Martha’s Vineyard Hospital News

The Island patient population is the most rewarding part of practice here and I hope to be able to continue to improve the quality of care and access for all Island patients.

The Massachusetts Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control Regulation (Lead Law) requires all children to be screened for lead poisoning multiple times through the age of three.

“Western medicine defines health as the absence of disease,” Dr. Elliott Dacher, founder of the Meditation and Mindfulness program, says. Regardless of whether you have a disease or not, wellness has come to mean leading the best possible life you can — it’s a combination of mind, body, and spirit.

Be Prepared and Stay Safe.

A well-known quality of life problem on the Island, housing insecurity also poses health challenges, according to a new community health needs report from the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

I first came to the Vineyard in 1995 as a PT student for an internship at Windemere. I spent 12 weeks here, and during that time I met my husband and fell in love with the Island. I returned to the Island after graduating...

Many generations of racers gathered at Washington Park in Oak Bluffs on Saturday morning to prepare for the 31st annual Sullivan 5K Walk/Run and to celebrate Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, who announced that he would be stepping down from leading the race this year.