Melanie Del Frari, MSN, FNP-BC

Melanie Del Frari, MSN, FNP-BC, serves on the hospitalist team at Gifford Medical Center. Del Frari brings a unique blend of experience, perspective, and passion for community care. Before entering medicine, she earned her first degree in print journalism, but a deep-rooted calling to health care ultimately guided her toward nursing, a path influenced by her father, a physician, and her mother, a nurse practitioner.

She began her nursing career in 2007 as an ICU nurse. She later joined Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center’s nurse residency program, where she worked in the ICU and on the rapid response team. Over the years, she expanded her skills in the PACU, neurology, and vascular surgery. In 2020, she earned her degree as a Nurse Practitioner. This brought her closer to the goal she had set years earlier as a pre-med student: providing high-quality, personal care for patients.

That commitment is what ultimately drew her to Gifford. “I wanted more autonomy and the ability to practice independently, in a community where I could really get to know my patients,” she shared. “I’ve always been drawn to a smaller, rural setting where care feels more personal. I’m excited to be caring for my own neighbors.”