Resources for journalists
Our Media Relations staff is ready to serve journalists in developing and reporting on health care stories.
Journalists seeking comment from Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics providers, staff, or patients must contact Media Relations.
Patient privacy is of utmost priority at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics. In order to protect patient confidentiality within federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) guidelines, all members of the news media must and will be escorted by a member of the Media Relations staff while visiting Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics facilities.
Read our Media Relations Policy (PDF).
Media contacts
Journalists seeking comment from Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics providers, staff, or patients must contact Media Relations.
- During business hours: Call 603-653-1910, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
- Nights, weekends, and holidays: Call the main Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center switchboard at 603-650-5000 and ask for pager 6115.
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics media contacts
- Audra Burns, Senior Manager, Media Relations
Phone: 603-494-2179 (cell)
Email: audra.burns@hitchcock.org - Cassidy Smith, Media Relations Specialist
Phone: 401-743-7199 (cell)
Email: cassidy.m.smith@hitchcock.org
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth media contacts
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Derik Hertel, Director of Communications
Phone: 603-650-1211
Email: kenneth.d.hertel@dartmouth.edu
Patient interviews
At the discretion of the Media Relations staff, and in consultation with the patient’s medical care team, media requests for interviews are presented to patients and/or family members in a timely manner.
To ensure patient privacy, we do not accommodate requests for in-room or bedside interviews with patients. Even if the patients themselves makes arrangements for an interview, it is still dependent on approval from the medical staff and Media Relations before final arrangements will be made.