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Susan Swan

Susan M. Swan, LPN

After twenty-two years in the Nursing profession, both in the hospital and homecare settings, I was happy to discover HYGEIA. I have journeyed in the sister-hood of Nursing and have been nurtured by God's angels of mercy. For me, HYGEIA is like a garden where staff and patients are mutually benefited. HYGEIA is putting a smile on the face of healthcare, and I am thankful to be a part of that.

 

Denise Ford

Denise Ford graduated from Lebanon High School in 1992. She attended NH Technical College for two years and earned certificates in both early childhood education and Phlebotomy. She trained at DHMC in a nursing assistant program and is currently licensed as an LNA in both New Hampshire and Vermont. Denise lives in Grantham with her three children, and pet hamster "Teddy."

Dr. Robyn W. Jacobs earned her B.A. in Biology from Amherst College in Massachussets after which she moved to the Upper Valley to attend Dartmouth Medical School. After completing her MD degree, Dr. Jacobs obtained her specialty training in Obstetrics and Gynecology through the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. She then served the U.S. Navy on active duty for four years, practicing Obstetrics and Gynecology in Sicily, Italy, and earning her board certification during that time. In 2001, when her service commitment was completed, Dr. Jacobs returned to the Upper Valley and joined the Women's Care Center at Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital.

During her years of practice Dr. Jacobs recognized that the medical model of naming diseases and prescribing drugs for them did not seem to be helping her patients to truly heal. In October of 2004, Dr. Jacobs attended an inspiring conference in Scarborough, Maine. Since that time, she has been pursing knowledge in the field of functional medicine — an approach which looks closely at an individual's unique physiology and the role that environmental exposures (food, stress, toxins) play in the expression of health and disease. She has attended training with Dr. Diana Schwarzbein and been certified as a level I Schwarzbein Referral Practitioner. She has also completed an intensive week-long course in Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice and is a member of the Institute for Functional Medicine.

Dr. Jacobs provides a functional approach to women's health and the treatment of gynecologic disease through her practice with Hygeia. Dr. Jacobs lives with her husband, two sons, two horses, one cat and three fish in Etna, New Hampshire.