Nonprofit achievements

West Central Behavioral Health, which has locations in Claremont, Lebnaon and Newport, has been certified as a New Hampshire State Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic. The new designation means the nonprofit organization will have access to more funding, according to a news release. This will allow West Central to treat more patients, including those who are uninsured or underinsured. “Being recognized as a CCBHC allows us to build on our existing services and reach even more people with the care they deserve, when and where they need it most,” West Central CEO Lori Shibinette said in the release.

Norman Williams Public Library has earned a $14,125 Sustainable & Resilient New England Libraries grant to put toward making its front entrance more accessible, according to a news release from the Woodstock library. While the entrance is wide enough for wheelchair users to go through, the doors must be manually opened. The grant, awarded by the Association for Rural & Small Libraries and the Manton Foundation, will cover around half of the project cost to replaced the current doors with sliding glass doors that patrons can remotely activate.

Nonprofit promotions

Dr. John T. Mullen has been hired as chair of the department of surgery at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. Mullen, who currently serves as vice chair of faculty affairs in the department of surgery and the John Homans professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, will begin his role at Dartmouth on Aug. 1.

Business expansions

Fidium Fiber Internet has expanded to Newport. Fidium, which is part of Consolidated Communications, is working on expanding to Croydon and Grantham.

Nonprofit hires

Dartmouth Health hired the following providers this spring:

Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital: Emily L. Vallari, emergency medicine.

Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center: Elizabeth C. Blain, hospital medicine.

Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center, and New London Hospital: Dr. Mark W. Johnson, diagnostic radiology.

Dartmouth Cancer Center Lebanon: Jenna M. Ashby, hematology/oncology; Dr. Michael L. Pearl, gynecologic oncology; and Dr. James B. Yu, radiation oncology.

Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Heater Road: Johanna C. McKenna, family medicine.

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center:Sara L. Baker, psychiatry; Andrea C. Biamonte, cardiology; Sara E. Brinnel, podiatry; Julia A. Camuso, psychiatry; Jennifer M. Chambers, crisis and emergency services; Dr. James K. Clark, diagnostic radiology; Anne M. Hutchinson, general surgery; Dr. Benjamin W. Kelemen, cardiology; Sara B. Noble, general surgery; Morgen E. Smith, plastic surgery; Dr. Dennis Toy, diagnostic radiology; and Dr. Matthew L. Vestal, neurosurgery.

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and New London Hospital: Dr. Michelle A. Bejarano.

Health Care and Rehabilitation Services, a Springfield, Vt.-based mental health agency that serves Windsor and Windham county residents, hired the following employees in April in Hartford: Erin Angley-Cohen, school-based clinician II; Holly Patterson, direct support professional community; and Hank Stommel, behavioral interventionist.

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