Campbellford Memorial Hospital Welcomes New Internal Medicine Specialist

After a near-year-long search, Dr. Daanish Chippa has become the new internist and hospitalist for Campbellford Memorial Hospital (CMH) announced on Monday.

Dr. Chippa completed an internal medicine residency at Detroit Medical Center and a geriatric medicine fellowship at the University of Buffalo. Before starting with CMH. He worked in internal and hospital medicine at Parkland Medical Center in Derry, New Hampshire. Photo courtesy of the Campbellford Memorial Centre.

“Physician recruitment has been a key priority for CMH, and we are delighted to have Dr. Chippa join our physician team,” said Eric Hanna, CEH CEO and interim president. “Dr. Chippa brings internal medicine and hospitalist experience coupled with a patient-focused approach that is an excellent complement to the team and a great win for our patients and community.”

Dr. Chippa left his hometown Toronto in 2011 to start becoming a physician. He completed medical school at the Medical University of the Americas and moved throughout the United States for his training rotations, residency, fellowship, and staff positions.

“It was a challenge to be away from home, and after a long, hard journey, I am so pleased to be back in Canada and to have the opportunity to work with the Campbellford Memorial Hospital team,” shared Dr. Chippa, who started at CMH in December 2022. “The team has been welcoming and helpful, and I’m impressed with the collaborative approach to providing patient-centred care.”

Dr. Chippa is one of CMH’s hospitalists providing direct care to the admitted patients in the Inpatient Unit and offers internal medicine consultations to other CMH physicians when required according to a press release. He also is leading a new Discharge Clinic at CMH that will provide follow-up care and assessments for patients after they are discharged from the Inpatient Unit (mainly focusing on older adults who may not have a primary care provider).

“Part of my interest in CMH is that it’s a smaller hospital serving many geriatric patients. This allows me to cover all areas of medicine while also leveraging my internal medicine specialty and building on my geriatric medicine experience – I knew it would be a good fit,” said Dr. Chippa.

“It is my pleasure to welcome Dr. Chippa to CMH. These are the rewarding moments in physician recruitment, from initial contact to assisting with the licensing process to welcoming him on-site,” said Michele Haddow, CMH medical affairs coordinator. “Dr. Chippa will be an asset to our staff and the community, and I am thrilled that our hard work has now come together.”

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