RUTLAND
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Wed, Apr 4, 2012 09:19 AM
Rutland Regional Medical Center announced April 2 that W. Gordon
Frankle, MD has been named Rutland Regional Medical Center's
2012 Physician of the Year. The annual announcement is one of the
community's most prestigious honors bestowed upon a
physician.
The board-certified psychiatrist was selected as the medical staff
member who best personifies the hospital's core values and
patient-centered model of care. "He is a dedicated physician who
cares deeply about his patients and goes above and beyond to help
anyone in need," says Tom Huebner, CEO, Rutland Regional Medical
Center.
In a nomination submitted by his peers, Dr. Frankle was cited for
his work in transitioning the psychiatric unit to a high-acuity
inpatient unit after the tropical storm Irene related closure of
the Vermont State Hospital. Dr. Frankle was also commended for his
work in developing and implementing an inter-disciplinary program
to offer treatment to pregnant, opiate-addicted women, thus
increasing the health of both mother and their vulnerable children,
and preventing neonatal opiate addiction and withdrawal
symptoms.
Dr. Frankle earned his Bachelor of Science degree in cell,
molecular, and developmental biology at McGill University and
earned his medical degree from New York Medical College. He
completed residency in psychiatry at Harvard University in the
Massachusetts General/McLean Hospital program and subsequently a
schizophrenia research fellowship at New York State Psychiatric
Institute/Columbia University.
Dr. Frankle and his fiancée, Monica Beneyto, PhD, relocated to
Vermont in 2010 and live in Chittenden.
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