Dartmouth- Hitchcock-Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Dartmouth-Hitchcock's anesthesiology residency is a long-standing academic program based at a rural, tertiary/quaternary referral center in the Upper Connecticut River Valley, serving as the region's major referral hub for northern New England. The program uses an integrated four-year structure beginning at PGY-1 with a self-designed transitional clinical base year, reflecting institutional control over the full training arc rather than reliance on outside internship years. Fellowship infrastructure in critical care medicine, pain management, regional anesthesia, and palliative medicine signals a subspecialty-oriented culture and a pathway for graduates pursuing further training. The program's supplemental application, which asks applicants to explain their interest in relocating to northern New England, indicates it values genuine fit with a rural, small-community academic environment over transient or purely career-strategic interest.