DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK LYME - INTERNAL MEDICINE

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Internal Medicine providers give comprehensive medical care for adult patients. Our health care professionals screen patients for new conditions, and aim to prevent further complications in patients with existing diseases. Dartmouth-Hitchcock offers Internal Medicine services at several locations throughout New Hampshire, including in the General Internal Medicine section at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon. A physician is on-call at night and on weekends to evaluate urgent health issues.

We are a group of dedicated health care professionals who are specialists in adult medicine. By educating and counseling our patients, we empower them to improve their own health status. In addition to physicians, providers in our locations can include resident physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners. Resident physicians are physicians who have completed medical school and have received their MD degree. They are involved in clinical training programs lasting at least three years, and spend time on hospital rounds, and seeing patients in the clinic. Their clinical practice is directly supervised by an attending physician, who reviews each patient with the resident physician. Physician assistants are health care providers who receive training in an American Medical Association approved program, and who have passed a national certification examination. Physician assistants are licensed in New Hampshire by the Board of Medicine. Nurse practitioners are registered nurses who receive advanced training in primary care and who have passed a national certification exam. They are licensed by the New Hampshire Board of Nursing. Some of the services we offer in the Internal Medicine Department: Acute injury and illness care, Complete care for chronic health concerns (such as diabetes and heart disease), Gynecological care, Immunizations, On-site radiology and laboratory services, Physical exams (including DOT exams), Pre-operative evaluations, Prescription management.