Dr Mary Bender and Dr Kimberly Aakre of Mt Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHC) were cited for a Special Achievement Award by the Vermont chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) at their 2017 District Awards Dinner in Burlington, Vermont. The award recognized the doctors’ work to create a special program to develop a system of support and care for mothers who are in recovery from opiate addiction and their young children. Nominated individuals must be members of the AAP.

Mt Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHC) has announced that Carla Kamel, MSW has been named Employee of the Month for November, 2017. Kamel is a Community Care Coordinator serving patients at Mt Ascutney Hospital in Windsor, and at the Ottauquechee Health Center (OHC) in Woodstock, Vermont. As a Community Care Coordinator, Kamel works to improve the quality of life and maintain independence for patients by coordinating multiple community partners in an interagency care management process.