Family nurse practitioner Eva Linden has joined Gifford’s primary care team and is now seeing families at the Bethel Health Center.
Linden grew up in Putney, VT and was drawn to helping people at an early age. She first realized she enjoyed medicine during a First Aid course required for lifeguarding at age thirteen. At eighteen she volunteered with the Emergency Medical Services at her college, and continued to do so with the local fire department after college.
After graduating from Ursinus College with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, she knew she wanted a career in medicine. For two years she worked as an ER Unit Coordinator at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and shadowed various medical providers to determine her next step. She considered emergency room and urgent care, but realized that she most wanted to provide outpatient family care in rural Vermont.
Linden returned to school and received a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Nursing, with a specialty in Family Practice at Columbia University School of Nursing in NY. She is board certified in family practice, and most recently worked providing women’s health services in Plattsburgh, NY.
“Family medicine offers variety and ongoing relationships with people,” she said. “Every patient is unique. I try to adapt treatment to each person’s situation in order to help them reach their health goals.”
After living in urban areas for several years, Linden and her fiancé, Ben Tietze, are excited about their new home in Randolph Center, which has lots of room for their puppy. When not working, she enjoys hiking, reading, and being outdoors.
In Bethel, Linden joins family primary care providers Terry Cantlin, DO and Mark Seymour, DO. The Bethel Health Center also offers gynecology and mental health services, as well as specialized diabetes care in a relaxing, patient-focused setting. For more information visit www.giffordmed.org or call 802-234-9913
Gifford is a community hospital in Randolph, Vt., with family health centers in Berlin, Bethel, Chelsea, and Rochester and specialty services throughout central Vermont. A Federally Qualified Health Center and a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital in the country, Gifford is a full-service hospital with a 24-hour emergency department; inpatient and rehabilitation units; many surgical services; accredited cancer program; a day care; two adult day programs; and the 30-bed Menig Nursing Home, which was named by U.S. News and World Report as one of the best 39 nursing homes in the country in 2012. The Birthing Center, established in 1977, was the first in Vermont to offer an alternative to the traditional hospital-based deliveries, and continues to be a leader in midwifery and family-centered care. The cancer program is accredited by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. The hospital’s mission is to improve individuals’ and community health by providing and assuring access to affordable, high-quality health care in Gifford’s service area.