Southwestern Vermont Medical Center Welcomes New Hospitalist

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BENNINGTON, Vt. — Southwestern Vermont Medical Center has welcomed Hospitalist Dr. Patti L. Miller to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Medical Group. Miller is board certified in Internal Medicine.

Dr. Miller has worked as a hospitalist in Massachusetts, including in positions at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield and North Adams Regional Hospital, since 2005. She worked from 2001-2005 at Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar, Mo., before which she was a geophysicist working in the oil industry.

She received her medical degree from Louisiana State University Medical School in New Orleans in 1997 and completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine and Family Medicine at Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans in 2001. In addition, Miller holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in geology from Texas Christian University and Baylor University, Texas, respectively. She has lived in North Pownal since 2005.

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center hospitalists offer medical-surgical care, telemetry, and intensive care services to as many as 99 patients. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission and is the state’s first Magnet Center for Nursing Excellence, a designation it has held since 2002.

 


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