SVMC Welcomes New Gastroenterologist

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BENNINGTON, Vt. — Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) welcomes gastroenterologist, David L. Furman, to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Medical Group. 
 
Furman is board-certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine, and specializes in comprehensive treatment of the digestive system, with a particular focus on neuro-gastroenterology and chronic conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux and chronic abdominal pain syndromes.
 
A native New Englander, Furman received his medical degree from Boston University school of medicine. He then served for 11 years as an officer and physician in the United States Navy. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Portsmouth Naval Medical Center in Virginia, where he also served as chief resident in Internal Medicine. He completed a fellowship in Gastroenterology at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. and the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, and went on to become an assistant professor of medicine at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda. Dr. Furman was part of the core clinical faculty as an instructor of functional gastrointestinal diseases and motility at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. 
 
Furman is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, having proudly served there from 2012 – 2013.  Most recently Furman has been practicing in the Philadelphia area, where he was selected by his peers as a "Top Doctor" in Main Line Today magazine in 2020.  He has received several teaching awards throughout his career.
 
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center's Gastroenterology practice is part of the SVMC Multispecialty Practice.  Its board certified, fellowship-trained gastroenterologists diagnose and treat a full range of digestive disorders including disorders of the stomach, esophagus, intestines, liver and pancreas, and provide comprehensive colon cancer screening.  With their supporting medical team they focus on evaluating and managing conditions with the aim of restoring and maintaining good digestive health. 
 
SVMC gastroenterology is located in suite 307 of the medical office building at 140 Hospital Dr. in Bennington.  For more information or to make an appointment call 802-447-4555.

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Fall Trout Stocking in Select Lakes and Streams In Vermont

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SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department continues its new fall trout stocking program this year. 

This will mark the third consecutive year that trophy-sized brook trout and rainbow trout averaging 13-14 inches will be stocked into four ponds and one stream in southern Vermont in the fall.

"We're stocking more than 2,000 one-and-a-half-year-old trout between Knapp Ponds #1 and #2 in Cavendish, Lakes Paran and Shaftsbury in Bennington, and East Creek in Rutland," said Lael Will, a fisheries biologist with the department.  "This is a great opportunity for anglers to spend time fishing for some really nice stocked trout surrounded by Vermont's amazing fall foliage.  And, they can continue right through the winter, catching trout in waters where late season trout fishing was not an option before."

Fish from Bennington, Roxbury and Salisbury fish culture stations will be stocked starting in mid-October to allow for some harvest before the season switches to catch and release only in November. 

"Last year anglers shared with us that they loved the fall and winter opportunity created by this late season stocking," said Will.  "We're excited to continue these stockings and hopefully hear from more people taking advantage of these new trout fishing opportunities."

 

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