Southwestern Vermont Medical Center Hires Endocrinologist

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BENNINGTON, Vt. — Dr. Amy E. Freeth will resume endocrinology services at SVMC in March 2020. 

The practice, known as SVMC Endocrinology, is a part of Southwestern Vermont Medical Center and Southwestern Vermont Health Care. It replaces the Bennington Osteoporosis Center, where Dr. David Gorson had provided similar services to the community until his retirement in 2019. With the appointment, Dr. Freeth joins Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Physicians.

Freeth completed a fellowship in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at the University of Vermont, then known as Fletcher Allen Healthcare. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Bassett Healthcare in Cooperstown, N.Y., which is a major teaching affiliate of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, where she served as chief resident in 2002. She received her medical degree from the from State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse. Before medical school, earned an associate's degree in Medical Radiography’s College of Health Related Professions and a bachelor’s degree in biology at SUNY Albany.

Freeth worked in the Endocrinology Department at Bassett Healthcare from 2004-2019 and as the medical director of the Diabetes Management Program from 2010-2017. She is board certified by both the American Board of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and the American Board of Internal Medicine.

SVMC Endocrinology provides care for diabetes, insulin pump therapy, continuous glucose monitoring, thyroid diseases, metabolic syndrome and disorders, nutritional wellness, osteoporosis, and adrenal and pituitary disorders. Dr. Freeth will see patients in suite 307 of the Medical Office Building, which is located at 140 Hospital Drive in Bennington. For more information, call 802-447-4555.


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Coggins Auto Group Celebrates Five Years

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
BENNINGTON, Vt. — The family-owned Coggins Auto Group is celebrating five years of operations: Coggins Toyota of Bennington and Coggins Honda of Bennington, and Coggins of the Berkshires in nearby Massachusetts.
 
Mike Coggins purchased three dealerships — Honda, Toyota and Ford — in 2020 with a goal to restore trust and a "true sense of community-minded dealership culture." 
 
"My primary focus from day one was bringing back that connection to the region," Coggins had said back in 2021. "This area values real relationships. They want to know the people they're doing business with. We set out to rebuild that trust."
 
The Ford dealership was sold off in 2023 and Coggins of the Berkshires, with sales and services for used cars, opened the same year in Pittsfield, Mass. 
 
According to Coggins Auto Group, the dealerships had social media ratings of two stars when they were purchased; now all Coggins locations are garnering more than four stars in customer satisfaction reviews. 
 
"We sell cars, and we fix cars, and our goal is just to make our customers happy, and keep our employees happy, and that's what's made this really work these last few years," said General Manager Scott O'Connell.
 
Coggins Auto Group is also involved in events that benefit the community, including its popular annual charity golf tournament that funds local charities and organizations such as the Bennington Little League.
 
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