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The home for VPR's coverage of health and health industry issues affecting the state of Vermont.

Porter Medical Center Interim Leader Appointed Permanent CEO

The board of Porter Medical Center announced Friday morning that its members voted unanimously to appoint Dr. Fred Kniffin as permanent CEO. Kniffin has served as the Middlebury hospital’s interim CEO for the past six months.

“As a long-term employee of Porter, he has demonstrated his commitment to this organization over the years,” said board chair Maureen McLaughlin in a statement announcing the appointment.

Kniffin spoke with Vermont Edition earlier in the week about the hospital’s future.

Correction 12:08 p.m. An earlier version of this post misspelled Kniffin's last name. The text has been corrected.

Taylor was VPR's digital reporter from 2013 until 2017. After growing up in Vermont, he graduated with at BA in Journalism from Northeastern University in 2013.
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