Emergency medicine physician Dr. A. Nicole Thran has joined Gifford Medical Center full-time, providing care in the Randolph hospital’s 24-hour Emergency Department.
A native of New York City, Dr. Than attended Tufts University in Medford, Mass., earning her bachelor’s degree in biology. She went on to medical school at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Her internship and residency in emergency medicine were at the University of Massachusetts in Worcester.
Dr. Thran has worked in emergency medicine since 1991 at hospitals in Connecticut, Virginia, Rhode Island, Oklahoma and, since 2012, in Vermont at Rutland Regional Medical Center and Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. There she was what is known as a locums tenens physician.
“I’ve worked in so many places that I have broad experience in different settings, from level 1 trauma centers down,” says Dr. Thran.
She has been visiting Vermont since she was a child. Her family owned land in West Dummerston since before she was born. An outdoor sports enthusiast, she moved to Quechee full-time this fall.
She joins Gifford for the opportunity to provide care at a high-quality medical center and employer in rural Vermont.
“I love it. It’s very friendly. Everybody is very outgoing and helpful. It’s like a family,” she says of her new workplace.
Dr. Thran is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. She is a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians as well as a subgroup, the American Association of Women Emergency Physicians, and a second subgroup on ultrasound.
Her clinical interests include emergency medicine, ultrasound, women’s issues and indigent care.
Dr. Thran is a mother of three, including two children in college and one in high school. She enjoys running, biking, swimming, triathlons, skiing, painting and traveling.
Gifford Medical Center in Randolph, Vt., is a community hospital with family health centers in Bethel, Chelsea and Rochester and specialty services throughout central Vermont. Named 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, an adult day care and a 30-bed nursing home, the Menig Extended Care Facility, 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 and high-quality health care in Gifford’s service area.