Chair File Video: Meet 2024 AHA Board Chair Joanne Conroy, M.D.

Joanne Conroy, M.D., is CEO and president of Dartmouth Health, which is the only academic health system in New Hampshire and serves rural and urban residents in both New Hampshire and Vermont.
Prior to joining Dartmouth Health, Conroy served in several hospital leadership roles, including as CEO of Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, Mass., and chief health care officer for the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, D.C. An anesthesiologist, she earned her medical degree at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), where she held multiple academic and administrative leadership positions.
Watch the video to learn more about Conroy’s background, key priorities as AHA chair and message to the field.
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