An ambitious expansion of the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center’s Patient Pavilion aims to help meet the needs of patients across northern New England for decades to come.
In 2023, the opening of the new Patient Pavilion at Dartmouth Health’s Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, New Hampshire, brought an additional 64 state-of the-art patient rooms and 240,000 square feet of space and technological enhancements to the hospital—an important step toward a reimagined academic medical center.
At the time, the Pavilion’s second and fifth floors were left intentionally unfinished. Construction is now underway to complete those spaces with new and expanded facilities dedicated to the medical challenges that most acutely affect our communities: cancer and heart and vascular care.
The spaces and services made possible by the expansion stand to give more patients better space to heal. From the cardiac patient who no longer needs to travel 100 miles away for a lifesaving procedure, to the leukemia patient with unfettered access to their care team in a private recovery space, to the newly hired teams who have advanced systems and support at their fingertips, the impact of this expansion has the potential to reverberate across the region.
A Wraparound Approach to Cancer Care
The Patient Pavilion’s second floor will support the treatment of complex cancers that require multifaceted care regimens. ICU-convertible rooms equipped with advanced, real-time monitoring capabilities will have the capacity to transform into positive airflow environments, providing stem cell or bone marrow transplant recipients with a sterile, high-tech recovery hub.
This build-out will also support pioneering research that builds on more than 25 years of Dartmouth Cancer Center-led discovery and advances. The new facilities will fuel initiatives that marry foundational and translational research, clinical trials, and patient care innovations to flip the script on how cancer is treated.
Making Space for the “Heart” of Healthcare
Heart disease is the nation’s leading cause of death and disability. More than 1,000 heart attack patients are treated each year across Dartmouth Health—among the most in New England. The opening of the Patient Pavilion in 2023 improved acceptance rates, but the urgent need for more space for these patients is ever present.
The completion of the Pavilion’s fifth floor will double inpatient heart and vascular capacity. It will also free up critical space elsewhere at DHMC for other patients to receive the types of cutting-edge procedures that make DHMC’s Heart and Vascular Center a leader in the nation.
To learn more about the Patient Pavilion expansion, contact Matthew Hall at 603-667-6309 or Matthew.R.Hall@hitchcock.org.
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