Contact: Danielle Perry FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Phone: (978) 463-1175 February 10, 2012
Anna Jaques Welcomes New Chief Medical Officer,
Gail B. Fayre, MD
Chief Medical Officer to join AJH, will begin April 1
NEWBURYPORT, Mass. --- Anna Jaques Hospital (AJH) has announced the appointment of Chief Medical Officer Gail B. Fayre, MD, who will begin her duties in early April. Dr. Fayre currently serves as the Residency Program Director at NH-Dartmouth Family Practice Residency in Concord, New Hampshire.
"We are pleased that Dr. Fayre will be joining us as Chief Medical Officer," said Delia O'Connor, President and CEO of Anna Jaques Hospital. "Her leadership will be central to our work improving the quality of patient care, reducing infection rates in accordance with national standards, and making Anna Jaques a strong community hospital in which to receive care. Her collaborative approach to leadership will help us to continue to build positive, productive relationships with a growing medical staff."
As Residency Program Director at NH-Dartmouth Family Practice Residency Dr. Fayre is responsible for budgetary and human resources oversight in two community health center sites, dental services, behavioral health services and residency education. She also oversees a pediatric hospitalists group.
Previously Dr. Fayre was a member of the Family Practice Residency Teaching Staff and Clinic Chief of Family Medicine Residency at Erhling Bergquist Hospital, Offult Air Force Base, Nebraska. She is a highly decorated veteran who served our country as a Family Practice Staff Physician, Director of Emergency Services and Medical Director of three different programs with the 39th Medical Group Hospital at the Incirlik Air Force Base in Turkey. Dr. Fayre has been awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal, the Joint Meritorious Unit Award, the National Defense Ribbon, the Southwest Asia Defense Ribbon, and the Overseas Long Tour Ribbon, among others.
Dr. Fayre received her medical degree from the University of Miami, School of Medicine. She completed her family practice residency at David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base in California, and is a graduate of the Faculty Development Fellowship Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Family Practice Certification and the National Board of Medical Examiners.
Dr. Fayre and her wife Judy, a registered nurse and lactation consultant, have four children aged 17 to 25. Dr. Fayre enjoys cycling and sailing.
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