Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) is a 1,062-bed academic medical center located in Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States. It is the flagship hospital of Dartmouth-Hitchcock, a nonprofit integrated system of nine hospitals and thirty-six specialty clinics. The system serves patients throughout New England.
DHMC was founded in 1893 as Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, named after Mrs. Timothy Loughlin’s late mother who had died of typhoid fever. In 1896, the hospital opened its doors to patients with twelve beds and a staff of six physicians. Today, DHMC has grown to become one of the largest academic medical centers in the country with over 1,000 beds and more than 3,700 employees.
As an academic medical center affiliated with Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine, DHMC is committed to providing the highest quality patient care while also conducting groundbreaking research and educating future generations of physicians and other health care providers. The medical center includes several nationally recognized programs such as cancer care, heart and vascular care, neurosciences, orthopedics, pediatrics, primary care/family medicine/internal medicine/obstetrics & gynecology (OBGYN), transplantation services ,and women & children’s health .
In addition to its many outpatient clinics located throughout New Hampshire and Vermont , DHMC has four main inpatient facilities: Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (the main hospital), Norris Cotton Cancer Center , Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock (CHaD) ,and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Psychiatric Center . The main hospital houses 536 beds while CHaD has 84 pediatric beds dedicated to infants ,children ,and adolescents up to age 21 years old . Norris Cotton Cancer Center provides world-class cancer treatment with 158 inpatient beds across two floors as well as radiation oncology suites and an infusion center . Lastly ,the psychiatric center offers both inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services for adults 18 years or older who are experiencing acute psychiatric illness or struggling with addiction .
With its rich history and tradition of excellence in patient care ,research ,and education ,DHMC continues to be at the forefront of medicine today . For more information about our programs and services or to make an appointment please visit our website at dartmouth hitchcock dot org