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Dedication of Jack Byrne Center Set

Lebanon — Dartmouth-Hitchcock will dedicate its new Jack Byrne Center for Palliative and Hospice Care with public events Friday and Sunday. The center, located on the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center campus in Lebanon, will provide integrated, patient- and family-centered care for seriously ill people who are enrolled in hospice but whose pain or other medical needs are difficult to manage at home.

The center will begin accepting patients in December.

The celebration will begin with a lecture, “Living Fully, Dying Well,” by Dr. Ira Byock, a palliative care physician, author and public advocate for improving care through the end of life. Byock served as director of palliative medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock from 2003 through July 2013, and has written three books about end of life care. He will be speaking at 4 p.m. on Friday in Auditorium H at DHMC.

On Sunday, the center will host visitors from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for tours of the center and its patient rooms, chapel, great room, family kitchen, children’s room and library, and program highlights such as the art and music program, education offerings and volunteer opportunities. Parking for the event will be at DHMC’s main entrance lot, with shuttle service to the center.

Hospice Medical Directors Achieve Certification

White River Junction — Dr. Cristine Maloney and Dr. Dan Caloras, co-medical directors at Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire, have been granted the hospice medical director certified credential by the Hospice Medical Director Certification Board.

The doctors recently passed their final exams for the certification, which lasts six years.

Maloney and Caloras “continuously demonstrate their commitment and expertise to end-of-life care,” Jeanne McLaughlin, president and CEO of VNH, said in a news release.

Orthopaedics Provider Joins New London Hospital

New London — Dr. Timothy Lin, has joined the orthopaedics practice at New London Hospital. Lin received his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts. In addition to residencies at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, he recently completed an orthopaedic sports medicine fellowship at Taos Orthopaedic Institute in Taos, N.M. His sports medicine experience includes stints with the U.S. Ski Team and Dartmouth College’s football, rugby and hockey teams.

Dartmouth Neurologist Recognized For Epilepsy Research

Lebanon — The American Academy of Neurology recently recognized Dr. Barbara Jobst, a neurologist with the Epilepsy Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, for completing the Transforming Leaders Program.

Jobst has been a leader in integrating self-management programs into neurologic care through education within the American Academy of Neurology. This includes programs like one developed at Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Epilepsy Center that helps patients with epilepsy and memory problems to learn mental strategies to have better memory in day-to-day life. Jobst’s recommendations are being reviewed by the academy’s board for implementation.

— Compiled by Kelly Burch