concerned about metastatic disease, which is what Aaron is researching.” She is hopeful McKenna’s research will one day bring better outcomes to people with pancreatic cancer.

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PANCREATIC CANCER

Donor Gail Coleman with her husband, Ken Bruntel, D ’71, who died in 2009, four months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Image courtesy of Gail Coleman.

“ I want to fund projects I think are promising, and I’m especially concerned about metastatic disease.

Gail Coleman

“Pancreatic cancer needs targeted analysis because patients have abysmal outcomes,” McKenna says.

“That’s why Gail’s gift is so important. Scientists are interested in all types of cancer, but other cancer lab findings can’t necessarily be applied to pancreatic cancer.

lab has already proceeded to the second part of the project: testing that technology in animal models to understand how treatments such as chemotherapy and immunotherapies can target the disease more effectively.

“Each cancer is a different disease, so to make headway in patient outcomes, we must target specific cancers individually. Understanding the evolution of cells is the first step toward better treatment interventions.”

McKenna emphasizes that philanthropy plays an important role in getting research started. “The National Institutes of Health is risk-averse—you need to have done the research already to get NIH funding. Philanthropy allows interesting, early-stage ideas to become impactful.”

The first part of McKenna’s three-year project aims to improve the underlying CRISPR-based technology to ensure that the cell lineages that are revealed are accurate, a goal that has progressed more quickly than anticipated. His

To learn more about research at Dartmouth Cancer Center, contact Erin Shreve at 603-646-5878 or Erin.Shreve@dartmouth.edu.

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Intensive Care on the Fly

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

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y 7:00 am on July 1, 1994, the new air medical transport program at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) was finally ready to take off. Seven minutes later, the helicopter program got its first call—far sooner than Norm Yanofsky, MD, expected.

The original DHART helicopter prepares for takeoff in 1995.

Historical images courtesy of John Hinds.

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“ Any challenge that’s been put in front of DHART, DHART has proven it is up to the task.

John Hinds

DHART paramedic from 1994 to 2024.

Photo taken in 1996.

"We didn’t have high expectations,” says Yanofsky, who was section chief of emergency medicine and medical director of the emergency department at DHMC at the time. Leaders of similar programs had told him not to expect a call the first day—or even week. But on that hot day in July, the helicopter and its crew completed seven missions.

“It was probably the best day in my career,” Yanofsky says, adding that the program’s immediate success was undeniable proof that the newly minted Dartmouth-Hitchcock Air Response Team (DHART) program was sorely needed.

“We’d been working on this for a long time and to see it happen was incredible.”

Now, 30 years later, DHART has become an essential component of healthcare in northern New England. The program completes more than 1,500 missions each year and has reshaped how critical care is delivered to the more than 2 million people living in the twin states of New Hampshire and Vermont, as well as neighboring states.

Over the decades, the program’s scope has expanded to include critical care ground transport. Its new name—Dartmouth Health Advanced Response Team—reflects that expansion. Throughout its many chapters, DHART’s mission has remained

the same: Provide new ways to ensure that every patient in rural northern New England has access to the highest level of care.

“We changed the way that medicine was delivered,” says John Hinds, a paramedic who has served with DHART since the start, and who retired earlier this year. The crew, he says, has continued to be an innovative powerhouse. “Any challenge that’s been put in front of DHART, DHART has proven it is up to the task.”

With that established foundation and a sterling reputation as lifesavers, DHART is now poised to reimagine medical transport in the region once again, with plans underway to become Dartmouth Health’s solution for all kinds of patient transportation.

CRITICAL ACCESS FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES Before DHART came to town, northern New England was one of the only regions in the country without air medical transport. That meant that when someone was injured in a car accident on a hard-to-reach back road, for example, they had to wait— sometimes hours—for paramedics to wind their way through the mountainous, rural terrain on the ground to reach them.

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A BRIEF HISTORY

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Furthermore, the nearest hospital might have just a handful of emergency room staff, with minimal equipment at their disposal, as many small community hospitals lacked critical care resources (and still do). This meant more travel for the patient, sometimes hours more, to DHMC, which is New Hampshire’s only Level 1 trauma center.

In critical care, delays can be the difference between life and death, says Susan Reeves, EdD, RN, CENP, system chief nursing executive of Dartmouth Health, and a former vice president of emergency services and DHART director. “Before there were ways to rapidly get the most critically ill and injured people to definitive care, they often died,” she says. “Without DHART, we would be losing a lot more lives, plain and simple.”

Northern New England’s rural setting presents more than just a remoteness challenge. Sure, helicopters can land on mountaintops or whiz over river valleys. But that same terrain is often cloaked in clouds, which can make it impossible to fly a helicopter many days of the year.

DHART has solved that issue in two ways, both added to the program in 2001: setting up a nimble ground operation to support air transport, and establishing a system of set routes that could be flown on autopilot in cases of little to no visibility.

2001 the year DHART added a ground-mobile intensive care unit

2008 the year DHART established a second base in Manchester, N.H.

These Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) routes are private, so nobody else can use them. They have been scoped out ahead of time to ensure they avoid obstacles, and they are rechecked every two years.

DHART director Mike Mulhern estimates that the IFR routes, the establishment of which was supported by philanthropy, have enabled DHART to reach 40 to 50 more patients each year.

The program’s ground vehicles are equipped as advanced life support (ALS) ambulances. These mobile intensive care units (ICUs) provide DHART-level care when a helicopter can’t fly or for interfacility (hospital to hospital) critical care transport when the speed of the helicopter isn’t needed.

DHART has also added two helicopter bases in partnership with Metro Aviation Inc., an aviation operations company that provides pilots, maintenance, and operations management for the program.

In 2008, the program added a second base in Manchester, N.H. In 2018, DHART began partnering with the University of Vermont Medical Center to operate a helicopter in Burlington, Vermont.

Although DHART primarily covers New Hampshire and Vermont, it also transports patients as far as the Atlantic Ocean in Maine and the Adirondacks in New York, and provides mutual aid in all states bordering Canada to as far south as New York City.

“If you’re going to have an academic medical center in the woods, you need a way to get your patients to you. That’s why the DHART program was born,” Reeves says.

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MORE THAN TRANSPORTATION DHART saves lives with speedy transportation and by providing vital medical care along the way.

Nobody knows this better than Caroline Alley.

In January 2022, Alley suffered from severe hypothermia after getting locked outside in just a bathing suit in frigid Stratton, Vt., after a dip in the hot tub. Within minutes, Alley lost consciousness.

When firefighters found her two hours later, her body temperature had dropped to 73 degrees.

The firefighters quickly realized that she needed a hospital; Alley was running out of time.

Thankfully, DHART soon arrived. En route to DHMC, where a hyperbaric chamber awaited her, paramedics used blood fluid warmers to treat Alley.

She credits this in-air action with saving her life.

“My doctors were shocked I made it,” Alley says. “The DHART team quickly identified the treatment I would need. They were able to start a central line and begin warming my blood, providing me with the critical care I needed until we made it to the hospital. Although my accident led to wounds, skin grafts, and amputated toes, I am able to live my life normally today thanks to their incredible support. They truly are heroes.”

Earlier this year, Alley led a fundraiser for DHART to purchase more advanced blood fluid warmers, one of the many tools DHART paramedics and nurses use in the field.

“We are essentially an extension of the care that you’re getting at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in the back of an ambulance or helicopter,” Mulhern says, referencing DHART’s ability to perform everything from transfusions to intubations to life-saving cardiac support. “The helicopter is set up for a day’s worth of ICU-level care.”

But it wasn’t always that way. “When we first started, I wouldn’t have put in a chest tube. I would never have cut somebody’s throat to keep them breathing. We didn’t give blood,” says Hinds, the paramedic. Over time, the team was entrusted with more sophisticated trauma interventions and trained to deliver ICU-level care—which gives patients like Alley the critical care they need before they arrive at DHMC.

DHART IN YOUR ER When DHART began, the program primarily served as transportation from accident scenes and other clinical facilities to DHMC. But as the medical response team expanded the care they provided on the fly, small hospitals across New Hampshire and Vermont increasingly came to see DHART as a resource to call on for more than just transportation.

“The critical access hospitals in our region are often staffed with one to two nurses, and one provider. Resources are really limited,” says Jess Ryan, RN, MSN, CPHQ, system vice president of care coordination for Dartmouth Health. So DHART has filled the gap in urgent situations.

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Caroline Alley visits the DHART hangar. DHART rescued her in 2022, when she was suffering from life-threatening hypothermia.

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From headquarters at DHMC in Lebanon, N.H., DHART primarily serves communities in New Hampshire and Vermont. But DHART helicopters also regularly fly patients to and from Maine, Massachusetts, and New York, covering mountainous miles within critical minutes.

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in and they were running out of O negative blood. “It was such a relief” when DHART arrived, Ryan says, bringing with them blood supplies and extra, highly skilled hands to stabilize the patients before transporting them to DHMC. “DHART is a helping hand,” Mulhern says. “We can fly out to wherever you are and initiate that same Dartmouth ICU care in your ER or in the back of your ambulance.”

DHART also has a specialized team at the Intensive Care Nursery (ICN) at the Children’s Hospital at DHMC (CHaD) that extends neonatal intensive care beyond the walls of CHaD, New Hampshire’s only children’s hospital. When infants needing complex care are born in facilities that can’t provide it, and when other children across the region are severely ill or injured, DHART and the ICN team are essential to ensuring that they have access to the urgent, specialized care they need to survive.

THE NEXT 30 YEARS OF LIFESAVING CARE

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62 DHART staff members in 2024 (11 FLIGHT PARAMEDICS, 15 FLIGHT NURSES, 8 EMTS, 8 COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALISTS, 2 WHEELCHAIR VAN DRIVERS, 12 PILOTS, 6 HELICOPTER MECHANICS)

Small community hospitals and ambulances are increasingly suffering staffing and resource shortages. Dartmouth Health aims to alleviate that problem by expanding the health system approach and strengthening connections with facilities across the region. To that end, DHART will expand to become the health system’s solution for all kinds of transportation.

“As we build DHART as we know it into a comprehensive transportation system entity, we’re looking at both ends of the spectrum, from the high-need critical care resources that DHART currently provides to the non-acute transfers that we know patients need,” Ryan says.

Currently, DHART focuses on critically injured and ill patients, but there is also a need for transportation that isn’t as urgent: Some patients need help getting home after a hospital stay or simply don’t have a way to get to regular appointments, for example. Under a phased plan supported by a bequest from a grateful patient, Les Haynes, over the next five years DHART will add new ambulances to focus on basic transport, expand the emergency medical team, enhance the critical care transport program, and deepen DHART’s transportation operations in southern New Hampshire and Vermont. The expansion will mirror how Dartmouth Health operates, evolving with the system to integrate existing patient transportation programs at member hospitals and clinics into the DHART program to better facilitate healthcare in northern New England.

“We changed how critical care is delivered in northern New England 30 years ago,” says Mulhern. “And now we’re changing rural healthcare again.”

To learn more about DHART and future plans for the program, contact Matthew Hall at 603-653-0723 or Matthew.R.Hall@hitchcock.org.

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DHART Receives $6.7 Million Estate Gift to Transform Program

DHART team members transport a patient at the DHMC emergency department in 2016.

Les Haynes knew the power of medical transportation. On multiple occasions, his life was saved by the quick action of DHART. This year, Dartmouth Health announced a $6.7 million estate gift from Haynes that will initiate a phased expansion of DHART that stands to transform the program’s ability to reach patients across northern New England.

With Haynes’ gift, DHART can become Dartmouth Health’s solution to patient transportation at all levels, expanding beyond critical care to ensure everyone in northern New England can access the care they need.

To learn more about planned giving, contact Katherine Blackman at 603-646-5808 or Katherine.D.Blackman@hitchcock.org, or visit dhgeiselplannedgiving.org.

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Advocating for

By Ashley Festa

Dartmouth Health Children’s Leads Regional Partnership to Advocate for Kids’ Complete Well-being

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artmouth Health Children’s pediatric residents began to note that their patients have tooth decay, and though not dentists, these physicians-in-training are primed to care for the whole patient. Using the advocacy skills they learned in the Dartmouth Health Children’s Community Pediatrics curriculum, they discovered that parents sometimes struggled to access a dentist to manage their child’s oral health.

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Pediatric Advocacy Late last year, several of those residents devised an oral health pilot project to fill the gap when a dentist wasn’t readily available. A limited rollout of the project has begun at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), in which residents and other trained providers use silver diamine fluoride to stop dental cavities from progressing. The residents emphasize that they aren’t replacing dentists, but instead they are helping to temporarily mitigate the shortage of dental providers in the region.

“Silver diamine fluoride is a stopgap; we’re treating [cavities] to buy time for children who don’t have a dentist or are on a waiting list to see a dentist,” says Jane Higley, DO, a second-year pediatrics resident at DHMC. “Some families are focused on social needs, such as their living situation and food insecurity, and these parents might prioritize doctor visits over dental visits. So we incorporate a basic oral health assessment into our standard physical exam for well-child checks.”

The oral health project is one of many advocacy projects developed by Dartmouth Health Children’s residents and highlighted through the Northern New England Advocacy Collaborative (NNEAC), a partnership among pediatric residency programs in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine, and the states’ chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Through NNEAC, residency programs in all three states share knowledge and ideas from their programs’ advocacy curricula.

Dartmouth Health Children’s residents presented this project and others in September at NNEAC’s seventh annual summit, where attendees share successes and strategies to improve the lives of children in the region—helping to address the social, economic, and safety issues that accompany comprehensive pediatric health. This year, Dartmouth Health Children’s residents also presented about school mental health integration, child passenger safety, transgenderaffirming care, reducing gun violence, and other topics.

“As pediatricians, we see the human face of social systems that don’t work very well, such as housing insecurity, food insecurity, and transportation problems. Advocacy is the avenue to address those issues outside the healthcare system,” says Dartmouth Health Children’s pediatrician Steve Chapman, MD, medical director of NNEAC and the Boyle Community Pediatrics Program, and assistant professor of pediatrics at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.

“We’re speaking alongside those whose voices aren’t heard to help create systemic change.”

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20+ times Dartmouth Health Children’s residents have lobbied legislators

12 op-ed pieces by Dartmouth Health Children’s residents published in regional newspapers

TRAINING LIFELONG CHILD HEALTH ADVOCATES NNEAC facilitates collaboration among pediatric departments from hospital systems across the region as they develop and share curricula that are culturally sensitive and community-specific to northern New England, support community projects and legislative advocacy, engage community partners, promote mentorship among faculty and residents to foster advocacy skills, and train pediatricians to become lifelong child-health advocates.

For example, “Our gun lock project involves providing free cable locks to families in our outpatient pediatrics clinics at DHMC and Heater Road, our psychiatry clinic, and the emergency department,” says Ariel Hartman, MD, a secondyear pediatrics resident at DHMC. Hartman notes that efforts go beyond providing prevention tools like this. Through education efforts involving programs such as CALM (Counseling on Access to Lethal Means), she is working to engage other

pediatricians in learning to counsel families about gun safety.

“Firearm-related violence is a major public health issue affecting our children,” Hartman says. “I hope I can provide residents with education and encouragement to talk about this issue with families and how they can best protect children from firearm-related harm.”

The Dartmouth Health Children’s pediatric residency program also trains learners on legislative advocacy skills so they will be prepared to write opinion pieces or testify before state legislators on ideas to improve the lives of children and families.

For example, physicians can screen patients for food insecurity, but Chapman notes: “Wouldn’t it be great to also have a school lunch program or a summer program that provides resources through schools for healthy meals?”

Pediatricians can advocate for such programs at the state level—and Dartmouth Health Children’s prepares its residents to do that successfully.

Steve Chapman, MD, medical director of the Northern New England Advocacy Collaborative, a pediatrician at Dartmouth Health Children’s, and Boyle Chair in Advocacy and Community Pediatrics at Geisel School of Medicine, examines 5-year-old patient, Serenity, with her mom, Paradise.

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The Dartmouth Health Children’s pediatric residency curriculum includes an annual mock testimony session, attended by several New Hampshire legislators who help residents review the legislative agenda and identify key issues that affect children. The residents practice giving testimony, and they receive guidance on how to effectively share their clinical observations with legislators.

“I went with residents to the statehouse and met with a lobbyist group, and we talked through bills relevant to us and they coached us on how to advocate,” says KC Kelly, MD, a second-year pediatrics resident at DHMC who is also part of the oral health project. “We set up meetings with two state senators and two state representatives to discuss our thoughts on bills we wanted them to advocate for or vote against. We also met New Hampshire Gov. Sununu.”

STRONGER PEDIATRICIANS, STRONGER PATIENTS Advocacy work is beneficial for both children and physicians, Chapman says. “Residents come in with such passion and energy to create a better world for kids and families, and advocacy is some of the best burnout prevention there is,” he says. “It can make you angry to see kids struggling with something that’s preventable, and that causes burnout.

But working with others to advocate for these families is energizing.”

“It’s easy to get excited about advocating for kids because you’re helping people without a voice of their own,” Higley says. “I think advocacy is crucial to being a pediatrician.

Our program does a great job of allowing us to develop and practice those skills.”

“ You’re helping people without a voice of their own. . . . Advocacy is crucial to being a pediatrician.

Jane Higley, DO

Second-Year Pediatrics Resident at DHMC

Advocacy education at Dartmouth Health Children’s is made possible by funding from the Boyle Community Pediatrics Program, which was established 25 years ago through donations spearheaded by Jane and Bill Stetson. The Stetsons and William Boyle Jr., MD, emeritus professor of pediatrics, created the Boyle program to help address family and community issues that affect children’s well-being.

“NNEAC is possible because of philanthropy,” Chapman says, noting that a donation from Selma Bornstein—the wife of the late Murray Bornstein, a Dartmouth College alumnus and former DH neuroscientist—funds a large portion of NNEAC summits. NNEAC also received support from Suzanne Boulter, MED ’66, and Philip Boulter, MED ’64, both Dartmouth Medical School alumni. “It’s only through philanthropic support that we can create these opportunities and connections to open up that advocacy space and address equity problems.”

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To learn more about the Northern New England Advocacy Collaborative or pediatric care at Dartmouth Health Children’s, contact Polly Antol at 603-646-5316 or Polly.Antol@hitchcock.org.

ADVANCING CARE at Member Hospitals

In the past year, hospitals across Dartmouth Health have received critical support to bolster the wellness of communities in northern New England. Here are a few examples of how philanthropy can help ensure our patients and their families receive the highest-quality care when and where they need it.

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Vision 2020 Achievements and Milestones › Southwestern Vermont Medical Center Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) advanced its Vision 2020 campaign by renovating its emergency department and made progress toward a new Hoyt-Hunter Cancer Center.

The campaign’s first phase is nearly complete with the opening of the new Kendall Emergency Department, the Richard and Pamela Ader Foundation lobby, the Marro Café, and updated lab and imaging waiting rooms. The emergency department’s capacity has now doubled to nearly 25,000 annual visits to support a growing patient population.

Support for a new cancer center has been fueled by both community contributions and support from

the Hoyt and Hunter families. Nearly $9 million has been raised toward its $10 million goal, with plans to break ground next spring. The new facility will expand treatment and infusion spaces for patient comfort and family support.

“Vision 2020 is a decade of transformation, and we are proud of the community’s support that has brought us this far. Our goal is to elevate the level and quality of care available to the communities we serve by creating a healing environment that not only meets the medical needs of our patients but also supports their families during challenging times,” says Leslie Keefe, vice president of corporate development at SVMC.

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MEMBER UPDATES

Revolutionizing Holistic Care and Provider Support › Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital (APD) recently received a transformative $4 million investment from The Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation. This landmark gift establishes an endowed fund dedicated to integrating medical, social, and behavioral health services for patients with complex needs.

This endowment enables APD to embed into primary care a comprehensive support system of social workers, recovery specialists, behavioral health providers and other specialists. By addressing the full spectrum of patients’ needs, APD can deliver more holistic, well-rounded care for its patients. This endowment will also address the pressing issue of provider burnout. A dedicated team of specialists will help to alleviate the pressure on primary care physicians, allowing them to focus on their core roles while ensuring comprehensive care for their patients. “This investment allows us to provide compassionate, integrated care to some of our most vulnerable patients, significantly enhancing both patient outcomes and provider support,” says Susan E. Mooney, MD, MS, FACOG, president and CEO of APD. This initiative underscores APD’s commitment to addressing the unique challenges facing underserved populations and exemplifies their forward-thinking approach to healthcare that will serve the community for years to come.

Image courtesy of Hologic.

A Matching Gift for Breast Cancer Care › New London Hospital New London Hospital (NLH) celebrated its 98th Annual Hospital Days in August with a notable $100,000 fundraising milestone, amplified by a matching gift from the Burkehaven Family Foundation. This will fund crucial technology to perform in-house diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer.

Previously, NLH breast cancer patients with complex cases often had to be referred elsewhere or wait while biopsy samples were processed off-site. The acquisition of this new equipment—the Hologic Trident HD Specimen Radiography System—will enable timely and advanced care for patients. This system ensures that breast tissue markers are captured, margins are clear, and targeted calcifications are visible during breast-conserving surgeries or stereotactic breast biopsies. It provides high-quality images to make informed clinical decisions, enhancing patient care in the Kearsarge and Lake Sunapee regions.

“This investment will provide access to compassionate, cutting-edge breast health care,” says Bonnie Smith, NLH director of diagnostic imaging. “We’re not just investing in equipment but in the community’s well-being.”

Irfan Alibhai, president of the Burkehaven Family Foundation, says, “So many of us either know or have known someone whose life has been touched by breast cancer. We hope this gift inspires others to give generously to support this initiative.”

To learn more about Dartmouth Health’s member hospitals, contact Hilary Davis at 603-646-5910 or Hilary.R.Davis@hitchcock.org.

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Thank You

DONORS

As we reflect on the past year culminating on June 30, 2024, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to you, our donors: an impressive group of more than 18,313 individuals, foundations, and corporations who together have given a remarkable $64.4 million to the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and Dartmouth Health.

Your generosity drives meaningful change. Your contributions fuel research, fund innovation, enhance education for our students and learners, provide essential services for children and families, ease the burden for cancer patients, support vulnerable communities in rural areas, promote volunteerism, and address urgent healthcare needs today and for generations to come.

We are proud to recognize those who have made gifts or commitments of $1,000 or more between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024. While our space limitations prevent us from personally acknowledging each and every donor, we are deeply grateful for every single gift. No matter the size, each contribution propels our mission forward and impacts countless lives. Your unwavering support strengthens our work, and the compassion behind your donations is an inspiration to us all.

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The Barley House, LLC Dr. Erin R. Barnett and Anthony R. Barnett The Barrette Family Fund Martha Bartsch Mr. and Mrs. Alan J. Bartunek Dr. Allen E. and Wanda L. Bassler Narain Batra & Varsha Batra The Baupost Group, LLC David N. Baxter Jeffrey Baxter & Gaylen Baxter Morreen Bayles Frank Baylis David and Brenda Beardsley Dr. Brian A. Beattie Stephen Beaufoy Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Beck Mr. and Mrs. Timothy H. Beck Bill and Mary Ann Becker Bedford Ambulatory Surgical Center, LLC Dr. Geraldine and Thomas Bednash Dr. Walter Stewart Beecher Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Begor BeiGene Rockwell D. Bell* Peter Benik & Melissa BakerBenik Steve and Cinny Bensen Benson Woodworking Co. Dr. Henry Berger Charles Bergeron Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Berkowitz Herbert Berlejung & Mary Berlejung Dr. and Ms. Norman B. Berman Phillip Berman & Kristin Berman Dr. Kirk P. Bernadino Edward C. Bernard Mary Bernier Drs. Steven L. Bernstein and Carol L. Barsky Gail W. Berry, MD Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Berube Sandra C. Besas Paul Biebel Lawrence Biegelsen Beverly Bierer & William Bierer Dr. and Mrs. William Bihrle III Seth Bilazarian Bill and Bonny LeVine Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William H. Binney Bio Cell Team Bio X Cell

Mrs. Carolyn S. Bird Lloyd Bixby & Laurie Bixby Blackbaud Giving Fund Ruth and Peter Bleyler Drs. George Blike and Rebecca Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan F. Block Robert Blonigen and Brenda Blonigen Shannon and Ross Blouin Martin J. Blumberg BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund Donald Bobo Peter R. Bodtke Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc Jeffrey R. Boffa and Michele R. Martinez Campbell Dr. Robert Cyril Bollinger, Jr. and Jessica Lyn Mendoza Alicia Bolze & Stephen Bolze Christian Bonesso & Christine Bonasso Mrs. Murray Bornstein Dr. Niranjan Bose and Lea Fields The Boston Foundation Stefano Bottega Brian Boulay & Erica Boulay Drs. Philip and Suzanne Boulter Mr. and Mrs. Gerald G. Bowe Bringing the Outside World Inside Foundation Frank and Mardi Bowles Tawnya L. Bowles Steve Boyce Steven H. Boyle Timothy Boyle Bill and Susan Boyle Dr. Elizabeth P. Bradley Charles Bralver and Belinda Bralver Mr. and Mrs. Barney L. Brannen, III Dr. Mark G. Brauning Eckhard Brause & Nancy Brause The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Inc. Thomas F. and Patricia A. Brennan Benjamin Bridges & Tina Bridges Dr.* and Mrs. Donald K. Brief Eric Brief Mr. and Mrs. Stanley J. Bright Todd Brinton Kathleen S. Briscoe Bristol-Myers Squibb Company *Deceased

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Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc. John Britton & Martha Zeiger Peter Brock and Anna Kondolf Dr. Carlene H. Broderick Dr. Mark J. Brodkey Anne B. Brodrick Howard Brodsky & Joan Talarico Jerome & Marlene Brody Foundation, Inc. Marlene Brody Dr. Mark W. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Scott S. Brown Stephanie Brown Elizabeth Browne Drs. Keith R. and Christine J. Bruno Mark Bruzzi Charitable Foundation of the Bryant Chucking Grinder Company The Buchanan Family Foundation Lucas Buchanan Rodney and Sandra Buck Jay Buckey & Sarah Buckey James Buckley Thomas Buerger & Helen Buerger Mr. and Mrs. James Bullion Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Burgess Estate of Mary J. J. Burnham Donald Burns Mr. and Mrs. Patrick A. Burns Peter Burrage & Joi Carter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Burrage Burroughs Wellcome Fund Burrows Foundation Dr. and Mrs. David C. Bush Adam Bushey Mr. and Mrs. Morris E. Butterfield Harry and Nancy Byrd Dorothy Byrne

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C&S Charities, Inc. Cabbadetus Foundation Karen Calby Dr. David W. Caldwell Calex Environmental, LLC Robert and Cynthia Campbell The Canaday Family Charitable Trust Kenneth Canfield

Canine Cancer Alliance Daniela E. C. Ligett John Carey and Lisa Baldez Dr. Bekki S. Carlin Susan Carlton Dr. Robert M. Carolan Mrs. Donna G. Carpenter Jennifer L. Carter Michael Carter Gregory Casciaro Casella Waste Systems, Inc. Paul A. Centenari Pierre Chabot Marianne Chaikin George Chait and Hope Damon Amy Chan & Daniele Casarotto G. Donald Chandler and Michelle Chandler Drs. Steven H. Chapman and Catherine D. Shubkin Eunice Chen Mary Chen Chester Police Department Drs. Ambrose and Yvonne Y. Cheung Chicago Trading Group Llc Child’s Play Charity Drs. Homer L. S. Chin and Xubo Song Stacey Chiocchio & Nick Chiocchio Michael A. Choukas Christian Party Rental Byong Uk Chung* Dr. Kyung H. Chung Shihwan Chung Church of the Good Shepherd Foundation Dr. Edmund Chute and Harriett Ankeny Chute Mr. and Reverend Charles M. Ciambra George Ciavola & Diane Ciavola CIGNA Foundation Claremont Savings Bank Foundation Drs. Jane R. Clark and Jonathan P. Gertler Mary Ann Clark Sue Clark & Gene Clark Andrew Cleeland & Jacquelyn Cleeland Charles Clement Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc. Jeff Closs Dr. David Cloutier Whitney Cloutier Clovis Foundation

Club Alpine, Inc. - Jeanne D’Arc Womens Auxillary Mrs. Fred Cluthe Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Northern New England, Inc. Dr. Jeffrey Cohen and Renee Vebell Susan N. Cohen* Leslee Ann Cohen-Zubkoff and Dr. Mike Zubkoff Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell D. Cohn Joseph Colby Thomas and Barbara Cole Curtis Coleman Gail V. Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Adam and Tracey Collins Charles Collins Ruth Anne Collins Collision Works, Inc. Ann Colony Combined Jewish Philanthropies Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts Community National Bank Conant High School Concept 2, Inc. Conifer Health Solutions Michael E. Conti Convent General Knights of the York Cross of Honour Jim Coogan Dr. Kathryn S. Cook Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Cooney, Jr CO-OP Food Store Mr. and Mrs. Hans R. Copeland Art Copoulos Dr. Ira Byock and Yvonne Corbeil Estate of Eleanor and Norris Cotton The Couch Family Foundation Richard and Barbara Couch Mary Crathern Fred and Sophia Crawford Frederick B. Cressman Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America Dr. and Mrs. Jack L. Cronenwett E. J. Cross Foundation Dr. and Mrs. John F. Crowe Judy and Tom Csatari Sean Cullen Robert Cummings & Associates, P.L.L.C. Dr. Sandra J. Cunningham

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Philip and Jane Currier Christofer Curven and Kristyn Wallace Cushman Lumber Company Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Cushman The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

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Anthony C. Daigle and Julie M. Stevenson Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. D’Alelio Christopher J. Daly Dr. and Mrs. Aristotle J. Damianos Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Research Fund Dana Patterson 1991 Revocable Trust Drs. William S. Danford and Nancy J. Pettinari Dr. Irene Dankwa-Mullan Mr. and Mrs. Craig D. Darling Darlings Auto Repair, Inc. Joseph Darrah Dartmouth Class of 1974 Dartmouth College Dartmouth Transportation Co., Inc. Bruce Davis H. Davis Lois G. de la Peña* Temis de la Peña Abbott de Rham Dead River Company Dealer Solutions & Design Dr. and Mrs. Ralph A. DeFronzo, Jr. Michael DeGenring & Sheryl DeGenring Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Delawder Lauren Deloach Delta Air Lines Foundation The Denver Foundation Paul Deranian Gwendolyn G. Descognets Gregory Desmarais Brown Furniture R. Paul Detwiler Devine, Millimet and Branch, P.A. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse F. Devitte William E. Dewhirst, MD and Patricia G. Dewhirst DHMC Security Department Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Di Mauro Pamela Diamantis

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Sandra Dickau Estate of Closey F. Dickey S. Whitney Dickey* Donald E. Dickie* Dr. and Mrs. Archie W. Dickinson The Hon.* and Mrs. Joseph A. DiClerico Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Diebold Susan Diesel & William Lyons Renamarie DiMuccio & Robert DiMuccio The Dirty Project. LTD. Dividers Plus Inc Eugene J. Dixon Mr. and Mrs. Marvin A. D’Lugo Trey and Amy Dobson Joy Dodds Tasneem Dohadwala & Mustali Dohadwala Francis X. Dolan Elizabeth Dollhopf-Brown and Joshua Brown Dr. and Mrs. Emil R. Dominguez, Jr Sarah S. Donaldson, MD Drs. Alan E. Donnenfeld and Karen L. Straus Drs. Eric D. and Marleen B. Donnenfeld Matthew Donovan and Anne Donovan Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Dooley Celestina Dooley-Jones & Joseph Dooley Downs Rachlin Martin, PLLC Patricia M. Doykos Dr. David Doyle Donald Drakeman & Lisa Drakeman Michael Draznik Bruce M. Dresner Thomas Drury-Wang Dryer Management Company Dr. Kathleen Ryman Dube Michael D. Dude Jean M. Dulude Dr. Elizabeth A. Kelley and Robert H. Dumanois Peter Dupret

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Katie Eaton Elizabeth H. Eccles Dr. Thomas S. Echeverria John Eckels & Nicholas Daniels Jennifer Eddy & Thomas Eddy Editas Medicine

Tracy Edmonson Edward A Bond Foundation Edward Lappen Foundation Brian Edwards & Susan Edwards David Edwards & Colleen Edwards Margaret Edwards and David Green Michael Edwards & Jennifer Edwards Patricia M. Edwards, MD FAAP Edwin S Webster Foundation Chris D’92 and Sara D’93 Ehrlich Eric and Susan Eichler Eisai Inc. Dr. David Eisner Eduardo Elejalde Elia Philanthropies FKA the Kiva Foundation Midge and Tim Eliassen Elliot Perry Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ellis Pierre Ellis Marilyn Ellsworth, RN and Robert M. Ellsworth, MD Margery and Stuart Elsberg Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Emerson, Jr. Robert Emmelkamp John S. Engelman Enterprise Holdings Foundation Epic Systems Corporation Epping Police Union Keondae Ervin Mr. and Mrs. Joel C. Eshbaugh Mallory Eshbaugh Simon Etzel & Jennifer FarmerEtzel EverGreen Capital Partners, LLC Excelestar Ventures Executive Building Systems, Inc.

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Dr. and Mrs. William E. Falk Fall Mountain Soccer Melissa Farina Pamela S. Farkas and Andrew S. Paul Frances Faro Dr. Thomas J. Farrell William T. Farrell Violetta and Quentin Faulkner Dr. and Mrs. John V. Federico Susan and Barry Feinberg Roger B. Feldman Dr. Heather L. Feltmate Stacy Ferris

Fiddlehead Brewing Company Mr. and Mrs. Lennie D. Fillius Finding Our Stride The Fine and Greenwald Foundation, Inc. Ari S. Fingeroth Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Fingeroth Fireside Inn & Suites - West Lebanon Victoria Fish & Hugh Huizenga Peter and Shimae Fitzgibbons George E. Flather Florence S. Mahoney Foundation, Inc. Peter Folger Forbes Tavern and Events LLC Keith M. Ford John Patrick Formella and Dr. Nancy A. Formella Kim Fortin Foss Family Foundation Lois R. Foss Tim Foss The Sylvester and Stanhope Foster Foundation Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Foundry Innovation and Research 1, LTD Dr. Diane Louise Fountas Four Seasons Sotheby’s International Realty Nancy A. Fournier, CPA and Kim A. Levitch Joan P. Fowler* Kristie Fox Clancy France & Kristina France Peter Francis Amber Francoeur Patricia J. Frankenfield Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Frauton Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Frawley Freeh Group International Solutions LLC The Hon. and Mrs. Louis J. Freeh Christine Freitas & Robert Freitas Kenneth R. and Vickie A. French Drs. Peter N. Friedensohn and Patricia T. Hopkins Thomas R. Block and Marilyn F. Friedman Mr. and Mrs. James J. Fronheiser Dr. and Mrs. Allan R. Frost Drs. M. Allen Fry and Jennifer J. Brokaw

Carolyn and Milton Frye Dr. Ann Furtado

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Eva Galka & David Holub Dr. Tisha Gallanter Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Gallerani Stephen J. Galli, MD and Anne S. Galli Peter Gamble Sidharta Gangadharan & Jennifer Gangadharan Dr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Gardner Garland Lumber Company, Inc. Dr. Theodore H. Gasteyer, II The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Gateway for Cancer Research Dr. Michael S. Gazzaniga Dr. Robert Gelfand Genentech, Inc. Mark Gent GEOKON, Inc. The Gerber Foundation Brian Germaine Tillman Gerngross & Sylvia Richards Stacey T. Gerrish Mohsen Gharib & Susan Gharib David Gibbons & Laurel Gibbons Lenny and Elizabeth Gibson Virginia Giddings Gilberte Interiors, Inc. Jennifer Gilkie and Derek Lucci Carrie Gillespie Steven and Anne Gillis Laura Gilman Mrs. Molly B. Gilmore Patrick Ginn & Susanne Krasovich Sonny Glasgow Global Forest Partners LP Global Rescue LLC Goffstown Police Association Mr. and Mrs. Justin Gold Michael Gold William Goldberg William Goldman Foundation Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Susan Gonino & David Gonino Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey P. Goodell Mrs. Nina Goodheart Google *Deceased

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Health Leaders Circle Annual support is the foundation of excellence for our academic medical enterprise.

We gratefully acknowledge the donors who have become members of our Health Leaders Circle through their annual gifts of $5,000 or more to priority funds at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Cancer Center, or Dartmouth Health Children’s.

For more information about joining the Health Leaders Circle, contact Cate Meno at 603-646-5794 or Cate.Meno@hitchcock.org, or visit DHGeiselGiving.org/HLC.

Anonymous (19) ——— Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Alexanian Mary Allan & Donald Allan Dr. and Mrs. R. Maxwell Alley Professor and Mrs. Howard M. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. David S. Andrews ——— Mr. and Mrs. William J. Baldasaro Tracy Banks Janet Bantly The Barrette Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Timothy H. Beck Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Begor Edward C. and Ellen Bernard Drs. Steven L. Bernstein and Carol L. Barsky Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Berube Ruth and Peter Bleyler Dr. Niranjan Bose and Lea Fields Drs. Philip and Suzanne Boulter Dr. Elizabeth P. Bradley Mr. and Mrs. Barney L. Brannen, III Rodney and Sandra Buck Dorothy Byrne ——— Daniela E. C. Ligett Susan Carlton Mrs. Donna G. Carpenter Drs. Homer L. S. Chin and Xubo Song Dr. Kyung H. Chung Whitney Cloutier Susan N. Cohen* Leslee Ann Cohen-Zubkoff and Dr. Mike Zubkoff Thomas and Barbara Cole Dr. Joanne M. Conroy Dr. Kathryn S. Cook Roger Cooke & Joan Cirillo Richard and Barbara Couch Mary Crathern Judy and Tom Csatari ——— Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. D’Alelio Temis de la Peña R. Paul Detwiler Francis X. Dolan Drs. Eric D. and Marleen B. Donnenfeld Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Dooley

Dr. David Doyle Michael D. Dude Jean M. Dulude ——— Margaret Edwards and David Green Eric and Susan Eichler Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ellis Marilyn Ellsworth, RN and Robert M. Ellsworth, MD John S. Engelman ——— Pamela S. Farkas and Andrew S. Paul Violetta and Quentin Faulkner Dr. and Mrs. John V. Federico Susan and Barry Feinberg Keith and Linda Forrest Lois R. Foss Kenneth R. and Vickie A. French Thomas R. Block and Marilyn F. Friedman Mr. and Mrs. James J. Fronheiser Carolyn and Milton Frye ——— Stephen J. Galli, MD and Anne S. Galli Peter Gamble David Gibbons & Laurel Gibbons Wayne and Deborah Granquist Sally and Al Griggs Dick Grossman and Elaine Warshell ——— Matt Haag and Bill Schaefer Dr. Bonnie Henderson and Edward Henderson John H. and Thelma K. Hewitt Dr. Roberta L. Hines and Mr. Jerome Liebrand Dr. P. Jack Hoopes and Dr. Vicki J. Scheidt Richmond Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. Stuart H. Hoskins Thomas and Julia Hull Matt Hurley ——— Barbara H. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Patrick F. Jordan, III ——— Timothy Keane Geoff and Alix Klingenstein

Dr. Alexander S. Kloman and Danielle A. Dyer David and Deborah Knopman ——— Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Ladd Steven D. Leach, MD and Kathryn B. Kirkland, MD Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. LeBlanc Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. LeLievre Mary C. Liston* Mike and Nancy Loucks Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Loudon Drs. Klaus and Patricia Lubbe ——— Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Mackay Mr. and Mrs. Vincent S. Maddi Martha Mahoney Sadler and Ray Sadler Nancy Marion Drew and Susan Matter Dr. Loyd A. West and H. Sloane Mayor Mr. and Mrs. William W. McCarten Drs. Seth McClennen and Martha C. Wu Elizabeth Ann McGee Jane Kitchel McLaughlin Peter McLaughlin Scott R. Merrow Carolyn and Peter Mertz Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Milne Marion Mohri & William Mohri Lawrence J. Morgan Jennifer Moyer William and Anne Moyle ——— Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Nichols ——— Brant Oliver & Rebecca Malila David and Mary Otto Marilyn M. Paganucci Anthony Paravati & Teresa Paravati David and Jill Paul Melinda and Norman Payson Carolyn Peter Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Pierce Winthrop D. and Mundy W. Piper Charles Plimpton and Barbara Nyholm Drs. Richard Powell and Roshini Pinto-Powell

——— Susan A. and David W. Reeves Andrea Reimann-Ciardelli and Dr. Thomas L. Ciardelli Dr. and Mrs. John E. Richards Jr. Margaret and Matt Rightmire Mr. and Mrs. Dana R. Robes Rebecca Y. Robinson Linda and Rick Roesch ——— Emory W. and Briton B. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Schleicher Lea Schneider & Richard Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Schnitzer David Schoop & Debbie Schoop Joseph and Nannette Schwartzman Eric R. Schwarz Mr. John K. Seaver Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Shackford Kathryn Simonds Kathleen and Robert Snyder Paula Ness Speers and Mark S. Speers Mr. and Mrs. Biria D. St. John Ed and Amy Stansfield Kimberly & Peter Stern Mr. and Mrs. Bayne Stevenson Sophia Stone ——— Paul Taheri & Kay Taheri Mildred N. Thayer Drs. Craig B. and Tullia Thompson Dr. and Ms. Andrew T. Torkelson Peter Tuxen ——— Jim and Cindy Varnum ——— Lucy R. Waletzky, MD Aaron Watanabe John Watanabe Allan Waters and Kathleen Little Mr. and Ms. Robert F. White Jennifer A. and Stanton N. Williams Debra L. Williamson Dr. Karen Wohlen-Organick and Joseph M. Organick Dr. Sandra L. Wong ——— Katie Zinn

*Deceased

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Leane Matchem and Stuart Gordon Goss-Logan Insurance Agency, Inc. Daniel Gottlieb David and Karen Gould Goulston & Storrs Granite State Plumbing & Heating, LLC Granite State Poker Alliance Granite United Way Wayne and Deborah Granquist Robert Graziano & Sallie Graziano The Greater Kansas City Community Foundation Green Mountain Foundation, Inc. Dr. William R. and Kathy A. Green The Greenspan Foundation Susan Rosie Greenstein and Lewis Greenstein Kathy and Judd Gregg The Grey Rocks Foundation, Inc. Griffin Construction LLC Hugh and Shana Griffiths Lori Griffiths Sally and Al Griggs Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation Kathryn Griswold Marlyn E. Grossman and family Dick Grossman and Elaine Warshell Drs. C. Robertson McClung and Mary Lou Guerinot Alexander S. Guida, III Thomas Guidi & Karen Guidi Gulf Coast Community Foundation

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H. P. Cummings Construction Co. Matt Haag and Bill Schaefer Mr. and Mrs. Rudolf K. Haerle, Jr Dr. Tenagne W. Haile-Mariam Barbara F. Hall Barbara and Thomas Hall William Hallager Hampshire Fire Protection Co., LLC Robert Hance & Marietta Hance Bonnie Handke Philip J. Hanlon and Gail M. Gentes

Deborah L. Hannam Ian Hannam Hanover Hockey Association Gail and Stuart Hanson Mary Hanson & Robert Hanson Dr. William D. Harley Dr. and Mrs. Allan C. Harrington Cole Harris Robert and Julia Harris Dr. and Mrs. James M. Hartford Lori R. Hartglass and Ralph J. Schwan Harvey Construction Corporation Katherine Harvey Greg W. Hausler Barry Hayes Leslie M. Haynes* Drs. Arthur P. Hays and Eugenia T. Gamboa Donald Hayward & May Hayward Peter Hedstrom & Mary Ruth Hedsrtom Ronald Heier & Pamela Heier The Henderson Family Foundation Dr. Bonnie Henderson and Edward Henderson Hendricks/Felton Foundation Bruce Herd Staci A. Hermann Kenneth L. Herrmann Sharon Herrmann & William Herrmann Allan Herschlag & Cathleen Furlong Ronne and Donald Hess Foundation John H. and Thelma K. Hewitt HHP, Inc. Jennifer C. Higgins Dr. Simon C. Hillier and Mrs. Kimberley Hillier Hinckley Allen Carol Hines Richard Hines Dr. Roberta L. Hines and Mr. Jerome Liebrand Jon Hirschtick The Hitchcock Foundation John Hodgson & Dinah Hodgson Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Hoisington Estate of Helen H. Holland Mr. and Mrs. Romer Holleran Dr. Alison Holmes and Michael Holmes Madeleine Homes

Charles H. Hood Foundation Dr. P. Jack Hoopes and Dr. Vicki J. Scheidt Hank and Lynn Hopeman Foundation, Inc. Richmond Hopkins Jeffrey L. Horrell and Rodney Rose Mr. and Mrs. Stuart H. Hoskins Darrell A. Hotchkiss Dr. John Houde and Jennifer Rybeck Kenneth Houston & Cecily Houston Mrs. Cecilia L. Hoyt Christopher Hubble & Julie Hubble Daniel Hudnut & Lynn Sheldon Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Huffman Thomas and Julia Hull David Hulme Kevin Hunt & Jana Hunt Daniel Hunter & Dana Rathkopf Kelly Fowler Hunter and André A. Hunter Prof. Heidi M. Hurd Matt Hurley Charles and Elva Hutchinson Dr. Ray and Sally Hutchinson Uwe Hutzler Hypertherm HOPE Foundation, Inc.

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IAABO VT Board 105 Sarah Ibey ImpactAssets Incyte Corporation International Assoc. of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) Ipsen Bioscience, Inc. Phyllis Irzyk Isles Bridge Jean L. Ismail Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Israel Ivek Corporation Marge and Ward Ives

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J&B Wilkinson US Foundation James Jackson Christian Jacobus & Laura Jacobus Louis Jacques Sally Jaeger Courtland James

Jancewicz & Son Janssen Biotech, Inc. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Jantzen Christopher Jarvinen Jazzy’s Children Fund Lazzara Dr. Mary Chamberlin and Mr. Jonathan Jesup Dr. David G. Johnson Margaret K. Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Johnson Rebecca Johnston Ken Jones, Inc. Barbara H. Jones Keith Jones & Kelly Jones Jordan & Kyra Memorial Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Patrick F. Jordan, III Jordan’s Furniture Charitable Foundation Noam Josephy Barbara Jussif Ann Justice

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Kadir Kadhiresan William and Julie Kaewert Louis and Mary Kahn Dr. Sarah A. Kahn and Richard M. Routhier Kancamagus Collectables Matthew Kaplan & Kimberly Kaplan Jeffrey Karlin & Mary Karlin Dr. Kristine A. Karlson and David L. Stiger Nancy J. Karlson Kate & Co. Real Estate Kaufman Family Foundation John Kaufman Dr. Vladas Kaupas* Timothy Keane Dr. Tibor P. Keler Charles Kelsey & Cynthia Kelsey David Kelso & Nancy Kelso Kendal at Hanover Paul L. Kendall and Sharon K. Rives Keith Kennelly & Laurie Blouin Scott Kepner & Melissa Kepner Drs. Thomas J. and Rebecca L. Kesman Drs. William M. and Cynthia Nichols Kettyle Esther Kim Dr. John H. Kim *Deceased

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King Arthur Baking Company Blanche Curtis King* Michael F. Kirby Mark Kisiel & Pauline Kisiel Justin Klein Geoff and Alix Klingenstein Dr. Alexander S. Kloman and Danielle A. Dyer Deborah R. Knight Knights of Columbus State Kidney Fund Matthew Knoepfle & Jennifer Knoepfle David and Deborah Knopman Marsha Kono Stevens Cora Koop Krysta and Adrian Kostrubiak Sally A. Kraft and Robert Staiger KRFrench Family Foundation Suzanne and Robert Kriscunas Charitable Fund Emily Krook and Benjamin Krook Anne Kubik & Michael Krupka Dr. Thomas R. Kuhns The Kurtz Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Ladd

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Drs. John M. and Margaret J. Lagnese Paul Lagomarsino & Nancy Lagomarsino Joel Lamstein & Sarah Lamstein Emily Landecker Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. LaPlume, Jr John Larson & Janet Larson John Laschinger Thomas Lauzon Paul LaViolette Dr. and Mrs. D. James Lawrie James Lay Eliza M. Laycock Drs. William S. Laycock III and Kathryn A. Zug Steven D. Leach, MD and Kathryn B. Kirkland, MD Leavitt Electrical Contractors, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. LeBlanc Ledyard Financial Advisors Dr. Ting David Lee, Jr John A. Lehet and Katherine Devine Sandra and Carl Lehner

David Leib and Audra Charron Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. LeLievre Sarah Leone Frederick A. Lerner Scott Jeffrey Lerner John LeSeur & Stephanie Lambidakis Rebecca Levick Bruce Levine Dr. and Mrs. Gary M. Levine Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Levy Joshua Lewis Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Lewy Na Li & Jianfeng Qin Charles Liamos Dr. Brandon E. Libby Liberty Mutual Liberty Utilities Service Corp.

Holger Liepmann & Lorraine Liepmann George and Dominique Lightbody Eli Lilly and Company Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John M. Lindley, III Susan Linsey Lions Club of Dover, Rollinsford, South Berwick Lions Club of Litchfield Lions Club of Nashua Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Lippmann Karen G. Lis Mr. and Mrs. Brian H. Lis Mary C. Liston* Drs. George and Carol Little Charles Littlejohn & Cynthia Littlejohn Dr. and Mrs. Brian H. Livingston Susan Livingston Todd R. Lockwood William Lockwood Kathy LoCurto & Wayne LoCurto Lodestone Biomedical LLC David Loebel and Jane Cawthorn Roger Lohr & Kimberly Lohr Wayne Lombardo & Jill Lombardo Longchamps Electric, LLC Daniel S. Longnecker, MD Judith A. Longpre Beverly Lorell Stephen and Hilary Loring Los Ninos Children’s Medical Clinic Mike and Nancy Loucks Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Loudon

Drs. Klaus and Patricia Lubbe Richard Lubin W. Scott Luca & Jennifer Luca Leonard Lucas Jane Ludlow Nancy C. Luebbert The Lukaj Foundation, Inc. Paul Lukeman & Valli Lukeman Pamela M. Lunny Steven D. Lunny Lawrence Lusk & Marcia Lusk Nora Lusterio and Michael McFetridge Sara Lyman Deborah Lynch Deborah and James Lynch Bud and Terri Lynch

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Mado R. Macdonald Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Mackay Dr. Kelly Marie MacMillan and Michael Ryan Uschi Hanfstingl and Dean Madden Mr. and Mrs. Vincent S. Maddi Linda Maffioli Jacob Magri Martha Mahoney Sadler and Ray Sadler Michael Mahoney & Julie Mahoney Lawrence Malinconico & Maryann Malinconico Charlie Maliszewski Vincent Malnati & Carol Malnati Manchester Police Patrolman’s Association William Manfull & Susan Manfull Oliver and Tita Manice Carla Manley-Russock and Robert Russock Kyle Manlow Joseph Manory The Manton Foundation Stephen Marcotte The Marek Lebanon LLC Marin Community Foundation Mark D. Knott, DDS, PLC Alisha Mark Philip Marksiii Drs. Jonathan D. Marotti and Erin M. Salcone Adam Martin Mary W. Harriman Foundation Mascoma Bank Millicent N. Mason

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Dr. and Mrs. C.G. Toby Mathias Drew and Susan Matter Janet L. Mayberry and J. David Laughlin Gretchen and Roger Maynard Sarah S. Maynard Dr. Loyd A. West and H. Sloane Mayor Carmen T. McCampbell Mr. and Mrs. William W. McCarten James McClanahan Drs. Seth McClennen and Martha C. Wu Kevin McClintock & Elizabeth McClintock Owen McGarrahan Daniel McGee & Kristin McGee Elizabeth Ann McGee Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. McGuire Claudia McIlvain & Thomas McIlvain Dr. O. Ross McIntyre and Helen Whyte Mr. and Mrs. Welton E. McKean Kevin McKeon & Kristina McKeon Angeline and Justin McLane Jane Kitchel McLaughlin Peter McLaughlin Edward McNamara Dennis McWilliams Susan K. Meader Bridget Meehan Mellam Family Foundation Richard B. Menge and Jacqueline A. Richter-Menge Mr. and Mrs. David Mercado Scott R. Merrow Carolyn and Peter Mertz Metro Aviation, Inc. Metro Walls, Inc. Rosalyn Meyer & Paul Meyer Michael Kurtzer Charitable Foundation Inc. Gregory Michael Mary Page Michel and Michael Morrill Barbara Michels Mr. and Mrs. David W. Middleton Mid-Shore Community Foundation Eileen Mihas Dr. Deborah A. Milkowski The Mill Foundation, LTD Millennium Running, LLC Kenneth Miller & Linda Miller Scott Miller Millett Legacy Investments, LLC

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Dr. and Mrs. Peter J. Millett Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Milne Earl B. Mix, III Richard Moccia, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. John F. Modlin Marion Mohri & William Mohri Dr. Kenneth Moller III and Tracey Burton Monique Dudley Memorial Golf Tournament Montagne Powers, LLC Robert E. Mook William G. Moore Dr. and Mrs. John M. Moran Carol F. More Morgan Stanley GIFT Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Global Impact Funding Trust, Inc. Morgan Stanley Lawrence J. Morgan William Morgan Morgan’s Towing Amy L. Morissette Morquip, LLC Nancy L. Morrell Jessica Morris and Andrew Morris Collision Works Drs. Deane Mosher, Jr and Frances Fogerty Beau Moulton Mount Moosilauke ATV Club Mountain View Publishing Ramin Mousavi Jennifer Moyer William and Anne Moyle Dr. and Mrs. G. Arnold Mulder Edward Muller & Patricia Bauer Margaret Muller & John Muller Dawnette Murdock Robin Murray Miles and Patrice Mushlin Amalia Myers

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Nanopath, Inc. Natalia Mental Health Foundation, Inc. National Association of State Fire Marshals National Philanthropic Trust Patricia Naumann Charles E. Nearburg Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Needell

Kathryn Tellman Nelson and D. Dirk Nelson Linda L. Nelson Drs. William A. Nelson and Paula P. Schnurr NEPBA Local 27 Carol Neville New England Dermatological Society, Inc. New Hampshire Charitable Foundation New Hampshire Orthopaedic Center New Hampshire Ski Club New Hampshire Steel Fabricator LLC New York Life Kyle Newman NH Fallen Officers Memorial Softball, LLC NH Lions Club District 44H Zone 1 NH Pediatric Society Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Nichols Maggie Nixon Randolph Noelle and Barb Noelle Holly Noiseux & Sylvain Noiseux Dr. Brian W. Nolan Noonan Brothers Painting Geoffrey Norman Northeast Credit Union Northeast Delta Dental Northern New England Clinical Oncology Society Mark R. Northfield, MD Northwestern Mutual Foundation Norwich Technologies, Inc.

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Mr. and Mrs. James M. Oates Sherri Oberg & Curtis Oberg Matt O’Brien Odyssey Management Services, Inc. Frederic and Joyce Oeschger Robert Ogara Mary-Jane Ogawa Mr. and Mrs. William M. O’Grady Brendan O’Hara Dr. and Mrs. Ernst M. Oidtmann Lucy O’Keefe Brant Oliver & Rebecca Malila Dr. George D. Olsen and Deborah M. Olsen Mr. and Mrs. James J. Ondak Jack O’Neil

Mr. and Mrs. David B. Openshaw Jerry and Joan Oppenheimer Orchard Foundation Dr. P. Pearl O’Rourke Estate of Dr. Barbara M. Osborne David and Mary Otto Oyster River Cooperative School District

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Pacific Gas & Electric Co. David Pacitti Marilyn M. Paganucci Palace Theatre Trust Dr. and Mrs. Michael S. Pancoe John R. Pappalardo Sheryl A. Pappalardo Anthony Paravati & Teresa Paravati Mark Pare Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C. Parizeau Dr. and Mrs. George W. Parker Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Parker Pasadena Community Foundation Passumpsic Savings Bank David and Jill Paul Paypal Charitable Giving Fund Melinda and Norman Payson Peapack Private Wealth Management Dr. Vincent and Reverend Nancy Pellegrini Dr. Carol J. Pelmas and David L. Hawley S. Richard & Patricia R. Penni Charitable Trust Lucille J. Pepin William Perell & Cheryl Harrison Mr. and Dr. James C. Perkins William Perkins Helene Perrier Pete and Gerry’s Organics LLC Carolyn Peter Henry and Jean-Marie Peterson Dr. and Mrs. George PetrescuBoboc Pfizer, Inc. Joshua Phillips Shelly Phillips & Theodore Tapper James Pidgeon Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Pierce Liz and Bill Pierce Derrick Pine Mr. and Mrs. Donald T. Pine

Pinnacle Mortgage Corporation Winthrop D. and Mundy W. Piper Edwin Pisani Thomas Pisani Planet Aid Inc. Ellen Plantevin Michel Plantevin Charles Plimpton and Barbara Nyholm Dr. Titus Plomaritis Joan Poirier Pollio Family Foundation Nathan and Gillian Pond Mr. and Mrs. Charles Poor Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Pope Rick Porcello John A. Potter Linda Potter Roberta Potter David Poulin Drs. Richard Powell and Roshini Pinto-Powell Leslie Powers Dr. Mark A. Powers and Karen E. Lauterbach Patricia and Herbert Prem El Presidente Philip Preston* Mr. and Mrs. James K. Prevo Pro-Cut International, LLC Project Blackout Propane Gas Association of New England Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Proulx Jonathan E. Provost Dafina Pruthi Milazim Pulatani Gregory Pulis & Kerrin Pulis Dr. and Mrs. Matthew D. Putnam Patricia Putnam

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QLLA Charities, Inc. Rameez Qudsi

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Joan Rachlin and Seymour N. Small Drs. Scott C. Rackett and Mylien S. Pham Radiation Research Foundation Thomas Raffio & Ellen Raffio Laura Ramsden & Peter Ramsden Christian Randles *Deceased

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OUR DONORS 7/1/23-6/30/24

We are grateful to recognize Pinnacle Society members, who are reaching new heights of philanthropy by including Dartmouth Health or the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in their estate plan through a will, trust, lifeincome gift, or other planned gift. The following are Pinnacle Society members as of June 2024.

For more information about creating a legacy through planned gifts, contact Katherine Blackman at 603-646-5808 or Katherine.D.Blackman@hitchcock.org, or visit DHGeiselPlannedGiving.org.

Anonymous (43) ——— Carol L. Adams and William P. Adams Ann M. Aikens Angela C. Anstatt ——— William W. Babson and Annie L. Babson Leo F. Barile Stephen J. Bartels and Elizabeth F. Tomlinson Nancy J. Bassett Allen E. Bassler and Wanda L. Bassler Jonathan W. Battle Richard D. Baughman Marilyn K. Bedell and Ronald J. Bedell Walter S. Beecher Suzanne C. Beyea Deborah D. Bishop Joan L. Blackwell Peter A. Bleyler and Ruth Z. Bleyler Peter A. Bradford and Susan S. Bradford Mark J. Brodkey Peter S. Brown Henry P. Brown Janet M. Brown-Liberman John D. Bullock and Gretchen H. Bullock Linda C. Burroughs Marilyn C. Butler and Bruce W. Butler Kathleen H. Butts ——— Edward J. Candee and Barbara T. Candee Margaret M. Chalmers Richard H. Chase and Sage D. Chase Robert A. Chase John W. Chott Quyen D. Chu and Trina T. Chu Eleonore A. Cluthe William J. Conaty and Sue A. Conaty

Michael F. Costello Judith B. Csatari and Thomas C. Csatari Philip R. Currier and Jane R. Currier Jane R. Currier and Philip R. Currier ——— Aristotle J. Damianos and Francine P. Damianos Robert A. Danielson and Alexis C. Danielson Jean L. DeHaven Michael J. Di Franco and Elizabeth P. Di Franco Marvin A. D’Lugo and Carol S. D’Lugo Nadia Dorsey Laurie F. Draughon Patricia A. Dubia Susan F. Dunbar ——— Thomas M. Egan and Mary J. Egan John S. Engelman Sandra J. England M. Estelle Reid ——— Helen D. Fahey Serge C. Faucher and Anne M. Faucher Quentin P. Faulkner and Violetta Faulkner Ronald S. Fischler and Lory Anne Fischler Carolyn J. Fish Richard T. Fleming Nelson D. Fogg and Mary B. Fogg Keith E. Forrest and Linda A. Forrest Edward J. Foster Sue M. Foster Diane L. Fountas Bettie D. Fuller ——— Theodore H. Gasteyer Patricia S. Gosselin Valerie L. Graham Philip H. Greene

Jeffrey S. Greenwald and Elizabeth F. Greenwald Patricia A. Griffin Marlyn E. Grossman ——— Barbara F. Hall Arthur S. Hanson and Gail J. Hanson* Judith Hassett Dorothy B. Heinrichs and Jay A. Heinrichs F. Herbert Prem and Patricia R. Prem Maureen M. Hirtle Myron L. Holmes and Carlene Porter-Holmes ——— Mary F. Jacoby Barbara H. Jones ——— Robert C. Keene Richard F. Keith and Nelda H. Keith Shirley G. Knowlton Thomas R. Kuhns ——— Frank P. Lasky and Rosalind Anne Lasky Carola B. Lea Gordon K. Lenci Barbara S. Levenson Carl W. Lindquist and Julia J. Lindquist Robert W. Lindstrom Loren C. Lortscher and James Couto ——— Garry E. Malone and Barbara A. Malone Alan J. Mandel Alice M. Martelle and LeRoy E. Martelle John M. Moran and Gretchen Moran Nancy L. Morrell Mary P. Morse John D. Motyka ———

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Terrie A. Nelepovitz and John D. Nelepovitz William H. Nelson and Andrea J. Nelson William A. Nelson and Paula P. Schnurr Douglas D. Nelson and Kathryn T. Nelson Deborah G. Nolen and Michael Nolen Jeanne M. Norris ——— Joseph F. O’Donnell and Janice M. O’Donnell Nancy E. O’Keefe Jerry L. Oppenheimer and Joan C. Oppenheimer ——— Donald W. Parsells and Karen L. Switzer Marne V. Perreault Helene Perrier Carolyn M. Peter Merilee M. Phillips Mark A. Powers and Karen E. Lauterbach Ann C. Putnam and Matthew D. Putnam ——— Hiroshi Kumazawa and Virginia A. Quinn ——— Candace G. Rapf Pamela E. Raymond and Robert W. Raymond Theodore Renna and Linda L. Renna Sol Rockenmacher and Linda J. Rockenmacher Leland E. Rogge and Eva T. Rogge Greg W. Ruhland Carla Manley-Russock Dolores K. Ryan Kevin G. Ryan and Susan L. Ryan Kay H. Ryder and Richard A. Ryder ——— Ernest P. Sachs and Marlene A. Sachs

OUR DONORS 7/1/23-6/30/24

John H. Sanders and Karen H. Sanders John T. Schiffman and Jill G. Schiffman Eric R. Schwarz Cynthia M. Scott Jesse Seaman and Rose Y.M. Chin-Seaman Stephen A. Sherman and Gale Sherman Peter M. Silberfarb and Anne W. Silberfarb James B. Stinson and Sheila A. Stinson Sheila A. Stinson and James B. Stinson Cynthia B. Systrom ——— Ching-Wen P. Taylor Robert L. Thurer and Shari L. Thurer David H. Trask Martha G. Tuttle ——— Doris K. Underwood ——— Margaret C. Vail ——— Don D. Walega Lois Watson Theodore R. Waugh and Linda H. Waugh Carolyn L. Weg Sandra M. Wing Morton E. Wise ——— Oglesby H. Young and Pamela R. Young

*Deceased

William* and Candace Griffin Rapf Dr. and Mrs. Polius A. Raslavicius Mr. and Mrs. Arthur I. Rauch Lauren Rauch Lynn and Philip Rauch Mr. and Mrs. J. Irving Rawding E. Lawrence Rawls Steven Rayes & Lisa Rayes Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund RDH Building Science, Inc. Reardon Family Foundation Red Knights Motorcycle Club NH Chapter 3 Jake Reder & Mary Jo Turk Ann M. Redican Amy Redpath Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Redpath Andy Reese and Alice Reese Susan A. and David W. Reeves James Regan & Deborah Regan Lillian S. Reid Charitable Trust Andrea Reimann-Ciardelli and Dr. Thomas L. Ciardelli Dr. and Mrs. John F. Reinisch James Reinstein Renaissance Charitable Foundation, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Theodore Renna Mary Renner & Peter Renner Carin G. Reynolds Dr. and Mrs. Jason E. Reynolds Dr. Thomas C. Ribovich Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ricci Michael Ricci & Lori Ricci Chad Rice Ilona Rice* The Richards Group Insurance & Financial Services Dr. and Mrs. John E. Richards Jr. Jaime Richardson Randel Richner Ride Hard Breathe Easy Dr. and Ms. William F. Rigby Margaret and Matt Rightmire William and Sharon Risso The Rizio family Dr. and Mrs. Theodore B. Robbins Robert N and Nancy A Downey Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Andrew B. Roberts Cara Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Dana R. Robes Andrew Robinson & Kate Robinson

Rebecca Y. Robinson Linda and Rick Roesch Erica Rogers Dr. and Mrs. William D. Rogers Jack & Penny Rohrbach Family Foundation Dr. Diana Rojas-Soto and Alberto Rodriguez Mr. and Mrs. Joseph U. Rose Samuel Rosenblum Foundation David A. Rosenblum Dr. Kari M. Rosenkranz Marlene G. Rotering Neil A. Roth and Cheryl Boghosian Lia and Rich Rothstein Betty Rothwell Mr. and Mrs. Dean T. Rowden Stanton Rowe Erin Rowell Harry D. Rowland Marcus Rowland & Elizabeth Rowland Roy Refrigeration LLC Edward J. Roy* Gary P. Roy and Randy Case RPWM Partners LLC Elizabeth Ruml The Rust Foundation Dr. Amanda G. Ryder and A. Evan Newell

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S. Spencer Scott Fund, Inc. Ravish Sachar Mark Sachleben Dr. Joyce A. Sackey Acheampong and Kwaku J. Acheampong Douglas and Patricia Sacks Jan and Paul Sahler Saint Anselm College Salem Firefighters’ Relief Association Social Fund Salem Lions Club David J. and Christina L. Saltman Kelly Saltzgaber Emory W. and Briton B. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Emory W. Sanders Barbara Sanderson Sanofi Aventis Santa’s Village, Inc. Kristina Santry and Arthur Santry Dr. Margaret A. Satchell Scott Saviano and Angela Saviano

DHGEISELPLANNEDGIVING.ORG *Deceased

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CHaD HERO

SOARS PAST RECORD

The 2024 CHaD HERO set new philanthropic records, with 3,200 participants raising more than $825,000 to support critical child and family services at Dartmouth Health Children’s and the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CHaD)—a remarkable increase from last year.

The funds raised will directly impact Dartmouth Health Children’s ability to provide essential services, including child life specialists, social workers, and support programs for patients and their families.

These services, not covered by insurance, play a crucial role in enhancing the overall care experience for children and their loved ones.

Many Heroes Can Fly . . .

Scan to watch a video about DHART’s heroism

To learn more about the CHaD HERO, contact Olive Isaacs at 603-646-5813 or Olive.F.Isaacs@hitchcock.org, or visit chadhero.org.

OUR DONORS 7/1/23-6/30/24

Amol Saxena & Karen Saxena Mrs. Carolyn F. Scanlan Scheidt-Hoopes LLC Schell Family Foundation Jill and John Schiffman Todd Schill Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Schleicher Richard Schmalensee & Diane Schmalensee James and Kellie Schneider Lea Schneider & Richard Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Schnitzer Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan M. Schofield, Jr David Schoop & Debbie Schoop Paul Schwartz and Daphne Petri Joseph and Nannette Schwartzman The Berthold T. D. and Thyra Schwarz Foundation, Inc. Eric R. Schwarz Scleroderma Research Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Scott, III Prof. William C. Scott and Mary Lyons B. Scott Brendan Scribner & Deborah Scribner Charles Scribner Andrew Scrutchfield & Kristina Scrutchfield Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Scutro Jr. Seattle Foundation Mr. John K. Seaver Drs. Paul C. Seel and Nancy S. Seel Maggie Seelig Christine Segalas Dawn Seiple Charles L. Sentman Service Federal Credit Union Barathi Sethuraman Dimitri Sevastopoulo Dr. John L. and Joan E. Seymour Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Shackford Katherine Shah & Dhiren Shah John M. Shapiro Charitable Trust Thaddeus Shattuck & Elisabeth Sperry Maura Shaughnessy Mr. and Mrs. Adalbert F. Shaw Shefali Batra Foundation Quan Shen

Dr. Bradford Sherburne and Katherine Wickham Mara Sherman & Robert Sherman Samuel Shields & Dena Shields Francis Shore & Victoria Shore Drs. Christopher R. and Margaret A. Shuhart Joyce Sidman Amy Siegel Drs. Corey A. and Lori S. Siegel Steven Siegel & Judith Siegel Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. Corie Silverstein Fabian McCloskey Simon* Kathryn Simonds Jeffrey Simpson & Janney Simpson Thomas Simpson Charles Sincerbeaux and Anne Sincerbeaux Amrinder Singh Diane Sizemore James Small & Patricia Small Dr. Barry D. Smith Bradford J. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Dudley R. Smith Mr. and Ms. Smith Judith T. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smyers SNHU Arena Snyder, Cahoon & Co., PLLC Kathleen and Robert Snyder Stephen Soares Society for Vascular Surgery Society of Addiction Psychology Gregory Soho Carla Solomon Kurt F. and Kendra M. Somerville Sons of the American Legion, Squadron #7 Augustus R. Southworth Mr. and Mrs. David P. Spalding Paula Ness Speers and Mark S. Speers Cindy McCollum and John Spellman Spencer Spirit Holdings, Inc. George Spencer-Green & Linda Spencer-Green Spiros Segalas Charitable Trust Lydia S. Spitzer SPRIG Consulting Springfield Athletics St. Denis Catholic Church Mr. and Mrs. Biria D. St. John Orson L. St. John, Jr*

David Stabler & Jane Stabler Mr. and Mrs. James Stack Terrance F. Stadheim Mr. and Mrs. John M. Stadler William Stadtlander Stanley Elevator Company, Inc. Ed and Amy Stansfield State of NH, Department of Corrections Stave Puzzles, Inc. Brent Stearns Mr. and Mrs. Marshall E. Stearns Dr. Harise Stein and Peter D. Staple Ken Stein Drs. Stephen Stein and Emily Fine Jeffrey Steinkamp* Ken and Ilene Stern Kimberly & Peter Stern Philip Stern Mr. and Mrs. Eugene W. Stetson, III Mr. and Mrs. Bayne Stevenson Daniel Steves Stewart Property Management Donald Stiger & Susan Stiger Sophia Stone Mr. and Mrs. John C. Stotsenburg Mr. and Mrs. Brian Stowell Dr. and Mrs. James C. Strickler Skip and Marilyn Sturman Mr. and Mrs. John J. Sullivan, III Lynda Sullivan Summit Distributing, LLC Hai Sun Stephen and Gina Surgenor Dr. and Mrs. Arief A. Suriawinata Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Susman John E. Sutton Jr., MD and Janis Sutton David and JoEllen Sweet The T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving

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Paul Taheri & Kay Taheri J. T. Tai & Company Foundation, Inc. Christine Taliadouros Sheila Harvey Tanzer* Pauline Tavilla Gabrielle Tayag Bruce and Anne Taylor Jack and Christine Taylor

Sarah Taylor-Black & Daniel Black Tenet Healthcare Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Steve Terrill Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Thayer Mildred N. Thayer The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology The Arnold P. Gold Foundation The Barr Fund The Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation, Inc. The World of Discovery, Inc. Theta Delta Chi Thistle Mobile Service, LLC Charles Thomas & Muriel Thomas Daphne A. Thomas Drs. Craig B. and Tullia Thompson David Thompson & M. Colleen Thompson Pamela Thompson & Robert Thompson The Thornton Family Foundation William Thornton Darla Thyng & Jonathan Thyng Mollie Tiernan Timken Company Charitable Trust & Educational Fund Duncan Todd & Sarah Carothers Suzanne Todd & W. Michael Todd Thomas Tomai & Mary Allen Dr. Lucy S. Tompkins Dr. and Ms. Andrew T. Torkelson Drs. Tor and Anna Tosteson Town Fair Tire Foundation, Inc. Town of Canaan, NH Town of Chester Toyota Dealer Match Program Bayard Tracy & Susan Tracy David H. Trask Robert Traylor Drs. Meredith A. Martin and Thomas L. Treadwell Carl Tropper & Evelyne Tropper Trumbull Hall Troupe, Inc. Dr. John Trummel and Arifa Toor Trust Company of Vermont Kakeru Tsubota Amos Tuck School of Business Vincent Tulley Mark Turco Peter Tuxen *Deceased

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OUR DONORS 7/1/23-6/30/24

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Lawrence Ubell Ulysses Holdings United Steel Workers Local 8566 United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley UnitedHealth Group

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R.L. Vallee, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W. Van Leer Dr. Dirk J. van Leeuwen Eijk A. van Otterloo Drs. Timothy Smith and Barbara Vance Jared Vandyke Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Jim and Cindy Varnum Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) Vensana Capital Ronald and Susan Verge Rajat Verma Vermont Community Foundation Vermont Heating & Ventilating Co. Susan Vincent Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Vogel Siegfried Von Bonin

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Glenn and Sally Jane Wagner Jerilyn Walden Whitney Waldroup Hovenic & Thomas Hovenic Lucy R. Waletzky, MD Paul Wallace & Elizabeth Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Patrick W. Walsh The Walter H. and Hannah H. Webb Family Foundation Da Wang Joan Ward and Barclay Ward Dorothy M. Warren* Elizabeth Warren & Edward Warren Patricia Washienko Aaron Watanabe John Watanabe Allan Waters and Kathleen Little Stephen Webster & Joann Webster Wanda A. Webster Richard Wedgeworth & Wanda Wedgeworth John Wehner & Lucille Wehner Lorne Weil Jean Weinberg Wendy A. and Robert L. Wells Tal Wenderow & Maayan Wenderow Wheelock Investment Partners, LLC White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. White River Toyota

White River Valley School Dr. and Mrs. Jon C. White Mr. and Ms. Robert F. White David Whitehead Mr. and Mrs. William C. Whitehead WHOVA Inc. The Wicks Denniston Agency, Inc. Kurt Wicks Paul Widboom and Ashley Widboom Allan Wieman & Jo Shute Peter Wild & Judith Wild Mark Williams & Petra Williams Jennifer A. and Stanton N. Williams Susan Williams & Robert Williams Debra L. Williamson Dr. Douglas Williamson and Leslie Williamson Charles Willis Beth Wilson James Wilson Windham Lions Club Winnipesaukee Squares Janice Winokur Dr. and Mrs. Peter M. Witherell WMUR-TV ABC 9 Anthony M. Woeltz Dr. Karen Wohlen-Organick Anki Wolf & Mark Geer Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Wolf Honorable and Mrs. Thomas W. Wolf Michael Wong Dr. Sandra L. Wong

Barbara Wood Dr. Matthew D. Wood and Ms. Allison R. Ellsworth Mrs. Barbara J. Woodhouse Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Woods World Health Organization Gordon Worley Richard Wray & Susan Hess Richard Wren & Susan Wren James E. Wright* Pamela L. Wright Mr. and Mrs. A. Bradford Wyman Gary G. Wyne

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John E. Xiggoros Dr. Feiyu Xue and Fang-Mei Chen

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Dr. and Mrs. Philip A. Yazbak Jason Yip Maryann York Dr. and Mrs. Oglesby H. Young Sarah Young Walter O. and Carole Young*

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Tamara Zaichkowsky Dr. and Mrs. David S. Zamierowski Patrick Zilvitis & Judy Zilvitis Katie Zinn *Deceased

These pages list those who have given $1,000 or more between 7/1/23 and 6/30/24. If we have omitted, misspelled, or incorrectly recorded a name, please accept our sincere apologies and notify us at 603-646-5116 or email Beth.M.Wood@hitchcock.org.

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The 43rd Annual Prouty

TOPS $8.2 MILLION TO END CANCER

Friends of Dartmouth Cancer Center

wins NATIONAL AWARD for Philanthropy

The 2024 Prouty shattered records by raising $8.2 million for Dartmouth Cancer Center. Over 3,850 participants and 750 volunteers braved the July heat to cycle, walk, volunteer, and more.

This success will have a profound impact on cancer research and patient care. By raising more than $8 million, Prouty participants ensured that $1 million will be allocated to precision cancer prevention research. Funds also provide seedfunding for pilot research projects, advance clinical trials, and support crucial patient services, including a food pantry for cancer patients facing food insecurity.

For their transformative philanthropy, the Friends of Dartmouth Cancer Center and The Prouty also won the 2024 Champion for Cures Award from the Association of American Cancer Institutes, which recognizes exceptional leadership in advancing cancer research and care.

To learn more about The Prouty, contact Jaclynn Rodriguez at 603-646-5287 or Jaclynn.Rodriguez@hitchcock.org, or visit theprouty.org.

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