Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Clinton Forms "Granite State Health Corps"

Today, Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire campaign announced its "Granite State Health Corps." The group is comprised of healthcare professionals who will "advocate for her health care plan across the state, talking to neighbors, friends, colleagues and attending local events about Hillary’s leadership on the issue and what it means for the people of New Hampshire."

Here are the members of the group:

Ellen Ceppetelli, RN, Windsor, VT – Chair of the Department of Nursing at Colby-Sawyer College and Director of Nursing Education at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Dr. Jeffrey Cohen, Hanover, NH - Chief of Neurosurgery at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Dr. Stuart Glassman, Bedford, NH -Adjunct Assistant Professor of Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth College Medical School

Senator Maggie Hassan, Exeter, NH - Health Care Advocate, served on the board of Community Developmental Services and the Disabilities Rights Center

Senator Molly Kelly, Keene, NH - Vice Chairwoman of the Healthy New Hampshire Foundation and Board member of the Home Care Association of New Hampshire .

Rep. Martha McLeod, Franconia, NH - Executive Director of the North Country Health Consortium

Dr. Cynthia Moniz, Canterbury, NH - Ph.D., MSW

Dr. Chris Roseberry, Exeter, NH – Chief of Surgery at Exeter Hospital

Senator Kathy Sgambati, Tilton, NH - Former Deputy Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services

Dr. Elizabeth Smith, Concord, NH – Pediatrician

Dr. Gary Sobelson, Concord, NH - Family Physician and NH Medical Leader

Wendy Wilson, RN, Laconia, NH - Professor of Nursing at the New Hampshire Technical College

Dr. Rick Wilson, Laconia, NH - Medical Administrator, and former clinical pediatrician of 25 years at Lakes Regional General Hospital