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Diane Ryan, FNP, has recently joined Weeks Medical Center’s Lancaster Physician Practice as a full-time Family Nurse Practitioner. Her focus will be on family planning as well as primary care.

For the past eight years, Ms. Ryan was a Family Nurse Practitioner at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Concord, NH. She has also held nursing positions at Concord Family Practice, Concord Hospital and Androscoggin Valley Hospital. Ms. Ryan holds a BS from Plymouth State College and a Master of Science in Nursing-Family Nurse Practitioner from Rivier College in Nashua, NH.

“Diane is a welcome addition to our Physician Practice here in Lancaster, says Dr.Lars Nielson, Chief Medical Officer. “Her lengthy background in primary care medicine and health care education makes her an ideal addition to our existing staff of family care providers.”

Ms. Ryan will provide primary care for patients of all ages in the Lancaster office. Please call 788-2521 to make an appointment.

Weeks Medical Center is a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital that serves the North Country towns of New Hampshire and Vermont. The hospital also provides home health services based in Lancaster and has physician offices n Lancaster, Whitefield and Groveton. Weeks offers 24-hour Emergency Room services; comprehensive rehabilitation services; and a highly respected Cancer Care department. The hospital is located at 173 Middle Street in Lancaster and can be reached at 603-788-4911.