Lauren Tormey, MD, a board-certified gastroenterologist, has joined the staff of the Gastroenterology Department at Mt Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHC) where she will be performing colonoscopies, endoscopies, and outpatient consultations. Dr Tormey has extensive experience as a medical researcher and from 2013 to 2016 was the principal investigator for a clinical study involving adults with inflammatory bowel disease. She has also worked at Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut on a study of the therapeutic effect of statins in the treatment of hepatitis C. From 2003 to 2006, Dr Tormey worked at The Lank Center of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, helping coordinate a clinical study of prostate cancer, and to create a research database.
She is the author of several research papers, lectures, and presentations on aspects of treatment for bowel disorders, hepatitis C, pancreatitis and prostate cancer, as well as patient health literacy. She has also taught classes at the Boston School of Medicine and the Yale School of Medicine.
Dr Tormey received her BA from Tufts University and her MD degree from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. She completed her post-doctoral training at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and completed her Gastroenterology fellowship training at Boston Medical Center in 2016. Dr Tormey is a member of the American College of Gastroenterology, the Massachusetts Medical Society and the American College of Physicians.
About Mt Ascutney Hospital and Health Center
Founded in 1933, Mt Ascutney Hospital and Health Center is a not-for-profit community hospital 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 Upper Connecticut River Valley with primary care and a comprehensive suite of specialty services, along with 25 inpatient beds, an Emergency Department, a therapeutic pool and an acclaimed Rehabilitation Center including ten inpatient beds. 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 both the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) at the highest level possible.