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Henry Tannous, MD, is the chief cardiac surgeon at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, where his clinical focus centers on advancing cardiac surgery through less invasive approaches like robotic cardiac surgery. Viewing his profession as a profound privilege, he approaches patient care with the core belief that successfully healing an individual also heals their surrounding community. Dr. Tannous provides a highly supportive, team-centered bedside manner, taking it personally to ensure patients get better while actively guiding families through the recovery process to build their confidence for the future. Ultimately, by utilizing minimally invasive surgery to safely cut recovery times in half, he is deeply driven by the reward of seeing his patients quickly regain their independence and return to their full, active potential.
To learn more, visit: providers.dartmouth-health.org/2270/henry-j-tannous
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and largest private employer, serves patients across New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,300 providers in nearly every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH. Its network of hospitals, outpatient centers, clinics and home care facilities, spans a broad geographical area. Year after year, DHMC is named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is consistently recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, northern New England’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers and one of less than than 60 total nationally; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital (Children’s Hospital at DHMC/CHaD) and more than 20 locations around the region; eight member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont, Hampstead, and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Dartmouth Health Home Care; Dartmouth Health Connected Care Center for Telehealth, serving patients as far away as Texas; and more than 30 primary and multi-specialty clinics across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its partnership with Dartmouth College, Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the White River Junction VA Medical Center, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials with international impact. Dartmouth Health and its more than 16,000 employees are committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in the communities it serves and to providing every patient with exceptional, state-of-the-art, personalized care.
Learn more at dartmouth-health.org.
Henry Tannous, MD, is the chief cardiac surgeon at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, where his clinical focus centers on advancing cardiac surgery through less invasive approaches like robotic cardiac surgery. Viewing his profession as a profound privilege, he approaches patient care with the core belief that successfully healing an individual also heals their surrounding community. Dr. Tannous provides a highly supportive, team-centered bedside manner, taking it personally to ensure patients get better while actively guiding families through the recovery process to build their confidence for the future. Ultimately, by utilizing minimally invasive surgery to safely cut recovery times in half, he is deeply driven by the reward of seeing his patients quickly regain their independence and return to their full, active potential.
To learn more, visit: providers.dartmouth-health.org/2270/henry-j-tannous
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and largest private employer, serves patients across New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,300 providers in nearly every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH. Its network of hospitals, outpatient centers, clinics and home care facilities, spans a broad geographical area. Year after year, DHMC is named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is consistently recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, northern New England’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers and one of less than than 60 total nationally; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital (Children’s Hospital at DHMC/CHaD) and more than 20 locations around the region; eight member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont, Hampstead, and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Dartmouth Health Home Care; Dartmouth Health Connected Care Center for Telehealth, serving patients as far away as Texas; and more than 30 primary and multi-specialty clinics across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its partnership with Dartmouth College, Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the White River Junction VA Medical Center, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials with international impact. Dartmouth Health and its more than 16,000 employees are committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in the communities it serves and to providing every patient with exceptional, state-of-the-art, personalized care.
Learn more at dartmouth-health.org.
