Cheshire Medical Center

Our Mission

We lead our community to become the nation’s healthiest through our clinical and service excellence, collaboration, and compassion for every patient, every time.

A Sense of Place Cheshire Medical Center and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene are located in Keene, NH a city of approximately 22,000 residents in the beautiful southwest corner of New Hampshire. Keene is conveniently located between Boston, MA and Hartford, CT. (110 miles to each city). It is in the heart of some of New England's finest recreational and historical areas and home to Keene State College and Antioch New England Graduate School.

Joint Partnership Cheshire Medical Center and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene are two legally separate organizations working in partnership for the health of our community, combining expertise, technology, and programs to provide the best possible care for our patients.

Art Nichols, CEO

"A key factor in managing the changing healthcare environment is the commitment by the Cheshire Medical Center and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene to improving the health of our community, and to provide quality healthcare services responsive to patient and community needs in a safe, efficient, and effective manner-based on the principles of partnership, clinical excellence, compassion, service and continuous improvement." Arthur W. Nichols President/CEO

John G. Schlegelmilch, MD, Chief Medical Officer