It’s a great honor to be recognized by this organization, whose mission to prioritize the health and wellbeing of children is aligned with my own.
Erik M. Shessler, MDErik M. Shessler, MD, Dartmouth Health Children’s primary care community chair, was named Pediatrician of the Year by the New Hampshire chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (NHAAP). Shessler is the immediate past president of NHAAP.
“It’s a great honor to be recognized by this organization, whose mission to prioritize the health and wellbeing of children is aligned with my own,” said Shessler. “My thanks to my colleagues who nominated me for this award, and to NHAAP for their continued advocacy for Granite State kids and the pediatric clinicians who care for them.”
Shessler is also associate medical director for Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester and medical director for the New Hampshire Pediatric Improvement Partnership (NHPIP), where he contributes to quality improvement projects around development screening, behavioral/mental health, and emerging child health issues. In addition to these pediatric primary care leadership roles, Shessler is also the general pediatric consultant for Hampstead Hospital, New Hampshire’s only acute psychiatric facility for children and adolescents, which joined Dartmouth Health earlier this year.
“Dr. Shessler is a true leader in pediatrics in New Hampshire. His advocacy and expertise are exceptional, but most importantly, he is a compassionate, friendly and empathetic physician who has earned the trust of his colleagues, patients and their families,” said Keith J. Loud, MD, MSc, Dartmouth Health Children’s physician-in-chief. “I’m particularly proud, as we both graduated McGill University Medical School and the pediatric residency at Dartmouth Health Children’s, that he has been chosen as the state’s Pediatrician of the Year by NHAAP. He is deeply deserving of this honor, and is an outstanding representative for all of us.”
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and the state’s largest private employer, serves patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,000 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, as well as across its wide network of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. DHMC is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 57 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the only such center in northern New England; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital and multiple locations around the region; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and more than 24 clinics that provide ambulatory and specialty services across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually, and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials recognized across the globe with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth Health and its more than 13,000 employees are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.
About Dartmouth Health Children's
Dartmouth Health Children's is the only comprehensive pediatric healthcare system in the region. Fully integrated in Dartmouth Health and anchored for more than 30 years by Children's Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CHaD)—in Lebanon, NH—Dartmouth Health Children's promotes health, advances knowledge, and delivers the best patient and family-centered care for infants, children, and adolescents across New Hampshire and Vermont. Dartmouth Health Children's conducts groundbreaking research and educates the next generations of health professionals as the primary pediatric partner of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Highly skilled and collaborative child health professionals provide care in multiple settings across the region. Outpatient specialty visits and same-day surgery services are available at Children's Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CHaD) and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester. Primary care appointments in general pediatrics are available at Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics in Bedford, Concord, Lebanon, Manchester and Nashua, NH and Bennington, VT; as well as at Dartmouth Health members: Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, Cheshire Medical Center, New London Hospital and Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center.