Recent News

South Royalton family welcomes first baby of new year

January 4, 2013

Sara Bowen and fiancé Shawn Sedor of South Royalton were the first to welcome a baby in the new year at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph. Bowen gave birth to […]

Family tree brings back memories of ‘Uncle Pearl’

December 21, 2012

Randolph hospital continues to honor founder Say “Gifford” and locals no doubt think of Randolph’s long-standing hospital. Say “Dr. Gifford” and the hospital’s founder and namesake comes to mind for […]

Experienced family physician brings focus on geriatrics to Gifford

December 18, 2012

As a student at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, Barbara Lazar worked in a nursing home as a nurse’s aide. She decided then that she wanted spend her career caring […]

Unique Kari Meyer landscape paintings in Gifford gallery

December 13, 2012

Montpelier painter Kari Meyer’s unique landscapes are in the Gifford Medical Center art gallery through Jan. 30. Born and raised in the Northeast Kingdom, Meyer’s love of nature started at […]

Couple travels from Armenia to give birth at Gifford

December 11, 2012

Married couple Elvira Dana and Jason Kass live and work in Armenia, a developing country once part of the Soviet Union. When it came time to have children, however, Dana […]

Bowling for breast cancer awareness

November 13, 2012

For a third year, Teresa Bradley of Braintree, left, and Krista Warner of Randolph, middle, have organized at bowling tournament at Valley Bowl to support Gifford Medical Center’s Woman to […]

Free end-of-life planning discussion open to all ages

November 7, 2012

Visiting Nurse and Hospice of Vermont and New Hampshire, the Vermont Ethics Network and Gifford Medical Center’s Advanced Illness Care Team are joining to create a community discussion around end-of-life […]

Chef Wendell Fowler leads free talk at Gifford

November 6, 2012

‘Dietary wayseer’ reveals what’s in the foods we love The Western world is caught in a nutritional minefield where the Tony the Tiger acts as a nutritionist and pink slime […]

Full circle

November 5, 2012

Operation Christmas Child participant received box as child Students from the Baptist Fellowship of Randolph work with Menig Extended Care Facility nursing home residents to create boxes of gifts for […]

National Health Service Corps helping bring primary care providers to under-served areas

October 11, 2012

When Dr. Josh Plavin was in medical school, a federal program supporting primary care providers, the National Health Service Corps, helped pay for some of his education costs. “I was […]

The art of sharing

October 10, 2012

Northfield fiber artist Pamela Druhen, pictured far left, recently shared some of her unique “Threadscapes” with Menig Extended Care Facility residents. The pieces meld quilting and thread work to create […]

Breast cancer awareness talk slated for Oct. 22

October 9, 2012

Experts from Gifford Medical Center will lead a free breast cancer awareness talk on Oct. 22 from 6-7:30 p.m. in concert with Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Ob/gyn Dr. Anne Galante […]

Election cycle

In the final day of his “Cycling Vermont’s 14” 500-mile bicycle tour of the state’s 14 counties, Lt. Gov. Phil Scott stopped at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph early Tuesday […]

‘Threadscapes’ by Northfield fiber artist Pamela Druhen in Gifford Gallery

September 21, 2012

Northfield fiber artist Pamela Druhen brings her unique quilts to the Gifford Medical Center art gallery on Oct. 3. Druhen creates intricate, realistic quilted landscapes and florals, which she calls […]

Second chiropractor joins Sharon sports medicine team

September 10, 2012

Chiropractor Dr. Andrea Kannas has joined the Sharon Health Center’s sports medicine team part-time. Dr. Kannas, who is also in private practice in Woodstock, is a Rutland native and Middlebury […]