Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center has welcd Rheumatologist Carey J. Field, MD to the team of medical specialists. Having joined the staff in January, Dr. Field is currently accepting patients for diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic diseases and clinical problems involving joints, soft tissues, autoimmune diseases, vasculitis, and heritable connective tissue disorders. She will be working alongside the Hospital’s regionally known rheumatologist Dr. David Podell.
A board-certified internist, Dr. Field is a 2007 graduate of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. She completed residencies in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in 2010 and 2012 respectively. She is an active member of the American College of Rheumatology, the American Medical Association, and the American College of Physicians. In addition, Dr. Field has served on several projects aimed at increasing public health awareness and expanding access to medical care for underserved populations both in the U.S. and in Latin America. She currently leads a research project focused on the links between rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Field says she looks forward to serving patients at MAHHC and being a part of the Hospital’s close-knit community of health care professionals. “I feel very fortunate to be here,” she said, “Mt. Ascutney Hospital has a reputation for excellence and service with a personal touch, and everyone here is so clearly committed to upholding that."
Founded in 1933, Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center is a not-for-profit community hospital network including the critical access-designated Mt. Ascutney Hospital in Windsor, Vermont, and Ottauquechee Health Center in Woodstock, Vermont. Affiliated with Dartmouth-Hitchcock, the Hospital provides people in communities across the Connecticut River Valley with primary care and a comprehensive suite of specialty services, along with 25 inpatient beds, a therapeutic pool and an acclaimed, 10-bed inpatient rehabilitation department. Mt. Ascutney Hospital is a recipient of the national Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service, one of the most prestigious awards in healthcare, and is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), as well as the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) with Level 3 status, the highest level of medical home designation for delivering quality care.