Team Cheshire
![Amanda Smith, RRT, and Lynn Strickland, RRT](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_447/public/2023-04/RRT%20duo%20%282%29.png?itok=kzQj6_VJ)
Amanda and Lynn's farewell: A heartfelt thank you to Cheshire's Respiratory Therapy team
The mother and daughter RRT duo recount the personal experience that inspired their shared career cultivating compassionate care.
![Els Dignitti, RN-BC, Jennifer Kelliher, RN and Marielle Drew, BSN, RN](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_447/public/2022-04/nursing-home-away-1400.jpg?itok=BpJ9UZ_Q)
Home Away From Home
Reassigned Cheshire nurses rose to meet the moment during the most recent COVID-19 surge. Many loved their new positions: they stayed, or expanded their own.
![Angie LeFebvre, MSN, BSN, RN, Deb Chamberlain, MSN, Ellen Loughney, BSN, RN](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_447/public/2022-04/nursing-scrubs-1400.jpg?itok=-gb08qiK)
Not All Heroes Wear Capes, Not All Nurses Wear Scrubs
While Cheshire boasts many scrub-wearing superheroes among our nursing ranks, many nurses report to work wearing “normal” clothes—and all sorts of different hats.
![Headshot of Karl Dietrich, MD, MPH](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_447/public/2023-04/dietrich-1400x904.jpg?itok=W9cOLZpe)
Cheshire’s Karl Dietrich, MD, MPH, named to Trendsetters class of 2023
Annual award recognizes young professionals making a difference in the region.
![Bonnie Blair](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_447/public/2023-04/Bonnie%20Blair.jpg?itok=V_76Ec1_)
Bonnie Blair: Longtime LNA joins Team Cheshire after compassionate care experience
A friend’s cancer battle brought her back, but Blair stayed for the warm, welcoming environment
![Aalok Khole, MD, FACP. New Hampshire Union Leader's 40 Under Forty class of 2023https://www.unionleader.com/news/business/40_under_forty/aalok-v-khole/article_bc1bf413-393d-5c32-91bb-9e2421acdc68.html](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_447/public/2023-02/2023_Khole_Aalok_1400x904_0.jpg?itok=783fQFAU)
Aalok V. Khole, MD, named to the Union Leader’s “40 Under Forty” Class of 2023
Khole is honored along with 3 other recipients from within the Dartmouth Health system.
![Female doctor's arm in white coat holds hand of smiling elderly man.](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_447/public/2023-02/doc%20and%20senior.jpg?itok=TU94b9Lg)
Top Doctors 2023
Congratulations to Cheshire Medical Center and all Dartmouth Health providers named Top Doctors. Thank you for your dedication to our communities.
![Mike West, RN, and Kylee West, RN stand outside Thompson Unit at Cheshire Medical Center where they met](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_447/public/2023-02/USEMike%20and%20Kylee%20West_Thompson_1400x904.jpg?itok=avNsREyL)
Mike and Kylee West: Finding love and adventure in the Monadnock Region
A travel nurse who lives life one adventure at a time, Mike West, RN, returned to Cheshire Medical Center—and Kylee—for the biggest adventure of his lifetime.
![Doctor celebrates with patient](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_447/public/2023-02/silberstein-todd.jpg?itok=gWcWs-em)
Working Together for Your Heart Health
Excellent on-site services and innovative partnerships within Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health make Cheshire Medical Center your source for superb cardiac care.
![Lindsey Cushing, WHNP, SANE-A, and Kelsey Page, RN, SANE-A, work in Cheshire's OB/GYN department and are part of a team providing medical forensic exams in the Emergency Department.](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_447/public/2021-04/awareness-1400.jpg?itok=Pzoo6fTH)
Raising Awareness About Sexual Assault: Medical Forensic Care
The nurses who form Cheshire's Medical Forensic Care team provide specialized, trauma-informed care to people who have been sexually assaulted.