Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH) President and CEO, Steven R Gordon announced today that Robert Bassett, MD has joined the BMH Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine department. “Dr Bassett’s impressive hand-surgery skills and experience are great additions to an already talented orthopaedics team,” said Gordon. “His particular expertise in procedures related to the hands and upper extremities adds capacity to the department, and enable us to treat patients with complex orthopaedic needs closer to home,” added Dr Elizabeth McLarney, BMH’s Orthopaedics Medical Director.
Dr Bassett received his bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME, and his MD from Harvard Medical School. He served his internship in General Surgery at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, followed by a General Surgery residency, also at Beth Israel, then a residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at New York Orthopaedic Hospital Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Dr Bassett completed a fellowship in Hand Surgery at St Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center in Indianapolis, IN. He is board-certified in Orthopaedic Surgery, with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Hand Surgery.
Dr Bassett comes to BMH from his most recent appointment at Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont, NH, preceded by positions at hospitals in California and Kansas. He has taught extensively within the University of Southern California School of Medicine, and has co-authored and contributed to many scholarly articles on a wide range of orthopaedic conditions and procedures.
“I’m really looking forward to joining a team with such a depth of skill, within a culture that is permeated with kindness and compassion,” said Bassett. “I am very impressed with the level of talent at BMH and will enjoy getting to know the community.”
Founded in 1904, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH) is a licensed, 61-bed, not-for-profit community hospital located in southeastern Vermont, serving a rural population of about 55,000 people in 22 towns in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. The BMH medical staff includes board-certified providers in primary care and many other specialties, with a shared mission of providing exceptional health care delivered with compassion and respect. The Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Health System includes the BMH Medical Group, a multispecialty group practice of primary care and specialty care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. Over 110 active volunteers assist BMH’s 600 employees in caring for our community.