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Concord Hospital

is in the Health Care Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$300.0M
  • Private
  • US
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You are viewing a printer friendly version of the page: "Concord Hospital History" To print this page, use your browser's print functionality via the menubar, or right click the page and select "Print" from the popup menu. Concord Hospital's legacy of providing care for the community's underserved began more than a century ago, with the formation of the Concord Hospital Association in 1884. In 1891, the association's headquarters could no longer meet the needs of the growing city and was replaced with the Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital. The 50-bed facility was built in response to the community's need for a charitable hospital that would provide care for the city's sick and poor. George A. Pillsbury, a successful Minneapolis businessman with ties to the Granite State, provided a gift of almost $60,000 to finance the construction of what would become the state's first general hospital. Because of Pillsbury's gift, the Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital, named in honor of the Pillsburys' 50th wedding anniversary, opened its doors to the public on Dec. 15, 1891. Meanwhile, a group of charitably inclined women were establishing a hospital for poor women and children. Five years after the opening of the Pillsbury General Hospital, the Memorial Hospital for Women and Children was opened on South Street in Concord. Despite expansions, the hospitals grew out of their facilities. At the start of World War II, it was evident a merger would be the most efficient way to care for...

Chief Executive Officer
Michael B. Green
Number of Employees 2,999
Contact Information

250 Pleasant St Ste 6130

Concord, New Hampshire 03301

www.concordhosp...

1 603 227 7111

NAICS Code General Medical and Surgical Hospitals: 622110

Recent Events

  • Ob-gyns under Concord Hospital umbrella

    9/10/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

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    6/27/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

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  • John Muir hospital expansions on schedule

    - 2009-01-09

    The economy is foundering and construction projects everywhere have come to a halt until things get better. Yet major expansions at John Muir Medical Center's Walnut Creek and Concord campuses continue -- they're even on schedule. Massive efforts to rebuild emergency departments, add private patient rooms and build...

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  • Health care past and future

    - 2008-11-11

    Dr. Michael Epstein talked about the 1952 operating room at the Concord hospital that contained three doors: "One to the front porch, one to the kitchen, and one to the surgery preparation room. While they were operating, a delivery man walked through carrying three cases of Coca-Cola." That...

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  • Man robbed at knifepoint in Concord hospital parking lot

    - 2008-10-02

    CONCORD -- A man was robbed at knifepoint early this morning as he was pacing back and forth in a hospital parking lot, nervous about his wife's surgery, police said. The 26-year-old man was standing outside the John Muir Medical Center Concord campus about 12:20 a.m. when he...

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  • Uninsured patients say they were gouged by John Muir Medical Center

    - 2008-09-25

    A tentative settlement in a class-action lawsuit against John Muir Health will bring refunds or discounts to thousands of uninsured patients who say they were hit with greatly inflated medical bills. The suit accuses John Muir of charging people who lack insurance high prices and then using overly...

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  • Healthier network

    - 2008-06-01

    Concord Hospital, a regional medical center with the second busiest acute care hospital in New Hampshire, has selected Juniper Networks to provide a high-performance network infrastructure with application acceleration, routing, remote access and security solutions. The integration of the application acceleration platform, firewall/VPN appliances with unified threat management and SSL...

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  • Better Outcomes, Improved Safety Reported by Community Hospitals Using McKesson's Computerized Physician Order Entry and Decision Support

    - 2008-02-14

    Competition Recognizes Top-Performing Healthcare Organizations, Quantifies Value of Technology ATLANTA -- Improved outcomes in patients with community acquired pneumonia CAP led to top honors for AnMed Health in a recent competition hosted by McKesson to quantify the value of computerized provider order entry CPOE and clinical decision support CDS...

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  • Urology nurses off to Hong Kong

    - 2008-02-01

    [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Urology nurses at Concord Hospital are off to Hong Kong in February 2008 to join with their fellow urology nurses from Singapore, Malaysia, China and Hong Kong, for the 61st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand. This will be the...

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  • No cancer clusters found at Concord, Bowral hospitals

    - 2008-02-01

    Investigations have ruled out the possibility of cancer clusters at Concord and Bowral hospitals. The incidence of breast cancer among female employees at both hospitals was no greater than what would be expected in the general population, the investigations found. The general manager of Concord Hospital, Danny O'Connor,...

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  • In Case of (Non) Emergency

    - 2007-04-01

    Anyone who's been in an emergency room knows about long waits. A heart attack patient is seen far faster than that cut finger that needs a stitch. Hoping to separate the true emergencies from those simply requiring urgent care, NH hospitals are increasingly opening walk-in clinics to better serve patients...

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  • Are You Ready to Shop Around?

    - 2007-02-01

    As health insurance premiums continue to balloon, business owners are trying to find ways to keep insurance costs reasonable. Premiums have grown 73 percent in the last five years, and passage of the major health insurance reform law 18 months ago, Senate Bill 125, has done little to put the...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Michael B. Green Chief Executive Officer
Stephen P Imgrund President-Elect
Bruce Burns Chief Financial Officer
David F Green Vice President, Medical Affairs & Chief Medical Officer
Deane Morrison Chief Information Officer
Diane Allen Vice President, Operations & Chief Nursing Officer
Joseph Conley Chief Operating Officer
Domenic Ciavarro Associate Vice President, Facilities
James Thorne Vice President, Operations
Kristine Terrio Vice President, Operations
Louis Josephson Vice President, Behavioral Health
Marjo Mitchell Vice President, Physician Services
Pamela Puleo Vice President, Philanthropy & Public Affairs
Ray Gerbi Vice President, Facilities
Robin Moore Vice President, Human Resources
Roxanne Olason Vice President, Operations
Scott Sloane Vice President, Finance
Gary L York Laboratory Medical Director
James T Noble Medical Director, Infection Control
Nancy Kane Administrative Director
Catherine McLeod Supervisor
Christine Keenan Recruitment Coordinator
Donna Dooley Counselor
Gayle Kimball
Glenn K Currie Volunteer
Heather Smith Clinical Nurse Specialist
Robert Dunton Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Robert Paskey Hospital Chaplain
Sheila A Swenson Clinical Nurse Specialist
Tanya Doucet Credentials Specialist
Mary Boucher Secretary

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Alexander Gadbois Chair of Hospital Medicine
Cristina Taylor Chair of Pathology
Dean J Galatis Chair of Anesthesia
Frank A Betchart Chair of Family Practice
Geoffrey M Fitzgerald Chair of Emergency Medicine
George A Devito Chair of Pediatrics
Karl I Lanocha Chair of Psychiatry
Linda M Delorey Dds Chair of Dentistry
Maria D Padin Chair of Obstetrics, Gynecology
Mark A Hadley Chair of Radiology
N Ross Jenkins Chair of Surgery
Thomas A Sheldon Chair of Radiation Oncology
C Thomas Brown Board of Directors
Christian Hallowell Vice Chair
D Thomas Akey Board of Directors
Gary Jones Board of Directors
James D Cook Board of Directors
Jeffrey S Kipperman Board of Directors
Jill K Blackmer Board of Directors
Michelle Chicoine Board of Directors
Philip Boulter Board of Directors
Robert D Thomson Board of Directors

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Concord Hospital Chief Executive Officer Current
Concord Hospital President Current
New Hampshire Hospital Association Chair Current
Unitil Corporation Board of Directors Current
New Hampshire Hospital Association Director Current
Merrimack County Savings Bank Director Current
Concord Hospital Board of Directors Current

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Concord Hospital President-Elect Current

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Concord Hospital Chief Financial Officer Current
Concord Hospital Senior Vice President of Finance Current
Capitol Center for The Arts Board Member Current
Nhhefa Board of Directors Current
Concord Hospital Treasurer Current

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Concord Hospital Vice President, Medical Affairs & Chief Medical Officer Current

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Concord Hospital Chief Information Officer Current
Concord Hospital Data Processing Executive Former

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Concord Hospital Vice President, Operations & Chief Nursing Officer Current

Joseph Conley, M.B.A., Suffolk University. Chief Operating Officer at Concord Hospital for past eight years. Civic Leadership Positions: A member of the Concord Kiwanis Club, President of the Hopkinton Youth Sports Assn., on the Board of Advisors at Bishop Brady High School, Incorporator, Laconia Savings Bank, Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives. Joined Riverbend Board in 2000.

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Concord Hospital Chief Operating Officer Current
Riverbend Community Mental Health Board of Directors Current

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Concord Hospital Associate Vice President, Facilities Current

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Concord Hospital Vice President, Operations Current

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Concord Hospital Vice President, Operations Current

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Concord Hospital Vice President, Behavioral Health Current

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Concord Hospital Vice President, Physician Services Current

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Concord Hospital Vice President, Philanthropy & Public Affairs Current

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Concord Hospital Vice President, Facilities Current

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Concord Hospital Vice President, Human Resources Current

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Concord Hospital Vice President, Operations Current

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Concord Hospital Vice President, Finance Current

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Concord Hospital Laboratory Medical Director Current
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Residency Current
Concord Hospital Chairman of the Department of Pathology Current
Ehd, Inc Secretary Current
University of Vermont M.D. Former
University of Maine B.A. In Zoology Former

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Concord Hospital Medical Director, Infection Control Current

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Concord Hospital Administrative Director Current

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Concord Hospital Supervisor Current

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Concord Hospital Recruitment Coordinator Current

Donna Dooley joined UBC in 1995 as a member, before becoming the Associate Pastor in 2002. She served as youth leader and deacon, later as Chair, when she resigned to answer the call to be Associate Pastor. Her background includes being a NH licensed Mental Health counselor, and several years as a Spiritual Care counselor at Concord Hospital. She enjoys singing in the choir. Donna leads bible studies and women's retreats with an experiential focus. She loves visiting, and has a special admiration for the elders and toddlers of UBC (and everyone in between). She enjoys the outdoors, hiking, kayaking, snowmobiling (and most anything). You might find her driving her Mustang down to the beach, or up to the mountains for a hike.

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Concord Hospital Counselor Current
United Baptist Church Member Current
United Baptist Church Chairman of the Board Former

Gayle Kimball is a results-oriented, hands-on fundraiser with a proven track record of securing outright and deferred gifts in the six and seven figure range. During her 25-years in the non profit sector, she has worked with volunteer leadership, including Fortune 500 CEOs, of nationally renowned non-profit organizations as well as regional and community boards of directors. She brings her "Yankee" ingenuity and legal training to the table with a pragmatic approach that has helped build, expand, and sustain fundraising campaigns and initiatives. Prior to joining Copley Harris Company she founded Gift Planning Counsel, LLC, a New Hampshire-based consulting firm providing planned giving services to non profits organizations. She is currently working with Concord Hospital and New Hampshire Association for the Blind on the re-design of their major gift programs. While serving as Vice President for Development at Southwestern Vermont Health Care in Bennington, Vermont, she led the largest campaign in the history of the hospital and region to surpass its $3.5 million goal in the early 90s, and then built and sustained the growth of its comprehensive development program. Gayle has created and implemented successful planned giving and major gift programs for Connecticut Hospice, the nation's first and largest free-standing hospice, the American Heart Association/Connecticut, as well as Southwestern Vermont Health Care. She credits her work with Connecticut Hospice with starting her on a journey of discovery about conversing artfully with people about what they cherish -- and find of greatest meaning. Gayle has been active throughout her career in service to her profession and is currently president-elect of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Northern New England Chapter. She also writes test questions for CFRE International, which awards the certified fundraising executive credential. An active member of her community, she is a member of the Hopkinton, New Hampshire Rotary Club, serves on a task force for the Hopkinton School Board, and is a founding board member (and Chair) of the New Hampshire Women's Alliance, the fundraising arm of the New Hampshire Women's Lobby. A member of the New Hampshire Bar, she is a cum laude graduate of Western New England College School of Law and received her B.A. from Colgate University.

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Copley Harris Company, Inc. Senior Associate Current
Concord Hospital Current
New Hampshire Association for The Blind Current
Colgate University B.A. Former

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Concord Hospital Volunteer Current
Visiting Nurses Association Volunteer Current
Snap Screen Press Current
Concord Hospital Board of Directors Current
Dartmouth College Former

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Concord Hospital Clinical Nurse Specialist Current

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Concord Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgeon Current

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Concord Hospital Hospital Chaplain Current

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Concord Hospital Clinical Nurse Specialist Current

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Concord Hospital Credentials Specialist Current

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Concord Hospital Chair of Hospital Medicine Current

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Concord Hospital Chair of Pathology Current

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Concord Hospital Chair of Anesthesia Current

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Concord Hospital Chair of Family Practice Current

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Concord Hospital Chair of Emergency Medicine Current

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Concord Hospital Chair of Pediatrics Current

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Concord Hospital Chair of Psychiatry Current

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Concord Hospital Dds Chair of Dentistry Current

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Concord Hospital Chair of Obstetrics, Gynecology Current

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Concord Hospital Chair of Radiology Current

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Concord Hospital Chair of Surgery Current

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Concord Hospital Chair of Radiation Oncology Current

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Concord Hospital Vice Chair Current

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