UVM Health - Elizabethtown Community Hospital

UVM Health - Elizabethtown Community Hospital Nonprofit community hospital serving Essex County, New York with highly skilled staff, outstanding technological capabilities, and access to specialists.

Services include:
24-hour emergency departments in Elizabethtown and Ticonderoga
Lab (96% of all testing done on-site)
All-digital radiology (x-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, mammogram, bone density)
25-bed inpatient unit
Inpatient rehabilitation
Chemotherapy
Physical, speech and occupational therapy
Growing list of outpatient specialists on site in Elizabethtown and Ticonderoga
6 community-based health centers (Au Sable Forks, Crown Point, Elizabethtown, Westport, Willsboro, Wilmington)

04/25/2026

And we’re off! The Doc Lopez Run for Health is officially underway this morning - and this video from the starting line says it all: energy, community, and people showing up for each other. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

While registration is closed, you can still be part of the impact by donating today.

Every gift stays local and helps support care right here at Elizabethtown Community Hospital, including:

🍎 Food and supplies for the Community Cupboard
💙 Free health clinics for diabetes, heart health, women’s health, and more
🧦 Comfort items for patients getting chemotherapy
🏥 Home health tools like blood pressure cuffs and pill organizers
⛴️ Gas and ferry cards to help patients get to appointments

Every step - and every dollar donated - helps keep care close to home and supports neighbors when they need it most.

💚 Cheer on the runners. Lift up the community. Donate today.

👉 Donate using the link in the comments and help us keep this momentum going!

Unused or expired meds don’t belong in the trash or flushed down the sink—they can harm the environment or fall into the...
04/25/2026

Unused or expired meds don’t belong in the trash or flushed down the sink—they can harm the environment or fall into the wrong hands.

Dispose of them at 75 Park St in our main lobby 24/7 or in Ticonderoga at 101 Adirondack Drive, second floor everyday from 8am-6pm.

Or find a location near you using the DEA’s Collection Site Locator:
https://www.dea.gov/takebackday

04/24/2026

Louis Gaudreau knew what polycystic kidney disease meant. He’d watched his father endure years of dialysis before he died at 68.

When tests confirmed that Gaudreau had the same hereditary condition, he knew the path ahead: cysts slowly overtaking the kidneys, eventually leading to complete kidney failure.

There is no cure.

About 35 million people in the US live with chronic kidney disease. For many, dialysis or a kidney transplant is the only way to survive. Roughly 100,000 people are waiting for a kidney, but only one in four will get one. Those who do not often spend several hours a day, several days a week, at dialysis — usually with a partner to help.

Learn how Louis beat the odds in the comments below.

More primary care access is coming to Essex County — and that means more doors open for patients 🩺We've proudly welcomed...
04/23/2026

More primary care access is coming to Essex County — and that means more doors open for patients 🩺

We've proudly welcomed four new primary care practitioners, helping more people find care close to home, when they need it most. With additional team members in place, appointment availability is improving and more community members can establish an ongoing relationship with a trusted primary care clinician.

“Access isn’t just about appointment slots. It’s about ensuring every patient can receive timely, compassionate care close to home,” says Kristen True, our medical group director. “Bringing these providers onto our team helps us meet patients where they are, reduce barriers to care and support the long-term health of our community.”

The newest additions to the primary care team include:

• Janine Barreau, FNP
• Jeffrey Klotz, MD
• Lydia Vorsteveld, NP
• Lindsey Wilhelm, DO, MPH

✅ All four are currently accepting new patients.

This growth is an important step toward strengthening local access to preventive care, chronic disease management and same-day needs, right here in Essex County.

📸 Pictured: Dr. Jeffrey Klotz and Lydia Vorsteveld, NP

🌍 Happy Earth Day!At UVM Health, caring for our patients means caring for the world around them. From designing more eff...
04/22/2026

🌍 Happy Earth Day!

At UVM Health, caring for our patients means caring for the world around them. From designing more efficient buildings to improving air quality through more efficient anesthesia delivery system, our sustainability work helps create healthier spaces for patients and staff while protecting our environment for future generations.

Together, we’re building a healthier future for our communities and our planet. 💚

🔬 It's Medical Laboratory Professional Week and we're recognizing the members of the pathology and laboratory medicine t...
04/20/2026

🔬 It's Medical Laboratory Professional Week and we're recognizing the members of the pathology and laboratory medicine teams across our partners. Often working behind the scenes, these staff members play a critical role in our health care community.

Thank you for all that you do!

When something isn’t right. Keeping children safe is something we all have a role in. In this episode of Living Healthy ...
04/19/2026

When something isn’t right.
Keeping children safe is something we all have a role in.

In this episode of Living Healthy Together, we explore how we recognize and prevent child abuse and neglect, respond with care and work together to support children and families.

Hear from clinicians, foster parents and community leaders about how prevention works - and the role we can all play.

🎧 Listen to the podcast
~ Link in the comments ~

On this National Healthcare Decisions Day, consider updating or filling out your Advance Directive. This is a legal docu...
04/16/2026

On this National Healthcare Decisions Day, consider updating or filling out your Advance Directive.

This is a legal document that lets you outline your wishes for medical care in the future should you be unable to speak for yourself.

It gives you more control and peace of mind, helps your medical team honor your choices and takes stress off family who might otherwise have to guess at what you would want.

For more info on how to fill your form out, click on the link in the comments.

04/15/2026

Darrell Fields didn’t know what to do.

One of his cancer medications cost $740. Even when he worked multiple restaurant jobs, he couldn’t afford that.

He tried calling Medicaid for help, but they said he didn't have the right paperwork. Fields didn’t know what the right paperwork was, or where to find it. Soon after, a letter arrived stating that his Medicaid coverage had lapsed, leaving him with no health insurance.

Learn how Fields got the help he needed in the comments below.

Getting dressed. Driving. Returning to work. These everyday moments can feel out of reach after injury or illness. In th...
04/13/2026

Getting dressed. Driving. Returning to work.
These everyday moments can feel out of reach after injury or illness.

In this episode of Living Healthy Together, hear how occupational therapy helps people reconnect to purpose, preserve independence and return to the lives they know.

🎧 Listen to the podcast
~ Link in the comments ~

04/11/2026

🎨 Calm in Color 🎨
“When I pick up a brush, everything slows down.” Meet Jessa Murphy Barcomb a laboratory assistant at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital
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Painting is the one place where my mind finally goes quiet.

In the rest of my life, things can feel loud and nonstop — work, family, the usual whirlwind. But when I pick up a brush, everything slows down. The world narrows into color. Even the sky feels different when you're really looking at it.

Green painting by Jessa Murphy Barcomb.
I’ve been doing art for as long as I can remember. My mom must have seen something in me, because she never questioned it — she just let me create. Over the years, I tried everything: photography, drawing, ceramics. But painting is where I found a calmness I didn’t know I needed.

Now it’s even more special because my son paints with me. He has his own tiny easel, and we set up together in the backyard or on the porch. The cows wander around behind us, the dogs stretch out on the boards, and we just pause. No talking. No distractions. Just color and quiet.

He’s usually a wild, talkative kid, but when we paint, he settles right into the stillness with me. It feels like sharing a part of myself I never knew how to put into words.

A lot of my pieces carry emotions I don’t always say out loud. One of my favorites is a painting I made after my dog, who had been with me for 19 years, passed away. I used the colors from his collar and the blanket I buried him with: peach and lime green. They shouldn’t work together, but somehow they do. I’ll never sell that one. Some things are too close to the heart.

Painting gives me space to breathe, feel and just be myself.
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The Mosaic Project is a collection of short stories about the people of University of Vermont Health. These are your coworkers, caregivers, neighbors, family members, friends – each with unique life experiences that are part of the vibrant mosaic of who we are.

April is National Donate Life Month. Join us in helping save and heal lives. Please register your decision to be an or...
04/07/2026

April is National Donate Life Month. Join us in helping save and heal lives. Please register your decision to be an organ and tissue donor today.

~Link in the Comments~~~

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