Our Care-Givers
We are very proud of the medical care-giving team at Ammonoosuc Community Health Services, and their dedication to serving you, the patient. Our care-giving team has a diverse background that reflects an amazing range of life experience. If you are new to the area and seeking a doctor, or contemplating a change in your care giver, please consider one of our very talented staff.
Jill Blumberg, MD
Jill has worked in Whitefield since finishing her medical degree at the University of Connecticut and her Residency in Family Practice in Alaska. She loves seeing patients of all ages. She lives in Littleton with her husband and two daughters.
Claire Bolon, MD
Dr. Claire Bolon received her medical degree at State University of New York in Syracuse and completed her internship and residency at Columbus Children's Hospital in Ohio. She is Board certified in Pediatrics and has a special interest in chronic illness. Dr. Bolon is located at our new Woodsville location at 79 Swiftwater Road, Woodsville, NH (603-747-3740.)
Barbara Macgregor Ford, ARNP
Barbara Ford received her BSN from the University of Rhode Island in 1976, then recieved certification as an adult nurse practitioner from SUNY Upstate Medical Center in 1981. Barbara's interests include preventive health examinations, well woman evaluations and diabetes education. She is certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and a member of the NH Nurse Practitioner Association. Barbara is married, has two teenage daughters, and enjoys hiking, swing dancing and cross country skiing.
Evelyn Hagan, ARNP
Evelyn Hagan is a family nurse practitioner. Evelyn has been a nurse since 1976 and a nurse practitioner since 1995. She loves caring for patients throughout the lifespan, infancy through elder years. She believes her adult patients are in charge of their own health and it is her role to help them know how to make the best choices to maintain good health.
Ginny Jeffryes, MD
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Phil Lawson, MD
Dr. Phil Lawson hails from Canada, and received his Bachelor's degree from Middlebury College in Vermont before his Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Calgary. He has been practicing family medicine at ACHS since 1997, is Board Certified in Hospice and Palliative Care, is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at Dartmouth, and helps run the Community Coalition for End of Life Care. Dr. Lawson enjoys our rural community skiing, biking and hiking with his wife and daughter.
Ibrahim Mourad, MD
Dr. Ibrahim Mourad is a doctor of Internal medicine, with 24 year’s experience practicing medicine in a globe-spanning career. He specializes in complex medical challenges, and is a resourceful problem solver. Dr. Mourad’s career began on the Faculty of Medicine of Alexandria University in Alexandria, Egypt; Most recently he practiced internal medicine and completed a Geriatric Fellowship for the University of Missouri- Kansas City. Dr. Mourad joined ACHS in 2005, and lives in Bethlehem with his wife and children. He enjoys the rural community of northern new Hampshire, and serving his patients at ACHS.
Aaron Solnit, MD
Family physician, Dr. Aaron Solnit, pursued twelve months of extra training in obstetrical and other procedural skills before coming to Woodsville. He performs obstetical ultrasounds, C-sections, tubal ligation and fetal version. Dr. Solnit is also certified for neonatal resuscitation and is a Pediatric Advanced Life Support instructor. In addition, he has a special interest in patient education. Dr. Solnit is located at our new Woodsville location at 79 Swiftwater Road, Woodsville, NH (603-747-3740.)
Loren Solnit, MD
Dr. Loren Solnit completed her medical training at McGill Medical School in Montreal and her internship and residency at Duke University Medical center. She is Board Certified in Pediatrics and is a PALS instructor, as well as the medical director for Tri-County Head Start. Her special practice interests are neontatology, adolescent medicine and gynecology, preventive and behavioral medicine. Dr. Solnit is located at our new Woodsville location at 79 Swiftwater Road, Woodsville, NH (603-747-3740.)
Jessica Thibideau– ARNP
Jessica is a graduate of Mass General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, and has been practicing Women’s Health medicine since 1995. In her own words: “I became an NP because I love teaching and am fascinated by human biology, especially r/t human reproduction, and this was a way to combine my interests into a rewarding career. I used to listen to my mom and her friends talk about their childbirth experiences when I was very young (they didn’t think I was paying attention), and I have been interested in this ever since. Then I got a hold of “Our Bodies, Ourselves” when I was about 12. The rest is history.”
Mohammed Tarrabain, MD
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Charles Wolcott, MD
Charles Wolcott, a Vermont native, was born wearing skis. Once he and his wife, Paula, completed a 1 year African tour in the Peace Corps in 1975 they settled in Franconia to raise their family and for Dr. Wolcott to practice Family Medicine. He opened his first solo practice in Littleton, and relocated it to Franconia in 1990. He became Medical Director of ACHS in 2002 when his practice became part of the ACHS family of care givers. He is passionate about Family medicine, is a trustee at Littleton Regional Hospital, and has been Medical Director at the Lafayette Nursing home in Franconia since 1985.
Nicole Veilleux, ARNP
Nicole has a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Massachusetts and a master’s degree in nursing from Simmons College in Boston, where she also earned a post graduate certificate as a family nurse practitioner. She is also fluent in Spanish and has done volunteer work in Cost Rica, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. Veilleux chose to follow a career as a nurse practitioner after working in the medical clinical research field. “I wanted to be on the other side of the fence, working with the patients, more directly impacting their lives,” she said. Working as a nurse practitioner, she said, “is just a more holistic field, and it more suits my temperament and the way I choose to care for people.”Sarah Young-Xu, MD
Dr. Sarah Young-Xu is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and completed her internship and residency at the University of Massachusetts. She provides routine prenatal and labor care, and performs deliveries at Cottage Hospital. She is certified in Neonatal Resuscitation and Asvanced Cardiac Life Support. Dr. Young-Xu's special practice interests are obstetrics and women's health.