Perioperative Services
Perioperative Services consists of four main units. The Main Operating Room and the Outpatient Surgery Center provide opportunities to be involved directly with surgical procedures. Our Post-Anesthetic Care Unit and Same Day Program provide opportunities to care for patients during pre and post-op treatment.
Joining our Perioperative Services team at Dartmouth Health means you will be part of a large team of professionals providing the very best in perioperative care. Our supportive leadership prioritizes improvement initiatives, ongoing training, and opportunities for staff to engage with other clinical team members. The collaborative and collegial environment throughout the system will enable you to provide the best care possible to your patients.
The Main Operating Room
The Main Operating room provides surgical procedures for Orthopedics, Transplant, ENT, Eyes, Oral, Plastics, Neurosurgery, Urology, OBGYN, General, Vascular, Pediatric, Cardiothoracic and more. Become a team member for a specific service or float amongst a variety. Our 26-room, 24/7 Operating Room utilizes two Da Vinci XI robots as well as many other new and innovative technologies.
Outpatient Surgery Center
The Outpatient Surgery Center (OSC) at Dartmouth Hitchcock is a free standing center located on the DHMC Lebanon campus.
The OSC operates eight operating room suites and is dedicated to providing care for adult and pediatric patients requiring same-day surgical procedures. The ultimate goal of the OSC is to provide the right care in the right place and the right time for our patients who seek our surgical services. The OSC is a fast-paced environment with an expert team of surgeons, nurses, technicians, child life specialists, and anesthesia providers specially trained for pediatric and adult outpatient surgical care. Our team works together to create an experience that is convenient and comfortable as possible for our patients and families.
The Center for Surgical Innovation
The Center for Surgical Innovation was built as a joint endeavor by Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, the National Institutes of Health, Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine, and Thayer School of Engineering. The Center for Surgical Innovation (CSI) offers a unique clinical environment that offers two fully integrated operating rooms with surgical navigation, a procedural suite, 3T Intraoperative MRI, and a 64 slice Intraoperative CT. The facility combines clinical and research environments allowing for the full spectrum of bench-to-bedside investigations aimed at improving the efficacy and safety of surgery. The CSI as a research facility has three distinctions: a controlled surgical environment with integrated multi-modal 3D imaging, operational engineering for safe co-location of research and clinical care, and the ability to progress though research to clinical applications in the same environment, with the same equipment.
Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
The Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) is our 21 bed Level 1 Trauma Center Recovery Unit for a very busy 26 room OR. PACU provides an opportunity to provide care for patients in a variety of services, including but not limited to; Trauma, Transplant, Cardiology/Electrophysiology, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Vascular, General, Gynecology, Oncology, Plastics, Urology, Bariatric, and Interventional Radiology. This high acuity unit offers a 12-hour day/night shift rotation with 3 on-call shifts within an 8 week period.
