Gifford Medical Center has added to its staff of specially trained Emergency Department physicians with the hiring of Dr. Saul Nurok.
Until recent years, Gifford had contracted out its Emergency Department services, but now has grown its staff to include all employed physicians experienced in emergency medicine and committed to high-quality local care.
Dr. Nurok is no exception.
Born in South Africa, he was raised and attended school in the United States in Indianapolis. His bachelor’s degree in biology is from Indiana University in Bloomington. He has a master’s degree in physiology from Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis. And his doctor of medicine degree is from the same school.
He went on to an emergency medicine residency at New York Methodist Hospital, an affiliate of Weill Cornell Medical College, in Brooklyn. He has since worked in emergency departments in New York, Hawaii and New Jersey, including at New York Methodist Hospital; Hilo Medical Center and North Hawaii Community Hospital, on the Big Island of Hawaii; Kahuku Medical Center on Oahu; at Tripler Army Medical Center, also on Oahu; and most recently at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, N.J.
He comes to Gifford after interviewing at about a dozen New England hospitals.
“I’ve worked at so many different places: busy urban, suburban, low volume and military hospitals. After that variety of experience, I found what will be a great place to work, somewhere I can ensure having longevity in my career and being happy,” Dr. Nurok said, noting Gifford provides “a nice blend of rural medicine and lots of services.
“Here you can take the time to be the doctor you want to be and take the time to get to know the patients.”
Dr. Nurok is certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. His clinical interests include providing emergency care and patient education.
Talking to and helping patients is part of what drove him to pursue medicine.
“I wanted the opportunity to help people. I enjoy the science of medicine and it was something that you can make a difference doing,” he said of why he became a doctor.
This doctor is now living in Middlebury with his wife, Alison, an ecology professor. They plan to make the Randolph area their permanent home, however. When not working, Dr. Nurok plays soccer, had surfed in Hawaii and enjoys traveling, hiking, camping, photography and reading.
