Hospitalist Medicine Providers

Sheri Brown, DNP

Sheri has been practicing for close to 20 years since graduating from State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine and getting her license to practice in Vermont. She received both her Bachelor’s and Associates degrees from Norwich University in Northfield.

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Sandy Craig, MD

Dr. Sandy Craig joins Gifford’s Hospitalist team in the next chapter of a career that’s taken him across the globe. A Vermont native, Dr. Craig attended UVM for medical school and trained in the top Family Medicine program in the U.S. at UNC Chapel Hill. He’s been on three tours of international medical relief work in Asia and Africa. Dr. Craig came back to Vermont and spent 12 years at a family practice in Plainfield, before coming to Gifford. Because of his wide range of interests from Hospital Medicine to Infectious Disease, Dr. Craig is a firm believer in the value of a broad and eclectic perspective, collaborating with various health care providers in listening to patients.

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Patricia Murphy, FNP/AGACNP-BC

Family Nurse Practitioner Patricia Murphy serves with the hospitalist team on Howell Pavilion, Gifford’s inpatient unit. She sees patients of all ages who are admitted to the hospital, and takes a patient-centered approach to care.

“My style is to find out what’s most important to patients, their goals, and to be their resource,” she says. “I am here to answer questions that will help patients make decisions—not make those decisions for them. I am here to guide.”

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Bryan Smith, MD

An internal medicine physician, Dr. Smith has practiced hospital medicine for the better part of his career. He brings to his role at Gifford more than 20 years of experience and a deep commitment to providing the highest-quality care to all patients:

“I think of the practice of medicine as a calling and access to excellent health care to be a fundamental human right. Because each of my patients historically has entrusted their care, and in many cases their lives, to me, I really am honored by this and indebted to them, and obligated to be the kind of doctor I would wish to have caring for me or my loved ones.”

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Michelle Wade, APRN

Michelle Wade, MSN/Ed, APRN, NP-C, ACNP-AG, takes extra care to help transition patients from one level of care to another. She specializes in adult and geriatric care and understands the special needs of this population. Drawing on years of bedside experience in both acute and long-term care, she helps patients and their families during the stressful time of inpatient care. She believes it is most important to take time to talk to patients and families and collaboratively develop a plan of care that meets the goals of the patient.

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