April 29 - Beginning in May, Nina McCampbell, M.D. will begin acupuncture treatments for current patients at the Robert A. Mesropian Center for Community Care (RAMCCC), a department of Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, the hospital’s primary care clinic.

Dr. McCampbell, a specialist in Family Medicine at the clinic, served a fellowship in Holistic, Integrative and Pluralistic Medicine at the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center in Lawrence, Ma, which included 300 hours of acupuncture training at Harvard Medical School. She is a member of the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Family Physicians. Acupuncture is a practice that involves inserting tiny needles into various points on the body to relieve pain or for therapeutic purposes for conditions such as arthritis, migraines, and stress related conditions. Acupuncture treatment is rooted in Chinese medical theory and practice.

The RAMCCC offers a comprehensive range of primary care services for the whole family. Their team of physicians and nurse practitioners are accepting new patients in Family Practice, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. The RAMCCC is located at 123 Mascoma Street in Lebanon; (603) 448-3122.

April 19 - Evalie Crosby, CPA, FHFMA of Claremont, Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Offier at Alice Peck Day Health Systems, recently received two awards from the Healthcare Financial Management Association (New Hampshire and Vermont Chapter). One is the Reeves Silver Merit Award, an award given for service to that organization. Crosby was one of only nine recipients of the Gold, Silver and Bronze awards. The second recognition was the Helen M. Yerger Award for Outstanding Performance in Innovation, a special recognition given at the national level for projects that benefit HFMA members, for a project she spearheaded for Vermont members. Crosby was also named President-Elect of the HFMA (N.H.-Vt. chapter) for the 2010–2011 year.

Crosby has been APD’s Vice President of Finance and CFO since March 2009. Alice Peck Day Health Systems is an integrated health care system whose mission is to provide patient-focused health care services that are responsive to community needs, promote wellness, and continually improve the quality of health care services in the Upper Valley community of New Hampshire and Vermont.

April 13 - Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital (APD) in Lebanon, N.H., is pleased to appoint Sheila Feyrer, M.D. of Hanover as Medical Director of Informatics. The Medical Director of Informatics, a newly created position, will serve as the principal liason between the hospital, its clinics, and the Information Services department in planning, design, evaluation and development of outpatient and inpatient clinical software systems, such as an electronic health record.

Dr. Feyrer has been on the medical staff of the Robert A. Mesropian Center for Community Care, a department of APD, since 2003. A Board Certified pediatrician, she earned her BS degree in Mathematical and Computational Sciences from Stanford University in California. She earned her medical degree at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and served her residency at Boston Floating Hospital for Children at New England Medical Center.

“We are very fortunate to have someone with Dr. Feyrer’s blend of skills as a physician and an information systems professional,” says J. Todd Miller, APD’s Chief Operating Officer. “We look forward to her leadership on many vital initiatives that will integrate new technologies with our medical practices and support our goal of providing the highest quality health care experience.”

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